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• Keep an eye on Alaska's many wildfires with this map - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-07-2016 23:47
  
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  Keep an eye on Alaska's many wildfires with this map
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  Alaskans keen on tracking the state's wildfires can stay updated with a map created by a researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. As of Tuesday, 502 fires have swept across Alaska, burning nearly 400,000 acres of land, according to the Alaska ...
  
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• COMMENTARY: Alaska Wilderness League disregards Alaskans - Alaskajournal.com

  20-07-2016 23:10
  COMMENTARY: Alaska Wilderness League disregards Alaskans
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  When it comes to Arctic policy and developing Alaska's offshore resources, the Alaska Native perspective has been overwhelmingly ignored in favor of outside voices that aim to utilize our resources — and enshrine our land and wildlife — to propagate ...and more »
  
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• Reinforcements called in to fight McHugh fire

  20-07-2016 22:55
  
  Alaska Wildland Fire Program Manager Tom Kurth speaks at a press conference on the McHugh fire on Wednesday, July 20. (Photo by Wesley Early – KSKA Anchorage)The five-day-old McHugh fire continues to burn in Chugach State Park in southeast Anchorage, and fire officials are calling in additional crews to battle the blaze.
  Size estimates for the fire vary from 350 acres to 600, though Alaska Wildland Fire Program Manager Tom Kurth told reporters this morning that officials should s
  
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• Magpie leads in Alaska Zoo presidential election - KTUU.com

  20-07-2016 22:35
  
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  Magpie leads in Alaska Zoo presidential election
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) It's an election year for more than just the United States. The Alaska Zoo has also opened up voting for its new animal president. George the magpie currently holds a "commanding lead" against incumbent Ahpun the polar bear. Denali ...
  
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• Sullivan gives Trump-less address to GOP convention

  20-07-2016 22:11
  
  Sen. Dan Sullivan visits with the Alaska delegation after his speech Tuesday to the Republican National Convention. Photo: Office of Sen. SullivanAlaska U.S Sen. Dan Sullivan took the stage in Cleveland on the second night of the Republican National Convention. While Sullivan never named the man the party had just nominated for President, Donald Trump, he did close with his campaign slogan.
  Sullivan reminded the crowd that Republicans took back Senate leadership after the last General Elect
  
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• Lawmakers press on North Slope marketing request

  20-07-2016 21:59
  
  At a Senate Resource Committee meeting on Tuesday, lawmakers pressed state officials eabout why the administration is trying to obtain gas marketing information from North Slope oil and gas producers. Gov. Bill Walker has yet to sign off on the oil companies’ 2016 development plan for Prudhoe Bay.
  North Slope drill rigs, Dec. 5, 2012. (Creative Commons photo by Kevan Dee)Corri Feige, the director of Alaska’s Division of Oil and Gas, acknowledged it was a new policy. But says it&rsquo
  
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• North Slope records fall with ‘unprecedented warmth’

  20-07-2016 21:40
  
  Climate change is a daily reality in Alaska. Those changes are happening across forests, tundra, in the Arctic ocean and in your backyard.
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider.)Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks climate data and trends in the state. Alaska’s Energy Desk is going to be checking in with him regularly.
  Two all time temperature records were set on the North Slope on July 13th and 14th. Deadhorse hit a record high of 85 degrees on July
  
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• McHugh Creek wildfire grows fast - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-07-2016 21:28
  
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  McHugh Creek wildfire grows fast
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  The fire burning above McHugh Creek since last weekend grew fast early Tuesday, restricting travel along the nearby Seward Highway and inching toward the Rainbow neighborhood. Officials were warning of “critical fire weather conditions” along Turnagain ...
  
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• Alaska delegates cry ‘miscount’ as all 28 are tallied for Trump

  20-07-2016 20:50
  
  Dave Donley, center, and other Alaska delegates confer Tuesday about what they say is a miscount of their votes. Photos: Lawrence Ostrovsky.Alaska delegates at the Republican National Convention say their votes for president were miscounted last night, all for Donald Trump, due to what they say is a misinterpretation of state rules. It wouldn’t have affected the outcome, but it’s matter of principle, and the Alaskans got pretty steamed
  Here’s how state party chairman Tucke
  
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• Alaska delegates claim ‘miscount’ as all 28 are tallied for Trump

