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• Feds disingenuous about predator management in Alaska - The Delta Discovery

  03-09-2016 23:14
  
  Feds disingenuous about predator management in Alaska
  The Delta Discovery
  Many in the outdoor community are probably aware that recently approved regulations by the National Park Service and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will supersede state authorized hunting opportunities that they have determined are either forms ...
  
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• After vandalism, Alaska 'cat man' fixes truck and packs up for winter - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-09-2016 22:38
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  After vandalism, Alaska 'cat man' fixes truck and packs up for winter
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A man known to some only as the “cat man” was back in Anchorage, but not for the reasons he would have liked. After someone smashed out the windows in his truck, Jim Hershberger had to spend time and money to repair them instead of fishing to fill his ...
  
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• Man found with gunshot wound in South Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-09-2016 21:25
  
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  Man found with gunshot wound in South Anchorage
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage Police are investigating a shooting in South Anchorage that injured at least one man on Saturday. Police received multiple reports of shouting and shots fired at Golden Berry Avenue and Old Seward Highway on Saturday morning. When they ...
  
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• Alaska police urge caution at night after homicide spree - UPI.com

  03-09-2016 21:09
  
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  Alaska police urge caution at night after homicide spree
  UPI.com
  Polie in Anchorage, Alaska warned residents to be wary of going out at night and report instances of domestic violence following a series of 15 homicides. Many of the murders took place during the night and early morning, involved people under the age ...
  Rash of unsolved homicides puts people on edge in AnchorageFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 15 news articles »
  
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• Week 4 of Alaska high school football - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-09-2016 19:53
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Week 4 of Alaska high school football
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  In a matchup of backyard rivals, the Cougars won a turnover-filled outing. Service jumped out to a 14-0 half-time lead on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Xavier Harris to Cyaron Williams. Colony 43 Dimond 14. The Knights handed the Lynx their second loss.
  
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• In life after oil, university considers replacing ski team with golf - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-09-2016 16:20
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In life after oil, university considers replacing ski team with golf
  Alaska Dispatch News
  UAA nordic ski coach Andrew Kastning, center, confers with Aslak Eira, left, Zackarias Toresson, center left, Pietro Mosconi, center right, and Toomas Kollo in the ski equipment room on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA.
  
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• Rough terrain complicates recovery efforts in Alaska airplane crash - Wyoming Tribune

  03-09-2016 14:01
  
  Wyoming Tribune
  Rough terrain complicates recovery efforts in Alaska airplane crash
  Wyoming Tribune
  This Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, photo provided by Alaska State Troopers, shows the wreckage of a Piper Super Cub involved in a deadly midair collision with another small plane over a remote area near the village of Russian Mission in western Alaska.
  Midair crash technology will not be required in most of AlaskaKTUU.com
  Five killed in Alaska air collision, including Snohomish manHeraldNet
  Crisis Ne
  
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• Native claims in Alaska remain a work in progress - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-09-2016 08:22
  
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  Native claims in Alaska remain a work in progress
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Photo shows Alaskans who traveled to Washington, D.C., for congressional hearings on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in December 1971. Standing from left are George Cardner, Roger ...
  
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• Great Alaska adventure: Man doesn't let car fire slow him down - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  03-09-2016 06:20
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Great Alaska adventure: Man doesn't let car fire slow him down
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  When life gets tough a good attitude can help you through it. One man, new to Alaska, is having a really tough time – but it's not getting him down. Peter Schutt bought a car off Craigslist the same day he arrived in Alaska, which was Aug. 27. He only ...
  
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• Alaska to sell royalty oil to Petro Star - Kenai Peninsula Online

  03-09-2016 06:00
  Alaska to sell royalty oil to Petro Star
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  The state of Alaska will sell some of the oil obtained through in-kind royalty payments to Petro Star, Inc, a petroleum products company that specializes in aviation fuel with refineries in North Pole and Valdez. According to an Alaska Department of ...
  
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• VA Alaska Healthcare Director Listens to FBX Vets. - webcenter11

  03-09-2016 05:21
  
  VA Alaska Healthcare Director Listens to FBX Vets.
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  The director of the VA Alaska healthcare system was in Fairbanks Thursday to hear what area veterans had on their minds. In a listening session at the Noel Wien Library, Dr. Timothy Ballard reported on what's happening with V-A healthcare, answered ...
  
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• Veteran teachers fly across Alaska to mentor those new to the job - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-09-2016 04:40
  
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  Veteran teachers fly across Alaska to mentor those new to the job
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Cathé Rhodes from the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project during lunch at the BP Building Wednesday. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Cathé Rhodes has plastic bins stored at schools across Alaska with sleeping bags, inflatable mattresses, air pumps ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 2, 2016

  03-09-2016 03:46
  
  
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  Should the Permanent Fund invest in oil tax credits?
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation board had an unusual visitor at their meeting today. Former Attorney General Craig Richards showed
  
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• Should the Permanent Fund invest in oil tax credits?

  03-09-2016 03:37
  
  The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board had an unusual visitor at their meeting Friday.
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  Former Attorney General Craig Richards addressed the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. board on Sept. 2, 2016. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage)Former Attorney General Craig Richards showed up to pitch an unconventional investment idea: oil and gas tax credits.
  The presentation came as Gov. Bill Walker’s administration faces a problem — or r
  
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• Plan expands rural cell, broadband service - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-09-2016 02:46
  
  Plan expands rural cell, broadband service
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  More Alaskans will have affordable access to mobile phones and broadband internet, thanks to a change in federal communication rules and funding. Listen now. Rural communities throughout the United States benefit from what's called the Universal ...
  
