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• Victim dies, 2 more suspects arrested in Russian Jack shooting - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 23:13
  
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  Victim dies, 2 more suspects arrested in Russian Jack shooting
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  Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Anita Shell said in a statement 40-year-old Paula Zorawski, who was shot just before 11 p.m. Sept. 22 on the 5600 block of Alora Loop, was pronounced dead at an Anchorage hospital Wednesday.and more »
  
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• Marijuana fees could fund Sitka student travel

  29-09-2016 21:53
  
  During their regular meeting Tuesday night, the Sitka Assembly approved – on first reading – a dedicated fund for student activity travel using marijuana fees.  See ordinance here: Ord 2016-39
  The ordinance, co-sponsored by Assemblyman Steven Eisenbeisz and Deputy Mayor Matthew Hunter, proposes depositing all money generated from marijuana licensing fees into a specific fund for student travel. Depending on how Sitka’s marijuana industry evolves, Eisenbeisz believes t
  
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• 21-year-old Dillingham man enters guilty plea in shooting case involving a friend

  29-09-2016 21:08
  
  Reece David Johnson, 21, of Dillingham pleaded guilty Tuesday in a case that involved his alleged shooting of a friend in the back last May.
  Johnson and Isiah Thompson were drinking whiskey late on May 10 when Thompson was shot, perhaps after midnight.
  An hours-long standoff with police ensued until Johnson gave himself up peacefully.
  Thompson was medevac’d to Anchorage and suffered permanent injury from damage to his spinal cord from the .40-caliber bullet.
  Johnson denied he pulled the tr
  
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• YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially sterilized dental tools

  29-09-2016 20:43
  
  The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is offering blood tests to patients treated at their dental clinic between Sept 13 – 21 after the clinic learned that some instruments were only partially sterilized.
  YKHC consists of a regional hospital in Bethel, nine regional facilities and 47 village clinics. The corporation employs around 1,500 people and has an annual payroll of $70 million. (Photo courtesy of YKHC)Thirteen instruments were incompletely sterilized and possibly used on patients d
  
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• Anchorage man charged with attacking sex offenders seeks plea deal - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 16:11
  
  Anchorage man charged with attacking sex offenders seeks plea deal
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  Jason Vukovich, a 41-year-old who claims to be an "avenging angel" but is charged with assaulting three registered sex offenders in Anchorage, proposed an ...and more »
  
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• Food Bank of Alaska hosts Hunger Action Month events in Anchorage - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-09-2016 05:42
  
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  Food Bank of Alaska hosts Hunger Action Month events in Anchorage
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  One in seven Alaskans aren't sure where their next meal is coming from, according to the Food Bank of Alaska (FBA). As part of Hunger Action Month in September, the nonprofit has organized a city-wide fundraising event with local restaurants to help ...
  
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• Guess who's coming back to Homer for 'Alaska: The Last Frontier.' (It's Jewel) - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 05:17
  
  Guess who's coming back to Homer for 'Alaska: The Last Frontier.' (It's Jewel)
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  After surviving the first presidential debate, the most-watched reality TV show off all time*, there are some important news tidbits to discuss in the Alaska reality TV world. A new season of "Alaska's Ultimate Bush Pilots" aired on Monday just after ...
  
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• Trouble on Alaska waterways? Don't keep it to yourself. - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 04:30
  
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  Trouble on Alaska waterways? Don't keep it to yourself.
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  On Labor Day 2008, Paul Twardock finished a weekend paddling trip in Prince William Sound. It was crowded in Whittier when he landed, just as the wind picked up to about 30 knots. This wasn't a surprise; wind was forecast. Still Twardock, professor of ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-09-2016 03:46
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
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  Congress, for the first time, overrode one of President Obama's vetoes. The bill – which now becomes law – allows 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia based on allegations it provided support to the terrorist attackers. The veto override was bipartisan ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016

  29-09-2016 03:46
  
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  Listen NowRep. Young bucks tide, supports Obama on veto
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  Congress, for the first time, overrode one of President Obama’s vetoes. The bill –  which now becomes law – allows 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia based on allegations it provided support
  
