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• "Fab Four" Olympic athletes with ties to Alaska - KTUU.com

  05-08-2016 23:18
  
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  "Fab Four" Olympic athletes with ties to Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE, (KTUU) Four athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio have ties to Alaska, with two listing hometowns in the Last Frontier. Alev Kelter is a first-time Olympian from Eagle River. Corey Cogdell-Unrein is a three-time Olympian from Palmer.
  
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• AK: YCC, introducing Alaskan kids to the Aleutians and careers with FWS

  05-08-2016 23:10
  
  What happens when five teenagers pile onto a research vessel and go island hopping through the Aleutians in the name of conservation? Science. Education. And maybe a peek into their futures.
  Youth Conservation Corps crew members return from bird counts. (Photo by Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk, Unalaska)It’s all part of an only-in Alaska version of the federal Youth Conservation Corps or YCC. The goal is to introduce high school students to a stretch of protected land they
  
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• AK: YCC introduces Alaska kids to the Aleutians — and careers

  05-08-2016 23:10
  
  Youth Conservation Corps crew members return from bird counts. (Photo by Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk, Unalaska)What happens when five teenagers pile onto a research vessel and go island hopping through the Aleutians in the name of conservation? Science. Education. And maybe a peek into their futures.
  It’s all part of an only-in Alaska version of the federal Youth Conservation Corps or YCC. The goal is to introduce high school students to a stretch of protected land they
  
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• 49 Voices: Jovell Rennie of Anchorage

  05-08-2016 23:03
  
  This week we’re hearing from Jovell Rennie. Rennie is an Anchorage based photographer who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, but was raised in Alaska. Despite growing up in Anchorage, he never spent much time in the outdoors, until his passion for photography inspired him to start exploring what the state has to offer.
  Jovell Remmie of Anchorage (Self portrait by Jovell Remmie)RENNIE: Shooting film exclusively for a while, the whole process is slower. It’s more conscious decisions
  
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• Recall for vegetable tray sold in Alaska - KTUU.com

  05-08-2016 22:01
  
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  Recall for vegetable tray sold in Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE, (KTUU) A consumer alert for Alaskans. Mann Packing is voluntarily recalling 844 cases of 18 oz. O Organics Organic vegetable tray with creamy ranch dressing dip because the product may contain ingredients that pose an allergen risk.and more »
  
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• Gov. Walker promotes Arctic adviser to top Washington post - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 21:57
  
  Gov. Walker promotes Arctic adviser to top Washington post
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  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has appointed his Arctic adviser onetime running mate Craig Fleener to act as his top liaison in Washington, D.C.. Associate director Nathan Butzlaff has been holding down the fort as the interim D.C. office director since ...
  
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• 79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest - KTUU.com

  05-08-2016 21:06
  
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  79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A 79-year-old cruise ship passenger got lost on a hike near an Alaska glacier and spent a night in the forest without camping gear. The Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/2aYTTKv) reports the woman from Ontario, Canada, made her way to ...
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• Governor to sign update to Alaska's military justice code - The Seattle Times

  05-08-2016 21:04
  
  Governor to sign update to Alaska's military justice code
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The code of military justice for the Alaska National Guard is getting an update, two years after a scathing report into alleged misconduct found a lack of confidence in the guard command. Gov. Bill Walker is expected to sign ...and more »
  
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• Blood Bank of Alaska

  05-08-2016 21:00
  
  4.5 million Americans receive blood each year. In Alaska the Blood Bank of Alaska has our backs covered when and if we need blood or blood products. However, blood banks depend on the public to help meet the demand. We discuss the Blood Bank of Alaska with Robert Scanlon, CEO and Ryan York, Chairman of the Board of Directors on this edition of Line One, Your Health Connection.
   
