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• Early morning Fairbanks fire damages dental office - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-08-2016 23:32
  
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  Early morning Fairbanks fire damages dental office - Alaska ...
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  A structure was engulfed in flames early Saturday morning in Fairbanks, resulting in damage to a dental office. The Fairbanks Fire Department received a call ...and more »
  
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• Southeast Alaska tribes share mining concerns with feds - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-08-2016 22:08
  
  Southeast Alaska tribes share mining concerns with feds
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - State tribal groups have met with federal officials to discuss concerns that Canadian mining projects could divert potentially toxic water to southeast Alaska watersheds. The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of ...and more »
  
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• Meet the geologist and explorer the Brooks Range is named after - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-08-2016 19:51
  
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  Meet the geologist and explorer the Brooks Range is named after
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  Alfred Brooks was a geologist who traveled thousands of miles in Alaska and left his name on the state's northernmost mountain range. Some two decades before his 1924 death, he left behind a summary of what Alaska was like more than one century ago, ...and more »
  
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• BLM: Exploration can expand near Alaska eagle preserve - The Seattle Times

  20-08-2016 17:29
  
  BLM: Exploration can expand near Alaska eagle preserve
  The Seattle Times
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Canadian company exploring for copper, zinc and gold upstream of a southeast Alaska bald eagle preserve has received permission from a federal agency to expand. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Constantine Metal ...and more »
  
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• Firefighters from Alaska fly south - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-08-2016 10:14
  
  Firefighters from Alaska fly south
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — Because of a slow fire season in Alaska, many local wildland firefighters have been sent to fight blazes in the Lower 48 this summer, according to the Alaska Fire Service. More than 388 Alaska firefighters had been sent to Lower 48 fires ...
  
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• Week 2 of Alaska high school football - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  20-08-2016 08:14
  
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  Week 2 of Alaska high school football
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  In week one, Bartlett High School took a pounding and lost at home to Colony High School 47-6. However, in week two the Bartlett Bears doled out the punishment easily, handling visiting Palmer High School 56-9. The Bears rolled up 405 yards in the ...
  Bartlett, Chugiak bounce back with big winsAlaska Dispatch Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Southeast Alaska tribes share mining concerns with feds - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  20-08-2016 04:57
  
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  Southeast Alaska tribes share mining concerns with feds
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – State tribal groups have met with federal officials to discuss concerns that Canadian mining projects could divert potentially toxic water to southeast Alaska watersheds. The Juneau Empire reports that the Central Council of ...and more »
  
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• Is the Arctic ready for the Crystal Serenity?

  20-08-2016 04:57
  
  The Crystal Serenity is the largest passenger ship to traverse the Northwest Passage, traveling from Seward to New York City. Photo: Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy DeskThe luxury liner Crystal Serenity on its way from Seward to New York City through the Northwest Passage.
  It’s the largest cruise ship to navigate the route, which hugs the coasts of Alaska, Canada and Greenland. And it’s attracted international attention, with many wondering if it’s a sign of what’s
  
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• Alaska teen wins national baking competition - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-08-2016 04:42
  
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  Alaska teen wins national baking competition
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  An oven frames King Career Center alumna Jordyn Baker, who claimed top honors in commercial baking at the SkillsUSA Championships this past summer in Louisville, Kentucky. She finished first among 43 contestants. The SkillsUSA Championships ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  20-08-2016 03:52
  
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  The result of Tuesday's Democratic primary for House District 40 remains in doubt. And now, there are also concerns over how voters in the Northwest Arctic ...
  Questions arise over close House race after revelation of ballot ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 19, 2016

  20-08-2016 03:49
  
  
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  Voters in one village were allowed to cast ballots in both primaries
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The result of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for House District 40 remains in doubt. And now, there are also concerns over how voters in the Nort
  
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• Justice Sotomayor visits Anchorage

  20-08-2016 03:03
  
  Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. (Hillman/Alaska Public)Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke in Anchorage on Wednesday to a crowd of 1,200 people. While answering preset questions, she spoke about how being nominated to the high court transformed her life, and how different experiences can affect a ruling.
  “You have to understand,” she told the crowd. “You get nominated to the Supreme Court, and it’s a like a rocket ship that takes
  
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• 2 bank robbery suspects arrested at Anchorage airport