  20-07-2016 20:50
  
  Dave Donley, center, and other Alaska delegates confer Tuesday about what they say is a miscount of their votes. Photo: Lawrence Ostrovsky.Alaska delegates at the Republican National Convention say their votes for president were miscounted last night, all for Donald Trump, due to what they say is a misinterpretation of state rules. It wouldn’t have affected the outcome, but it’s matter of principle, and the Alaskans got pretty steamed
  Here’s how state party chairman Tucker
  
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• Alaska has what it takes to survive zombie attack - KTUU.com

  20-07-2016 20:36
  
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  Alaska has what it takes to survive zombie attack
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Turns out living in Alaska has its benefits. We have beautiful national parks and uniquely Alaskan food and entertainment. Now you can add zombie survival skills to that list. "Estately Real Estate Search" ranked which states are the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Goldpanners 2016 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-07-2016 20:13
  
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  Alaska Goldpanners 2016
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  Goldpanners Isaiah Aluko fields the ball during a rain game against the Everett Merchants at Growden Memorial Park on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Goldpanners Baseball. ERIN CORNELIUSSEN/FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER. Goldpanners Keaton Smith ...
  
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• Broken ice machine stalls business for Alaska village fishermen - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-07-2016 19:42
  
  Broken ice machine stalls business for Alaska village fishermen
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  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) - Dozens of fishermen from two villages on the Lower Yukon River are demanding Maserculiq Native Corporation fix the villages' broken ice machine, which has impeded their business. About 48 commercial fishermen in Marshall and ...and more »
  
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• Man dead in Southwest Alaska shooting - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-07-2016 17:24
  
  Man dead in Southwest Alaska shooting
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  A fatal shooting last weekend at a remote home in Southwest Alaska is under investigation by Alaska State Troopers. A report came in shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday that 31-year-old Joseph Peterson had been shot on Ivanof Bay, according to a trooper ...
  
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• Alaska wrestlers place in top five in North Dakota - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-07-2016 10:10
  
  Alaska wrestlers place in top five in North Dakota
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  FAIRBANKS — Two members of Team Alaska, coached by Lathrop High School head coach Wes Bockert, registered top-five finishes in the ASICS/Vaughn USA Wrestling Cadet and Junior Nationals, which started July 16 and runs through Saturday in Fargo, ...
  
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• Day 2: Dispatches from Cleveland - Alaska at the Republican National Convention - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-07-2016 06:02
  
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  Day 2: Dispatches from Cleveland - Alaska at the Republican National Convention
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  Alaska's delegates to the Republican National Convention erupted in anger on the arena floor Tuesday night when their votes were not counted as cast for the party's presidential nominee. And technically, they never will be. The Alaska Republican Party ...
  Why Alaska's delegates were counted for Donald TrumpCNN
  Confusion with Alaska delegation at GOP conventionFairbanks Daily
  
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• Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan rallies the crowd at RNC - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-07-2016 05:56
  
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  Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan rallies the crowd at RNC
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  Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan addresses the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night in Cleveland. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, watches. (From Republican National Committee video clip). CLEVELAND — Alaska Sen.and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 19, 2016

  20-07-2016 04:03
  
  
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  McHugh fire delays traffic, highway closure possible
  Ellen Lockyer and Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  A wildfire south of Anchorage has tripled in size over night.
  Alaska delegates part of minor “ruckus” during RNC roll call
  
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• McHugh fire delays traffic, some people evacuating neighborhoods

  20-07-2016 04:01
  
  
  Smoke rises from the 200-acre McHugh Fire south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway on Monday night. (Alaska Division of Forestry photo)The McHugh Fire burning within the Municipality of Anchorage close to the Seward Highway is now estimated at 350 acres. Earlier estimates on Tuesday said it had grown to more than 500 acres, but fire officials downgraded the size based on better mapping.
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  Division of Forestry spokesperson Lori Wiertsema said the main thing people need to know is
  
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• Highway lanes re-open, but McHugh fire threatens nearby nieghborhoods

  20-07-2016 04:01
  
  
  Smoke rises from the McHugh Fire south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway on Monday night. (Alaska Division of Forestry photo)Updated: 11 p.m.
  State officials say the McHugh Fire burning in the Chugach State Park near the Seward Highway is up to 600 acres. The figure is on high end of estimates from crews working to bring the blaze under control.
  Two small communities in the area are threatened, though officials have held off issuing a full evacuation order.
  “Residents in the area
  
