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• Anglers get more chance at Kenai sockeye

  22-07-2016 23:54
  
  The Kenai River is seeing less sockeye in recent days but more fishing opportunity starting July 22.Dip-netters line the north shore of the Kenai River. (Photo by Jenny Neyman, KBBI – Homer)The good news for anglers hoping to catch sockeye salmon in the Kenai River is they have more opportunity to do so, with fishing restrictions liberalized July 22.
  Starting at 12:01 a.m., the daily limit for sockeye in the river up to the outlet of Skilak Lake increases to six per day, with 12 in possess
  
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• Alaska's first Zika case confirmed in Sitka - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 23:53
  
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  Alaska's first Zika case confirmed in Sitka
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  A Midwestern man visiting Sitka tested positive for the Zika virus this month, the first confirmed case of the illness in Alaska. According to a press release from the Alaska Division of Public Health, the man contracted the virus while visiting ...
  A man visiting Alaska tests positive for Zika virus, public health officials sayKTUU.com
  Man tests positive for Zika virus in AlaskaKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• Alaska high court: Parental notification for abortion is unconstitutional - CBS News

  22-07-2016 23:23
  
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  Alaska high court: Parental notification for abortion is unconstitutional
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  JUNEAU, Alaska -- The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down a state law requiring parental notification for girls under age 18 seeking abortions, agreeing with pro-abortion rights advocates that the mandate approved by voters in 2010 violates the ...
  Alaska Supreme Court strikes down abortion notification lawKTUU.com
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• Rain helps effort to contain McHugh Creek fire

  22-07-2016 22:25
  
  The McHugh Fire burns near Beluga point (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Wet weather has brought much-needed relief to the ongoing effort to control the McHugh Creek fire in southeast Anchorage.
  The fire is holding steady at 842 acres, and is now 7 percent contained, according to Alaska Wildland Fire Program Manager Tom Kurth. At a press conference Friday morning, Kurth said the rain that has moved into the area has been a big help to the 330 people fighting the blaz
  
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• Supreme Court overturns parental notification law for minors seeking abortions

  22-07-2016 22:04
  
  The Alaska Supreme Court overturned the state’s parental notification law for minors who are seeking abortions. The voter-passed initiative required unmarried women under 18 who wanted to terminate their pregnancies to notify their parents 48 hours before the procedure. They could go to court and ask a judge for an exception.
  The opinion, written by Justice Daniel Winfree, said that the notification law violates the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution. It treated youn
  
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• Supreme Court overturns law requiring parental notification for abortion of minors

  22-07-2016 22:04
  
  The Alaska Supreme Court overturned the state’s parental notification law for minors who are seeking abortions. The voter-passed initiative required unmarried women under 18 who wanted to terminate their pregnancies to notify their parents 48 hours before the procedure. They could go to court and ask a judge for an exception.The opinion, written by Justice Daniel Winfree, said that the notification law violates the equal protection clause of the state’s constitution. It treated young
  
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• Housing crisis in Stebbins results in overcrowding and frustration

  22-07-2016 21:46
  
  In many communities across Western Alaska, populations are rising, but housing has failed to keep up. In the late 1990s the tribal government in Stebbins took control over housing from the regional non-profit.
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  Minnie Pete and her husband, Bernard Pete, outside their home in Stebbins. (Photo by Emily Russell, KNOM – Nome)The idea was to speed up the building process, but it’s actually led to stagnation and overcrowding.
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• Metlakatla resident to represent Alaska at DNC

  22-07-2016 21:13
  
  A Metlakatla resident is heading to the City of Brotherly Love next week as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
  Gavin Hudson stands with a Bernie Sanders cardboard cutout during the Alaska Democratic Convention earlier this year. Hudson is headed to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week. (Photo courtesy Gavin Hudson)Gavin Hudson said he’s an unashamed progressive Alaska liberal.
  “And the champion of American liberalism and progressivism
  
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• Love­ – Our Supreme Emotion

  22-07-2016 21:00
  
  Love is not just a category of relationships, but is an action and a choice. Love is also a behavior that can be chosen in the service of greater psychological and physical well­being. By working to strengthen our virtue, compassion, generosity, and gratitude, we increase our capacity to give and receive love. Join host Prentiss Pemberton and his guest, Dr. Jennifer Beathe as they discuss the complexities and benefits of our supreme emotion.
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• Cyrano’s Antony and Cleopatra

  22-07-2016 20:46
  
  Shakespeare’s Antony and CleopatraCyrano’s Theatre Company is presenting Shakespeare’s tale of love and honor, Antony and Cleopatra July 22 through August 14. This week on Stage Talk actors Mark Robokoff and Shanette Harper, who play the tragic lovers, come by along with director J. David Dahl to talk about the show.
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• Alaska Air targets Newark in transcontinental expansion - USA TODAY

  22-07-2016 20:37
  
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  Alaska Air targets Newark in transcontinental expansion
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  Alaska Airlines announced a “significant expansion to the New York City area” that will see it add four additional flights and three new routes at Newark Liberty International Airport. The airline's new routes to Newark will be from its West Coast ...
  Alaska Airlines to start from San Jose to New York City areaKRON4.com
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• Why Juneau’s rape stats tripled in one year

  22-07-2016 20:29
  
  The number of reported rapes in Juneau nearly tripled from 2014 to 2015. That increase is from more rapes being reported, but also because the Juneau Police Department had been under-counting rapes in its annual report.
  “We did have an increase in rapes,” Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson said. “For the 23 rapes that were reported in 2014 to 68 in 2015, which is almost a 200 percent increase.”
  Johnson said the sharp increase in rapes is different than other cri
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court rejects parent-notification law for abortions - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 20:29
  
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  Alaska Supreme Court rejects parent-notification law for abortions
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  The parental notification law was approved by 56 percent of voters in a 2010 citizens initiative, with sponsors including Mia Costello, now an Anchorage Republican senator. But the law violates the Alaska Constitution's equal protection guarantee "and ...
  
