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• Alaska governor limits oil checks to $1000 - CNBC (subscription)

  29-06-2016 21:49
  
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  Alaska governor limits oil checks to $1000
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  The Alaska governor has cut funding in half for oil checks given to every resident but kept enough money in place so everyone will still get a $1,000 payout amid the budget deficit. Gov. Bill Walker announced Wednesday that Alaskans will receive the ...
  Alaska Governor Caps Permanent Fund Oil Checks at $1000NBCNews.com
  Alaska governor limits annual oil-wealth checks to $1000Minneapolis Star Tribune
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• Gov. Walker’s budget vetoes total $1.29B; dividend cut in half

  29-06-2016 21:47
  
  Governor Bill Walker announced vetoes totaling $1.29 billion at a press conference in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (Screenshot via web stream courtesy Gov. Walker’s office)Governor Bill Walker cut Permanent Fund dividends Wednesday to $1,000 per person, about half of the projected amount.
  The cut was one of a series of reductions that Walker made to lower the state’s budget by $1.5 billion.
  Walker says he made the changes to reduce the amount of savings the state must spend
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, June 28, 2016

  29-06-2016 03:41
  
  
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  Jahna Lindemuth to serve as next Alaska Attorney General
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau and Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  Governor Walker announced Tuesday afternoon that Jahna Lindemuth would succeed Craig Richards as the
  
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• Heavy rain forecasted for the Alaska Range

  29-06-2016 02:55
  Heavy rain is forecasted for the Alaska Range. National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Berg said two systems coming together over the state are expected to dump significant moisture on the mountains.
  “We have a low pressure system sitting out on the Gulf of Alaska that’s gonna kinda move North,” Berg said. “And we have high pressure building in the Interior, and what’s gonna happen is it’ll have a convergent area right above the Alaska Range that’ll
  
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• In Northwest Arctic, controversy continues on eve of new caribou restrictions

  29-06-2016 02:00
  
  For the first time ever, hunters who live outside the Northwest Arctic will not be allowed to hunt caribou on federal lands. The Federal Subsistence Board has closed Game Management Unit 23 starting July 1 in an effort to conserve Alaska’s largest herd and protect subsistence.
  (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)But the yearlong ban has created some controversy and confusion surrounding the hunt. Just last week, the State of Alaska petitioned U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sa
  
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• Jahna Lindemuth to serve as next Alaska Attorney General

  29-06-2016 01:20
  
  Governor Walker announced Tuesday afternoon that Jahna Lindemuth would succeed Craig Richards as the  state’s next Attorney General.
  Jahna Lindemuth (Photo courtesy of Governor Walker’s office)An Anchorage resident, Lindemuth had previously been considered as the replacement for outgoing Supreme Court Justice Dana Fabe, a position that would eventually be filled by Susan Carney. Walker stated that he “was struck by her outstanding resume and legal experience,” when h
  
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• Anchorage receives $1.3 million grant to revise homeless services

  29-06-2016 01:12
  
  The city of Anchorage is getting a new pool of money to address homelessness. The mayor’s office announced today a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development. The money will fund research into how to overhaul city services for residents of Anchorage and the Mat-Su valley dealing with chronic homelessness and frequent problems with the criminal justice system.
  Mayor Berkowitz, center, with his Homelessness Coordinator, Nancy Burke, standing to
  
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• EIA predicts lean oil decades for Alaska

  29-06-2016 00:57
  
  Source:EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2016The Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook today. It shows oil production from Alaska dwindling to less than half its current level after 2030.
  “Unless more oil is found in Alaska or along the pipeline right of way, it’s very possible that the Alaska pipeline itself … would end up shutting down,” says EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski. The EIA is a federal agency that was established to
  
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• Nome Fire Dept, Troopers, Coast Guard team up in search for missing hiker

  29-06-2016 00:50
  
  Search and rescue efforts continue today for a hiker that went missing in the Nome area over the weekend.
  The Nome Volunteer Fire Department is headquarters for the search and rescue effort for Joseph Balderas. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)According to an Alaska State Trooper dispatch, 36-year-old Joseph Balderas was reported missing Monday morning after not showing up for work.
  An initial search on Monday led troopers to Balderas’s vehicle at mile 44 on the Nome-Council High
  
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• A Tribe Called Red to come to Alaska for first concert

  29-06-2016 00:05
  
  The pioneering Canadian music group A Tribe Called Red is coming to Alaska for the first time ever.
  Originally formed in Ottowa, Canada in 2010, A Tribe Called Red have garnered international acclaim. Photo courtesy of Falling Tree Photography.Tickets went on sale Tuesday for a benefit show the group is performing in Anchorage on July 13th at Williwaw, a downtown restaurant and venue.
  A Tribe Called Red has won global acclaim for combining electronic
  
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