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• Earthquake simulator to bring jolt of awareness to Southeast and Yukon

  03-08-2016 22:27
  
  Alaska is earthquake country. But many people don’t know the basic safety measures they should take to prepare for an earthquake. The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management wants to change that. The Division hopes to jolt people into awareness with a mobile earthquake simulator. The ‘Quake Cottage’ is scheduled to visit ten communities in Southeast Alaska and the Yukon for the first time ever this fall.
  The Alaska Earthquake Simulator in October 2015. (Ph
  
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• Swiss family sails around the world for climate change

  03-08-2016 20:27
  
  The Pachamama Band, also known to a few as the Schwoerer family singers, are all members of one Swiss family that has been living at sea for the past sixteen years. They’ve been sailing around the world in a boat called Pachamama, educating people about climate change and re-strengthening humanity’s relationship with nature.
  The Schwoerer family is sailing around the world educating people about climate change for ToptoTop Organization. Photo (Photo courtesy of TopToTop)“It&rsq
  
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• Researchers capture bear-salmon interactions on camera

  03-08-2016 19:08
  
  Researchers with the Alaska Salmon Program have found a way to study bears when they come to fish in Happy Creek or any other salmon stream in Bristol Bay: with cameras activated by movement, and barbed wires to snag bear hair.
  Motion-activated cameras set up by researchers working with the University of Washington’s Alaska Salmon Program catch bears in action on Lake Aleknagik streams. (Photo by Molly Dischner, KDLG – Dillingham)For the past several years, University of Washington&r
  
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• Alaska Airlines to offer nonstop flight from Wichita to Seattle - KWCH

  03-08-2016 16:41
  
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  Alaska Airlines to offer nonstop flight from Wichita to Seattle
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  WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) Travelers from Wichita can fly nonstop to Seattle on Alaska Airlines, beginning April 13, 2017. Alaska will offer one daily round-trip flight, seven days a week. Flights are scheduled as follows: · Depart Seattle @ 11:55 am, arrive ...
  Alaska Air's two newest cities: Indianapolis and WichitaUSA TODAY
  Alaska Airlines to offer nonstop service from Indy to Seattle in 2017Indianapolis Business Jour
  
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• GCI cuts capital project spending over Alaska's failure to implement fiscal plan - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  03-08-2016 10:10
  GCI cuts capital project spending over Alaska's failure to implement fiscal plan
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  General Communications Inc. is cutting as much as one-fourth of its panned capital project spending next year in light of the state of Alaska's failure to implement a fiscal plan during its 2016 marathon legislative session. “The state government has ...and more »
  
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• 2016 Alaska Literary Awards now open to applications - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  03-08-2016 10:10
  2016 Alaska Literary Awards now open to applications
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The 2016 Alaska Literary Awards, an award program to support Alaska writers, are now open to applications. They are from the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation, in partnership with the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA). A select number of $5,000 ...and more »
  
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• It's zucchini time in Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  03-08-2016 09:53
  
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  It's zucchini time in Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The title of "chef with the most awards" went to Danielle Flaherty of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service. Not only did the judge's pick her as their clear favorite, she won the categories Best Use of HooDoo Beer and Best Demonstration in the Peoples ...
  
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• Army vs. army: Alaska soldiers train for next war - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-08-2016 06:34
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Army vs. army: Alaska soldiers train for next war
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A large military exercise at Donnelly Training Area, just outside Delta Junction, is preparing Alaska's soldiers for their next war. Roughly 5,000 personnel are taking part in Arctic Anvil, which focuses on army versus army fighting, rather than army ...
  
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• 5 Anchorage athletes to represent US in rink hockey world championships - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2016 06:33
  
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  5 Anchorage athletes to represent US in rink hockey world championships
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Five Anchorage athletes will represent the U.S. at the FIRS Ladies Rink Hockey World Championship in Iquique, Chile, in September. Elizabeth Harmon, Kylie Hughes, Kimberley Hughes, Rachel Guyer and Alyssa Coll of the Alaska Sno-Devils make up half ...
  
