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• Alaska settles complaint over Medicaid payment system - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  28-09-2016 23:55
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska settles complaint over Medicaid payment system
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The state has reached a settlement over its problem-plagued Medicaid payment system, agreeing to pay the vendor hired to implement the system $25.9 million it is owed, provided certain terms are met. State health department spokeswoman Sarana Schell ...
  Alaska health department and Xerox settle over botched Medicaid payments: 7 things to knowBecker's ASC Reviewall 2 news articles
  
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• Alaska School District employee charged with embezzling tens of thousands from schools - KTOO

  28-09-2016 23:00
  
  Alaska School District employee charged with embezzling tens of thousands from schools
  KTOO
  Kellie Fagan allegedly took between $50,000 and $60,000 in school district funds from two schools, said Detective Tony Pate, who serves the fraud division of Alaska Police Department APD fraud division. “It was pretty complicated,” Pate said. “The ...
  
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• Fishermen, state, in flux after circuit court overturns state control of Cook Inlet salmon

  28-09-2016 22:48
  
  In Cook Inlet, managing the salmon runs for commercial, sport and subsistence interests is so controversial, it’s often called a fish war.
  United Cook Inlet Drift Association Vice-President Erik Huebsch talks about a court ruling in his commercial fishing organization’s favor on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 in Kasilof, Alaska.
  (Photo by Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau)A group of commercial fishermen who think the state is mismanaging the fisheries, have won the
  
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• Is the Alaska Air-Virgin America Merger on the Rocks? - Motley Fool

  28-09-2016 22:35
  
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  Is the Alaska Air-Virgin America Merger on the Rocks?
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  Alaska Air and Virgin America have slightly adjusted the target for when they will complete their merger, but investors shouldn't read too much into it. Adam Levine-Weinberg. (TMFGemHunter). Sep 28, 2016 at 4:35PM. Shares of trendy airline Virgin ...
  Alaska Air Agrees Not to Close Virgin America Merger Before Oct. 17Wall Street Journal
  Alaska, Virgin America agree to extend DOJ's merger review periodATWOnline
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• Police: 2 hurt during 'melee' in Mountain View, 4 arrested - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-09-2016 21:36
  
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  Police: 2 hurt during 'melee' in Mountain View, 4 arrested
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A Tuesday evening confrontation at a Mountain View convenience store escalated into a fight involving dozens of people, four of whom were arrested on assault charges, police said. Anchorage police spokeswoman Anita Shell said officers were dispatched ...and more »
  
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• Army identifies Alaska-based soldier found dead in his home - ArmyTimes.com

  28-09-2016 21:07
  
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  Army identifies Alaska-based soldier found dead in his home
  ArmyTimes.com
  A soldier assigned to U.S. Army Alaska was found dead in his on-post home Tuesday, officials said. Sgt. Alexander Alcantara, 40, was found in his house on Fort Wainwright by a family member. Officials said they do not suspect foul play. Alcantara, of ...
  
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• As WRDA bill passes in Senate, Nome Arctic deep draft port back in conversation

  28-09-2016 19:51
  
  With US Senator Dan Sullivan’s help, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) has passed the US Senate, inching Nome closer to the possibility of an Arctic deep draft port.
  Through the WRDA bill, Little Diomede has received money to build a harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Richard Brahm)The act will bring $1.4 billion dollars to new water infrastructure over the next five years. The funding is focused in three areas: infrastructure, subsistence harbors, and an Arctic
  
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• Alaska Natives respond to plan for questions on 2020 census - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  28-09-2016 19:22
  
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  Alaska Natives respond to plan for questions on 2020 census
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Federal officials are considering changes to the 2020 census that would result in Alaska Natives being asked about their tribal affiliation and shareholder status with regional and village corporations. The proposal was met ...
  Federal officials get earful from Alaska Natives about 2020 census ...KTUU.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Air Guard rescues injured climber from Pioneer Peak - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  28-09-2016 19:21
  
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  Alaska Air Guard rescues injured climber from Pioneer Peak
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A climber injured in a fall on Pioneer Peak near Palmer was hoisted to safety Monday night by the Alaska Air Guard. Alaska State Troopers say 23-year-old Shawnee Whitehorse of Palmer fell and was injured when an ice axe ...
  Pioneer Peak climber impaled by ax during fallAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue fallen hiker near Pioneer PeakDVIDS (press
  
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• Fifty Years of Glacier Change Research in Alaska - United States Geological Survey (press release)

  28-09-2016 19:01
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  Fifty Years of Glacier Change Research in Alaska
  United States Geological Survey (press release)
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the longest continuous glacier research efforts in North America. Repeat oblique photographs of Gulkana glaciers in Alaska. 1967, Unknown USGS photographer. 2016, L. Sass, USGS.
  
