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• Alaska whale-watchers rescue swimming deer in distress - The Seattle Times

  29-07-2016 23:20
  
  Alaska whale-watchers rescue swimming deer in distress
  The Seattle Times
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska whale-watching cruise turned into a rescue mission for an unusual aquatic species — a distressed, swimming deer. The 18-passenger tour vessel from Gastineau Guiding Co. lassoed the struggling deer on Wednesday, ...and more »
  
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• Spine Function and Back Pain

  29-07-2016 21:00
  
   
  There are very few of us that have not experienced lower back pain. Most will improve within one to two months, but recurrences are common and for a few, lower back pain becomes chronic. On the next Line One we’ll talk about injury prevention and rehabilitation.HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Stuart M. McGill, PhD, is a Professor of Spine Biomechanics and Director of the Spine Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The broad mandate of the SB
  
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• How Common Are Severe Thunderstorms In Alaska? - Forbes

  29-07-2016 20:51
  
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  How Common Are Severe Thunderstorms In Alaska?
  Forbes
  We deal with some pretty rough weather here in the lower 48. It's hard to find a day during the warm season when some town somewhere doesn't get trashed by the fits of a raging thunderstorm. The heart of severe weather beats in the central and southern ...
  
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• Warm water Blob survives as El Niño dies

  29-07-2016 20:13
  
  It’s being called a marine heat wave. The combination of the strongest El Niño in recent history and the warm water anomaly known as the Blob generated the greatest amount of warm ocean water that has ever been recorded, possibly affecting marine life up and down the West Coast.
  Sea surface temperature observations in late July 2016 show higher-than-normal temperatures lingering in the North Pacific and Bering Sea. (Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
  
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• New atlas maps Alaska’s surface

  29-07-2016 19:20
  
  What’s in the dirt in Alaska?
  The colorful Polychrome Mountains emerge from the clouds on July 22, 2016, in Denali National Park. The mountains get their color from volcanic rock. The U.S. Geological Survey released the first updated geochemical atlas of Alaska in nearly 40 years. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)Federal and state researchers teamed up to make it easier for everyone to find out. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Alaska has an updated atlas of the chemic
  
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• The Music Machine is 35 years old

  29-07-2016 19:03
  
  The Music MachineIt’s showtime! The Music Machine is celebrating its 35th anniversary with its annual revue featuring music and dance, but is also bringing back many alumni from all the way back to its beginnings to join the other 75 regular cast members. Director and founder Janet Carr-Campbell along with cast member Abby Webster drop by Stage Talk this week to let us in on what this year’s exciting show will be offering. The Music Machine performs August 3-6 in the Discovery Theatr
  
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• Pavlof Volcano alert level increased - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 17:41
  
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  Pavlof Volcano alert level increased
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A 1 p.m. Thursday photo of Pavlof Volcano, taken from a PenAir plane en route from Dutch Harbor to Anchorage, shows an ash plume drifting northeast. (Courtesy Pavel Izbekov via AVO). The Alaska Peninsula's Pavlof Volcano is once again drawing concern ...
  
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• Man dead in apparent early-morning homicide in Anchorage

  29-07-2016 16:29
  
  A man is dead in an apparent homicide early Friday morning on Anchorage’s east side.
  Anchorage police responded to a report of shots fired near Duben Avenue and Bolin Street just after 3 a.m. and found a deceased male in the street.
  According to an APD release, police are investigating the death as a homicide and no suspects are in custody at this time.
  The victim has not been positively identified.
  
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• Legends of Alaska sports gather to greet fans at the Alaska Airlines Center - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 08:15
  
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  Legends of Alaska sports gather to greet fans at the Alaska Airlines Center
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Sports Hall of Fame celebrated its 10-year anniversary Thursday at the Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus, which allowed fans to meet many of the hall's inductees, have a photograph taken with them and gather an autograph. Thirty-two ...and more »
  
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• Mat-Su Farm Tours teach lessons in Alaska agriculture - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-07-2016 07:56
  
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  Mat-Su Farm Tours teach lessons in Alaska agriculture
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  When it comes to tours of Alaska the options are abundant, but the focus of a new tourism business isn't glaciers or reindeer, but agriculture. “It's about general education to the public and getting to teach people from both in the state and Outside ...
  
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• Unique-to-Alaska church cloister on the list for the annual city garden tour - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 06:41
  
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  Unique-to-Alaska church cloister on the list for the annual city garden tour
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The annual Anchorage Garden Club tour of area gardens has a couple of interesting twists this year. For one thing, all of the featured gardens are east of Muldoon Road, either in East Anchorage or Eagle River. The yards of participating homes include ...
  
