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• Alaska roadkill thieves target moose meant for charity - Washington Post

  24-08-2016 23:56
  
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  Alaska roadkill thieves target moose meant for charity
  Washington Post
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes to a program run by state troopers that gives it to the needy and others willing to ...and more »
  
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• AVTEC closes Anchorage campus due to cuts

  24-08-2016 22:53
  
  Alaska’s Institute of Technology, also known as AVTEC – the Alaska Vocational Technical Center – had to close the doors to their Anchorage satellite campus on Aug. 15, due to budget cuts.
  Heather Beaty is the Executive Director of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board. As a spokesperson for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Beaty said the closure was due in part to the 33 percent budget cut to the State General Funds.
  Budget cuts are not a new thing for AVTEC,
  
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• Alaska roadkill thieves target dead moose meant for needy - Washington Post

  24-08-2016 22:52
  
  Washington Post
  Alaska roadkill thieves target dead moose meant for needy
  Washington Post
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes to a charity program run by state troopers. Two moose killed recently by cars or trucks ...and more »
  
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• In a change of policy, Alaska sides with states seeking to investigate Exxon - KTUU.com

  24-08-2016 22:49
  
  In a change of policy, Alaska sides with states seeking to investigate Exxon
  KTUU.com
  Jahna Lindemuth tells KTUU that the state has filed a Friend of the Court brief on behalf of states that seek to investigate Exxon in a consumer fraud case related to climate change research. [Environmentalist accuses former Alaska AG of protecting ...
  
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• Crews begin efforts to protect Butte, Old Glenn Highway

  24-08-2016 22:44
  
  Alaska Department of Transportation crews stage Armour Rock to be installed along the Old Glenn Highway. (Photo by Patty Sullivan/Mat-Su Borough Public Affairs)Crews are beginning work to quell the rapid advance of the Matanuska River in the community of Butte.
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough public information officer Patty Sullivan says work began Tuesday.
  “They felled all the giant cottonwoods; the trees are all down in a stretch there,” Sullivan said. “And the plan is that they&r
  
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• Credit rater holds Alaska stable - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  24-08-2016 22:30
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  Credit rater holds Alaska stable
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  The state of Alaska received some good news from credit rating agency Standard & Poor's on Tuesday. In a new report, the agency said it is taking Alaska off its watchlist for an immediate downgrade, even as it stays bear-ish on the state's long-term ...
  
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• Perfetto, Breton to return to Alaska Aces - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  24-08-2016 20:12
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Perfetto, Breton to return to Alaska Aces
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The Alaska Aces have missed the playoffs the past (and only) two seasons in their 13 year history as a member of the Eastern Conference Hockey League. Their chance to reverse the trend this season took two steps in a positive direction Wednesday.
  Breton, Perfetto return to AlaskaECHL.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Wings of Alaska makes push for stronger community ties - KHNS Radio

  24-08-2016 20:11
  
  Wings of Alaska makes push for stronger community ties
  KHNS Radio
  There has been a little turbulence since the October sale of Wings of Alaska to Fjord Flying Service, but the new staff is continuing to work out the kinks. Aldwin Harder has only been the manager of the new company for a few months. But he's got a ...and more »
  
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• Breton, Perfetto return to Alaska - ECHL.com

  24-08-2016 20:04
  Breton, Perfetto return to Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Alaska Aces announced that the team has re-signed forwards Justin Breton and Stephen Perfetto for the 2016-17 season. The Aces are the ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks and the American ...and more »
  
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• Alaska garden produce helps meet food pantry demand - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-08-2016 19:58
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska garden produce helps meet food pantry demand
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Anders Parrott inspects locally grown rhubarb stalks as volunteers sort food boxes for distribution at the Fairbanks Community Food Bank Tuesday morning, August 23, 2016. The Food Bank is seeing a greater demand for food boxes, and is also seeing a ...
  
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• How to Qualify for Medical Marijuana in Alaska - Green Rush Daily

  24-08-2016 19:32
  
  How to Qualify for Medical Marijuana in Alaska
  Green Rush Daily
  On November 4, 2014, Ballot Measure 2 was approved. The passing of this ballot allows patients in Alaska with certain debilitating medical conditions to legally possess, use and cultivate medical marijuana. In May 2015, the Alaska Legislature created ...and more »
  
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• Carnival to offer two-week Alaska cruise in 2017 - Travel Weekly

  24-08-2016 18:20
  Travel Weekly
  Carnival to offer two-week Alaska cruise in 2017
  Travel Weekly
  Carnival Cruise Line said it will offer a 14-night Alaska cruise roundtrip from Long Beach, Calif., next year, an unusually long itinerary for Carnival. The cruise on the Carnival Miracle is set to depart Sept. 2 and will feature the line's first call ...
  Carnival Miracle To Operate Unique 14-Day Alaska Cruise Round-Trip From Long Beach In September 2017PR Newswire (press release)
  Carnival to Offer 14-Day Alaska Itiner
  
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• Retired APD officer explains gang investigations in Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  24-08-2016 16:35
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Retired APD officer explains gang investigations in Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Retired APD officer Scott Lofthouse explained some of the difficulties the department faces in investigating possible gangs in Alaska. He worked in the gang intelligence unit until it closed down in April 2014 due to loss of funding. “One of the ...
  
