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• Alaska Coast Guard Base Earns Award for Recreation Programs ... - Department of Defense

  06-10-2016 23:28
  Alaska Coast Guard Base Earns Award for Recreation Programs ...
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  U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, was recognized as the winner of the 2016 National Gold Medal Grand Plaque Award for excellence in park and ...and more »
  
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• Judge overturns results in northern Alaska election, declaring ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 23:11
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Judge overturns results in northern Alaska election, declaring ...
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  A state judge on Thursday overturned the results of the Democratic primary in Alaska's northernmost House district, declaring incumbent Rep. Ben Nageak the ...
  Alaska judge awards disputed election to incumbent NageakFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 9 news articles »
  
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• FEMA to fund landslide mapping for Sitka

  06-10-2016 21:34
  
  FEMA will be stepping in to fund landslide mapping in Sitka. The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, who will be leading the research project,  announced the news on Tuesday.
  An aerial image of the Kramer Avenue slide, from a stack in the Fire Hall where a state team is helping affected Sitkans apply for aid. (Photo by Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka)Deanne Stevens, a chief geologist for DGGS, said the agency has been given $110,000 for two years of research through a p
  
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• Homer voters elect new mayor and councilmembers, reject new police station

  06-10-2016 20:20
  
  Homer has a new mayor and two new city council members, according to unofficial Homer municipal election results, but voters rejected Proposition 1, saying no to a new police station.
  Homer City Council Member Bryan Zak won the mayoral race, defeating fellow City Council Member David Lewis by just 74 votes.
  Zak spent Tuesday afternoon waving an election sign with his supporters in front of WKFL Park in Homer.
  “I never quit campaigning. I never quit running the race, right up unti
  
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• Check your bank accounts, Alaska -- you might be $1022 richer today - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 17:57
  
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  Check your bank accounts, Alaska -- you might be $1022 richer today
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  The state of Alaska is paying each qualifying resident a $1,022 oil wealth dividend Thursday, with electronic transfers and paper checks. This year's annual dividend, which comes from the $55 billion Alaska Permanent Fund, is half what it would have ...and more »
  
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• Alaska DOT closes maintenance stations due to budget cuts - The Daily Progress

  06-10-2016 17:55
  
  Equipment World Magazine
  Alaska DOT closes maintenance stations due to budget cuts
  The Daily Progress
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Department of Transportation has closed four road maintenance stations and discontinued maintenance at a rural airport as part of a series of cuts brought on by a drastic reduction in the department's budget.
  Alaska DOT to close maintenance stations due to limited operating budgetsEquipment World Magazineall 4 news articles »
  
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• N.J. man found dead on steps of Alaska church - NJ.com

  06-10-2016 13:39
  
  N.J. man found dead on steps of Alaska church
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  A 74-year-old New Jersey man was found dead on the steps of a church in Alaska on Wednesday, police said. Screen Shot 2016-10-06 at 7.24.03 AM.png A New Jersey man died in Fairbanks, Alaska on Wednesday. Facebook. Gregory Klemm likely died as ...
  Former New Jersey man found dead in Alaska town - Philly.comPhilly.comall 6 news articles »
  
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• Alaska DOT closes maintenance stations due to budget cuts - Washington Times

  06-10-2016 12:00
  Alaska DOT closes maintenance stations due to budget cuts
  Washington Times
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Department of Transportation has closed four road maintenance stations and discontinued maintenance at a rural airport as part of a series of cuts brought on by a drastic reduction in the department's budget.and more »
  
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• Alaska's 10 Billion Barrel Oil Discovery: What You Need To Know - Forbes

  06-10-2016 07:14
  
  Forbes
  Alaska's 10 Billion Barrel Oil Discovery: What You Need To Know
  Forbes
  Alaska's beleaguered oil industry has finally found a lifeline. A small but very successful energy exploration company, Caelus Energy LLC, announced its discovery of a new oil field on Alaska's North Slope. What does the company say about its latest ...
  Small Texas company announces massive oil discovery in AlaskaChristian Science Monitor
  Alaska Oil Reserves May Have Grown 80% on Giant DiscoveryBloomberg
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• Second complaint filed against Blood Bank of Alaska - Kenai Peninsula Online

