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• Living Alaska: Expect the unexpected, even when hiking Flattop - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  07-09-2016 23:51
  
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  Living Alaska: Expect the unexpected, even when hiking Flattop
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  I almost forgot my bear spray. For a moment, I thought I'd be fine without it, as I've been trekking up Flattop Mountain more times than I can count. When a little nagging voice inside of my head told me not to be a dummy, I turned back home to grab it.
  
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• Alaska Regulators Delay Decision to Allow Pot Use in Stores - ABC News

  07-09-2016 22:21
  
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  Alaska Regulators Delay Decision to Allow Pot Use in Stores
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  FILE - In this June 9, 2016 file photo, Alaska Marijuana Control Board member Brandon Emmett of Fairbanks, right, and Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, are shown at the board's meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. The ...
  Delayed decision: Regulators holding off making rules for Alaska marijuana use in storesThe Cannabist
  Alaska marijuana: Officials talk licenses, cannabis clubs, and del
  
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• Alaska Regulators Delay Deciding Rules for Pot Use in Stores - ABC News

  07-09-2016 22:21
  
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  Alaska Regulators Delay Deciding Rules for Pot Use in Stores
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  FILE - In this June 9, 2016 file photo, Alaska Marijuana Control Board member Brandon Emmett of Fairbanks, right, and Cynthia Franklin, director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, are shown at the board's meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. The ...
  Delayed decision: Regulators holding off making rules for Alaska marijuana use in storesThe Cannabist
  The Latest: Alaska delays on pot use in marijuana storesseattlepi
  
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• The Sustainability of Alaska Seafood | Healthy Eats – Food Network ... - Healthy Eats (blog)

  07-09-2016 18:12
  
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  The Sustainability of Alaska Seafood | Healthy Eats – Food Network ...
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  The 2015 dietary guidelines stress the importance of fish consumption, but there are still misconceptions swirling around about the seafood industry.and more »
  
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• The Sustainability of Alaska Seafood - Healthy Eats (blog)

  07-09-2016 18:12
  
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  The Sustainability of Alaska Seafood
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  The 2015 dietary guidelines stress the importance of fish consumption, but there are still misconceptions swirling around about the seafood industry. What exactly is farm-to-table seafood, and is it sustainable? I had the opportunity to learn firsthand ...and more »
  
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• Results confirm winner of northern Alaska legislative race - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

  07-09-2016 17:33
  
  Results confirm winner of northern Alaska legislative race
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A recount is likely after the results of a northern Alaska legislative race showed incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak lost by only four votes. The certified results released Tuesday show Dean Westlake won the House District 40 race ...and more »
  
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• Alaska reverses opposition to investigating Exxon climate fraud - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-09-2016 10:14
  
  Alaska reverses opposition to investigating Exxon climate fraud
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Just two months after the Attorney General of Alaska joined other conservative oil states in opposing a nationwide investigation by 20 other attorneys general into alleged climate change fraud by Exxon, Alaska's new attorney general has joined other ...and more »
  
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• Joe Miller Mounts General Election Challenge to Alaska's Lisa Murkowski - Roll Call

  07-09-2016 05:00
  
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  Joe Miller Mounts General Election Challenge to Alaska's Lisa Murkowski
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  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with Roll Call in a meeting room in her office in the Hart Senate Office Building on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call). Simone Pathé · @Simone Pathé. Posted Sep 6, 2016 10:49 PM. Save for later.
  With Joe Miller running, Alaska's US Senate race is even more topsy-turvyAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Libertarians select Joe Miller as
  
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• NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-09-2016 04:05
  
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  NOAA to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most humpback whales
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  A humpback whale breaches in Resurrection Bay on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Humpback whales, a species that migrates to Alaska and is famous for singing below the water's surface and leaping above it, are ...
  NOAA announces some Alaska whales no longer endangeredAlaska Public Radio Network
  The Latest: Some Alaska Humpback Whales to Sta
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 06, 2016

  07-09-2016 03:40
  
  
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  Joe Miller files to run for Lisa Murkowski’s Senate seat as Libertarian
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  A big shake-up this afternoon in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race: Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller announced today that h
  
