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• Unalaska eagle attacks Coast Guard officer, steals phone - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-07-2016 23:02
  
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  Unalaska eagle attacks Coast Guard officer, steals phone
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  A sign in Unalaska warns of attacks by aggressive eagles. (Loren Holmes / ADN file photo). UNALASKA — An eagle tore a Coast Guard officer's hoodie and chased him down a mountain with multiple aerial attacks as he ran, causing him to stumble and lose ...
  
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• Tundra, forests - even railroads - have sprung up atop Alaska's ice ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-07-2016 21:49
  
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  Tundra, forests - even railroads - have sprung up atop Alaska's ice ...
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  For all the descriptive Alaska place names out there — the Grand Canyon, the Wall of China and the three Death Valleys — there are some that make you ...and more »
  
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• Searchers find oil sheen but no sign of Alaska Juris trawler | The ... - The Seattle Times

  30-07-2016 05:33
  
  Searchers find oil sheen but no sign of Alaska Juris trawler | The ...
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  Days after its crew abandoned the Alaska Juris, a factory trawler owned by the Renton-based Fishing Company of Alaska, it is unclear whether the vessel is still ...and more »
  
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• Searchers find oil sheen but no sign of Alaska Juris trawler - The Seattle Times

  30-07-2016 05:33
  
  Searchers find oil sheen but no sign of Alaska Juris trawler
  The Seattle Times
  Days after its crew abandoned the Alaska Juris, a factory trawler owned by the Renton-based Fishing Company of Alaska, it is unclear whether the vessel is still afloat or has sunk. Share story. Search efforts in the Bering Sea have yet to turn up any ...and more »
  
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• 'No consistent evidence' Alaska's public employees are overpaid, says new UAA study - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-07-2016 04:27
  
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  'No consistent evidence' Alaska's public employees are overpaid, says new UAA study
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  Alaska state and local government workers earn 8 percent less than their private-sector counterparts, but about the same when benefits are accounted for, according to new findings by researchers at University of Alaska Anchorage's Institute of Social ...
  
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• Opioids in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  30-07-2016 04:06
  
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  Opioid abuse and addiction is a national crisis and Alaska is suffering the impacts of prescription and illegal drug problems right along with the rest of the country. An upcoming summit on opioid abuse will take place in Palmer next week and the ...
  
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• Opioids in Alaska

  30-07-2016 04:00
  
  Opioid abuse and addiction is a national crisis and Alaska is suffering the impacts of prescription and illegal drug problems right along with the rest of the country. An upcoming summit on opioid abuse will take place in Palmer next week and the nation’s top Health and Veterans officials will be here for it.
  Hydrocodone (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Dr Jay Butler– State Chief Medical Officer-in studio
  Dr. Shane Coleman – D
  
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• Samoans bring colorful version of cricket to Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-07-2016 03:58
  
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  Samoans bring colorful version of cricket to Anchorage
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  Valentine Utuga swings at the ball as Joseph Faga plays defense during Samoan cricket practice at Chester Creek Greenbelt Park. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). Look up "kilikiti" on Wikipedia, and see this description of Samoa's national sport:.
  
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• Anchorage moves forward on downtown road plan

  30-07-2016 03:44
  
  
  A view of the troubled section of road transitioning from the Seward Highway through the Fairview neighborhood of Anchorage. Image via Google maps.Officials in Anchorage have taken the first step in what could be a major transformation to a vital piece of the state’s transportation system.
  The Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions committee, or AMATS, approved a plan Thursday to allocate funding for a comprehensive study of infrastructure affecting the downtown core.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 29, 2016

  30-07-2016 03:41
  
  
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  State Democratic officials look to create bipartisan House
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  State Democratic Party officials are backing challengers to two Democrats who caucus with the Republican-led House majority. The challengers and party official
  
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• Man dead in early-morning shooting in Muldoon - Alaska Dispatch ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-07-2016 03:29
  
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  Man dead in early-morning shooting in Muldoon - Alaska Dispatch ...
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  Anchorage police talk to residents Friday morning along Bolin Street in Muldoon after a man was shot and killed nearby. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News).and more »
  
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• State Democratic officials look to create bipartisan House

  30-07-2016 02:18
  
  State Democratic Party officials are backing challengers to two Democrats who caucus with the Republican-led House majority. The challengers and party officials say this will increase the chances for a bipartisan coalition.
  Casey Steinau, chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party.(Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Philadelphia)There’s a long history of rural legislators joining majority caucuses, regardless of the party. In the House, four Democrats from northern and Western
  
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• Seattle company seeks to build senior housing in Juneau

  30-07-2016 01:59
  A Seattle-based company is one step closer to building a 49-unit senior housing facility in Juneau. If successful, it would cater to a region’s housing market that’s been historically difficult for everyone, especially Southeast’s aging population.
  Juneau’s St. Vincent de Paul Society and Seattle-based GMD Development were supposed to break ground on low-income senior housing on this land near the airport. (Photo courtesy St. Vincent de Paul Society)Earlier this week, the
  
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• Alaska Ocean Acidification Network seeks to inform public of ocean acidity

  30-07-2016 01:53
  Climate change may get all the attention, but it has a less-talked-about but no less troubling twin: ocean acidification. And a growing chorus of Alaskans, from shellfish growers to fishermen, are fretting about the potential impacts to the state’s waters. Now a new collaboration is aiming to bring ocean acidification into the spotlight – with the hope that better understanding it will better prepare the state to adapt.
  A buoy in Seward’s Resurrection Bay measures ocean acidifi
  
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• AK: Sawmill Farm, Tongass farm country

  30-07-2016 01:02
  
  The Tongass Rainforest isn’t what you’d picture as a candidate for farm country. The terrain is rugged, the soil unstable, and it rains over 100 inches a year. The vast majority of Sitkans get their meat and dairy products off a barge, shipped hundreds of miles. But Bobbi Daniels of the Sawmill Farm is determined to change that. KCAW’s Emily Kwong met with this fearless island farmer who is bringing eggs to Sitka the old fashioned way.Daniels oversees the ducks. She’s awa
  
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• Revisiting Coastal Brown Bears

  30-07-2016 01:00
  
  A brown bear sow fishes in the McNeil River sanctuary. Photo: Lora JorgensenWe’re revisiting conversations about bears on Outdoor Explorer. Our region of Alaska happens to be the best place in the world for ordinary people to get out in the woods and see lots of gigantic bears. The coastal brown bear can grow to enormous size, but while they are gorging on the salmon that make them so large, they don’t pay attention to anything else. Visitors to certain key streams can get very,
  
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• 49 Voices: Traci George of Eagle River

  30-07-2016 00:56
  
  This week we caught up with Traci George at the Democratic National Convention. George lives in Eagle River and went to Philadelphia as a delegate for Bernie Sanders.
  Traci George of Eagle River at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA (Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Philadelphia)GEORGE: I’m a military spouse. I have been in Alaska since August of last year, so not even a year yet. I’m coming up on my year anniversary.
  So it’s not about m
  
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• The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Will Dry Up Without New Oil - WSJ - Wall Street Journal

  30-07-2016 00:25
  
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  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Will Dry Up Without New Oil - WSJ
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  Anchorage, Alaska. For nearly four decades, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System has served as Alaska's economic artery while providing the rest of the U.S. with a ...and more »
  
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