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• Kenai Peninsula average rents second lowest in Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Online

  03-08-2016 06:29
  Kenai Peninsula average rents second lowest in Alaska
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  For Kenai Peninsula Borough renters studied in an annual state report on the rental housing market, the area's average rent is the second lowest in the state — $1,059, just above Wrangell Borough's lowest statewide average of $888 (adjusted for ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage police unable to locate downtown bank robber - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2016 06:08
  
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  Anchorage police unable to locate downtown bank robber
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  Police say the suspect who robbed a bank near downtown Anchorage Tuesday afternoon remains at large. Police dispatchers got a report at 1:30 p.m. about the robbery at the Alaska USA on the 700 block of Juneau Street. "It was reported that the suspect ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage police unable to locate downtown bank robber - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2016 06:08
  
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  Anchorage police unable to locate downtown bank robber - Alaska ...
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  Police say the suspect who robbed a bank near downtown Anchorage Tuesday afternoon remains at large. Police dispatchers got a report at 1:30 p.m. about the ...and more »
  
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• Congressional delegation raps Trump for affront to Khans

  03-08-2016 04:22
  Alaska’s congressman and both U.S. senators are among the Republican lawmakers criticizing remarks Donald Trump made about the family of Captain Humayun  Khan, a Muslim-American Army officer killed in Iraq.
  Khan’s parents were featured at the Democratic National Convention, and Trump later criticized his mother for remaining silent as her husband spoke. Trump also compared their sacrifice to those he has made as a real estate developer.
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski says “Gold
  
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• Military’s $4B moving program keeps climbing — and no one knows why

  03-08-2016 03:56
  
  
  Lt. Col. Alan Brown and his wife Kristy Brown get ready to leave their home in Eagle River after three years, the longest they’ve been in any location since they married. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Eagle River)Last year, the Department of Defense spent $4.3 billion moving service-members and their families all over the globe. The annual cost to taxpayers keep trending upwards, even as the overall number of moves shrinks amid a restructuring of the nation’s
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, August 2, 2016

  03-08-2016 03:46
  
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  Alaska delegates criticize Trump’s remarks on Gold Star families
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  Alaska’s congressman and both U.S. senators are among the Republican lawmakers criticizing remarks Donald Trump made about th
  
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• High-powered Mat-Su summit takes on Alaska's opioid epidemic - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2016 03:34
  
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  High-powered Mat-Su summit takes on Alaska's opioid epidemic
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASILLA — An emotionally intense meeting last year between Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and a group of Alaskan women who struggled with addiction led to an opioid summit happening this week in Mat-Su that's drawing high-powered stakeholders, ...and more »
  
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• ACLU of Alaska raises questions about cell phone tracking devices - KTUU.com

  03-08-2016 03:15
  
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  ACLU of Alaska raises questions about cell phone tracking devices
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has filed a public records request about how the Anchorage Police Department is using cell phone tracking devices commonly known as "Stingrays." Documents show the Anchorage ...
  
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• Strong aurora forecast across Alaska Tuesday evening - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-08-2016 02:47
  
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  Strong aurora forecast across Alaska Tuesday evening
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The aurora is expected to be strong across much of Alaska Tuesday evening. In a forecast from the Geophysical Institute, they wrote that the northern lights display could be visible from the Arctic community of Barrow to southern communities like ...and more »
  
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• Strong aurora forecast across Alaska Tuesday evening | KTVA 11 ... - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-08-2016 02:47
  
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  Strong aurora forecast across Alaska Tuesday evening | KTVA 11 ...
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The aurora is expected to be strong across much of Alaska Tuesday evening. In a forecast from the Geophysical Institute, they wrote that the northern lights ...and more »
  
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• Wounded bear in Skagway put down over the weekend

  03-08-2016 02:20
  
  A park ranger shot and killed a brown bear that was wounded during a hazing event in Dyea about two weeks ago, putting the animal out of its misery over the weekend.
  A brown bear. This is not the bear that was shot in Skagway. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)On Saturday, a National Park Service ranger shot the bear that had evaded authorities for two weeks.
  The bear was seriously injured during an attempt to scare it away from campers by a Skagway police officer on July 16. The officer
  
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• Skagway official sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison

  03-08-2016 02:17
  
  A Skagway Borough Assembly member and businessman convicted of failing to file his income taxes is being ordered to spend just over a year in prison.
  Dan Henry (Photo courtesy The Skagway News)Dan Henry, operator of the Skagway Fish Co., will spend a year on supervised release after he gets out. He must repay $600,064 to the federal government for unpaid income taxes. Henry, 61, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Juneau on Monday on four misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file i
  
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• Former head of Alaska marijuana board booted by governor - Madison.com