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• Alaska Democrats aim to rally local voters - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 06:41
  
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  Alaska Democrats aim to rally local voters
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  A view from the Alaska delegates' seats at the final night of the Democratic National Convention. (Erica Martinson / ADN). PHILADELPHIA — Alaska's delegates to the Democratic National Convention closed the week perhaps not much closer to ...
  Alaska Democratic chair: Higher standard for women leaders like Hillary ClintonKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• Canisius will play in Alaska during upcoming hockey season - Buffalo News

  29-07-2016 05:29
  
  Canisius will play in Alaska during upcoming hockey season
  Buffalo News
  The Canisius College hockey team will be taking a major road trip during the coming season - to Alaska. The Golden Griffins will play Alaska (Fairbanks) on Oct. 14, and Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 15. Both games will be played in Fairbanks. It's a ...
  
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• 2016 schedule for Arctic Thunder featuring the Blue Angels - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 04:54
  
  2016 schedule for Arctic Thunder featuring the Blue Angels
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A Blue Angels F/A-18 jet flies inverted between two others on Thursday, August 18, 2006, over Elmendorf Air Force Base. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News ). Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31: 9 a.m. — Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson opens its gates to ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Legislature signs purchase agreement for Spenard offices - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 04:13
  
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  Alaska Legislature signs purchase agreement for Spenard offices
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Legislature has signed a purchase agreement for new Anchorage offices in Spenard, with the sale expected to be finished in less than two months. Lawmakers are spending $11,825,000 on the building, owned by Wells Fargo Bank. The closing ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 28, 2016

  29-07-2016 03:43
  
  
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  Walker opts not to veto bill putting local school boards in charge of sex ed
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  A bill that puts local school boards in charge sex education will become a law, after Governor Bill Walker decided against vetoing it Thursda
  
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• Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska - KTOO - KTOO

  29-07-2016 03:31
  
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  Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska - KTOO
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  During a brief layover Wednesday in Ketchikan on her way to Sitka, Alaska's Sen. Lisa Murkowski talked about the state's Republican primary campaign, and ...and more »
  
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• Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska - KTOO

  29-07-2016 03:31
  
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  Murkowski on primary campaign tour of Alaska
  KTOO
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski is making a campaign trip around Alaska during the Senate recess. (KRBD file photo). Alaska's Sen. Lisa Murkowski is on a campaign trip around the state during a month-long Senate recess. During a brief layover Wednesday in ...and more »
  
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• With water everywhere, boats are essential for work and play in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 03:30
  
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  With water everywhere, boats are essential for work and play in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Porpoise, a north Pacific salmon tender, was at the Red Salmon Cannery dock on July 22, 2016. (John Schandelmeier). Typically, summer work or recreation in Alaska requires a boat. You can walk, take a horse or fly somewhere. But eventually, water ...
  
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• Bill tightening sex-ed restrictions in Alaska schools will become law without governor's signature - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 03:16
  
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  Bill tightening sex-ed restrictions in Alaska schools will become law without governor's signature
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Gov. Bill Walker announced Thursday he would not sign a bill that tightens restrictions on sex education, allowing it to become law without his signature. "This was a very close call for me. I received a lot of input on this legislation –from both ...
  Alaska sex ed bill taking effect without Walker's signatureThe Daily Progress
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• Walker opts not to veto bill putting local school boards in charge of sex ed

  29-07-2016 03:06
  
  A bill that puts local school boards in charge sex education will become a law, after Governor Bill Walker decided against vetoing it Thursday. House Bill 156 requires that school boards approve any sex education curriculum, as well as any teachers who aren’t employed under a contract with schools.
  The bill also allows parents to opt their children out of any lesson. It also gives parents the right to review sex education curriculum and teachers’ credentials. And it bars the state fr
  
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• Condition of abandoned fishing vessel off Alaska unknown - Washington Times

  29-07-2016 03:03
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  Condition of abandoned fishing vessel off Alaska unknown
  Washington Times
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The condition of a fishing vessel abandoned is unknown days after the crew abandoned ship. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says a salvage vessel is expected to arrive at the last known location of the ...
  Good Samaritans 'paramount' in getting 46 crew members safely off stricken Alaska boatCBC.caall 13 news articles »
  
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• Deer rescue operation occurs off Juneau’s Shelter Island

  29-07-2016 02:51
  
  While passing the west side of Juneau’s Shelter Island Wednesday, an 18-passenger tour vessel saw more than whales.
  Shelter Island near Auke Bay. (Image courtesy Google Maps)Audrey Benson is a naturalist with Gastineau Guiding Company. She was on the tour when the crew heard some news over the radio.
  “And we heard that there were two deer that were swimming across in the water,” Benson said. “So after we watched the whales for a bit our passengers were curious and wanted
  
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• Scientists have increased alert level for Pavlof Volcano

  29-07-2016 02:46
  
  Scientists have increased the alert level for Pavlof Volcano for the second time this month. On Thursday, the Alaska Peninsula volcano showed signs of low-level eruptive activity, prompting officials to raise its alert level from “advisory” to “watch.”
  Lava fountains out of Pavlof Volcano, as seen from Cold Bay
  early June 3. (Photo courtesy Robert Stacy)Dave Schneider is a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey at the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
  
