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• Winter is coming: Studded tires are now legal in most of Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 23:47
  
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  Winter is coming: Studded tires are now legal in most of Alaska ...
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  Summer tires are swapped out for studded winter tires at Johnson's Tire Service on October 6, 2015. (Scott Jensen / ADN file). Is there a surer sign of winter than ...
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• Alaska senators file lawsuit over Walker's permanent fund veto - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  16-09-2016 23:03
  
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  Alaska senators file lawsuit over Walker's permanent fund veto
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  Former state Sen. Rick Halford, left, and current state Sen. Bill Wielechowski answer questions about a lawsuit they filed at a press conference on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The lawsuit filed by Wielechowski, Halford and former ...
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• How courts protect vulnerable Alaskans—the elderly

  16-09-2016 23:00
  
  Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska returns after its brief summer hiatus with a three-part look at the protective role courts play on behalf of the most vulnerable citizens—the elderly, children and new immigrants.
  On this week’s program, special concerns of the elderly—from fraud protection to court-appointed guardians—will be our focus.
  Older Alaskans are the fastest growing population group in the state. Practically everyone has an older relative or a neighbor aging in
  
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• 2nd suspect in Campbell Airstrip Road homicide arrested in W. Virginia - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 22:53
  
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  2nd suspect in Campbell Airstrip Road homicide arrested in W. Virginia
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  The second suspect in the Campbell Airstrip Road homicide, Riek William Gat, was arrested Friday by U.S. Marshals in West Virginia, the Anchorage Police Department said. Gat, 19, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the shooting of ...
  Alaska murder fugitive arrested in Morgantown - WDTV.COMWDTV
  US marshals arrest man indicted in Anchorage homicideFairbanks D
  
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• Plane crashes on road near Wasilla, injuring pilot - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 22:44
  
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  Plane crashes on road near Wasilla, injuring pilot
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  A small plane crashed on North Caribou Drive near Wasilla, injuring one person Friday morning. (Zaz Hollander / Alaska Dispatch News). A plane crashed Friday on a street in residential area of the Matanuska Valley, injuring a Palmer man. Ken Barkley ...and more »
  
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• Plane crashes on road near Wasilla, injuring pilot - Alaska Dispatch ... - Alaska Dispatch News

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  A small plane crashed on North Caribou Drive near Wasilla, injuring one person Friday morning. (Zaz Hollander / Alaska Dispatch News). A plane crashed ...and more »
  
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• Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

  16-09-2016 22:30
  
  Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. (Hillman/Alaska Public)On the next episode we’ll hear from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. She was visiting Alaska in August, of 2016, and took time from her vacation to speak at the Dena’ina Center. She shares with us the difficulties of taking on the responsibilities that go with being a member of the highest court in the country and the importance of having a diverse supreme court, among many other things. H
  
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• Alaska's unemployment rate increased slightly in August - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 22:01
  
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  Alaska's unemployment rate increased slightly in August
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  Alaska's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased slightly from 6.7 percent in July to 6.8 percent in August. The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development said in a release Friday that while the small uptick "is not large enough to ...
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• Burning Basket is an honored Homer tradition

  16-09-2016 21:44
  
  Every year, on a windswept patch of land in Homer’s Mariner Park, community members build a beautiful handmade basket. A really big one.
  And just a few days later, they burn it to the ground. It’s part of Homer’s annual Burning Basket celebration.1 of 5 (Photo courtesy of Mavis Muller)(Photo courtesy of Mavis Muller)(Photo courtesy of Char Jump)(Photo courtesy of Char Jump)Students from Little Fireweed School helped build the basket. (Photo courtesy of Mavis Muller)(Photo court
  
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• Yakutat man is one of ‘The Magnificent Seven’

  16-09-2016 21:09
  
  Martin Sensmeier, a 32-year-old actor from Yakutat, is co-starring in the major motion picture “The Magnificent Seven.”
  In the film, Sensmeier shares the screen with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.The movie is a remake of the 1960 western version starring Yul Brynner, and also the 1954 Japanese film “Seven Samurai.”
  On the phone from Los Angeles, Sensmeier said that riding horses was the most challenging part of the role.
  “Being Tlingit and Athabascan, you k
  
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• Prostate Cancer

  16-09-2016 21:00
  
  About 1 man in 7 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. It is estimated that there will be about 180,000 new cases of prostate cancer and about 26,000 deaths in 2016. Although it can be a serious disease most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. Learn more about prostate cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment on this edition of Line One, Your Health&nb
  
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• Holland, Celebrity bring more passengers to Sitka in 2017

  16-09-2016 19:50
  
  In 2017, Holland America will bring a seventh cruise ship through Alaska and Sitka is on the itinerary. Celebrity Cruises will also be making half a dozen calls.
  All Holland America ships this summer have been anchoring at the Old Sitka Dock and this ease of passenger transport is one of the reasons the company is bringing another ship to Sitka next summer. (Photo courtesy of Chris McGraw)Holland America’s Oosterdam will be redeployed from Europe for the 2017 summer season. The ship will d
  
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• RKP Productions presents two one-act plays at Out North

  16-09-2016 19:48
  
  Nava Sarracino in The Child Behind the EyesRKP Productions (Dick Reichman, Audrey/Bruce Kelly and Bob Pond) will be presenting two one-act plays at Out North Contemporary Art House opening September 16 and running through September 25. The Phone written by Dick Reichman explores a relationship between a mother and daughter undermined by the onset of Alzheimer’s (with a strong connection to the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus) while The Child Behind The Eyes by Nava Semel is a tour de force mo
  
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• State officials warn of recently recalled ranch product shipped to Alaska - KTUU.com

  16-09-2016 18:41
  
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  State officials warn of recently recalled ranch product shipped to Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The Alaska Division of Environmental health is warning consumers that a batch of recently recalled ranch dressing was shipped to Alaska. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Vermont-based company Drew's LLC ...
  