  03-08-2016 02:16
  
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  Former head of Alaska marijuana board booted by governor
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  FILE - This April 27, 2016 file photo shows former Alaska Marijuana Control Board Chairman Bruce Schulte fixing his nameplate during a meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. A spokeswoman for Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, said the governor ...
  Governor dismisses former chairman of Alaska Marijuana Control BoardAlaska Dispatch News
  Walker sacks industry advocate from Marijuana Control BoardAlaska Pub
  
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• To prevent Fairbanks flooding, Moose Creek Dam starts regulating the Chena River again

  03-08-2016 02:08
  
  The Chena River Flood control project was built by the Army Corps of Engineers after the devastating 1967 flood in Fairbanks. The project’s main features, a dam and connected spillway, protect the community during heavy rains and reports the facility has gotten heavy use in recent weeks.
  The Moose Creek Dam is regulating the Chena River again. Chena Flood Control Project manager Tim Faevel said the dam, which diverts water from the Chena at North Pole to prevent flooding in Fairbanks, was
  
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• Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  03-08-2016 01:54
  
  Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A Skagway Borough Assembly member will serve just over a year in jail and pay more than $600,000 in restitution for tax evasion. Juneau radio station KTOO reports (http://bit.ly/2aLyqo7) 61-year-old Dan Henry was sentenced ...and more »
  
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• Small dam on slough helps Big Delta man protect his home along Tanana River

  03-08-2016 01:49
  
  Big Delta resident Tom Gorman said a small dam he built earlier this year to protect his home from the meandering Tanana River held steady over the past couple of weeks as the river rose to near-flood level, due to recent rains. Gorman now hopes the river falls quickly enough to allow him to finish work on the dam before snow flies.
  Water diverted from the Tanana River main channel by an ice dam in January blew away vegetation, gouged out the slough and washed away much of the bank at the foot o
  
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• Marijuana Control Board Chair under fire for initiative to ban commercial pot on Peninsula

  03-08-2016 01:36
  
  The chair of the Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board is gathering signatures to have Kenai Peninsula Borough vote on outlawing commercial cannabis operations in areas of the borough outside cities. That isn’t sitting well with members of cannabis industry on the peninsula.
  (Image Courtesy Alcohol & Marijuana Control Board)Peter Mlynarik is the chief of police in Soldotna, a community that instituted a two-year ban on commercial cannabis activity. He’s also the chair of the
  
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• Walker sacks industry advocate from Marijuana Control Board

  03-08-2016 01:25
  
  Bruce Schulte, sitting on the left, at a press conference held by the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Legislation in February of 2015 (Photo/ Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)One of the state’s key regulators on commercial cannabis has been unexpectedly ousted by the governor.
  Bruce Schulte was active in the 2014 ballot initiative legalizing commercial marijuana in Alaska. He then served as chair of the Marijuana Control Board, a position with tremendous infl
  
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• Pitch count may be coming to Alaska's high school baseball teams - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-08-2016 01:07
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Pitch count may be coming to Alaska's high school baseball teams
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  “I just love painting corners, just helping my team win,” Koloski said as he and his teammates prepared to take on the Fairbanks Wild. ”It's just about getting the ball over the plate, and doing what you can to help the team.” Nationally, American ...
  
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• Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-08-2016 00:58
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A Skagway Borough Assembly member will serve just over a year in jail and pay more than $600,000 in restitution for tax evasion. Juneau radio station KTOO reports 61-year-old Dan Henry was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Juneau on four ...
  Skagway official sentenced to 12 months and a day in prisonAlaska Public Radio Networkall 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away - The Daily Progress

  03-08-2016 00:51
  
  Alaska official gets jail time after gambling tax money away
  The Daily Progress
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Skagway Borough Assembly member will serve just over a year in jail and pay more than $600,000 in restitution for tax evasion. Juneau radio station KTOO reports (http://bit.ly/2aLyqo7) 61-year-old Dan Henry was sentenced ...and more »
  
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• Traveling Music 8-7-16

  03-08-2016 00:46
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  8-7-16
   
  Upcoming concerts:
   
  Saturday, August 13, Irish Club of Alaska presents Galway Days.
  Free music and vendors on the lawn of Carr-Gottstein Building at Alaska Pacific University from 11 AM- 6:00 PM including nationally known musicians below.
  Concert 8 PM at Anchorage Museum at Rassmuson Center featuring fiddler Caitlin Warbelow (originally from Fairbanks), Kevin Crawford and Patrick Doucey.
  Rogues and Wenches will also be performing during the day
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