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• Rent at Alaska's international airports is about to get more expensive - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-09-2016 23:09
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Rent at Alaska's international airports is about to get more expensive
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  After more than a decade without a rate increase, the cost of leasing land from the Alaska International Airport System is rising. Come Jan. 1, land lease rates at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and Fairbanks International Airport — which ...
  
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• Is methadone an answer to Alaska's heroin crisis? - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-09-2016 22:10
  
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  Is methadone an answer to Alaska's heroin crisis?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Jennifer Stukey is the chief operations officer for the Center for Drug Problems, which dispenses methadone on Fourth Avenue. Stukey said she loves her job because she enjoys seeing the center's clients each day. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News).
  
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• Dividend cut hurts, but it's the wise course for Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-09-2016 21:14
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Dividend cut hurts, but it's the wise course for Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announces he is using his veto power to cap the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend at about $1,000 this year during a press conference at the Atwood Building in Anchorage on June 29. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News).
  2016 Permanent Fund: Nearly every Alaskan to get $1022Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Airlines launches annual PFD sale for AlaskansPR Newswire (press
  
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• Bear mauls, injures Ky man on Alaska hunting trip - The Courier-Journal

  24-09-2016 17:05
  
  The Courier-Journal
  Bear mauls, injures Ky man on Alaska hunting trip
  The Courier-Journal
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A 57-year-old Kentucky man is recovering from injuries suffered when he was mauled by a bear on Alaska's Admiralty Island. Alaska State Troopers say Douglas Adkins of Jenkins, Ky., was injured as he hiked Thursday night with a big ...
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• Alaska Airlines tries out DIY bag tagging at LAX - LA Times - Los Angeles Times

  24-09-2016 16:02
  
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  Alaska Airlines tries out DIY bag tagging at LAX - LA Times
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  Alaska Airlines tests technology to let people tag their own bags at LAX.
  Here are some tips for making Alaska Airlines MVP status by the end ...Alaska Dispatch Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Hillside standoff suspect found dead in home - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-09-2016 11:03
  
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  Hillside standoff suspect found dead in home
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  Loud bangs emit from a house on Ginami Street off of Upper Huffman Road on the Hillside during an armed standoff in Anchorage on Thursday, September 22, 2016. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue. The armed ...
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  After 42 hours, barricade suspect found dead inside home | Alaska ...Alaska Public Radio Networ
  
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• Alaska Gov. Walker appeals for a pink salmon disaster declaration - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-09-2016 05:17
  
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  Alaska Gov. Walker appeals for a pink salmon disaster declaration
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Gov. Bill Walker has requested the federal government declare a disaster for four Alaska regions hurt by one of the poorest pink salmon returns in decades. In a Sept. 19 letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Walker said ...
  Southern Alaska fisheries earn victory in federal courtKTOO
  Court sides with UCIDA on Cook Inlet Salmon management | Alaska ...Alaska Public
  
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• Pipeline Promises: Alaska’s 40-year quest for a natural gas line

  24-09-2016 05:07
  
  For more than 40 years, Alaska has tried, and failed, to bring natural gas from the North Slope to market. In this 5-part series, Alaska's Energy Desk explores why the state has struck out - and what it plans to try next.
  
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• Alaska New Nightly, Friday September 23, 2016

  24-09-2016 04:33
  
  
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• Parole violation sends banished man back to jail

  24-09-2016 04:14
  
  
  Derek Adams telecommuting to his arraignment at the Bethel courthouse.
  CREDIT ADRIAN WAGNER / KYUKDerek Adams, “The Banished Man” as some have begun to call him, was arrested Wednesday for violating his parole.  Law enforcement officials found that he was carrying hundreds of dollars in cash and a large amount of what appears to be heroin.
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  According to his report, Bethel Police Sergeant Jeff Lee stopped Derek Adams early Wednesday morning during a routi
  
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• Court sides with UCIDA on Cook Inlet Salmon management

  24-09-2016 04:00
  
  
  A federal appeals court has sided with United Cook Inlet Drifters Association [UCIDA] in a lawsuit seeking to return Cook Inlet salmon management to federal fisheries control. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week [wednesday] to send the suit back to federal District court to have an earlier judgement entered in favor of the commercial fishing organization.
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  The suit, filed in 2013, charges state salmon management disregards certain regulations of the Magnuson – Stev
  
