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• Another rural Alaska job center shut down amid fresh round of budget cuts - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 23:46
  
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  Another rural Alaska job center shut down amid fresh round of budget cuts
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  One of Alaska's rural job centers, where Alaskans can go for help with job searches, interview skills, resume writing and more, will close later this month in Northwest Alaska. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday that ...and more »
  
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• 'Drag Race' fave Alaska says 'hieeee' again to Houston - Houston Chronicle

  11-08-2016 23:43
  
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  'Drag Race' fave Alaska says 'hieeee' again to Houston
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  RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 favorite Alaska will be seen on the new "All Stars" season. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 favorite Alaska will be seen on the new "All Stars" season. Image 3 of 4. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 favorite Alaska will ...
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• Air Guard saves rafters stranded in Susitna Valley for 5 days - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 23:04
  
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  Air Guard saves rafters stranded in Susitna Valley for 5 days
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  Rescuers with the Air National Guard from two states rescued two rafters Wednesday afternoon. They'd been stranded for five days in a tent on the bank of Lake Creek in the Susitna Valley, an official said. The area is about 30 miles southwest of Talkeetna.and more »
  
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• 2016 Best of Alaska Showcase - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 23:04
  
  2016 Best of Alaska Showcase
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  Mark you calendar for Saturday, January 14, 2017! The best of the best, as determined by Alaska Dispatch News readers, will be gathering for the Best of Alaska Showcase at the Egan Center. The finest businesses and services in the 49th state will host ...
  
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• Dillingham takes part in spill drill

  11-08-2016 22:57
  
  In small clusters of shipping containers peppered across the state, you’ll find the front line defense for oil spills. They’re placed and stocked by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation.
  Dr. Rick Bernhardt from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation shows volunteers how to stage containment boom Tuesday morning at the Dillingham boat harbor. (Photo by Shaylon Cochran, KDLG – Dillingham)On Tuesday, a team from DEC and the Coast Guard was in Dillingham
  
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• Satanist Leads Invocation at Alaska Assembly Meeting - MRCTV (blog)

  11-08-2016 22:09
  
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  Satanist Leads Invocation at Alaska Assembly Meeting
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  A debate over religious freedom has led to a Satanist leading an invocation at one Alaska borough's assembly meeting. Following a discussion over whether to do away with invocations entirely, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly decided to open ...
  
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• Van fire spreads to Ketchikan building

  11-08-2016 20:48
  
  A parked van sparked, igniting a fire Wednesday afternoon that burned a building at 525 Stedman Street, Ketchikan.
  Firefighter Seth Krasnow watches the progress of fire crews as they make sure hot spots are extinguished in a Stedman Street building that caught fire Wednesday. (Leila Kheiry, KRBD – Ketchikan)Traffic had to be rerouted for several hours from the busy Ketchikan road – a primary route for most vehicles, including tour-related traffic.
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• Alaska borough assembly opens meeting with appeal to Satan - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  11-08-2016 20:16
  
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  Alaska borough assembly opens meeting with appeal to Satan
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  An Alaska borough assembly opened a meeting Tuesday with a call for guidance from the powers of Lucifer. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly featured an invocation from a member of the Satanic Temple. Iris Fontana called on the gathered to ...and more »
  
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• Tulsa Native Missing In Alaska - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News ... - News On 6

  11-08-2016 16:52
  
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  A Tulsa native is missing after going for a hike on the Winner Creek Trail in Alaska. Brad Broach, 46, was last seen August 2nd at a hotel in Girdwood, Alaska.and more »
  
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• Tulsa Native Missing In Alaska - News On 6

  11-08-2016 16:52
  
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  Tulsa Native Missing In Alaska
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  A Tulsa native is missing after going for a hike on the Winner Creek Trail in Alaska. Brad Broach, 46, was last seen August 2nd at a hotel in Girdwood, Alaska. Investigators said they found his belongings and rental car in the Alyeska Resort Hotel ...and more »
  
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• Reliance Steel (RS) Concludes Acquisition of Alaska Steel - Yahoo Finance

  11-08-2016 16:40
  
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  Reliance Steel (RS) Concludes Acquisition of Alaska Steel
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  Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. RS said that it has acquired all of the capital stock of Alaska Steel Company – a full-line metal distributor headquartered in Anchorage, AK. Alaska Steel will operate as a fully owned subsidiary of Reliance's American ...and more »
  