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• Pioneer Peak climber impaled by ax during fall - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-09-2016 16:47
  
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  Pioneer Peak climber impaled by ax during fall
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  FILE – A cap of snow graces Pioneer Peak after a September storm. (Stephen Nowers / Alaska Dispatch News archive). The woman flown off Pioneer Peak near Palmer after a climbing tool stabbed her in the back during a fall Tuesday night said she was still ...
  Alaska Air Guard rescues injured climber from Pioneer PeakFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Air Guardsmen rescue fallen hiker near Pioneer Pea
  
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• Alaska state agency apologizes for debate tweets aimed at Trump - Fox News

  28-09-2016 15:10
  
  Alaska state agency apologizes for debate tweets aimed at Trump
  Fox News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Alaska state agency is apologizing after political comments aimed at Donald Trump were posted on its official social media site. KTOO reports that the posts to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Twitter account ...
  
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• State and Xerox reach settlement over botched Alaska Medicaid payment system - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-09-2016 06:21
  
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  State and Xerox reach settlement over botched Alaska Medicaid payment system
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services has settled its complaints with Xerox over management of Medicaid claims, resetting its health-care contract with the business giant for an agreed-upon series of performance standards. The state's ...
  
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• Downtown assembly member kneels for pledge

  28-09-2016 06:05
  
  The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo)Citing the concerns among his constituents an Anchorage Assembly member knelt during the pledge of allegiance during a Tuesday meeting.
  Downtown assembly member Patrick Flynn represents Fairview and Mountainview, two of the most diverse census tracks in the country.
  As the pledge began, Flynn kept his hand over his chest and recited the words, but took to one knee.
  In a brief interview afterwards,
  
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• Support your park: Alaska State Parks gear goes on sale Friday - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  28-09-2016 05:23
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Support your park: Alaska State Parks gear goes on sale Friday
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Earlier this year, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 101, which allows the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to collect money from fees or merchandise. That means for the first time the state parks system can profit off park-themed merchandise.
  
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• When will marijuana stores open in Alaska? - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-09-2016 05:18
  
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  When will marijuana stores open in Alaska?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Now that Alaska's first commercial cannabis harvest is underway, readers want to know: When will marijuana shops open? "We're just weeks away," said Cynthia Franklin, executive director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office, on Tuesday. "This is ...
  
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• Access to overdose preventative still bogged down in barriers

  28-09-2016 03:49
  
  Scores of people have died in Alaska from heroin and other opioid overdose deaths this year that the drug naloxone, also known as Narcan, could have prevented.
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  (Creative Commons photo by Punching Judy)Governor Bill Walker signed a law six months ago to ease access to the life-saving drug, and the bill’s advocates are frustrated the regulatory barriers the law was supposed to knock down are still up. The new rules are more than a month away.
  Senate Bill 23 sponsor Johnny Ellis, a
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016

  28-09-2016 03:48
  
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  Access to overdose preventative still bogged down in barriers
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Scores of people have died in Alaska from heroin and other opioid overdose deaths this year that the drug naloxone, also known as Narcan, could have prevented.
  ASD employee charged with embezzling thousands from
  
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• Alaska Airlines will fly to Cuba starting in January - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-09-2016 03:35
  
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  Alaska Airlines will fly to Cuba starting in January
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Seattle-based airline announced Tuesday that starting Jan. 5, it will fly daily from Los Angeles to the Cuban capital. Alaska Airlines says it's the only company flying nonstop to Cuba from the West Coast. Alaska Airlines and other companies ...
  Alaska Airlines announces 2017 flights to Havana, Cuba | KTVA 11 ...KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Fly Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba beginning Jan. 5 on Alask
  