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• BIA aids Togiak couples with moving into HUD homes

  07-09-2016 02:59
  
  Last week in Togiak, two couples moved into their new HUD houses. Theywere the first in the state to take advantage of a down payment assistanceprogram from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. With that, the Martins and theNicks will have roughly half the mortgage payment to make, and took deed totheir homes on day one. KDLG’s Dave Bendinger was there as they moved in:
  
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• NOAA announces some Alaska whales no longer endangered

  07-09-2016 02:55
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that most humpback whales will come off the endangered species list. And that means some whales that spend time in Alaska.
  Humpback whale diving in Juneau. (Creative Commons photo by Tony Hisgett)But some sub-groups of humpbacks around the world will remain on the list.
  Three different humpback populations visit Alaska and now they all fall into different categories. The Hawaii population is delisted. The Mexico population is
  
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• Westlake still leading Nageak as District 40 votes are certified

  07-09-2016 02:49
  
  The Democratic primary results for the District 40 House seat grew closer today.
  Dean Westlake is challenging Barrow Rep. Bennie Nageak in the Democratic primary; in 2014, Westlake lost the race by 131 votes. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage)Dean Westlake remains ahead of incumbent state Representative Benjamin Nageak, but Westlake’s lead was cut to four votes, from 21.
  The state election review board certified the results in Juneau, adding absentee b
  
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• Past crime rates give perspective on lower juvenile detention numbers

  07-09-2016 02:19
  
  The graph shows juvenile referrals and offenses over a 10-year period. (Courtesy Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice)The state’s Division of Juvenile Justice said the number of kids being sent their way is almost half what it was 10 years ago.
  When a minor is arrested or charged with a crime, they’re generally referred to Juvenile Justice for punishment or treatment, or both.
  The reason behind the decrease isn’t completely clear, but it’s a nationwide trend.
  Two juve
  
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• Joe Miller nabs Libertarian spot to challenge Murkowski

  07-09-2016 02:12
  
  
  A big shake-up this afternoon in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race: Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller announced today that he will challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski after all. Miller says Libertarian nominee Cean Stevens has withdrawn from the race and her party’s leadership as agreed to let Miller appear on the General Election ballot in her place.
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  Joe Miller at the kick-off of his 2014 campaign for Senate. He lost that year in the Primary to Dan Sullivan. (Photo by L
  
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• Joe Miller files to run for Lisa Murkowski’s Senate seat as Libertarian

  07-09-2016 02:12
  
  A big shake-up this afternoon in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race: Fairbanks attorney Joe Miller announced today that he will challenge Senator Lisa Murkowski after all. Miller says Libertarian nominee Cean Stevens has withdrawn from the race and her party’s leadership as agreed to let Miller appear on the General Election ballot in her place.
  Joe Miller at the kick-off of his 2014 campaign for Senate. He lost that year in the Primary to Dan Sullivan. (Photo by Liz Ruski
  
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• Tanker trailer goes off the road near Fairbanks and leaks fuel, cleanup ensues

  07-09-2016 01:42
  
  A cleanup operation continues along the Richardson Highway south of Fairbanks, where a tanker trailer went off the road and leaked fuel. Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation on scene coordinator Tom DeRuyter said the Monday afternoon accident occurred near mile 306 at Birch Lake, when a truck operated by Big State Logistics lost one of 2 fuel tankers it was pulling.
  “The trailer became disconnected and right now we don’t know why that happened,” DeRuyter said.&n
  
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• Another record high harvest of Yukon coho

  07-09-2016 00:35
  
  For the third year in a row, a record high number of coho salmon have been caught in the lower Yukon commercial fishery.As of September 1, 141,000 coho were caught and sold in Yukon River Districts 1 and 2.  That tops the previous record of about 130,000 set last year.  And all of those coho were essentially by-catch in the fall chum commercial fishery – which sent over 415,000 fish to market this year.
  Fish and Game’s preseason forecast for coho called for an average
  
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