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• Longtime journalist Craig Medred hired by Alaska Senate President - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2016 23:32
  
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  Longtime journalist Craig Medred hired by Alaska Senate President
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  Journalist and blogger Craig Medred has a new gig: communications and research for Alaska's Senate president, Anchorage Republican Kevin Meyer. Medred is a veteran Alaska reporter and former Alaska Dispatch News and Anchorage Daily News ...
  
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• Alaska isn't affected by split between Providence and Premera Blue Cross Washington - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2016 22:09
  
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  Alaska isn't affected by split between Providence and Premera Blue Cross Washington
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  A recent announcement that Providence Health Services and Premera Blue Cross are ending their contract agreement in the state of Washington won't affect insured people in Alaska, Premera said Thursday. In Washington starting in 2017, Providence will no ...
  
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• Post reporter booted from Pence event is an Alaskan

  28-07-2016 21:38
  
  Washington Post reporter Jose DelReal grew up in Anchorage and graduated from a local high school in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Twitter, @jdelreal)A Washington Post reporter at the heart of a high-profile campaign incident grew up in Alaska and graduated from an Anchorage high school.
  The Washington Post’s style section reports that Jose DelReal was blocked from covering a campaign event for Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence in Wisconsin on Wednesday.
  DelReal has covered Donald Trump&
  
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• Why a Bahamas tanker is carrying North Slope crude

  28-07-2016 20:44
  
  A foreign-owned tanker is expected to transport North Slope crude to Asia in the coming weeks. BP has shipped its oil overseas before, but it’s been decades since it was on a tanker built and managed outside the U.S.
  BP’s Anchorage headquarters. Image: Wikimedia CommonsJoyce Lofgren, a state petroleum economist, says news about an oil tanker — named Tianlong Spirit — has caused some confusion. She’s received emails from people wondering what all of the fuss is about
  
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• Ketchikan School Board OKs abuse/assault program policy

  28-07-2016 20:40
  
  The Ketchikan School Board quickly approved a new policy Wednesday establishing programs to help reduce child abuse and sexual assault.
  Ketchikan High School (Photo from KRBD)There was no discussion before the unanimous roll-call vote in favor of the policy, which calls for age-appropriate information for students in all grade levels to teach about appropriate conduct, and resources available for students.
  The program also will provide information for dating-age students about healthy and respec
  
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• Senior tax exemption will go to Kenai Peninsula voters

  28-07-2016 20:18
  
  Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will have their say on whether the borough’s optional senior property tax exemption will be phased out.The borough assembly voted at its meeting Tuesday to place a question on the October municipal ballot, seeking voter approval to phase out the borough’s $150,000 property tax exemption for seniors.
  Currently, seniors in the borough receive $350,000 in property tax exemptions — $150,000 mandated by the state, $150,000 offered by the borough a
  
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• After VP nomination, Sen. Tim Kaine's Alaska visit resurfaces - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  28-07-2016 19:04
  
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  After VP nomination, Sen. Tim Kaine's Alaska visit resurfaces
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  TCC Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert shows Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine on Aug. 29, 2015, a traditional canvas canoe that was used for fishing and muskrat hunting when Gilbert was a kid. Community members built the canoe during science camp hosted by Fish ...
  
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• Alaska group seeks input from fishermen on salmon habitat - KTUU.com

  28-07-2016 18:33
  
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  Alaska group seeks input from fishermen on salmon habitat
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  KENAI, Alaska Alaska's largest commercial fishing trade organization has launched an effort to learn more about habitat conditions across the state and ways to keep its members engaged. The Peninsula Clarion reports that United Fishermen of Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Alaska May Be Baked, But Wayward Social Is Taking Its Place - Bedford + Bowery

  28-07-2016 18:08
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  Alaska May Be Baked, But Wayward Social Is Taking Its Place
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  For a long time– well, starting four years ago, which feels like it was a different era in Bushwick years– Alaska was the after-midnight bar that guaranteed a good time and cheap drinks on the night ship to crazyville, and when it closed just a few ...and more »
  
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• 6 years later, revisiting 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2016 07:21
  
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  6 years later, revisiting 'Sarah Palin's Alaska'
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  Every four years without fail, our two-party political system brings us some of the best reality TV imaginable. Whether it's former cast members of "The Real World" talking nonsense about immigration, or the disappointed Bernie Sanders delegates who ...
  
