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• As Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow - New York Times

  05-07-2016 23:35
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  As Glaciers Melt in Alaska, Landslides Follow
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  A landslide on the Lamplugh Glacier, in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, on June 28 caused seismic tremors about as strong as a small earthquake. Credit Paul Swanstrom/Mountain Flying Service. An enormous landslide that spread rocky debris more than ...
  Massive Alaska Landslide Registers as 2.9 Magnitude Earthquake | The Weather ChannelThe Weather Channel
  Glacier Bay Landslide in Alaska Sends 100 Million Tons of
  
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• Race to Alaska top awards handed out - KRBD

  05-07-2016 23:25
  
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  Race to Alaska top awards handed out
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  First-place Team MAD Dog Adventures show off the $10,000 prize, nailed to a piece of wood. The team members are Captain Randy Miller, holding the prize money, Ian Andrewes and Colin Dunphy. (Photo by Leila Kheiry). The Race to Alaska is still ...
  Speedy sailboats dominate Race to AlaskaPort Townsend Leaderall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Beavers Entertain Web Cam Viewers Around the World - USDA.gov (press release) (blog)

  05-07-2016 21:14
  USDA.gov (press release) (blog)
  Alaska Beavers Entertain Web Cam Viewers Around the World
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  A busy beaver gathers a tree sprig to help build his lodge on Steep Creek on Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Photo courtesy of Don Martin, Tongass National Forest. Two beavers sleep peacefully in their den on Steep Creek in Juneau, Alaska, never ...
  
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• Anchorage celebrates Independence Day on the Park Strip - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-07-2016 21:01
  
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  Anchorage celebrates Independence Day on the Park Strip
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  Four-year-old Jesper Damen, 4, dances with Gabriela Burnham as the Alaska Button Box Gang performs. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). After a parade downtown, Anchorage celebrated Independence Day on the Delaney Park Strip. The event ...
  
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• From the oil patch to oil & vinegar

  05-07-2016 19:11
  Facing the first real recession in three decades, Alaskans adapt
  
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• One in custody following fatal Anchorage shooting

  05-07-2016 16:46
  
  APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)One person is in custody following a fatal shooting Monday in South Anchorage.
  Anchorage Police responded to a report of a male being shot inside a trailer on the 4000 block of Lore Road Monday just before 7:45 p.m.
  When officers arrived, they discovered the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was deceased.
  The suspect was transported to the Anchorage Police Department on Monday evening for questioning
  
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• ADN owner survives Halibut Cove plane crash

  05-07-2016 16:39
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Matt’ Johnson)The owner of Alaska Dispatch News crashed her plane in Halibut Cove over the holiday weekend.
  In a statement released through her attorney, Alice Rogoff confirms that she was involved in an aborted landing there Sunday. Rogoff says she is physically fine, but her Cessna 206 float plane was damaged.
  Alaska State Troopers say the crash took place around 5:50 p.m. Wildlife Troopers responded to the scene in a vessel but did not have contact with R
  
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• 3022 feet of agony and joy - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-07-2016 06:44
  
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  3022 feet of agony and joy
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  Women ascend the cliffs during the Mount Marathon Race in Seward on Monday, July 4, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Christy Marvin pushes into the finish during Monday's race. Marvin won the race for the second time. (Loren Holmes ...and more »
  
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• To suggest tribes didn't exist in Alaska until the '90s ignores legal history - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-07-2016 03:40
  
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  To suggest tribes didn't exist in Alaska until the '90s ignores legal history
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  Donald Mitchell's ADN "road to 'Indian Country' " commentary on July 3 is notable for the potential to confuse the public regarding the recent federal appeals court decision in the case of Akiachak Native Community v. Department of the Interior, which ...and more »
  
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• Plane piloted by Alaska Dispatch News owner crashes in Halibut Cove - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-07-2016 03:29
  
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  Plane piloted by Alaska Dispatch News owner crashes in Halibut Cove
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A single-engine plane piloted by the owner of Alaska Dispatch News crashed Sunday night in Halibut Cove. The National Transportation Safety Board's Alaska office chief Clint Johnson said witnesses reported the single-engine plane struck a tree. The ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 4, 2016

  05-07-2016 02:25
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Flood watch in effect for Denali National ParkJosh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
  A flood watch is in effect for parts of Interior Alaska. According to the National Weather Service, heavy rains over the past few days have caused water levels to rise around De
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: July 4, 2016

  05-07-2016 02:25
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Flood watch in effect for Denali National ParkJosh Edge, APRN – Anchorage
  A flood watch is in effect for parts of Interior Alaska. According to the National Weather Service, heavy rains over the past few days have caused water levels to rise around De
  
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• Alaskans crowned champs in all 2016 Mt. Marathon divisions

  05-07-2016 02:08
  
  
  Alaskans took first place in all 3 divisions of the annual 4th of July mountain race in Seward. In the men’s division, The Alaska Dispatch reports Fairbanks skier David Norris not only won the race, he set a new record-41 minutes, 26 seconds.
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  Norris was a rookie.
  In the women’s division, Christy Marvin of Anchorage took first place with a time of 51 minutes, 2 seconds.
  In the junior division earlier in the day, Anchorage’s Luke Jager won again with a time of 27 minut
  
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• Police: 2 bodies found on bike path in downtown Anchorage

  05-07-2016 02:06
  
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Anchorage Police Department says that the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered on a bike path in the city’s downtown.
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  Police say that at 7:42 a.m. Sunday, officers found the bodies on a bike path to the west of the intersection of Post Road and Viking Drive.
  Police say in a statement that no arrests have been made in connection with the case. Officers are working to determine the cause of
  
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• Middle schoolers test bridge building mettle at ANSEP summer program

  05-07-2016 02:03
  
  
  A balsa wood bridge isn’t something you’d want to drive your car over, but it can be a useful way to expose kids to engineering.
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  The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program recently hosted middle school students from the Anchorage School District at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
  In a building on the edge of the UAA campus, 47 middle schoolers are putting last-minute touches on miniature bridges.
  The students gather in groups around blueprints of their own desig
  
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• Two die in Petersburg car wreck; parade and carnival canceled

  05-07-2016 01:56
  
  
  The vehicle overturned into the ditch near South Harbor off South Nordic Drive. (Photo by Angela Denning, KFSK – Petersburg)A single vehicle accident this morning in Petersburg has left two dead and two injured. The community’s 4th of July parade and carnival has been canceled in response.
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  Dead are 18-year-old Molly Parks and 19-year-old Marie Giesbrecht.
  Two others in the vehicle were transported to the local hospital for non-life threatening injuries and were reported in
  
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• Tug deckhand perishes in Naknek barge accident

  05-07-2016 01:53
  
  
  Profile pictures of Spencer V. Brewer, 20, who was tragically killed in an accident in the mouth of the Naknek River Wednesday.A young man died Wednesday after being crushed between two barges in the Naknek River. Spencer Vaughn Brewer, 20, of Seattle was a deckhand with Naknek Barge Lines.
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  The Bristol Bay Borough Police conducted an investigation of the accidental death Wednesday. Chief Stan Swetzof interviewed witnesses, and offered a recounting to KDLG news Thursday.
  According to t
  
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