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• Rural energy program brings dollars, jobs to communities - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 15:39
  
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  Rural energy program brings dollars, jobs to communities
  Alaska Dispatch News
  SPONSORED: Sustainable energy projects are proving better for the bottom line in Kobuk, Savoonga and other villages. Author: Presented by Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Updated 8 hours ago. Flushing the toilet. Just one of the ordinary ...
  
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• Getting campuses on the same page: Unified University of Alaska calendar a step in the right direction - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-08-2016 09:48
  
  Getting campuses on the same page: Unified University of Alaska calendar a step in the right direction
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  On Monday, college students across Alaska will head to class for the first day of the 2016 academic year. That may seem routine, but it's actually a significant accomplishment. This year, for the first time in more than a decade, campuses across the ...
  
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• Kidnapping victim says assailants claimed involvement in murders - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 08:42
  
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  Kidnapping victim says assailants claimed involvement in murders
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A charging document filed in Anchorage against one of three alleged kidnappers includes assertions by the victim that her assailants claimed responsibility for several recent murders, and the killings were gang-related. Serge Azede II, wanted on a ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage's newest charter school wants students to get outside - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 07:26
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage's newest charter school wants students to get outside
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Tommy Noble, 13, in the red shirt, plays on workout equipment in Arnold Muldoon Park during physical education class at STrEaM Academy on Tuesday. STrEaM is a STEM-focused charter school — science, technology, engineering, math — that ...
  
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• State considers whether to privatize Alaska Psychiatric Institute - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  24-08-2016 07:01
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  State considers whether to privatize Alaska Psychiatric Institute
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  It's no secret that the State of Alaska is looking to save money any way it can. One question legislators are asking is whether it would be cheaper for a private company to run the Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), the state's only public psychiatric ...
  
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• Finding local edible fare at the state fair - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 06:44
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Finding local edible fare at the state fair
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Pristine Products booth at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer serves oysters from Prince William Sound. August 28, 2014. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). PALMER — When the Alaska State Fair opens Thursday, one of the first things visitors will ...
  
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• Alaska's attorney general looks for creative solutions to address crime amid budget cuts - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 06:35
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's attorney general looks for creative solutions to address crime amid budget cuts
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth in her Department of Law office in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday. Gov. Bill Walker appointed Lindemuth to replace Craig Richards earlier this summer. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). The state recently welcomed a ...
  
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• Donald Trump's grandfather survived an Alaska shipwreck. Here's what happened. - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 05:22
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Donald Trump's grandfather survived an Alaska shipwreck. Here's what happened.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The phone rang Monday afternoon as I was trying to piece together new information on what happened to Donald Trump's grandfather when he was shipwrecked in Alaska 118 years ago. "Mr. Trump is no longer self-funding," a recorded voice barked, asking ...
  
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• Alaska's amazing rainbow connection - Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 05:03
  
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  Alaska's amazing rainbow connection - Alaska Dispatch News
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  My very first rainbow trout startled me: It struck hard, wrenching my wrists, my shoulders; it stole my breath and stirred a strange tickle deep in my chest. The fish ...and more »
  
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• Alaska looking for new company for student testing - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-08-2016 04:28
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska looking for new company for student testing
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  A 10th-grade student at West Valley High School begins work on a practice "testlet" meant to simulate the experience of the new Alaska Measures of Progress test that all third- through 10th-grade students will begin taking at the end of March. Weston ...and more »
  
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• Old friend's visit to Alaska evokes memories of a cape - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2016 03:50
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Old friend's visit to Alaska evokes memories of a cape
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The thing about living in Alaska is that if you weren't born here, if you came here from elsewhere, you probably left a lot of people behind. I know I did. While I wouldn't give up the life I have here for anything, I can't say that I haven't missed ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-08-2016 03:50
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016 | Alaska Public Media
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Governor Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration Monday due to erosion and threat of flooding in the Butte area along ...
  Colder air in Northwest Alaska could produce the season's first big snowfallKTUU.com
  Work begins on $1M trench to stave off Matanuska River erosion ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 7 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016

  24-08-2016 03:50
  
  
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  Disaster declaration issued as Matanuska River threatens Butte
  Josh Edge, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Governor Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration Monday due to erosion and threat of flooding in the Butte ar
  
