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• East High School football still ranked number 1 in Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-08-2016 22:38
  
  East High School football still ranked number 1 in Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  For a second straight week, East High School is the number one ranked large school football team in Alaska, according the Alaska Sports Broadcast Network (ASBN) poll. The T-Birds topped Dimond High School and improved to 3-0 in the 1-2 match ...and more »
  
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• Troopers, drones search for missing hiker near Chena Hot Springs Resort - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  29-08-2016 22:28
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Troopers, drones search for missing hiker near Chena Hot Springs Resort
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Anatoliy Balko, 19, is missing after failing to return from a planned hike to Far Mountain near Chena Hot Springs Resort. Photo courtesy of Alaska State Troopers. FAIRBANKS - Alaska State Troopers are asking for help in locating a missing hiker in the ...
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• Westlake widens lead in District 40 primary

  29-08-2016 21:27
  
  The unofficial results of a tight House primary race are in. Dean Westlake of Kotzebue appears to have won the Democratic nomination for House District 40 from incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak of Barrow.
  Previously Westlake had a lead of only three votes. Absentee and questioned ballots tallied Friday widened Westlake’s lead to 21 votes.
  Division of Elections officials have said it will likely take another week to certify the results. But, Westlake’s win might not be definite. Because
  
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• Two men found dead at Valley of the Moon park, police say homicide

  29-08-2016 21:17
  
  In Anchorage, two men are dead in what appears to be a double homicide over the weekend at a popular park.
  Anchorage Police say they got a call shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, reporting a deceased individual on the bike path in Valley of the Moon park. While searching the area, investigators found a second person. Both victims are male, and police said both deaths appear to be homicides.
  No one is in custody, and police said they won’t release any additional 
  
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• In Alaska, salmon has been on the menu for 11800 years - Science Magazine

  29-08-2016 21:02
  
  Science Magazine
  In Alaska, salmon has been on the menu for 11800 years
  Science Magazine
  The people of Upward Sun River—who lived near Alaska's Tanana River from 13,200 to 11,500 years ago—left very little behind. No pottery, no permanent architecture, and only a few burials of infants. But now, scientists have reconstructed their diets ...
  
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• Petersburg schools open with an increase in enrollment

  29-08-2016 21:01
  
  Combined enrollment at the three Petersburg schools is an estimated 473 students to start off the year, up from 431 just two years ago. (Photo by KFSK – Petersburg)Students headed back to class Monday, August 29, in Petersburg as the new school year gets underway.
  Enrollment numbers have increased in two of the three schools and the district welcomes several newcomers to its faculty.
  Combined enrollment at the three schools is an estimated 473 students to start off the year, up from 431 ju
  
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• Suspected heroin in Quinhagak was mostly synthetic opioid fentanyl

  29-08-2016 20:51
  
  Heroin powder. (Photo courtesy Drug Enforcement Administration)Alaska State Troopers are reporting the presence of high levels of fentanyl in what was suspected heroin seized in Quinhagak.
  The drugs had been tested by the State Crime Lab. Troopers report more fentanyl in the drugs than heroin and say it’s an unwelcome trend sweeping the country.
  Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
  It’s likely responsible for higher overdose rates and de
  
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• Story Time w/ Aunt Phil: 8 decades of the Alaska State Fair - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-08-2016 20:34
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Story Time w/ Aunt Phil: 8 decades of the Alaska State Fair
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The Alaska State Fair is celebrating a milestone this year; 80 years of food and fun. In this installment of Story Time with Aunt Phil, Daybreak explores the reason why the fair started in the first place. The story starts in 1935 when the U.S ...
  
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• Harvesting Alaska: Fair competition brings out generations of bakers - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-08-2016 20:34
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Harvesting Alaska: Fair competition brings out generations of bakers
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  As the deadline neared for the baked goods competition at the 80th annual Alaska State Fair, dozens of people filled Hoskins Hall, eager to drop off their entries. Among them, Teresa Taylor and her box full of goodies: several plates of cookies and a ...
  
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• The future of higher education in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-08-2016 19:13
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The future of higher education in Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The pinch of state budget cuts is being felt across the state. How will these impacts affect Alaska University system campuses, especially the smaller campuses? What can the university system do to build in sustainability and long term fiscal stability?
  
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• The future of higher education in Alaska

  29-08-2016 19:13
  
  The pinch of state budget cuts is being felt across the state. How will these impacts affect Alaska University system campuses, especially the smaller campuses? What can the university system do to build in sustainability and long term fiscal stability? UA President Jim Johnsen and Regents chair Jo Heckman will be on air discussing their vision for the future and taking questions from Alaskans.
  Jim Johnsen at a meet and greet in Juneau, July 7, 2015. Johnsen is a candidate for Uni
  
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• A single lightning strike killed 323 reindeer in Norway - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-08-2016 18:45
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A single lightning strike killed 323 reindeer in Norway
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Dead wild reindeer are seen on Hardangervidda in Norway, after lightning struck the central mountain plateau and killed more than 300 of them, in this undated handout photo. (Havard Kjoentvedt/Norwegian Nature Inspectorate/NTB Scanpix via REUTERS).
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• New Carnival route: Los Angeles to Alaska and back - USA TODAY

  29-08-2016 13:31
  
  USA TODAY
  New Carnival route: Los Angeles to Alaska and back
  USA TODAY
  Cruise giant Carnival has announced plans for a voyage from the Los Angeles area to Alaska and back — a first for the line. The Miami-based cruise operator says the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle will depart Long Beach on Sept. 2, 2017, on a 14 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Native art at the state fair tells a story of tradition - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-08-2016 06:11
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska Native art at the state fair tells a story of tradition
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Past the food vendors and carnival rides, one will find something unique to this state fair: a collection of booths packed with Alaska Native art dubbed The Gathering Place. There, a dozen or so artists sell their handmade pieces. Jeremy Lieb, who is ...
  
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• Alaska joins in amicus brief on state's rights issue - The cordova Times

  29-08-2016 04:56
  
  Alaska joins in amicus brief on state's rights issue
  The cordova Times
  Alaska is one of 20 states now joined in a multi-state amicus brief concerning the proper forum for challenging a state attorney general's administrative subpoena, in a case stemming from litigation alleging climate change fraud by Exxon Mobil. As the ...
  
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• Statewide upswing of Hep. C cases most severe in Southeast Alaska - KTUU.com

  29-08-2016 00:12
  
  KTUU.com
  Statewide upswing of Hep. C cases most severe in Southeast Alaska
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - With the use of hard drugs on the rise, a statewide upswing in Hepatitis C virus infections has been identified as most severe in Southeast Alaska, according to the Alaska Section of Epidemiology. State of Alaska Epidemiology experts ...and more »
  
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