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• Bethel Native Corporation opens Bethel’s second liquor store

  29-09-2016 03:17
  
  Bethel has another liquor store. At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Bethel Native Corporation opened Bethel Spirits on Front Street. It’s the second liquor store to open in Bethel this year after an almost half century ban on legal alcohol sales. KYUK’s Anna Rose MacArthur arrived as the doors opened.
  Listen NowEighteen packs of canned beer line the shelves at the opening of BNC’s liquor store, Bethel Spirits, on Sept. 27, 2016. (Photo by Dean Swope, KYUK – Bethel)Transcript:
  KYUK: So y
  
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• Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage

  29-09-2016 03:11
  
  The state transportation department has been fined $118,100 for its handling of hazardous waste at a maintenance facility in Juneau.
  Listen NowThe penalty was levied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  The federal agency alleged that the transportation department failed to properly identify and label hazardous waste and stored more than 4,000 pounds of hazardous waste without a required storage permit.
  The EPA said the waste included corrosive liquids, solvents and petroleum products.
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• Ask a Climatologist: Long temperature streak ends

  29-09-2016 03:08
  
  (Graphic by Brian Brettschneider)For the first time since February, the statewide temperature index for Alaska dipped below normal earlier this week. Sunday and Monday were both slightly below normal, interrupting a 218 day stretch of above normal temperatures.
  Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with him regularly as part of the segment, Ask A Climatologist.
  Brettschneider told Energy D
  
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• 1919: The Spanish Flu in Dillingham - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-09-2016 03:06
  
  1919: The Spanish Flu in Dillingham
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  The deadly influenza pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, killed millions of people world wide but hit Alaska particularly hard. Thursday evening, an Anchorage lecture will examine the impacts to the Bristol Bay region and how the canneries there helped ...
  
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• 1919: The Spanish Flu in Dillingham

  29-09-2016 03:06
  
  The deadly influenza pandemic known as the Spanish Flu, killed millions of people world wide but hit Alaska particularly hard. Thursday evening, an Anchorage lecture will examine the impacts to the Bristol Bay region and how the canneries there helped the local population. The pandemic entered Alaska in 1918 in Nome, western Alaska and Southeast. Despite efforts to keep it out of Bristol Bay, it hit the area in 1919. Historian Katie Ringsmuth of Tundra Vision organized the discussion along with
  
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• MAP: See where legal marijuana will be sold around Alaska - KTUU.com

  29-09-2016 02:44
  
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  MAP: See where legal marijuana will be sold around Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Alaska is likely just weeks away from the state's first legal marijuana sales, according to Cynthia Franklin, the Director of the Alcohol and Marijuana Control office. As of Sept. 28, there are 34 marijuana businesses listed in “active ...and more »
  
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• Rep. Young bucks tide, supports Obama on veto

  29-09-2016 02:43
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinCongress, for the first time, overrode one of President Obama’s vetoes. The bill –  which now becomes law — allows 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia based on allegations it provided support to the terrorist attackers.
  Obama argued the law makes U.S. officials vulnerable to similar lawsuits in foreign courts. Ninety-seven senators voted to overturn the veto today), including both Alaskans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said it gives victims and their famil
  
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• 1st Yup'ik speaker recognized as official court interpreter - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 02:20
  
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  1st Yup'ik speaker recognized as official court interpreter
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  BETHEL — For the first time, the state court in Bethel has a recognized professional Yup'ik interpreter on staff. Crystal Garrison, supervisor for Alaska Court System's in-court clerks in Bethel, recently passed the National Center for State Courts ...
  