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• NASA keeps watch of shrinking Arctic ice

  24-08-2016 03:39
  
  
  The future of monitoring Arctic ice begins in space.
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  NASA scientist Thomas Wagner said to think of the IceSat-2 like a giant laser pointer.
  Rather than entertaining your cat, these lasers can measure the height of ice above the water. A total of six of them will be beamed down to Earth.
  “The point being that we’re going to get our most accurate maps ever of the thickness of the Arctic sea ice,” Wagner said. “And that’s one of the most important things th
  
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• Kenai Assembly considers moment of silence after Satanic prayer, protest, counter-protest

  24-08-2016 03:37
  
  
  Tonight, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Vice President Brent Johnson plans to introduce an ordinance that would replace the invocation, or prayer said at the beginning of meetings, with a moment of silence. Earlier this month, an invocation by a member of the Satanic Temple was offered before the assembly. The prayer sparked a protest, and a counter-protest.
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  Protesters gathered at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17 to pray in front of the Soldotna Planned Parenthood offices. Counter-prote
  
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• Low sea ice and warm water to drive autumn weather

  24-08-2016 03:30
  
  
  El Nino has transitioned to below normal sea surface temperatures in the mid latitude Pacific. If that persists, the condition known as La Nina, typically results in a colder than normal winter for Alaska, but National Weather Service climate science and services manager Rick Thoman said low sea ice and remaining warm water around Alaska, will be primary drivers of the state’s autumn weather.
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  “The Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea on up into the Chukchi Sea… much warme
  
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• Cruise-ship evacuation exercise begins as luxury liner prepares for Arctic Ocean transit

  24-08-2016 03:15
  
  The U.S. Northern Command and Coast Guard have launched a major field-training exercise off Alaska’s northwest coast. Arctic Chinook is intended to demonstrate how local, state and federal agencies would respond to a simulated cruise ship accident. Coincidentally, a big luxury cruise ship will sail through the area while the exercise is under way. And to further complicate things, bad weather has just set in.
  A member of the Stratton’s crew signals to the pilot of a Coast Guard helic
  
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• Juneau Assembly passes long-awaited equal rights ordinance

  24-08-2016 03:08
  
  More than 70 people crowded into the Juneau assembly chambers Monday in support of an equal rights ordinance.
  An Alaska Pride flag. The image is based on a double-faced eagle design from Alaska before Russian contact. (Creative Commons photo by Mel Green)With an 8-1 vote, the Juneau Assembly adopted the ordinance.
  The ordinance takes effect in 30 days and protects against discrimination based on gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation.
  Freda Westman spoke in support of the
  
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• Anchorage police release name of man found dead on road

  24-08-2016 03:04
  
  Anchorage police have released the name of the man found dead Monday morning on a city road.
  Police say 22-year-old Michael Miquann Mitchell was found dead at Mile 3 on Campbell Airstrip Road.
  Police are investigating the case as a homicide. They have not released how Mitchell died. No arrest has been made.
  Police say Mitchell’s body was found just before 8:30 a.m.
  The road is the only route into Stuckagain Heights, a mountainside subdivision.
  
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• Q&A: Rep. Muñoz sought lenient sentences for convicted child abusers, Empire reports

  24-08-2016 03:03
  
  Rep. Cathy Muñoz (R-Juneau) in her office before the start of the 2016 legislative session. (Photo by Jennifer Canfield, KTOO – Juneau)The Juneau Empire is reporting that Rep. Cathy Muñoz, a Republican from Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley, has written judicial sentencing authorities seeking leniency for convicted offenders in a case of child sexual assault and a case of child endangerment related to sexual abuse of a child.
  I sat down with Paula Ann Solis, the Empire&rs
  
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• At Alaska's Glacier Bay, tribal house to mark Huna Tlingit connection - The Seattle Times

  24-08-2016 01:55
  
  The Seattle Times
  At Alaska's Glacier Bay, tribal house to mark Huna Tlingit connection
  The Seattle Times
  The Huna Tribal House will be dedicated on the shores of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during ceremonies beginning on Thursday, Aug. 25. According to the National Park Service, four Huna Tlingit clans traditionally... (Steve Schaller ...and more »
  
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• Disaster declaration issued as Matanuska River threatens Butte

  24-08-2016 00:08
  
  The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Governor Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration Monday due to erosion and threat of flooding in the Butte area along the Matanuska River.
  Mat-Su Borough spokesperson Patty Sullivan says this isn’t a case of high water, but of the direction of the river:
  “That’s the concern is that the aim of the full brunt of the river is straight toward a riverbank,” Sullivan said. “In the past, it was parallel and, you know, you normally think
  
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