  20-08-2016 02:57
  
  Two men suspected of robbing an Anchorage bank were arrested early Friday at the city’s main airport.
  The FBI says airport police recognized 23-year-old Kaleem Fredericks and 23-year-old Calel Crofford from pictures released by the FBI.
  Airport police held the men shortly after midnight and they were arrested by FBI agents.
  Two men on Thursday morning – one carrying a shotgun and one with a handgun – robbed a Wells Fargo branch on east Fifth Avenue.
  They carried off cash in a d
  
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• Voters in one village were allowed to cast ballots in both primaries

  20-08-2016 02:20
  
  The result of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for House District 40 remains in doubt. And now, there are also concerns over how voters in the Northwest Arctic village of Shungnak were able to cast ballots in both the Republican primary and in the primary for Democrats and others.
  Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Bethel, during debate on the creation of Indigenous Peoples Day, April 1, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)According to the Alaska Dispatch News, Shungnak precinct chairwoman Evelyn Woods s
  
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• Language assistance provisions enacted in western Alaska and the Arctic - KTOO

  20-08-2016 02:15
  
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  Language assistance provisions enacted in western Alaska and the Arctic
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  Anecia Toyukak helps her husband, Mike, look at the ballots in Manokotak on Aug. 16, 2016. (Photo by Molly Dischner/KDLG). Sally Williams uses a sticker that says cucuklillruunga, or "I voted" in Yup'ik to teach the phrase at the Togiak voting site on Aug.and more »
  
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• Q&A: Ruling eases way for Alaska tribes to put land in trust - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  20-08-2016 01:48
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  Q&A: Ruling eases way for Alaska tribes to put land in trust
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  ANCHORAGE — The state's decision not to appeal a recent court ruling will ease the way for Alaska Native communities to put their lands into federal trust, a practice allowed for American Indian tribes in the Lower 48. Here's a closer look at the ...
  Ruling eases way for Alaska tribes to put land in trustKTUU.com
  Alaska one step closer to expanding Indian CountryThe Arctic Sounderall 4 n
  
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• Department of Defense strives to provide better, smarter military healthcare

  20-08-2016 01:41
  
  The Department of Defense is in the middle of a massive makeover in how it provides healthcare to soldiers and their families. The top official in charge of the new Defense Health Agency came to Alaska for her first visit. She spoke about how the military wants to provide care that’s not only better, but smarter.
  Rear Admiral Raquel Bono, Chief, Medical Corps, United States Navy (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy)Inside a conference room at the hospital on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ra
  
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• Eielson Air Force Base has new construction plan for incoming F-35 fighters

  20-08-2016 01:32
  
  $500 million in new construction is planned for Eielson Air Force Base to support the upcoming deployment of F-35 Fighters, and local hire for a portion of that work is a top priority. Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Jim Dodson said area leaders are working to ensure federal officials understand what’s at stake.
  “If they set aside a job that our local labor force and contractors aren’t qualified for, like a hub zone for example, then our labor
  
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• AK: Knowing the unknown

  20-08-2016 01:09
  
  Since Russian priests began establishing missions at the end of the 18th century, the Orthodox Church has become part of the landscape of  Alaska.What’s less visible today than Orthodox crosses and golden cupolas are the Alaska Native belief systems that existed before European contact. KDLG’s Hannah Colton has this story about one Dena’ina man who came to embrace his traditional spirituality, and why he’s choosing now to speak up about it.  
   
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• Charges: First National Bank Alaska employee stole $23000 - KTUU.com

  20-08-2016 01:07
  
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  Charges: First National Bank Alaska employee stole $23000
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) A First National Bank Alaska employee has been charged with stealing bank funds after prosecutors say she took restitution money that was supposed to be paid to victims. A grand jury on Thursday handed up the indictment of Debra ...
  
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• 49 Voices: Omega Smith of Anchorage

  20-08-2016 01:05
  
  This week we’re hearing from Omega Smith, who manages the UAA planetarium in Anchorage.
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  Omega Smith poses for a photo at the Planetarium and Visualization Theater in the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (Photo courtesy of UAA)SMITH: I was born in Anchorage, Alaska. Grew up on Hillside, graduated from Service High. And then I went away for a little bit to get my degree, but I’
  
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• National Parks Exploration

  20-08-2016 01:00
  
  Photo by Mike CuriakOn the next Outdoor Explorer we’re saying happy birthday to the national parks by airing the show on the 100th anniversary of the creation of National Park Service, which takes care of some of the nation’s most dramatic and valuable wilderness. We’ll hear a little about that history and how the centennial is being celebrated during the show, but our main emphasis is on the parks themselves. We’ll be joined by a pair of adventurers on a quest
  
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