  HOST: Dr. Thad Woodard
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• Missing Texas man last seen heading out on popular Alaska hike - KTUU.com

  05-08-2016 20:53
  
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  Missing Texas man last seen heading out on popular Alaska hike
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  ANCHORAGE, AK (KTUU) Searchers are looking for a Texas man who hasn't been heard from since Tuesday. Troopers say Bradford Broach, 46, had stayed at the Alyeska Resort Hotel in Girdwood. Bradfords' belongings and rental car were located at the ...and more »
  
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• Walker to sign update to Alaska's military justice code - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  05-08-2016 20:49
  
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  Walker to sign update to Alaska's military justice code
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The code of military justice for the Alaska National Guard is getting an update, two years after a scathing report into alleged misconduct found a lack of confidence in the guard command. Gov. Bill Walker is expected to sign ...and more »
  
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• Cook Inlet Tribal Council sells detox facility to Southcentral Foundation - Alaska Public Radio Network

  05-08-2016 20:49
  Cook Inlet Tribal Council sells detox facility to Southcentral Foundation
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  Cook Inlet Tribal Council runs one of only two detox centers in the state of Alaska. At the Alaska Wellness Summit in Palmer Thursday, CITC CEO Gloria O'Neil announced that the Ernie Turner Center in Anchorage will be sold to Southcentral Foundation.and more »
  
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• Cook Inlet Tribal Council sells detox facility to Southcentral Foundation

  05-08-2016 20:44
  Cook Inlet Tribal Council runs one of only two detox centers in the state of Alaska.
  At the Alaska Wellness Summit in Palmer Thursday, CITC CEO Gloria O’Neil announced that the Ernie Turner Center in Anchorage will be sold to Southcentral Foundation.
  O’Neil said the move is part of a plan to expand CITC’s addiction treatment services to the Matanuska-Susitna area.
  “And SEF will take up providing detox, being a medical provider, and CITC will focus on expanding treatment b
  
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• Health officials address opioid abust at Wellness Summit

  05-08-2016 20:42
  A group of Alaskan women met last fall with U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, telling the senator their emotional stories about facing addiction. The Wellness Summit is the product of that meeting.
  At the urging of Sen. Sullivan, officials from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Veterans Health Administration – and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy – gathered Thursday in Palmer to meet with Alaskans and discuss the nation-wide opioid epidemic, and the problematic s
  
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• Health officials address opioid abuse at Wellness Summit

  05-08-2016 20:42
  A group of Alaskan women met last fall with U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, telling the senator their emotional stories about facing addiction. The Wellness Summit is the product of that meeting.
  At the urging of Sen. Sullivan, officials from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Veterans Health Administration – and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy – gathered Thursday in Palmer to meet with Alaskans and discuss the nation-wide opioid epidemic, and the problematic s
  
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• Fatal collision near Merrill Field linked to gunfire - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 20:34
  
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  Fatal collision near Merrill Field linked to gunfire
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  The scene of a fatal collision on Fifth Avenue near Merrill Field early Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News). An early morning shooting and head-on collision on Fifth Avenue near Merrill Field left one person dead and two others ...and more »
  
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• Walker to sign update to Alaska's military justice code - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

  05-08-2016 20:09
  
  Walker to sign update to Alaska's military justice code
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker is expected to sign into law an update to Alaska's military justice code. The bill signing is scheduled for Saturday, during a community event in Anchorage hosted by the Alaska Army National Guard.and more »
  
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• Troopers continue search for Texan missing on hike at Alyeska Resort - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 20:08
  
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  Troopers continue search for Texan missing on hike at Alyeska Resort
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Searchers are looking for Bradford Broach, 46, last seen near Alyeska Resort in Girdwood on Tuesday, Aug. 2, and seen in this undated photo. (via Alaska State Troopers). Update 9:45 a.m. Friday: Alaska State Troopers say the search for a missing Texas ...
  
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• 79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest - Casper Star-Tribune Online

  05-08-2016 20:08
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  79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A 79-year-old cruise ship passenger got lost on a hike near an Alaska glacier and spent a night in the forest without camping gear. The Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/2aYTTKv) reports the woman from Ontario, Canada, made her way to ...
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• 79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest - Bloomington Pantagraph

  05-08-2016 19:55
  
  79-year-old woman spends unplanned night in Alaska forest
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A 79-year-old cruise ship passenger got lost on a hike near an Alaska glacier and spent a night in the forest without camping gear. The Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/2aYTTKv) reports the woman from Ontario, Canada, made her way to ...and more »
  
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• Fatal collision near Merrill Field linked to gunfire, police say - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 18:54
  