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• Highway lanes re-open, but McHugh fire threatens nearby neighborhoods

  20-07-2016 04:01
  
  
  Smoke rises from the McHugh Fire south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway on Monday night. (Alaska Division of Forestry photo)Updated: 11 p.m.
  State officials say the McHugh Fire burning in the Chugach State Park near the Seward Highway is up to 600 acres. The figure is on the high end of estimates from crews working to bring the blaze under control.
  Two small communities in the area are threatened, though officials have held off issuing a full evacuation order.
  “Residents in the a
  
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• Alaska delegates disrupt Republican National Convention after claims their party miscounted votes - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  20-07-2016 03:42
  
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  Alaska delegates disrupt Republican National Convention after claims their party miscounted votes
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  ANCHORAGE — Donald Trump secured the Republican Party's nomination for president at the Republican National Convention (RNC), but not without some drama from Alaska's delegation, which disrupted the convention after they claimed their votes were ...
  For Alaska delegates, GOP rules fracas wasn't about Donald TrumpAlaska Dispatch Ne
  
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• Ft. Wainwright soldier found dead of apparent suicide

  20-07-2016 03:27
  
  A Fort Wainwright soldier was found dead at his off-base home in Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon. Fairbanks police say 28-year-old Army Sgt. Philip Brandon Wright from Jacksonville, Florida died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He joined the Army in 2008 and has been stationed around the United States.
  
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• Alaska delegates part of ‘ruckus’ over GOP rules vote

  20-07-2016 03:22
  
  
  ZACHARIAH HUGHES: APRN’s Liz Ruskin is reporting from Cleveland.  What was the order of the day?
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  Tuckerman Babcock, left, the chair of the Alaska GOP (Photo by Lawrence Ostrovsky)RUSKIN: The main business of today was nominating Donald J. Trump for president. And here’s how it sounded when state party chairman Tuckerman Babcock announced the results of the Alaska vote.
  BABCOCK: Alaska: we proudly vote exactly the way the people of Alaska voted. 12 votes for Cruz. 11 v
  
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• Alaska delegates part of minor “ruckus” during RNC roll call

  20-07-2016 03:22
  
  ZACHARIAH HUGHES: APRN’s Liz Ruskin is reporting from Cleveland.  What was the order of the day?
  Tuckerman Babcock left) the chair of the Alaska GOP (Photo by Larence Ostrovsky)RUSKIN: The main business of today was nominating Donald J. Trump for president. And here’s how it sounded when state party chairman Tuckerman Babcock announced the results of the Alaska vote.
  BABCOCK: Alaska: we proudly vote exactly the way the people of Alaska voted. 12 votes for Cruz. 11 votes for Trum
  
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• Alaska Delegate Dave Donly Holds Up Convention Demanding State Vote Tally Be Recounted - RealClearPolitics

  20-07-2016 03:15
  
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  Alaska Delegate Dave Donly Holds Up Convention Demanding State Vote Tally Be Recounted
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  Alaska state senator Dave Donly, who spoke the objection which caused the brief delay of the RNC official delegate count, told MSNBC after it was resolved that he is "feeling like we did everything we could to honor the votes of the people of Alaska ...
  Alaska delegate delays convention by requesting new countThe Hill (blog)
  Alaska Prompts Convention Hiccup By Requesting A
  
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• Why Alaska's delegates were counted for Donald Trump - CNN

  20-07-2016 03:14
  
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  Why Alaska's delegates were counted for Donald Trump
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  Cleveland (CNN) When Alaska Republicans went to their caucuses on March 1, Ted Cruz was the top vote-getter, followed by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz wins Maine Republican caucuses ...
  Photos: Alaskans at the Republican National Convention in ClevelandAlaska Dispatch News
  Confusion with Alaska delegation at GOP conventionFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska delegates cry 'miscount' as all 28 are tallied for TrumpAlaska Pub
  
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• Alaska contests the way its votes were counted at RNC and roll call vote pauses - Los Angeles Times

  20-07-2016 02:52
  
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  Alaska contests the way its votes were counted at RNC and roll call vote pauses
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  After a brief dust-up over the roll call votes of Alaska, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus took the stage to explain the procedure. Initially, all of Alaska's delegates went to Donald Trump. However, Alaska state rules have a ...
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• Volunteers collect tons of marine debris from Alaska shores - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-07-2016 02:28
  