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• How the Blue Lake Dam is costing Sitka

  29-09-2016 02:13
  
  Sitka’s Electric Department is in crisis. There isn’t enough money to both keep up with bond payments on the Blue Lake Dam and address needed infrastructure repairs. To fix this, the Assembly plans to increase rates by another 5% rate increase this year and draw money from other funds. (Blue Lake Expansion photo by Desiree Brandis)The city of Sitka is struggling to pay off the Blue Lake Dam in a big way. The project was largely funded through bond proceeds. But due to a major decline
  
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• Alaska Natives, international officials gather for White House meeting on Arctic research - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 02:10
  
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  Alaska Natives, international officials gather for White House meeting on Arctic research
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  WASHINGTON — Science ministers from 25 nations joined Alaska Natives from the Alaska Arctic for a first-of-its-kind White House meeting Wednesday to work on international cooperation for Arctic research. The meeting comes just more than a year after ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Natives, international officials gather for White House Arctic meeting - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 02:10
  
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  Alaska Natives, international officials gather for White House Arctic meeting
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  WASHINGTON — Science ministers from 25 nations joined Alaska Natives from the Alaska Arctic for a first-of-its-kind White House meeting Wednesday to work on international cooperation for Arctic research. The meeting comes just more than a year after ...and more »
  
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• Teenager kills father, opens fire on schoolyard in South Carolina - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 02:02
  
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  Teenager kills father, opens fire on schoolyard in South Carolina
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  Anderson County sheriff's deputies and investigators gather outside of Townville Elementary School after a shooting in Townville, S.C., on Wednesday. (Nathan Gray / Reuters). CHARLESTON, S.C. – A 14-year-old South Carolina boy shot and killed his ...and more »
  
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• Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
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  Alaska transportation agency fined over waste storage
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The state transportation department has been fined $118,100 for its handling of hazardous waste at a maintenance facility in Juneau. The penalty was levied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The federal agency alleged that the transportation ...and more »
  
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• Alaska State Troopers mourn slain K-9 as suspect appears in court - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 01:27
  
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  Alaska State Troopers mourn slain K-9 as suspect appears in court
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  Alaska State Trooper K-9 Helo was shot and killed while tracking a suspect. Helo, a 6-year-old Belgian Malinois, started work with AST in June 2013. (Alaska State Troopers). PALMER — Alaska State Troopers wore black tape over their badges Wednesday in ...
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• First Yup'ik speaker recognized as official court interpreter - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 00:57
  
  First Yup'ik speaker recognized as official court interpreter
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BETHEL – For the first time, the state court in Bethel has a recognized professional Yup'ik interpreter on staff. Crystal Garrison, supervisor for Alaska Court System's in-court clerks in Bethel, recently passed the National Center for State Courts ...
  
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• Coast Guard rescues two men from foundering sailboat

  29-09-2016 00:45
  
  Two people were rescued from their sailboat after it began taking on water Tuesday in the Gulf of Alaska.
  A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transfers a patient to an ambulance in Kodiak after a medevac from a fishing boat in February 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Steenson)Australian resident Andy Larson, 79, struck his head and suffered from a possible concussion. Matthew Hanes, 32, was not injured. A hometown or country for
  
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• US Senate, House candidates agree to debates - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 00:41
  
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  US Senate, House candidates agree to debates
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  This story has been updated to include debate plans for Independent Senate candidate Margaret Stock. WASHINGTON — If the presidential debate left you wanting more, or something a little different, Alaska candidates for U.S. Congress are planning their ...and more »
  
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• Forest Service purchases 4,500 acres of Cube Cove forest

  29-09-2016 00:32
  
  Logged lands at the head of Lake Kathleen, on Admiralty Island, are among those Shee Atiká has sold to the Forest Service to add to its Kootznoowoo Wilderness Area. (Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service.)About 4,500 acres of heavily-logged forest will return to wilderness under a deal involving the federal government and a Southeast Alaska Native corporation.
  The U.S. Forest Service purchased the acreage near Cube Cove, on the west side of Admiralty Island. It’s about 30 miles south o
  
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• Coast Guard gets Hawaii help hearing distress call from sinking sailboat - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-09-2016 00:25
  
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  Coast Guard gets Hawaii help hearing distress call from sinking sailboat
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  Two men rescued from a sailboat in the Gulf of Alaska Wednesday may owe their lives to a mariner off Hawaii, who heard an initial distress call when Alaska-based U.S. Coast Guard members couldn't. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Meredith Manning ...
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