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• Defiance graduate Weston Rivers enjoys baseball and fishing in Alaska - Defiance Crescent News (subscription)

  11-08-2016 15:07
  
  Defiance graduate Weston Rivers enjoys baseball and fishing in Alaska
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  Alaska has always been a premier destination for outdoorsmen and Defiance native Weston Rivers lived it this summer while playing in the Alaska Baseball League. Rivers, known as “Big Country,” was an all-Ohio selection in 2013 when he helped guide ...and more »
  
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• Alaska fishermen haul in near 400-pound halibut - Fox News

  11-08-2016 09:44
  
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  Alaska fishermen haul in near 400-pound halibut
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  PETERSBURG, Alaska – It wasn't a record breaker, but it was still a helluva halibut. Petersburg radio station KFSK reports that fishermen Brian Mattson and Doug Corl hauled in the catch of a lifetime Sunday with a 396-pound halibut in southeast Alaska.
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• Alaska Air Guard saves rafters stranded in Susitna Valley for 5 days ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 07:21
  
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  Alaska Air Guard saves rafters stranded in Susitna Valley for 5 days ...
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  Rescuers with the Air National Guard from two states rescued two rafters Wednesday afternoon. They'd been stranded for five days in a tent on the bank of Lake ...and more »
  
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• Satanic invocation opens Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 07:13
  
  Satanic invocation opens Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting
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  Members of the Kenai Borough Assembly stand during the invocation, featuring a satanic prayer from a guest, at the start of Tuesday's meeting. (From Kenai Borough video). The invocation that started the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly's Tuesday ...
  
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• Anchorage police release suspect, vehicle information in fatal hit-and-run - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 06:21
  
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  Anchorage police release suspect, vehicle information in fatal hit-and-run
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  Anchorage police provided a picture of this truck in hopes of finding suspects involved in a fatal hit-and-run on the Glenn Highway on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. The truck is similar to the make and model of the vehicle detectives are looking for ...and more »
  
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• Matt Hopper back in Alaska for performances with the Roman Candles - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 06:12
  
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  Matt Hopper back in Alaska for performances with the Roman Candles
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  From left: Joseph Bourgeouis, Riana Riggs, Bryan Garfinkel (in back), Matt Raney and Matt Hopper (foreground). (Photo by Katie Raney). A young Matt Hopper took his band name, The Roman Candles, from Jack Kerouac's "On the Road." It's a reference to ...
  
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• Popular Alaska Gallery to close for a year to remodel - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  11-08-2016 05:46
  
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  Popular Alaska Gallery to close for a year to remodel
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  One of the most popular exhibits at the Anchorage Museum is shutting down for a major remodel. Visitors won't be able to see the Alaska Gallery till it reopens next year following a $13 million facelift. Collections director Monica Shah said the ...
  
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• Democrats target their own in state House primary, backing Nageak challenger

  11-08-2016 05:29
  
  
  Dean Westlake is challenging Barrow Rep. Bennie Nageak in the Democratic primary; in 2014, Westlake lost the race by 131 votes. Photo: Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy DeskDemocrats are hoping to take control of the state House this year. To achieve that, they’re gunning for two lawmakers who run as Democrats but largely vote with the Republicans.
  One is Rep. Bennie Nageak, D-Barrow, who represents House District 40, which stretches from Kotzebue to Kaktovik.
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• Alaska cruise visitors to top 1 million for first time since 2009 - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 05:22
  
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  Alaska cruise visitors to top 1 million for first time since 2009
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  Cruise ship passengers disembark from the Holland America ship MS Maasdam at the Port of Anchorage on Monday, May 30, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). For the first time in seven years, the cruise industry is set to send more than a million ...and more »
  
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• Alaska cruise visitors to top 1 million for first time since 2009 - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 05:22
  
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  Alaska cruise visitors to top 1 million for first time since 2009 - Alaska ...
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  Cruise ship passengers disembark from the Holland America ship MS Maasdam at the Port of Anchorage on Monday, May 30, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska ...and more »
  
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• US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor adds Anchorage stop to Alaska visit - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 04:37
  
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  US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor adds Anchorage stop to Alaska visit
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  Sotomayor will participate in a public "conversation" sponsored by the Alaska Bar Association Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center. Sotomayor is one of eight justices currently serving on the nation's highest court. Her first ...
  
