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• Track Palin enters plea deal in January domestic-violence case - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2016 23:34
  
  Track Palin enters plea deal in January domestic-violence case
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  Track Palin, son of former Gov. Sarah Palin, has entered a plea agreement with the state in a special court for veterans for charges of punching a woman in the face at the family's Wasilla home in January. Kevin Fitzgerald, Track Palin's attorney, said ...and more »
  
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• Troopers: Ex-Kenai hockey coach's sex abuse charges span 14 years - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2016 23:14
  
  Troopers: Ex-Kenai hockey coach's sex abuse charges span 14 years
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sterling resident Bradley Elliott, 55, faces 37 counts ranging from sexual abuse of a minor to misconduct involving controlled substances in the case. Court records Friday identified seven of 10 unspecified charges in the case as counts of illegally ...
  
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• As internet gets faster, Stebbins elders worry about subsistence

  15-07-2016 21:32
  
  From policy makers to Pokeman Go players, high-speed internet is the hot topic in Western Alaska this summer.
  Salmon drying in Stebbins. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)The Arctic Broadband Summit just wrapped up in Barrow this week. Crews are busy off the coast of Nome this month laying fiber optic cable, and GCI recently announced plans to bring high-speed internet to ten more communities in the region this year.
  The village of Stebbins is on that list, and while many are excited fo
  
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• Medicare and the demise of fee- for- service payment in medicine

  15-07-2016 21:00
  
  President Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act.In 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law. The Act had the purpose of improving cost, quality and access to health care in the U.S. Six years later 20 million more people have health insurance, the rate of increase in health care costs has declined, and health care quality is improving. The planned health insurance exchange has not been as successful as hoped, though. In addition the ACA e
  
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• Midnight Sun presents “Baskerville, A Sherlock Holmes Mystery”

  15-07-2016 20:48
  
  
  Michael Noble as Sherlock HolmesMidnight Sun Theatre teams up again this year with Anchorage Community Theatre to present a summer offering–this time it’s Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. Tune into Stage Talk this week to find out how five actors portray over 40 characters in this fast moving mystery/comedy. Baskerville performs at Anchorage Community Theatre July 8-30.
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• Are cannabis startups legal in Alaska? - VatorNews

  15-07-2016 20:16
  
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  Are cannabis startups legal in Alaska?
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  Though cannabis remains illegal as far as the U.S. federal government is concerned, laws regulating the drug on state and municipal levels have been rapidly evolving over the past several years. Dozens of states have legalized cannabis for limited ...and more »
  
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• Jury awards $140,000 to man injured In Bethel police vehicle

  15-07-2016 20:13
  
  A Bethel jury has awarded $140,000 to a man injured in the back of a police vehicle when the officer slid off the road and hit an electrical pole.
  Damage from the vehicle’s collision with the electrical pole (Photo courtesy of Bethel Police Department)The crash occurred in 2014 when former Bethel Police Officer Aaron Fedolfi was driving the vehicle with Adrian Hoffman of Tununak handcuffed in the back seat.
  According to police records, Fedolfi was speeding in icy conditions when
  
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• Scores Dead After Truck Plows Into Bastille Day Crowd In Nice, France

  15-07-2016 19:16
  
  Story by: Rebecca Hersher, NPR News
  A truck drove into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, killing dozens of people on Thursday evening. The head of the regional government, former Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi, says 77 people were killed and 50 injured.
  NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley reports the truck started about a mile away and plowed into a crowd of people watching fireworks on the French national holiday and that the identity of the driver is still unknown. French President Fra
  
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• Oil on exhibit: What Alaska's past says about its future - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-07-2016 18:54
  
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  Oil on exhibit: What Alaska's past says about its future
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  The State Library, Archives and Museum opened recently in Juneau with a new display that includes a piece of the trans-Alaska pipeline as part of an exhibit on the oil industry. But the drama of the state's current fiscal crisis puts that history in a ...
  
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• Oil on exhibit: What Alaska’s past says about its future

  15-07-2016 18:52
  
  
  Steve Henrikson has worked at the state museum since 1988. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)The State Library, Archives and Museum opened recently in Juneau with a new display that includes a piece of the trans-Alaska pipeline as part of an exhibit on the oil industry. But the drama of the state’s current fiscal crisis puts that history in a new light.
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  Steve Henrikson tells stories with things. Sometimes those objects go way back, like woven baskets from 6,000 years ago. But par
  
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• What Exactly Is Tesoro Corporation Up to in Alaska? - Motley Fool

  15-07-2016 17:20
  
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  What Exactly Is Tesoro Corporation Up to in Alaska?
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  Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO) has agreed to sell off some of its storage and terminal assets in Alaska to Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE:TLLP). The deal, which will bring Tesoro $444 million, includes 3.5 million barrels of storage capacity in Kenai and 600 ...and more »
  
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• Poetry in prison: Alaska inmates find creative outlet -- and national recognition -- through art - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2016 16:48
  
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  Poetry in prison: Alaska inmates find creative outlet -- and national recognition -- through art
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  Jennifer Prince, who is incarcerated at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center, recently received an honorable mention in the PEN America Prison Writing Contest for her poem, “Tick Tock.” (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Sitting in a room lit with ...
  