  06-10-2016 06:43
  Second complaint filed against Blood Bank of Alaska
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  A Blood Bank of Alaska employee has filed a second complaint to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about “activities that are unethical, dangerous to donors, and illegal.” The employee, who has since been placed on administrative leave, was one of ...and more »
  
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• Alaska dividends slashed, and that Republican lament rings hollow - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 06:40
  
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  Alaska dividends slashed, and that Republican lament rings hollow
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  In a recent commentary, the chair of the Alaska Republican Party shamelessly shed crocodile tears over the dividend cut, as if his own party wasn't responsible. What he neglected to mention, because it ruins his attempt to cast blame on everyone except ...
  Alaska voter registration deadline fast approaching amid efforts to simplify processKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaskaall 14 news artic
  
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• Alaska lawmaker stokes Permanent Fund fight with push to add $1000 to dividends - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 06:04
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska lawmaker stokes Permanent Fund fight with push to add $1000 to dividends
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  Paul Kendall, a write-in Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, spars with Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy outside the Muldoon Fred Meyer store on Wednesday. (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Disptach News). State Sen. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday ...
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• Alaska's Loch Ness monster revealed, dancing skeletons and battling poets highlight arts this week - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 05:32
  
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  Alaska's Loch Ness monster revealed, dancing skeletons and battling poets highlight arts this week
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  A giant mural showing Alaska sealife from, oh, 75-plus million years ago will be unveiled at an Open Studio ceremonial event on Friday. Artist James Havens has been working on the 32-foot piece for months, with help from local kids and volunteers who ...
  
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• Oklahoma workers appeal to Alaska Native corporation shareholders in labor dispute - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:41
  
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  Oklahoma workers appeal to Alaska Native corporation shareholders in labor dispute
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  Angry civilian workers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City are in the third month of a strike to protest what they say are illegal efforts by a subsidiary of Afognak Native Corp. to do away with their pensions and move them to a less-expensive ...and more »
  
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• Oklahoma workers appeal to Alaska Native corporation ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:41
  
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  Oklahoma workers appeal to Alaska Native corporation ...
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  Angry civilian workers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City are in the third month of a strike to protest what they say are illegal efforts by a subsidiary of ...and more »
  
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• The untold story of Hillary Clinton's 1969 summer in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:34
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The untold story of Hillary Clinton's 1969 summer in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  At the Democratic National Convention in July, former President Bill Clinton mentioned Alaska briefly in his speech introducing Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential nominee. "… And then between college and law school on a total lark she went ...and more »
  
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• The untold story of Hillary Clinton's 1969 summer in Alaska - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:34
  
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  The untold story of Hillary Clinton's 1969 summer in Alaska - Alaska ...
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  At the Democratic National Convention in July, former President Bill Clinton mentioned Alaska briefly in his speech introducing Hillary Clinton as the party's ...and more »
  
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• Ambler road would cost villagers dearly in food, new study says - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:31
  
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  Ambler road would cost villagers dearly in food, new study says
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  The cost of a proposed 200-mile road into Northwest Alaska could weigh heavily on the dinner tables of villagers living near the route, a new study says. The controversial Ambler Mining District Access Project, if built, would take subsistence food ...
  
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• Alaska gets $1M federal grant to process backlog of sex-assault evidence kits - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:20
  
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  Alaska gets $1M federal grant to process backlog of sex-assault evidence kits
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska has secured a $1.1 million federal grant to process some of the state's thousands of never-tested sexual assault evidence kits. The three-year grant will help manage about 1,000 sexual assault kits that are in the hands of the ...
  Feds fund processing of Alaska rape kitsFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska gets $1M federal grant to process backlog of sex-assault ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:20
  
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  Alaska gets $1M federal grant to process backlog of sex-assault ...
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska has secured a $1.1 million federal grant to process some of the state's thousands of never-tested sexual assault evidence kits.and more »
  
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• A Skagway shop got the green light to sell marijuana in Alaska. Now it just needs some marijuana to sell. - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 04:01
  
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  A Skagway shop got the green light to sell marijuana in Alaska. Now it just needs some marijuana to sell.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  On Tuesday, Bass' business, The Remedy Shoppe, became the first retail marijuana store in Alaska to receive its operating license from the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office. Five retail stores have received approval from the state Marijuana Control ...
  