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  Fatal collision near Merrill Field linked to gunfire, police say
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  The scene of a fatal collision on Fifth Avenue near Merrill Field early Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News). An early morning shooting and head-on collision on Fifth Avenue near Merrill Field left one person dead and two others ...
  Fatal crash, shooting closes lanes of busy Anchorage streetFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 3 news articles »
  
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• VPA’s 41st season

  05-08-2016 18:49
  
  On Golden Pond from last year’s seasonValley Performing Arts is kicking off its forty-first season as it began its first with Mary Chase’s popular heart-warming play Harvey. But then they dive into a wide variety of dramas, comedies, murder mysteries, farces and musicals. Executive Director Garry Forrester drops by the studio this week to give us the run down on their exciting line-up for the coming season.
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• US chamber chairman talks oil woes, election on Alaska trip - Associated Press

  05-08-2016 18:42
  US chamber chairman talks oil woes, election on Alaska trip
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  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce made a visit this week to Ketchikan, where he called on the presidential candidates from both major parties to focus on growth amid low oil prices. Chairman John Hopkins spoke to ...and more »
  
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• Kamchatka beckons visitors with Alaska-scale adventures - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 16:44
  
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  Kamchatka beckons visitors with Alaska-scale adventures
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  Travelers who want a wild adventure often come to Alaska. Some of us end up staying to explore the Last Frontier. But what's the next big thing for adventure travel? Who has bigger fish or more live volcanoes or more undiscovered country? If you ask ...
  
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• This blueberry-cured red salmon captures the best of Alaska's wild bounty - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 16:32
  
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  This blueberry-cured red salmon captures the best of Alaska's wild bounty
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  Red salmon, cured with wild Alaska blueberries, makes for a striking twist on classic smoked salmon. (Kim Sunée). When I first mentioned to some Alaska friends that I was heading to Cordova for the first time, the oohs and ahhs were unanimous. "It's a ...
  
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• US chamber chairman talks oil woes, election on Alaska trip - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-08-2016 16:21
  
  US chamber chairman talks oil woes, election on Alaska trip
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce made a visit this week to Ketchikan, where he called on the presidential candidates from both major parties to focus on growth amid low oil prices. Chairman John Hopkins spoke to ...and more »
  
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• Matson closes acquisition of Alaska logistics service provider - JOC.com

  05-08-2016 13:29
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  Matson closes acquisition of Alaska logistics service provider
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  With Span, Matson is acquiring door-to-door control over less-than-containerload freight shipped to Alaska, combining forwarding, ocean and trucking services. Matson said its Matson Logistics subsidiary has completed its previously announced $197.6 ...and more »
  
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• Russians focus internally after melting 'Ice Curtain' with Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-08-2016 11:04
  
  Russians focus internally after melting 'Ice Curtain' with Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ajor A.H. Polosen was not smiling. The stern Russian Border Guard officer — a member of the notorious Federal Security Bureau, the former KGB — boarded our bus in the remote Bering Sea village of Lavrentiya demanding our “documents.” That's when our ...
  
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• My Turn: Has Alaska cut the fat out of the budget? - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  05-08-2016 10:13
  My Turn: Has Alaska cut the fat out of the budget?
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  The Walker Administration and a supportive legislative minority have struggled mightily to persuade Alaskans the budget really has been “cut to the bone” and it's time to restructure the Permanent Fund and implement taxes to balance the budget. As part ...
  
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• Miller leads Alaska State Amateur golf tourney with first-round 73 - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 07:59
  
  Miller leads Alaska State Amateur golf tourney with first-round 73
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  Anchorage golfer Jordan Miller fired a 73 Thursday to seize the first-day lead in the Alaska State Amateur golf tournament at Chena Bend Golf Course in Fairbanks. Miller, 29, grabbed a one-stroke lead over Adam Baxter. Sitting two strokes back at 75 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska 10K Classic features new name, new features in 2016 - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 06:37
  
  Alaska 10K Classic features new name, new features in 2016
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  Formerly known as the Alaska 10K Classic, the Alaska Distance Classic now features a format that will allow runners to race both a 5K and a 10K if they choose. It also features a new loop course for the 10K instead of the old point-to-point race format ...
  