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• Wasilla man dies in rafting accident on Montana Creek - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2016 16:26
  
  Wasilla man dies in rafting accident on Montana Creek
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  A Wasilla man died Thursday afternoon while rafting near Talkeetna, according to Alaska State Troopers. In a brief dispatch late Thursday, troopers said they responded at about 1:45 p.m. to a report that 44-year-old Lawrence Christopherson's raft had ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Heat Wave Shatters Records Bringing Warmest Temperature Ever to Deadhorse - EcoWatch

  15-07-2016 16:01
  
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  Alaska Heat Wave Shatters Records Bringing Warmest Temperature Ever to Deadhorse
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  A massive heat wave struck Alaska this week, with the town of Deadhorse witnessing a high of 85 F. This has been the warmest ever in Deadhorse, where average temperatures tend to be 57 F at this time of the year. The temperatures were in the 80s across ...
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• Bird Creek opens, welcoming back silver salmon - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2016 06:04
  
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  Bird Creek opens, welcoming back silver salmon
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  Jonathan Weaver carries the silver salmon he caught Thursday while fishing the incoming tide on opening day at Bird Creek along the Turnagain Arm. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). Cohos are the last salmon species to hit freshwater, and their ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 14, 2016

  15-07-2016 03:37
  
  
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  Walker spells disaster if Legislature stalls on budget
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau and Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  Governor Bill Walker’s administration has spelled out what it would mean if the Legislature doesn&rsq
  
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• Traveling Music 7-24-16

  15-07-2016 03:06
  Traveling Music
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  7-24-16
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  Song TitleArtist / Composer
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  Play By Your Own Rules
  Sam Bush  / Sam Bush, Stephin Mougin
  Storyman
  Sugar Hill
  3:31
   
  Born in ’55
  Darrell Scott / Ben Bullington
  10 Songs of Ben Bullington
  Full Light Records
  5:53
   
  Everything to Hide
  Sarah Jarosz / Sarah Jarosz
  Undercurrent
  Sugar Hill
  3:23
   
  Hornets
  Aoife O’Donovan / Aoife O’Donovan (also singer with Crooked Still)
  In the Magic Hour
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• Lightning strikes spark dozens of new wildfires across Interior Alaska - KTUU.com

  15-07-2016 03:06
  
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  Lightning strikes spark dozens of new wildfires across Interior Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Thousands of lightning strikes have sparked dozens of new wildfires across Interior Alaska over the last two days, the Alaska Division of Forestry reports. Forestry officials say as many as 7,200 lightning strikes were reported in ...
  
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• Department of Agriculture grants thousands in funding to AK telemedicine programs

  15-07-2016 03:03
  
  Three telemedicine programs in Alaska are receiving $900 thousand in new funding from the US Department of Agriculture. Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the awards Thursday morning.
  Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture (Wikicommons photo)The Tanana Chiefs Conference will receive $375 thousand dollars to expand their telemedicine programs in 24 rural villages.
  Hope Community Resources will purchase video conferencing equipment with their $280 thousand grant. The organization provides services to
  
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• Puppy’s death sparks outrage, brings community together

  15-07-2016 02:57
  The shooting death of a puppy in the Fairbanks area has ignited community outcry as residents who have had similar experiences with their animals question how the authorities respond to such incidents.
  Dan Powell tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner he let his dog out to use the bathroom when it went missing. After searching his neighborhood, he came home to find his young dog Lucy shot dead in his driveway.
  Powell took to a community Facebook page to share the incident with others, who reported
  
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• Walker draws criticism for oil tax credit vetoes

  15-07-2016 02:49
  
  Two former commissioners and several lawmakers are criticizing Gov. Bill Walker’s decision to veto more than $430 million from the state’s budget. The money would have gone to pay tax credits to oil companies.
  Pat Galvin, Chief Commercial Officer, Great Bear Petroleum, testifies at a House Resources Committee hearing, Feb. 29, 2016. The committee was taking testimony on House Bill 247, which would reduce the tax credits available to oil and gas companies. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 Nor
  
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• Walker spells disaster if Legislature stalls on budget

  15-07-2016 02:39
  
  Governor Bill Walker’s administration has spelled out what it would mean if the Legislature doesn’t take action on his plan to fund state government. With no more money, in two years the state would slash services, jobs, and the support it gives to local schools and communities.
  Gov. Bill Walker announces line-item budget vetoes at the Atwood Building in Anchorage on Wednesday. Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott is also pictured. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk)It’s a
  
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• Autopsies indicates Juneau adult siblings drowned

  15-07-2016 02:07
  Juneau police say two adult siblings whose bodies were found this week both died of accidental drowning.
  Police in a statement said the determination was made following autopsies conducted on the bodies of George and Kristina Young.
  Forty-year-old George Young was found lying face down in Lemon Creek on Sunday. His 36-year-old sister was considered missing until her body was found Tuesday on the beach of North Douglas.
  Police say they are awaiting toxicology reports, which could take up to two m
  
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• Firefighters slow Tok Cutoff fire by dropping retardant

  15-07-2016 01:27
  
  The spread of a wildfire near the Tok Cutoff has been slowed. Firefighters are dropping retardant on the Cutoff Fire, which has spread to about 40 acres and is burning a a little too close to the highway, according to fire information officer Tim Mowry.
  “It got withing a mile of the road, but we were able to knock the fire down with air retardant and we’ve got a couple crews down there and they’ll be mopping up the fire today,” Mowry said.
  Air retardant tankers from the A
  
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• Broken ice machine spells trouble for two fishing villages

  15-07-2016 00:32
  A broken ice machine has stalled commercial fishing for two villages on the Lower Yukon River. The owner won’t fix the machine. The person who usually fixes the machine won’t. Fishermen have to travel 90 miles and back to get ice, and they’re calling for help. Meanwhile, the fish, and the opportunity for income, are swimming by.
  (Photo courtesy of Nick P. Andrew Jr.)Fishermen in Marshall and Russian Mission have missed three commercial openings since the machine’s compres
  
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