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• Fish and Game conservative in herring forecast

  06-10-2016 03:47
  
  
  The forecast is out for next spring’s Togiak herring fishery, the largest of its kind in the state. As KDLG’s Dave Bendinger reports, the Department of Fish and Game is taking a conservative approach to managing the fishery since its budget to do so was zeroed out.
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• Fairbanks likely to have new mayor

  06-10-2016 03:46
  
  The City of Fairbanks likely has a new mayor.  City council member Jim Matherly has a substantial lead over incumbent John Eberhart, with Frank Turney a distant 3rd, but nearly 700 outstanding ballots remain to be counted. KUAC reporter Robyne watched the results come in last night and spoke with the candidates.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-10-2016 03:45
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough on Tuesday overwhelmingly turned down a citizens' ballot initiative banning the commercial growth and sale of cannabis in the Borough. After vote, Anchorage could see first pot shop by late October. Zachariah ...
  Mat-Su voters reject commercial cannabis ban, but pot taxes popularAlaska Dispatch Newsall 15 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016

  06-10-2016 03:44
  
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  Listen NowMat-Su votes are in, ban on marijuana growth out
  Ellen Lockyer, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  Voters in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough on Tuesday overwhelmingly turned down a citizens’ ballot initiative banning the commercial growth and sale of cannabis in the Borough.
  After vote, Anchorage could se
  
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• Wasilla legislator plans bill to restore dividend amount

  06-10-2016 03:10
  
  Senator Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla plans to introduce legislation that would restore the portion of Alaska Permanent Fund dividends vetoed by Gov. Bill Walker.
  Sen. Dunleavy says he hopes the issue gets immediate attention once the Legislature convenes in January. If it passes, Walker could veto it. But Dunleavy believes there could be sufficient support to override any veto.
  Lawmakers earlier this year declined to hold a veto override session to consider reversing the cut.
  This comes as a state c
  
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• Juneau access road proves to be point of contention among officials

  06-10-2016 03:07
  
  Governor Bill Walker is facing a major decision on one of Alaska’s oldest and controversial megaproject ideas: whether to extend Juneau’s main road 28 miles closer to Haines and Skagway.
  Listen NowThe route the state previously supported was estimated to cost $574 million, of which the state would pay 9 percent.
  For Governor Walker, the question is whether this spot should be the road’s end. Walker shut down two megaprojects last year: the Knik Arm bridge and the Susitna-Watana
  
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• Former New Jersey man found dead in Alaska town - Philly.com

  06-10-2016 03:03
  
  Former New Jersey man found dead in Alaska town
  Philly.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks police say a 74-year-old man who recently moved to Alaska from New Jersey was found dead on the outdoor steps of a church. Police say the death of Gregory Klemm was likely the result of exposure to the cold and ...and more »
  
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• Rumors of creepy clowns in Anchorage are unconfirmed, police say - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-10-2016 01:58
  
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  Rumors of creepy clowns in Anchorage are unconfirmed, police say
  Alaska Dispatch News
  As "creepy" clown sightings continue to be reported across the U.S. — many of them called pranks or hoaxes by police — Anchorage has had only one sighting reported to police, despite growing concern on social media that clowns are appearing around ...and more »
  
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• Alaska editorials | | dailyprogress.com - The Daily Progress

  06-10-2016 01:35
  
  Alaska editorials | | dailyprogress.com
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  Here is a sampling of editorial opinions from Alaska newspapers:and more »
  
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• Alaska Marijuana Sales Close, Pending Opening of Test Labs - ABC ... - ABC News

  06-10-2016 00:16
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska Marijuana Sales Close, Pending Opening of Test Labs - ABC ...
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  Alaska is nearing its first legal sales of marijuana, nearly two years after voters approved the recreational use of pot by adults. Retails stores are being permitted ...
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska marijuana sales close, pending opening of test labsColorado Springs Gazette
  Up and rolling: How elections changed Alaska's pot landscapeK
  
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