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• Alaska's primary election is Tuesday. - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-08-2016 17:21
  
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  Alaska's primary election is Tuesday.
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  There isn't a high-profile federal race like in 2014, when nearly $7 million was spent by outside groups to influence the Republican party primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan. But there are still two Congressional races ...and more »
  
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• A Canadian just reached the Alaska coast after swimming by riverboard nearly 2000 miles down the Yukon River - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-08-2016 07:10
  
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  A Canadian just reached the Alaska coast after swimming by riverboard nearly 2000 miles down the Yukon River
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Denis Morin swam, with a riverboard, from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Emmonak, Alaska, near the Bering Sea, between May 25 and Aug. 9, 2016. (Denis Morin). A few days ago, at the end of a summerlong journey in which he navigated nearly the entire Yukon ...and more »
  
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• At Alaska Republican Party picnic, some would rather not talk about Donald Trump - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-08-2016 05:43
  
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  At Alaska Republican Party picnic, some would rather not talk about Donald Trump
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  At the Alaska Republican Party picnic Thursday night, quite a few of the state's tried-and-true party faithful weren't quite sure what to do with the party's presidential nominee. This year's iteration of the annual event took place at the Alaska ...
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• Alaska's population on the decline - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  13-08-2016 04:55
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska's population on the decline
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  More than 35 years of the Moran family's memories are being wrapped up and packed. Stacks of cardboard boxes fill their once homey living room. “I bought this couch with my first paycheck from college. It's been with me for 40 years. So I couldn't ...
  
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• Signs, cash, puppies: competing strategies in state’s most expensive primary

  13-08-2016 04:13
  
  Jeff Landfield has used limited funds to garner “earned media,” aiming to recruit untapped primary voters. (Photo: taken from Landfield for State Senate)One of the most closely watched races in next Tuesday’s primary election is Anchorage’s Senate District L, stretching from a commercial patch of Midtown to some of the most conservative corners of South Anchorage. The seat is currently held by Republican Lesil McGuire, who is stepping down, and competition to ta
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Aug. 12, 2016

  13-08-2016 03:38
  
  
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  Stock turns in signatures to challenge Murkowski
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock submitted a pile of signatures to the Division of Elections Friday to get on the November ballot.
  Rep. Reinbold reimburse
  
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• Stock turns in signatures to challenge Murkowski

  13-08-2016 02:58
  
  Margaret Stock, left, turns in nominating signatures. Clerk Deborah Moody-Herrera accepted them. Next they’ll be sent to Juneau for verification. Photo: Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public MediaU.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock submitted a pile of signatures to the Division of Elections today to secure a spot on the November ballot.
  A spokeswoman for the Anchorage immigration attorney says they collected John Hancocks from more than 5,000 people — nearly double the required number
  
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• Rep. Reinbold reimburses state for per-diem payments earned on vacation

  13-08-2016 01:53
  
  Representative Lora Reinbold is planning to reimburse the state for the nearly $1,000 dollars she received in per-diem payments while she was on a four-day vacation. Reinbold’s Republican primary opponent Crystal Kennedy raised concerns about the expenses.
  All legislators were automatically paid $237 per day during the extended regular session this year.
  According to the Legislative Affairs Agency, Reinbold told staff she had not been aware she had received the money, and that she wou
  
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• AK: The simple (subsistence) life

  13-08-2016 01:40
  
  Locals around Bristol Bay know the importance of subsistence fishing and the broader subsistence lifestyle. KDLG’s Shaylon Cochran, having spent several years in Kenai, was somewhat familiar with what subsistence means. But has found this summer that the actual experience means a lot more once you’ve lived it.
  KDLG intern Cate Gomez displays her ulu skills. (Photo by Shaylon Cochran, KDLG – Dillingham)Cate Gomez has filleted and stripped more salmon than she can count. She
  
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• 49 Voices: Elissa Brown of Anchorage

  13-08-2016 01:35
  
  This week we’re hearing from Elissa Brown in Anchorage. She moved to Alaska two years ago, and currently runs Wild Scoops, a handmade ice cream business that specializes in local ingredients.
  Elissa Brown of Anchorage (Photo by Ammon Swenson, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)BROWN: I’ve always loved tinkering around in the kitchen. But I feel like it’s only as I grew older that I really grew to see that food could be such a source of community. And I feel like ice cream in
  
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• A Conversation with Holly Brooks

  13-08-2016 01:00
  
   
  Holly Brooks volunteering at Ski for KidsHolly Brooks is one of Alaska’s favorite athletes because she was a regular person, an adult with a job, who became a member of the Olympic team, twice. We spend the entire next hour of Outdoor Explorer talking with Holly, learning about her recent retirement, and a new phase in her life as a counselor and coach. She’s had  an amazing journey from coach to Olympian and back to coach, with many lessons learned along the way. HO
  
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