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• Plan expands rural cell, broadband service

  03-09-2016 02:44
  
  More Alaskans will have affordable access to mobile phones and broadband internet, thanks to a change in federal communication rules and funding.
  Rural communities throughout the United States benefit from what’s called the Universal Service Fund. It subsidizes expansion of and improvements to telecommunication systems. It also keeps costs in small communities closer to those in big cities.
  The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted a Universal Service Fund plan for Alaska that
  
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• Alaska Legislature shutters offices on Friday afternoons - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-09-2016 02:34
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Legislature shutters offices on Friday afternoons
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  As a cost-saving measure, 22 legislative information offices around the state are shuttered starting this Friday afternoon. Listen now. The offices will be closed every Friday afternoon while the legislature is not in session. The legislature's in ...
  Alaska lawmakers shut down regional offices on Friday afternoons to save moneyAlaska Dispatch Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Legislature shutters offices on Friday afternoons

  03-09-2016 02:30
  
  The Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman)As a cost-saving measure, 22 legislative information offices around the state are shuttered starting this Friday afternoon.The offices will be closed every Friday afternoon while the legislature is not in session. The legislature’s in-house administrative council voted the action through 9-1 on Thursday.
  The Legislative Council’s vote, which also included a reduction in payroll for support staff
  
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• Homer Fire gets boost through remodel, grants

  03-09-2016 02:05
  
  Homer Volunteer Fire Department has started a remodeling project to improve their Pioneer Avenue building.
  Construction at the Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Aug. 30.
  (Photo by Daysha Eaton, KBBI – Homer)Fire Chief Bob Painter said the project has been underway for about two weeks. He said the remodel is the result of two and half years of planning.
  The $1,000,000 project was funded by the City of Homer after the department was removed from the plans for a new public safety bu
  
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• Homer residents respond to proposed drilling

  03-09-2016 02:00
  
  Dozens of Homer residents attended the public hearing to learn more about the proposal to lease portions of Cook Inlet for oil and gas drilling.
  Jeanne Parker testifies at the Cook Inlet Lease Sale public hearing in Homer on August 17.
  (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI – Homer)Many who testified voiced their concerns about the environmental impacts of drilling in Cook Inlet. Homer resident Carla Stanley was one of them.
  “We all know that Kachemak Bay is a critical habitat area. And those
  
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• Alaska Airlines gets federal OK for flights to Cuba - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-09-2016 01:18
  
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  Alaska Airlines gets federal OK for flights to Cuba
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Airlines this week received final approval from the federal government for flights from Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday officially approved the Seattle-based airline's request to operate commercial ...and more »
  
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• As waters warm, Arctic fish populations change

  03-09-2016 01:10
  
  A new report shows more fish are moving to Arctic waters. The U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management teamed up to create the inventory, which describes more than 100 species of fish found in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas — including 20 species new to the region.
  Arctic cod is an important part of the marine food web. (Photo courtesy of NOAA)The Alaska Arctic Marine Fish Ecology Catalog for the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas has been a long time coming. Biologist Milton
  
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• AK: Marine mammal camp nurtures budding scientists

  03-09-2016 01:10
  
  The phrase “summer camp” usually brings to mind images of toasted marshmallows, campfires and wobbly canoe trips.1 of 6 Lee Post (a.k.a. "Mr. Bone") helps a camper position sea lion flipper bones. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)Lee Post (a.k.a. "Mr. Bone") helps a camper position sea lion flipper bones. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)Stellar sea lion skeleton (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)Stellar sea lion skeleton (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)A stellar
  
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• Alaska's Pink Salmon Record Shattered Twice in Two Days - Field and Stream (blog)

  03-09-2016 01:09
  Alaska's Pink Salmon Record Shattered Twice in Two Days
  Field and Stream (blog)
  Robert Dubar with his record-breaking, 13-pound 10.6-ounce pink salmon caught on the Kenai River. Last week, the Alaska state record for sport-caught pink salmon (or humpy) was shattered—two days in a row, Alaska Dispatch News reports. On Aug.
  
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• 49 Voices: Will Schlimgen of Eagle River

  03-09-2016 01:05
  
  This week we’re hearing from Will Schlimgen in Eagle River. Will is originally from California, and is just starting his second year at UAA.
  Will Schlimgen of Eagle River (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)“In Alaska, the whole state’s got kinda that small town mentality, I think. It’s so easy to see people you know everywhere. You go out and you see somebody you know. Eagle River is not that big. And Anchorage, even though people that live in A
  
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• Yukon River

  03-09-2016 01:00
  
  Yukon River. Photo: NOStudiovideosThe Yukon River, at almost 2000 miles long, is a great place to explore in a canoe or raft. On our next show, we’ll be covering river floats from Whitehorse to Dawson City, down to Eagle, onward to Circle, and down to the Dalton Highway Bridge. We’ll also be learning about the Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve, an unusual national park unit that spans more than 100 miles of the river, with the nature and history that’s found there. We&rsqu
  
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