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• White House: No nation an island on Arctic science

  28-09-2016 02:32
  
  NOAA scientists on a 2005 mission in the Arctic. (Photo: NOAA)Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House tomorrow  to discuss the Arctic. It’s billed as the first-ever White House Arctic Science Ministerial.
  The aim is to pool science resources from around the globe to better understand the rapid changes in the Arctic and also what those changes mean for other regions.
  “The Arctic is a foreshadow. It’s an augury. I
  
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• Napaskiak man kills puppy to threaten ex-girlfriend and her husband

  28-09-2016 02:17
  
  A dead puppy, a blood splattered window, and a threatened family remain after a violent incident in Napaskiak over the weekend.
  According to a police affidavit, Alexie Evan, age 22 of Napaskiak smashed in the puppy’s head and threw the body against the bedroom window of his ex-girlfriend and her husband. The impact splattered blood across the glass. When the puppy hit the ground, Evan left a threatening note with a racist slur on the body.
  The puppy belonged to the ex-girlfriend and her hu
  
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• ASD employee charged with embezzling thousands from schools

  28-09-2016 01:55
  
  Anchorage police have charged a former Anchorage School District employee with embezzlement. The charges come after a five month investigation. APD fraud division detective Tony Pate told reporters Tuesday that the suspect, Kellie Fagan, allegedly took between $50,000-$60,000 in school district funds from two schools.
  Anchorage School District Superintendent Dr. Deena Paramo and Detective Tony Pâté at SPF. Press conference on Tuesday (Photo by Ellen Lockyer, Alaska Public
  
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• Lower Kuskowkwim School District gets language proficiency grant

  28-09-2016 01:36
  
  The Lower Kuskokwim School District received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education to enhance language proficiency for Alaska Native students in both English and Yup’ik.
  The Lower Kuskokwim School District received $1.5 million in funding to benefit any school with a Yup’ik or Cup’ik language program, including Ayaprun Elitnaurvik in Bethel, Alaska. (Photo by Airn Carl, KYUK – Bethel)The United States Department of Education recently awarded over
  
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• Luxury cruises don’t signal Arctic shipping boom, expert says

  28-09-2016 01:30
  
  The company that sent the first big luxury cruise ship through U.S. and Canadian Arctic waters is preparing the Crystal Serenity for a repeat performance in 2017. But one expert believes this year’s historic transit doesn’t mean the Arctic is likely to become a hotspot for global shipping anytime soon.
  With the Freedom Tower looming in the background, the Crystal Serenity pulls into New York Harbor on Sept. 16, at the end of a 32-day cruise around Alaska and through the Northwest Pas
  
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• North Star Borough looks to reduce wintertime smoke pollution

  28-09-2016 00:54
  
  Areas of Fairbanks continue to struggle with wintertime smoke pollution. Many residents of the interior community rely on wood heat, and a North Star Borough sponsored conference is exploring ways to reduce emissions tied to serious health problems.
  Fairbanks has been a federal non-attainment area for the tiny airborne pollutants in smoke known as PM 2.5 since 2009. The community is embroiled in a maze of state and federal air quality regulations, that are about to get more complicated.  In
  
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• 'North to Alaska' song recalled from past BU Homecoming - Peoria Journal Star

  28-09-2016 00:39
  
  'North to Alaska' song recalled from past BU Homecoming
  Peoria Journal Star
  PEORIA — The Wall Street Journal's Playlist feature provides an opportunity for an individual to write about a particular song that has meaning in their life. Mike Pereira, the former vice president of officiating for the NFL, recently reflected on ...
  
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• Elections division to make one more push for eligible, unregistered voters

  28-09-2016 00:28
  
  The Alaska Division of Elections is planning on contacting unregistered, but potentially eligible, voters in Alaska to encourage more registration before the October 9 deadline.
  The Division of Elections recently became a member of Electronic Registration Information Center or ERIC.
  Following this new partnership, unregistered Alaskans who are likely eligible to vote will soon receive a postcard in the mail with instructions on how to register before the October 9 deadline.
  The postcard will als
  
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