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• The shadow of giants: Schaeffer legacy honored in Kotzebue

  11-08-2016 04:18
  
  
  The Northern Lights Dancers performed a song during the dedication ceremony near a Coast Guard helicopter stationed in Kotzebue for part of the year. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)The Alaska National Guard has officially dedicated a helicopter hangar in Kotzebue to the country’s first Iñupiaq two-star general.
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  Major General John W. Schaeffer Jr. was head of Alaska’s National Guard from 1986 to 1991, during which time he played a critical role oversee
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 10, 2016

  11-08-2016 04:18
  
  
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  The shadow of giants: Schaeffer legacy honored in Kotzebue
  Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  On Tuesday, the Alaska National Guard officially dedicated a giant helicopter hanger in Kotzebue to the country’s first Inupiaq two
  
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• Masks and Macbeth: SLAM shows Alaska in Shakespeare's time - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  11-08-2016 03:48
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  Masks and Macbeth: SLAM shows Alaska in Shakespeare's time
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  Rick Knecht of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland joins spectators by videoconference at a lecture Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 at the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum to discuss what Alaska was like during the early 17th century. By JAMES ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage residents celebrate Salmon Day

  11-08-2016 03:19
  
  
  Kacin Byayuk enjoys a forkful of salmon while mom Diana Gamechuk looks on at a community cookout hosted by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation celebrating Salmon Day in Anchorage on August 10. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear – KSKA/Anchorage)On August 10, the state celebrated its first official Alaska Wild Salmon Day. The feel-good day is focused on a fish that means many things to residents, said attendees at a community salmon bake hosted by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation in Anch
  
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• Big spending among candidates looking to replace outgoing state legislators

  11-08-2016 03:15
  
  
  State legislators who aren’t running for re-election have created openings drawing big spending ahead of the primary election next Tuesday. A quarter of all spending by legislative candidates has been in just three races for open seats. But it’s not clear whether those who’ve spent the most will be able to convert that into votes.
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  The races to replace Anchorage Republican Lesil McGuire and Democrat Johnny Ellis in the Senate have drawn the most spending this year.
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• Here's when Alaska's first-ever Krispy Kreme will open - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 02:17
  
  Here's when Alaska's first-ever Krispy Kreme will open
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  The franchise famous for its glazed doughnuts announced its first-ever Alaska store will have a grand opening event Aug. 30 in Muldoon. And the company is offering extra incentives to arrive well before that day's planned 5 a.m. opening. After rumors ...and more »
  
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• Alaska community finds oil drums in former drinking water lake - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  11-08-2016 02:09
  
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  Alaska community finds oil drums in former drinking water lake
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  Drinking water for the community of Point Lay is still safe to drink after multiple oil drums were found at the bottom of a former water source. A report released Wednesday by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) states that ...
  
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• Tuluksak man still missing after a month

  11-08-2016 01:51
  
  A Tuluksak man remains missing. 43-year-old Walter Hawk walked away from his village almost a full month ago.
  Tuluksak Search and Rescue last spotted him over the weekend, about 10 miles upriver from the village. Search and Rescue member Nelson Napoka said when Hawk saw the boat and heard the group shouting his name, he ran away.
  Search and Rescue has seen Hawk several times since he left town, but each time he’s disappeared before they could reach him. Napoka said
  
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• USACE winds down Attu cleanup until next year

  11-08-2016 01:38
  
  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is wrapping up its work on Attu for the season. This summer, the Corps made camp on the uninhabited, western-most island in the Aleutian chain.
  Two excavators dig up contaminated soil and old, rusted diesel drums on June 20 at Attu Island.
  (Photo courtesy of Dena O’Dell / USACE-Alaska District Public Affairs)Over six weeks, the Corps worked to clean up two World War II-era military sites that were leaking tar and petroleum, contaminating the soil an
  
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• After standoff, man arrested for murder of girlfriend near Klawock ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2016 01:09
  
  After standoff, man arrested for murder of girlfriend near Klawock ...
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  Court records show Albert Macasaet III, 27, charged with first-degree murder in the death of Judylee Guthrie, a 27-year-old Hydaburg woman. An initial report ...and more »
  
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• After four days, power returns to village of Aniak

  11-08-2016 01:06
  
  After four days without power to half the town, the village of Aniak’s electricity was restored Saturday afternoon.
  The village of Aniak lost power Saturday, and electricity was restored for about half the village within hours, but the other half of the town scrambled to move meat into working freezers. Power for the rest of Aniak has been restored. (Photo by Adrian Wagner, KYUK – Bethel)Power returned within hours of the initial outage for half of the town, but the ot
  
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