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• After 42 hours, barricade suspect found dead inside home

  24-09-2016 04:00
  
  
  Police Chief Chris Tolley speaking to reporters during a press conference Friday at APD Headquarters. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  A standoff between a SWAT team and 69 year old veteran Robert Musser ended with Musser’s death early Friday morning after 42 hours.
  LISTEN NOWAnchorage Police Department Chief Chris Tolley said that around 3 am responders discovered Musser’s body in his
  
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• State calls a truce in Prudhoe Bay dispute

  24-09-2016 03:59
  
  
  Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack at a press conference in Anchorage on June 28, 2016. (Photo by Graelyn Brashear, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has called a truce in its dispute with the big three North  Slope oil producers over plans for Prudhoe Bay.
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  The Department of Natural Resources has approved the field’s latest development plan, ending a stand-off that raised fears the Walker administration was threatenin
  
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• Alaskans weigh in on this year’s smaller dividend check

  24-09-2016 03:59
  
  
  It’s PFD announcement day in Alaska — but it’s a little less exciting than usual. That’s because this year, for the first time in the program’s history, it’s been cut.
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  Governor Bill Walker announced in a pre-recorded video on Friday exactly how much Alaskans would receive in this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend check: $1,022.
  This year’s dividend checks could have been about twice as much, but Walker vetoed half the money approp
  
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• AK: New art piece in Juneau brings awareness to homelessness

  24-09-2016 03:23
  
  
  (Photo by Scott Burton/KTOO)A new plywood cut-out of a person in front of city hall is part of a national effort to bring awareness to homelessness.
  The social art project began in Charleston, South Carolina where the city collaborated with a design firm to create 430 plywood figures—the estimated number of homeless people in the city at the time.
  The figures were then placed in park in front of their City Hall. Now, the project has gone national and every state capital has been asked to p
  
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• Anchorage expecting $24M budget shortfall from drop in state funds

  24-09-2016 02:57
  
  Members of the Berkowitz administration discuss budget shortfalls with members of the Anchorage Assembly at City Hall. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Municipality of Anchorage is anticipating a budget gap of more than $24 million because of diminishing state funding for programs and services. The bleak financial outlook for Alaska’s largest city is likely to be replicated in communities all across the state in the months ahead.
  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz sha
  
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• Health care cost in Alaska

  24-09-2016 01:11
  
  Health care cost more in Alaska than almost anywhere else in the United States and our costs are rising fastest of any state. We’ll be joined by the director of the Alaska Division of Insurance and by a UAA economist, both experts in what ails our health care system, to discuss the problem and look for solutions.
  HOST:
  Charles Wohlforth
  GUESTS:
  Lori Wing-Heier, director, Division of Insurance
  Mouhcine Guettabi, economist, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research
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• Handling Wild Game

  24-09-2016 01:00
  
  Photo: mo1229Alaskans harvest many tons of wild meat each fall, but it’s a long journey from the field to the table, with skill and care required. On the next Outdoor Explorer we’ll be talking about the skills and planning necessary to properly field dress wild game and then get it to a processor. We’ll also talk about the cooking skills to make wild game delicious and healthy for your family.
   
   
  HOST: Charles WohlforthGUESTS:  
  Kirk Lingofelt, state-wide h
  
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• 49 Voices: Rex Koenig in Anchorage

  24-09-2016 00:41
  
  
  This week we’re hearing from Rex Koenig in Anchorage. Koenig is originally from Nome, but he moved to the Mountain View neighborhood in the 80s.
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  Rex: It was nice back in the 80’s, nobody around. Less crime, nobody died. Now it’s like totally different.
  When I used to live here, at 12, 1 or 2 in the morning you don’t hear anything. Now it’s like *makes shooting sounds*. Not every night, every now and then you hear shots fired. It’s just h
  
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• Arctic Climate Change Revealed in a Luxury Cruise and Haunting Wreck

  24-09-2016 00:36 via dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
  The transformation of the Arctic is revealed in the discovery of a long-lost ship, a cruise liner’s Arctic passage and a probe of ancient records.
  
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• Arctic Change Revealed in a Luxury Cruise and a Haunting Wreck

  24-09-2016 00:36 via dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
  The transformation of the Arctic is revealed in the discovery of a long-lost ship, a cruise liner’s Arctic passage and a probe of ancient records.
  
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