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• It's been an extraordinary summer for Alaska gardeners. Is this the new normal? - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 15:34
  
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  It's been an extraordinary summer for Alaska gardeners. Is this the new normal?
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  Frankly, I don't know what to think of this summer. Of course, it was a terrific one, probably the best we've ever had weather-wise in the 40-plus-year life of this column. Still, questions persist: Was the wonderful warmth because of El Nino? Was this ...
  
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• $65 Billion Alaska Energy Project Crashes and Burns - Forbes

  16-09-2016 11:19
  
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  $65 Billion Alaska Energy Project Crashes and Burns
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  Alaska's proposed $45-$65 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that was supposed to help the state refill its coffers from decades of dwindling crude oil production and more than two years of low oil prices, took several steps backward a few ...and more »
  
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• Hope For Massive Alaska Energy Project Crashes and Burns - Forbes

  16-09-2016 07:29
  
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  Hope For Massive Alaska Energy Project Crashes and Burns
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  Alaska's proposed $45-$65 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that was supposed to help the state refill its coffers from decades of dwindling crude oil production and more than two years of low oil prices, took several steps backward a few ...and more »
  
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• Will paperwork kill traditional tattooing?

  16-09-2016 04:54
  
  
  Holly Mititquq Nordlum at Above The Rest tattoo shop in Anchorage, where she’s working to meet the state’s official requirements to be eligible for a tattoo license. Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media.Missionaries and colonization nearly extinguished the indigenous practice of tattooing among Alaska Natives and Inuit across the circumpolar north. Now, modern advocates and artists see the beginning of a widespread revival.
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• Park killings bring renewed interest in Anchorage Trail Watch program - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 04:29
  
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  Park killings bring renewed interest in Anchorage Trail Watch program
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  Trail watch ambassador Katie Hickey, photographed on Anchorage's Chester Creek Trail on Thursday has been participating in the volunteer safety program ...and more »
  
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• Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent in satellite record - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 03:58
  
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  Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent in satellite record
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  Arctic sea ice this month slipped to its second-lowest extent since satellite observations began, matching almost precisely the mark set in 2007 but not as low as in the record-setting summer of 2012, scientists reported. Extent, the area where ice ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016

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  Wielechowski to file suit against Permanent Fund Corp. on Friday
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  Senator Bill Wielechowski plans to file a lawsuit Friday seeking to force the Permanent Fund Corporation to transfer the full amount for Permanent Fund d
  
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• A bill passed by the US Senate targets Alaska honey buckets ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-09-2016 03:13
  
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  A bill passed by the US Senate targets Alaska honey buckets ...
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  WASHINGTON — Some of Alaska's most remote communities, where the "honey bucket" stands in for flush toilets, could be in line for hundreds of millions of ...
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• Arctic Sea ice at second lowest level on record

  16-09-2016 03:05
  
  
  Arctic Sea ice retreated to it’s second lowest level on record this summer. Scientists announced today the ice likely reached it’s lowest extent on September 10th. The Arctic Ocean ended the summer season with 1.6 million square miles of ice, tying 2007 for the second lowest amount.
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  Ice floes float in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland above the Arctic circle on July 10, 2008. The seven lowest levels of sea ice cover have all been recorded in the last seven years. Pho
  
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• Wielechowski to file suit against Permanent Fund Corp. on Friday

  16-09-2016 02:51
  
  
  Senator Bill Wielechowski plans to file a lawsuit Friday seeking to force the Permanent Fund Corporation to transfer the full amount for Permanent Fund dividends this year.
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  Sen. Bill Wielechowski fields a question from a reporter during a Senate Minority press availability, Jan. 28, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)If successful, the lawsuit would double the dividend amount, from one thousand dollars to more than two thousand dollars.
  Wielechowski’s suit would essential
  
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• Alaska’s Bears: How the understanding of human-bear interactions has changed

  16-09-2016 01:13
  
  Alaska’s bears haven’t changed in the last two decades, but scientific understanding of them has. Back country enthusiast and writer Bill Sherwonit has released an updated version of his book Alaska’s Bears. Sherwonit told APRN’s Lori Townsend that a better understanding of the impacts of climate change, especially for polar bears is a big part of the update.
  SHERWONIT: “It really is worrisome from the perspective of polar bears as to how badly affected they’r
  
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• Communities unite to form one economic voice

  16-09-2016 00:09
  
  The Azachorok Corporation in Mountain Village is working to set up a coalition of communities in order to get a more powerful economic voice for their region.Azachorok Corporation logo. (Image courtesy of Azachorok Inc.)When complete, the Kusilvak Economic Development & Advocacy Alliance is expected to provide a bigger economic voice for their region. The Kusilvak region has one of the lowest socioeconomic statuses in Alaska. Loren Peterson of Mountain Village is the president of Azacho
  
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