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• Search continues for missing Tuluksak man

  29-07-2016 02:30
  
  The search continues for a man who walked away from the village of Tuluksak 15 days ago.
  On Monday Tuluksak Search and Rescue spotted Walter Hawk, a 43-year-old man troopers describe as a “vulnerable adult.” A group had boated nine miles up the Tuluksak river when they spied Hawk a couple miles offshore through binoculars. Night was approaching, and the missing man was too far away for the group to reach before dark.
  Search and Rescue Member Jacob Napoka said the group decided to cam
  
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• State partially lifts ban on drug felons applying for food stamps

  29-07-2016 02:14
  
  Ivory Mack at her desk at Bean’s Cafe. (Hillman/KSKA)People with drug felonies can now apply for food stamps in Alaska. With the signing of Senate Bill 91, the state’s criminal justice reform bill, the state partially opted-out of the 1996 federally-imposed lifetime ban. Individuals can now apply, but they have to prove that they are complying with parole and substance abuse treatment requirements.
  Sixty-one year-old Ivory Mack committed a drug felony nearly 20 years ago. These days,
  
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• New evidence of Denali dinosaurs

  29-07-2016 02:10
  
  Dinosaur bones have been found in Denali National Park. The bone fragments were discovered this summer by a team of University of Alaska Fairbanks and National Park Service scientists. The researchers found the bones on a mountain slope in the Cantwell rock formation, north of the Park Road.
  UA Museum of the North curatorial intern Heather MacFarland, who found the first bone, at the site of the discovery in Denali National Park (Photo courtesy of UA Museum of the North)Dinosaur tracks have prev
  
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• Harry Brower Jr elected new North Slope Borough mayor

  29-07-2016 02:00
  The North Slope Borough has a new mayor following a runoff election last week.
  Harry Brower Jr. was sworn Tuesday after absentee and questioned ballots were tallied and the results of the election were certified. He is the brother-in-law of Charlotte Brower, who was recalled as mayor earlier this year after she was linked to borough spending that benefited family members
  Brower Jr. defeated George Ahmaogak in the runoff.
  John Boyle, the borough’s director of government and external affairs
  
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• South Peninsula students study STEM subjects through ANSEP

  29-07-2016 01:54
  
  Women and Alaska Natives are underrepresented in the STEM fields, but two south peninsula girls are breaking barriers before even leaving high school. They are learning about— science, technology, engineering and mathematics —at University of Alaska Anchorage this summer. The girls are participating in the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, or ANSEP, five-week Acceleration Academy.
  Nikolaevsk School sophomore Chelsea Johnson drafts a computer generated model of an ob
  
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• ConocoPhillips reports $1.1B global loss, but earnings in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 01:24
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  ConocoPhillips reports $1.1B global loss, but earnings in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alpine Central Facility serves as the hub for the Alpine oil field, near the Colville River on the North Slope, photographed on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Despite a global loss of $1.1 billion, oil giant ...
  
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• Unextinguished campfire cause of McHugh Fire

  29-07-2016 01:21
  
  The Department of Natural Resources have determined that an unextinguished campfire was the cause of the McHugh fire that has been raging in Chugach State Park near South Anchorage since July 16th. According to a release sent out this afternoon, the fire began in an area not commonly used by hikers and not in an established campfire ring.
  A helicopter dumps water from a “Bambi Bucket” to fight the McHugh fire on July 20, 2016. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Ancho
  
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• McHugh wildfire caused by unextinguished campfire, officials say ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 01:00
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  McHugh wildfire caused by unextinguished campfire, officials say ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  An Alaska Railroad passenger train passes smoldering slopes near Beluga Point as the McHugh wildfire burns on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, along Turnagain ...
  Alaska wildfire blamed on smoldering campfireFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Unextinguished campfire cause of McHugh Fire | Alaska Public MediaAlaska Public Radio Networkall 7 news articles »
  
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• Flood watch issued in Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys

  29-07-2016 00:31
  
  Heavy rains in the Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys have prompted theNational Weather Service to issue a flood watch beginning Friday, extending through Saturday evening.
  1 to 2 inches of rain are in the forecast, with the possibility of morein some areas beginning early Friday morning.
  The Weather Service says rapid rises will occur on smaller streams andrivers draining into the Nulato Hills followed by significant rises inlarger area rivers.
  Flooding is expected in low-lying areas,
  
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• Oregon adds pot to its state-fair lineup. Alaska isn't following suit -- yet. - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-07-2016 00:25
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Oregon adds pot to its state-fair lineup. Alaska isn't following suit -- yet.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska State Fair has no plans to include cannabis judging in its annual lineup this year, a fair official said Thursday, but it expects to take a "serious look" at the possibility in the future. Responding to a report in Oregon Live that the ...and more »
  
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