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• Alaska's hockey rinks and soccer pitches turned Kelter into an Olympic rugby player - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 06:21
  
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  Alaska's hockey rinks and soccer pitches turned Kelter into an Olympic rugby player
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  Alev Kelter of Eagle River passes the ball while getting tackled at a U.S. women's rugby sevens practice last fall at the Alaska Mountain Rugby Grounds in Anchorage. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch New). Alev Kelter will get her 15 minutes of fame, and ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's hockey rinks and soccer pitches turned Kelter into an ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 06:21
  
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  Alaska's hockey rinks and soccer pitches turned Kelter into an ...
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  Alev Kelter of Eagle River passes the ball while getting tackled at a U.S. women's rugby sevens practice last fall at the Alaska Mountain Rugby Grounds in ...and more »
  
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• Alaskans battling opioid epidemic get audience with US surgeon general - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 06:18
  
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  Alaskans battling opioid epidemic get audience with US surgeon general
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  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy listens to a comment from Kim Whitaker, the mother of a heroin addict, during the Wellness Summit at the Glenn Massay Theater on Thursday. The summit was convened by Sen. Dan Sullivan to address the opioid epidemic ...
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• Alaskans battling opioid epidemic get audience with U.S. surgeon ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 06:18
  
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  Alaskans battling opioid epidemic get audience with U.S. surgeon ...
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  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy listens to a comment from Kim Whitaker, the mother of a heroin addict, during the Wellness Summit at the Glenn Massay ...
  Surgeon General addresses Alaska opioid addiction crisis - KTVA.comKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• Report: Immigrants bring $1.4B in spending power to Alaska's economy - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-08-2016 04:57
  
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  Report: Immigrants bring $1.4B in spending power to Alaska's economy
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  City, state and business community leaders joined together this week to push for immigration reform, citing a new report that shows how much Alaska's immigrant population impacts the state's economy. As part of a national effort, an immigration reform ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 4, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  05-08-2016 04:04
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 4, 2016
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  Gov. Bill Walker has appointed his Arctic policy advisor to lead the state's Washington, D.C., office. Majority Republicans worry about possible bipartisan coalition. Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau. Republican primary challengers in some races for ...
  
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• BLM to review new ConocoPhillips project in National Petroleum Reserve

  05-08-2016 04:02
  
  A Doyon drill rig putting in new wells at the ConocoPhillips CD5 drill site on the North Slope. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/APRNThe National Petroleum Reserve Alaska – or NPR-A – was first set aside for oil production nearly a century ago. But it wasn’t until last year that the Reserve produced its first barrels: that’s when ConocoPhillips brought its CD5 unit online.
  Now the company is hoping to expand production from the reserve, with a string of new drill sites pushing ever
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, August 4, 2016

  05-08-2016 04:01
  
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  Walker appoints Arctic policy advisor for D.C. office
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  Gov. Bill Walker has appointed his Arctic policy advisor to lead the state’s Washington, D.C., office.
  Majority Republicans worry about possible bipartisan coalition
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• Majority Republicans worry about possible bipartisan coalition

  05-08-2016 03:16
  
  Republican primary challengers in some races for seats in the Alaska House of Representatives fear that Republican control is threatened by members of their own party.
  They say it’s important for majority-caucus Republicans to maintain party discipline, but some lawmakers say focusing on constituents’ needs can conflict with the party line.
  There are two groups talking about the possibility of a bipartisan coalition: Primary challengers who don’t want it to happen and Democrats
  
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• Kombi Life shows two partners traveling from South America to Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  05-08-2016 03:16
  
  Kombi Life shows two partners traveling from South America to Alaska
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  Driving the Americas is a once in lifetime adventure for most who undertake the epic journey from the southern tip of south American to Alaska's North Slope, but for one couple, who recently completed the trip in a Volkswagen van, travel is a way of life.
  
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• Kombi Life shows two partners traveling from South America to Alaska

  05-08-2016 03:08
  
  Driving the Americas is a once in lifetime adventure for most who undertake the epic journey from the southern tip of south American to Alaska’s North Slope, but for one couple, who recently completed the trip in a Volkswagen van, travel is a way of life.
   
