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• Alaska entrepreneur looks to ocean for inspiration - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  12-07-2016 21:38
  
  Alaska entrepreneur looks to ocean for inspiration
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS - An Alaska entrepreneur believes the ocean's untapped resources are the key to creating jobs in Alaska. Chris Hartman, CEO of Global Ocean Center in Anchorage, has an ambitious plan to turn Alaska into the ultimate hub for ocean-based ...
  
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• Local farming in Alaska

  12-07-2016 21:27
  
  
  From hydroponic basil grown in an Anchorage café basement, to high-tunnel green houses in Homer, to hot-springs heated tomato farms in Fairbanks to local produce at the base of Brooks Range, climate change, technology, government grants and a greater interest in local food are changing agriculture in Alaska.
  The first crop of seedlings sprouts inside the growing room of the Arctic Greens connex. The automated storage container will deliver 450 heads of locally grown produce
  
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• Mayor kicks off compost experiment

  12-07-2016 19:53
  
  Anchorage’s mayor Ethan Berkowitz got down and dirty on Monday. The mayor wants to encourage local gardening, and part of that plan is a new city composting program Berkowitz introduced at the Anchorage Municipality’s solid waste landfill in Eagle River.
  Mayor Berkowitz throwing in the first bucket of food scraps. SWS Director Mark Spafford is in the background. (Photo courtesy of SWS Recycling)“Well, this is dirt that came from compost. It’s delicious, nutritious, p
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 11, 2016

  12-07-2016 03:57
  
  
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  Legislators return for fifth special session
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Legislators returned to Juneau today for the fifth special session since last summer. And lawmakers were greeted by a group of 20 protesters who want them to close the state
  
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• Anchorage LIO landlord begins effort to recover millions in damages

  12-07-2016 03:13
  
  The landlord for the embattled Legislative Information Office in downtown Anchorage is taking the first step in what could be a lengthy process toward a lawsuit.
  The Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman)The claim, filed Monday, with the Legislative Affairs Agency, seeks to recover $37,016,021 for damages connected with the Legislature’s 10-year lease on the building. That lease was ruled invalid in March. Lawyers for the landlord argued lawmakers
  
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• Legislators return for fifth special session

  12-07-2016 02:58
  
  Legislators returned to Juneau today for the fifth special session since last summer. And lawmakers were greeted by a group of 20 protesters who want them to close the state’s budget shortfall.
  “Act now! Pass a fiscal plan! Act now! Pass a fiscal plan,” the crowd chanted.
  But it’s not clear if there are enough votes in the House to pass a bill that restructures Permanent Fund earnings to pay for state government. And several proposals to raise taxes on industries or intro
  
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• Alaskans begin to feel state budget cuts

  12-07-2016 02:44
  
  Alaskans are already starting to feel the effects of state budget cuts, from shorter court hours to last minute local budget negotiations.
  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)Friday afternoons used to be busy times for court-appointed advocates for But not anymore. Starting on July 1st, state courts began closing on Fridays at noon to save money.
  
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• Paleontologist Anthony Fiorillo studies Alaska dinosaurs

  12-07-2016 02:25
  
  Alaska is a paleontological candy store. Those are the words of Texas-based scientist Anthony Fiorillo. He’s spent the last 19 years studying dinosaurs in Alaska. Before he left for this season’s Alaska field research, he spoke to APRN’s Lori Townsend, saying our state is so exciting to research because although the first fossils were found in 1961, the big work didn’t start until the mid 80s.
  Tony Fiorillo (Video screenshot by Liz O’Connell, Alaska Public Media &nd
  
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• Low gas prices slow Alaska inflation growth - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-07-2016 01:38
  
  Low gas prices slow Alaska inflation growth
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  As oil prices have dropped and the state has struggled to pay its bills, Alaskans saw one benefit. The cost of living in Anchorage increased by the smallest amount in nearly three decades. Low gas prices had a powerful effect on inflation in the state ...
  
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• Low gas prices slow Alaska inflation growth

  12-07-2016 01:36
  
  As oil prices have dropped and the state has struggled to pay its bills, Alaskans saw one benefit. The cost of living in Anchorage increased by the smallest amount in nearly three decades. Low gas prices had a powerful effect on inflation in the state.
  Richard Carrillo, of Juneau, gases up his suburban on July 7, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. State economists said low energy prices caused a slower growth of inflation in Alaska last year. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)At a Tesoro nea
  
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• Lindbeck raises $400k in race for U.S. House

  12-07-2016 01:26
  
  
  Democrat Steve Lindbeck is running a serious campaign against Alaska Congressman Don Young, to judge by the money anyway. Lindbeck today announced that he raised more than $400,000 in the prior three months. His campaign says over 80 percent of that total comes from Alaskans. Lindbeck is a former general manager of Alaska Public Media and a former director of the Alaska Humanities Forum. This was Lindbeck’s first fundraising quarter since he filed to run for Y
  
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• Lindbeck puts up high financial numbers in race for House

  12-07-2016 01:26
  
  Democrat Steve Lindbeck is running a serious campaign against Alaska Congressman Don Young, to judge by the money anyway. Lindbeck today announced that he raised more than $400,000 in the prior three months. His campaign says over 80 percent of that total comes from Alaskans. Lindbeck is a former general manager of Alaska Public Media and a former director of the Alaska Humanities Forum. This was Lindbeck’s first fundraising quarter since he filed to run for Y
  
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• Alaska lawmakers begin another special session - STLtoday.com

  12-07-2016 01:09
  
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  Alaska lawmakers begin another special session
  STLtoday.com
  Alaska state Sens. Bill Stoltze, left, and Mike Dunleavy chat before the start of a Senate floor session on Monday, July 11, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska lawmakers on Monday opened a special session called by Gov. Bill Walker to address the state's ...
  Alaska Senate squashes motion to meet with House, override PFD vetoKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• Time to fight maneuver by Alaska congressman to allow trophy hunters, on parks and refuges, to spot grizzlies from ... - HSUS News (blog)

  12-07-2016 00:42
  
  Time to fight maneuver by Alaska congressman to allow trophy hunters, on parks and refuges, to spot grizzlies from ...
  HSUS News (blog)
  A Congressman who shot a grizzly bear and pinned the animal to a wall in his Washington, D.C. office is trying to subvert two closely related federal rulemaking actions that would stop some of the most ruthless predator-killing practices on the most ...
  
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• Protect Alaska's Native Wildlife - HSUS News

  12-07-2016 00:42
  HSUS News
  Protect Alaska's Native Wildlife
  HSUS News
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service have taken key steps to conserve predator species, like black bears, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines and lynx, for future generations in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges and National ...and more »
  
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• Whale found dead in Alaska appeared to be in poor health - KTUU.com

  12-07-2016 00:41
  
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  Whale found dead in Alaska appeared to be in poor health
  KTUU.com
  National Park Service officials say a humpback whale with a long history of sightings in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park appeared to be in poor health at the time of its recent death. The 40-foot-long whale was found dead June 26 near the mouth of ...and more »
  
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