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• Alaska homicide victims honored at ceremony - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  22-07-2016 08:27
  
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  Alaska homicide victims honored at ceremony
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  Many Alaskans might not know about the Alaska Victims Memorial. It's tucked away on a downtown street corner where 3rd Avenue meets L Street. But for family and friends of homicide victims it is an important place of remembrance. Thursday evening, 17 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska delegates give Trump a boost - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 08:23
  
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  Alaska delegates give Trump a boost
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  CLEVELAND — Alaska delegates at the Republican National Convention have a lot of reasons to vote for presidential nominee Donald Trump: They say he will be good for business and churches, tough on crime, terrorism and Washington bureaucrats; his ...and more »
  
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• Day 4: Dispatches from Cleveland - Alaska at the Republican National Convention - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 04:53
  
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  Day 4: Dispatches from Cleveland - Alaska at the Republican National Convention
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  ADN reporter Erica Martinson is in Cleveland covering Alaskans and Alaska issues at the Republican National Convention. Check out the daily blogs from Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Updated: 6:45 p.m. Thursday (Alaska time). The nominee. The view ...and more »
  
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• What's your Alaska political aptitude? The HEPCAT will tell you - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 03:45
  
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  What's your Alaska political aptitude? The HEPCAT will tell you
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  The 2016 Alaska Primary Election will be held Aug.16. Before the voters head to the polls, let's find who is politically informed — and who is not. Yes, it is time again for the HEPCAT, the High Energy Politics Carey Aptitude Test. Sterling citizens ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 21, 2016

  22-07-2016 03:41
  
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  Rain dampening McHugh Fire, officials say prospects are good
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  Light rain in Anchorage this morning is helping stop the spread of the nearly 850 acre McHugh Fire. Crews are able to get close to the blaze and
  
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• Gusto levels vary as Alaskans embrace Trump

  22-07-2016 02:37
  
  Downtown Cleveland gussied up for the GOP convention. Photo: Lawrence Ostrovsky.The Republican National Convention ends tonight in Cleveland with a big speech  by the party’s presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Of course, Trump wasn’t Alaska’s first choice. Ted Cruz won the state’s GOP vote in March. Are they lining up behind the nominee? Yes. Mostly.
  John Moller of Juneau is a Cruz delegate. Going into the convention, he wasn’t sure he could fully ba
  
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• Walker vetoes bills allowing lawmakers on gas pipeline board, insurers to use credit scores

  22-07-2016 02:31
  
  Governor Bill Walker vetoed two bills this week that would have allowed legislators to serve on the board overseeing gas pipeline development, and insurers to use credit scores to adjust rates.
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state’s budget on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 during a press conference in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)The gas line bill would have added two legislators as non-voting Alaska Gasline Development Corporation board members.
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• ADN owner responds to $1 million dollar lawsuit

  22-07-2016 02:26
  
  The owner of the Alaska Dispatch News has submitted a response to a $1 million lawsuit filed against her.
  A copy of the napkin signed by Rogoff, courtesy of Tony Hopfinger.In the document, Alice Rogoff’s lawyers deny claims by the paper’s former editor, Tony Hopfinger, that he was wrongfully terminated at the end of last year. Instead, the response says that during an argument in the winter of 2015 Hopfinger swore at Rogoff before saying “I’ll see you in court.&rdquo
  
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• Planes run into trouble at popular Alaska bear-viewing spot - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-07-2016 01:29
  
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  Planes run into trouble at popular Alaska bear-viewing spot
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  Planes flown by two air tour operators nosed over on a beach on Chinitna Bay Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported among the seven people on board. (Courtesy Richard Hojohn). Two small commercial planes tipped onto their noses Tuesday on a ...
  
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• Southeast’s Columbia ferry stalls in Petersburg

  22-07-2016 01:28
  
  One of Southeast Alaska’s ferries stalled near Petersburg on Wednesday.
  The southbound Columbia ferry arrived in Petersburg early this morning and was scheduled to depart shortly after, but an unexpected delay left the boat parked in town all day.
  Alaska Marine Highway System spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says a mechanical issue with the ship’s starboard engine required the ferry to remain moored.
  “It will remain there as long as the AMHS technicians are troubleshooting the situatio
  
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• A closer look at the ship bringing high-speed internet to Western Alaska

  22-07-2016 00:55
  
  Western Alaska just got one step closer to high-speed internet.
  The Ile de Brehat docked in Dutch Harbor. (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KUCB – Unlaska)That’s because after years of planning and wrangling permits, Quintillion is finally ready to lay fiber optic cable from Prudhoe Bay to Nome. The telecom company has one vessel stationed in the Bering Sea and another close behind.
  The Ile de Brehat has left its homeport in France, passed through the Panama Canal, and will soon arr
  
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• Wrangell’s water shortage causes borough to declare local disaster

  22-07-2016 00:39
  
  Wrangell is in a water crisis. Between two fish processors and the public, demand is exceeding the water treatment system’s ability to produce clean water. The assembly and borough manager declared a local emergency disaster Tuesday and are asking the public to cut water consumption 30 to 50 percent.
  Sand from filter at Wrangell’s water plant. (Photo by Aaron Bolton, KSTK – Wrangell )Water Plant Manager Wayne McHolland said Wrangell’s treatment system was never designed f
  
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