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• Bill that would tighten restrictions on sex ed in Alaska goes into law ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2016 06:39
  
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  Bill that would tighten restrictions on sex ed in Alaska goes into law ...
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  A bill that would tighten restrictions on sexual education in Alaska sat on Gov. Bill Walker's desk Wednesday, scheduled to automatically become law at 11:59 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska congressional delegation reacts with near-silence to Trump's ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2016 04:07
  
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  Alaska congressional delegation reacts with near-silence to Trump's ...
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  Alaska's all-Republican Congressional delegation reacted with near-silence Wednesday to Donald Trump's expression of hope that Russian intelligence ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 27, 2016

  28-07-2016 03:46
  
  
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  ‘Sandernistas’ demand inclusion in Alaska party
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Philadelphia, PA
  The new chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party says supporters of Bernie Sanders are re-invigorating the party. But along with the new en
  
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• Anchorage economic report: Pain ahead, but not devastation

  28-07-2016 03:21
  
  
  Anchorage Economic Development Corporation CEO Bill Popp addresses the crowd at the group’s annual economic forecast luncheon on Wednesday, July 27. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Anchorage Economic Development Corporation’s annual forecast for the local economy is usually pretty sunny, but the steep drop in oil prices last year means Anchorage and Alaska are in the midst of the first economic downturn in nearly three decades. Still, the overall
  
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• 'Sandernistas' demand inclusion in Alaska party - Alaska Public Radio Network

  28-07-2016 02:36
  
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  'Sandernistas' demand inclusion in Alaska party
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  Democrats gathered in Philadelphia this year for their annual party convention. Photo: Liz Ruskin Democrats gathered in Philadelphia this year for their annual party convention. Photos: Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media. PHILADELPHIA – The new chairwoman ...
  Dispatches from the DNC: Sanders supporters, including Alaska ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 5 news articles »
  
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• 'Sandernistas' demand inclusion in Alaska party | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  28-07-2016 02:36
  
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  Democrats gathered in Philadelphia this year for their annual party convention. Photo: Liz Ruskin Democrats gathered in Philadelphia this year for their annual ...
  Dispatches from the DNC: Sanders supporters, including Alaska ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 5 news articles »
  
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• ‘Sandernistas’ demand inclusion in Alaska party

  28-07-2016 02:30
  
  Democrats gathered in Philadelphia this year for their annual party convention. Photos: Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public MediaPHILADELPHIA – The new chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party says supporters of Bernie Sanders are re-invigorating the party. But along with the new enthusiasm, the Alaska Sanders supporters also bring deep wells of dissatisfaction.
  Casey Steinau of Big Lake became chair of the Alaska Democratic Party in January. Even though the state’s registered Republicans outn
  
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• New Beaked Whale Species Discovered In Alaska, Scientists Say | The Weather Channel - The Weather Channel

  28-07-2016 02:11
  
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  A new species of whale has been discovered in Alaska using DNA sampling and a little detective work. After years of hearing about a mysterious black, beaked whale that Japanese fisherman called "karasu," or raven, evidence of a new species of whale ...
  New Species of Beaked Whale Discovered in AlaskaSmithsonian
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• Citing environmental concerns, Pike’s landing golf course in Fairbanks shut down

  28-07-2016 02:09
  
  A Fairbanks restaurant is in trouble with the state over a golf game that often sends balls into the Chena River. The driving range on the deck of Pike’s Landing has closed due to environmental concerns.
   
  The patrons of Pikes Landing can no longer try to hit golf balls across the Chena River. Pikes challenges customers to buy a ball and drive it across the water, but many end up in the river, and Department of Environmental Conservation compliance officer Tiffany Larson said that&rsq
  
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• Fighting wildfires is risky and difficult but it has its rewards

  28-07-2016 01:46
  
  Experienced firefighters can earn up to 60-thousand dollars in a few months, which may seem like a lot of money. But considering their working conditions, and hazards, many of them would say they earn every bit of their pay. A few dozen Alaskan firefighters are mopping up the McHugh fire south of Anchorage.
  Fire responders at the McHugh fire daily briefing Tuesday morning. Alaska’s Chena, Tanana Chiefs Conference and White Mountain firefighter crews are mopping up hot spots.
  (Photo by Joaq
  
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• Warm ocean water leads to heavy rain in Alaska

  28-07-2016 01:31
  
  It’s been unusually wet across a large section of the state this summer.
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider)Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly as part of a new segment- Ask a Climatologist.
  Brettschneider told Energy Desk editor Annie Feidt that some parts of the state, especially near Fairbanks, have had double their normal rainfall since June.
  
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