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  Volunteers collect tons of marine debris from Alaska shores
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  Scott Hulse, left, and Chris Pallister, president of Gulf of Alaska Keeper, throw marine buoys into a recycling pile Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. More than 200 tons of marine debris collected by the organization along only 10 miles of ...and more »
  
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• Ethics of wolf control technique questioned

  20-07-2016 02:17
  
  The state of Alaska uses radio collars to help find and kill wolves. The technique is part of an approved predator control effort aimed at growing the Forty Mile caribou herd in the Upper Yukon-Tanana area, east of Fairbanks, but the technique raises ethical questions.
  Denali wolf (Photo courtesy of the National Park Service)Independent biologist and wildlife advocate Rick Steiner of Anchorage is a familiar voice when it comes to Alaska wolf issues. He’s long pushed the state to restore a
  
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• Alaska delegate delays convention by requesting new count - The Hill (blog)

  20-07-2016 02:15
  
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  Alaska delegate delays convention by requesting new count
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  Ryan huddled briefly with Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus on stage at 8 p.m. as scores of viewers were tuning into the convention on national television. In an unscripted development, party officials agreed to individually ...
  Alaska Prompts Convention Hiccup By Requesting A Vote RecountTPM
  Alaska Delegate Dave Donly Holds Up Convention Demanding State Vote Tally Be RecountedRealClearP
  
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• St. George takes steps to protect their marine environment

  20-07-2016 02:00
  
  An island in the Pribilof’s is taking steps to protect the marine environment in their backyard. St. George’s city council passed a resolution earlier this month that could establish a National Marine Sanctuary. Eighty people live on the island of St. George and they’re primarily Unangan meaning they rely on the ocean resources for subsistence. Mayor Patrick Pletnikoff says over the past five years the community has noticed a significant decline in the population of fur se
  
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• Injured bear might still be at large in Dyea after shooting

  20-07-2016 01:55
  
  A troublesome brown bear was shot and severely wounded by a Skagway police officer on Saturday night in the Dyea campground. The injured bear has not been seen after it hobbled into the Taiya River early Sunday morning. But National Park Service officials are warning the public to be alert of a potentially dangerous situation.
  A brown bear. This is not the bear that was shot in Skagway. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)The officer responded to campers shouting and honking their car horn in an
  
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• Wood river towers: where sockeye salmon are counted

  20-07-2016 01:46
  
  Commercial salmon fishing in Alaska is closely regulated, with the Department of Fish and Game opening and closing fisheries based on calculations of the fish population. But where do they get the information to make those calls?
  Isaac Reynolds is one of the three-person team operating the Wood River towers. He’s on the evening shift, but he volunteered to show me what he and his coworkers do once per hour, all day, every day – counting sockeye salmon as they make their way up to Lak
  
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• With fall chum opening, Marshall and Russian mission urging Maserculiq to fix ice machine

  20-07-2016 01:34
  
  The first commercial fishing opening for fall chum starts Wednesday for Marshall and Russian Mission, but still no solution has been found for the villages’ broken ice machine.
  Maserculiq’s broken ice machine (Photo courtesy of Nick P. Andrew Jr.)Marshall’s Maserculiq Native Corporation owns the machine but has made no effort to fix it since the compressor quit working two weeks ago. Replacing the part would cost $15,000.
  Fishermen and shareholders are meeting with Maserculiq&n
  
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• Former hockey coach arrested for sexual abuse of minors

  20-07-2016 00:22
  
  A former hockey coach at Kenai Central and Soldotna high schools has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing minors over a span of 14 years. So far, seven victims have been identified, according to Alaska State Troopers.
  55-year-old Bradley Elliot was arrested July 13 and remanded to Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai after a search warrant was served on his Sterling home. He faces 37 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor, child pornography and misconduct involving a controlled substan
  
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• Piping problem leads to dry taps, brown water in Haines

  20-07-2016 00:06
  
  The Haines Borough is working to replenish its water supply after storage tanks drained so low Sunday that some neighborhoods were left with dry taps. The water shortage sprung from a problem with the transmission line from the borough’s main water source, Lily Lake.
  Haines resident Merrill Lowden took this picture of her water at about 4 p.m. Sunday, July 17.On Sunday afternoon, Fort Seward resident Merrill Lowden drove 5 miles to the Mud Bay spring to get 8 gallons of drinking
  
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