  Kombi life logo (Courtesy of Kombi Life)Ben Jamin left behind an IT career to work and travel around the world, but when he decided to drive from southern Chile to Alaska, he wasn’t expecting a multi-year journey. The now 34
  
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• Harvesting Alaska: Embracing summer's end with a taste of bountiful berries - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  05-08-2016 02:54
  
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  Harvesting Alaska: Embracing summer's end with a taste of bountiful berries
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  As summer slowly comes to an end, the fireweed climbs higher on the stalk, the days get a little shorter and the hills and tundra around Alaska come alive with berries. Most weekends in July and August, you'll find me in the mountains picking blueberries.
  
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• EPA under pressure from air quality advocates in Fairbanks to address air pollution

  05-08-2016 02:46
  
  Air Quality advocates continue to press the Environmental Protection Agency to address Fairbanks area fine particulate pollution. Representing air quality groups, the law firm Earth Justice notified the EPA this week of intent to sue. Earth Justice Attorney Kenta Tsuda said the action is aimed at forcing the agency to take past due actions.
  “The EPA missed its deadline to give notice that Fairbanks has failed to attain its air quality standards as of the attainment date. That attainment da
  
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• Attorneys argue for listing bearded seals as threatened

  05-08-2016 02:36
  
  A federal government attorney says Alaska’s bearded seals deserve to be listed as a threatened species because of climate warming’s effect on their sea ice habitat.
  Bearded Seal pup (Erignathus barbatus) Photo: NOAARobert Stockman of the National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday in Anchorage urged the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court ruling that said bearded seals do not merit the listing.
  Bearded seals are the largest of the Arctic seals. They use sea
  
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• Walker appoints Arctic policy advisor for D.C. office

  05-08-2016 02:34
  
  Gov. Bill Walker has appointed his Arctic policy advisor to lead the state’s Washington, D.C., office.
  Craig Fleener will continue advising Walker on Arctic issues.
  Walker spokeswoman Grace Jang says the move makes sense since Arctic policy is made in Washington. She says Fleener will make $210,000 annually. His current salary is about $128,000.
  Fleener had been Walker’s running mate in 2014 before Walker and Democrat Byron Mallott joined forces.
  Jang says the Washington office had f
  
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• Fall Yukon chum run starts stronger than anticipated

  05-08-2016 02:30
  
  The Yukon River fall chum run is coming back stronger than initially predicted.
  Chum salmon migration. (Photo courtesy of USFWS/Togiak National Wildlife Refuge)The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preseason projection called for a fall chum run size of 660 thousand fish, which would have been below average for an even-year fall chum run.
  But Fish and Game Yukon Fall Season Manager Jeff Estensen said that once managers got a look at the summer chum run, the outlook f
  
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• Banner Helath suffers cyber attack potentially affecting millions

  05-08-2016 02:11
  The company that runs Fairbanks Memorial Hospital has suffered a cyber-attack. Banner Health reports that the hack potentially compromises financial and personal information of over 3 point 7 million patients, other customers and staff in 7 states where it operates.
  Arizona based Banner says it discovered July 7th, that a computer system handling payment card data for food and beverage outlets at some of its over thirty facilities nationwide, had been hacked. It says cards used between June 23rd
  
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• Alaska Earthquake Swarm Is Really Just Glacial Activity | The Weather Channel - The Weather Channel

  05-08-2016 02:08
  
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  Alaska Earthquake Swarm Is Really Just Glacial Activity | The Weather Channel
  The Weather Channel
  A swarm of earthquakes in Alaska is really just the movement of the Pothole Glacier, scientists say. As glaciers move, the grinding against the underlying rock produces a seismic event. A swarm of hundreds of earthquakes centered around Mount Spurr in ...
  
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• Anchorage assembly member fined over child labor violations

  05-08-2016 01:23
  An Anchorage Assembly member is facing fines for child labor violations at his comic book business. But the penalties are less about any malicious intent than clerical errors and a misunderstanding over the definition of a dumpster.
  The Labor Department investigated Bosco’s, a business specializing in comics and games, with locations in Spenard and South Anchorage. Bosco’s has been open since 1984, and is owned by South Anchorage assembly member John Weddleton.
  In a release sent
  
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