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• Revisiting Alaska Baseball History

  07-10-2016 23:00
  
  Baseball, July 4, 1915
  Alberta Pyatt, AMRC. General Photograph File, AMRC-b79-1-83
  Missing the comforts of home, residents of the Ship Creek tent city built a baseball diamond. They celebrated the Fourth of July 1915 with this inaugural game.Baseball is as American as hot dogs, peanuts and beer, and summer sunburn. But baseball is also spectacularly northern and Alaskan. How about a night game, with no lights? Happens in the land of the Midnight Sun every summer.
  Boys baseball team in Juneau, Al
  
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• Mushroom hunting brings risks and rewards

  07-10-2016 22:50
  
  In Alaska, passion for hunting runs deep. For many, the thrill of hunting big game is second to none. But there’s another group of hunters in Alaska tracking a different kind of prey: mushrooms.1 of 3 McArthur examines a mushroom specimen recently nibbled by slugs. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)McArthur examines a mushroom specimen recently nibbled by slugs. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI - Homer)Alaska is home to thousands of mushroom species, many of them similar in appearance. (P
  
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• With Britstol Bay Borough donation, Little Angels Childcare Academy one step closer to opening

  07-10-2016 22:05
  
  Little Angels Childcare Academy has acquired a facility use contract to rent an unused room in the Bristol Bay Borough School District for their proposed childcare center. (Photo courtesy of Sharon Thompson)The lack of reliable childcare options in the Bristol Bay Borough impacts parents, children, employers, and the community at large. A group of residents is working on a solution. They now have $80,000 from the Borough to develop a certified childcare center.
  Esther Pepin and her 7-month-old s
  
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• With Bristol Bay Borough donation, Little Angels Childcare Academy one step closer to opening

  07-10-2016 22:05
  
  Little Angels Childcare Academy has acquired a facility use contract to rent an unused room in the Bristol Bay Borough School District for their proposed childcare center. (Photo courtesy of Sharon Thompson)The lack of reliable childcare options in the Bristol Bay Borough impacts parents, children, employers, and the community at large. A group of residents is working on a solution. They now have $80,000 from the Borough to develop a certified childcare center.
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• Your budget-gap solution might be more complicated than you think

  07-10-2016 21:06
  
  With the state’s fiscal woes looming over the next legislative session, there is a lot of talk about how to fill its multi-billion-dollar budget gap. Among the many suggestions are taxes, and communities are weighing several options. One suggestion is a tax on internet sales. The idea is to generate revenue and also level the playing field for in-state, brick-and-mortar shops.
  Wrangell Chamber of Commerce’s letter to the Wrangell Assembly, Southeast Conference and the Alaska Chamber
  
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• Neurofeedback and ADD/autism

  07-10-2016 21:00
  
  ADD/ADHD and autism are relatively common brain based disorders presenting in childhood. Both are quite variable in their symptoms and severity, and there are no well validated “tests” to assure diagnosis. Treatment can be variable as well and there is no universally accepted standard treatment. On the next program we will discuss these disorders and a form of treatment called neurofeedback.
  HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Al Collins, PhD – a clinic
  
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• 6 Scientists, 1,000 Miles, 1 Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee

  07-10-2016 20:21 via nytimes.com
  A team of researchers scours the wilds of northern Alaska for Bombus polaris, a big bee that has adapted to the cold and that can teach them more about the effects of climate change.
  
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• The Hunt for an Alaskan Bumblebee

  07-10-2016 19:50 via nytimes.com
  Traveling the Dalton Highway in search of Bombus polaris, the Arctic bumblebee.
  
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• Six Scientists, 1,000 Miles, One Prize: The Arctic Bumblebee

  07-10-2016 19:50 via nytimes.com
  A team of researchers scours the wilds of northern Alaska for Bombus polaris, the ‘panda of the insect world.’
  
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• Improved improv? You can’t make this stuff up…

  07-10-2016 19:39
  
  Momentum Dance CollectiveMomentum Dance Collective is known for taking a few risks with their productions (like dancing off the side of the Anchorage Museum) and Urban Yeti is known for their long-form improvisations, which for some is like walking a tight wire without a net. So it makes sense that they’d collaborate, right? What will it be like? No one really knows yet, but Becky Kendall and Ariel Graham from Momentum Dance Collective and John Parsi from Urban Yeti come on Stage Talk this
  
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• See Who is Making Their Move... - Alaskajournal.com

  07-10-2016 19:28
  Alaskajournal.com
  See Who is Making Their Move...
  Alaskajournal.com
  Here's a who's who of the movers and shakers in Alaska for the week ending Oct. 8: Northrim Bank announced the promotion of Sean Christian, VP strategic and planning manager; Seane English, AVP credit administration officer; Bryann Hanks, AVP, ...
  
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• Fitch Rates Alaska's $2.3B Pension Obligation Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Negative - Business Wire (press release)

  07-10-2016 19:19
  
  Fitch Rates Alaska's $2.3B Pension Obligation Bonds 'AA'; Outlook Negative
  Business Wire (press release)
  NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AA' rating to approximately $2.3 billion of Alaska Pension Obligation Bond Corporation (APOBC) pension obligation bonds (POBs), series 2016 (taxable). The par amount is subject to change, ...and more »
  
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• AK: How do you build a swim culture where one’s never existed?

  07-10-2016 15:10
  
  Bethel sits on a river, but many people here don’t know how to swim. People drown in the Kuskokwim every year, and for decades people thought the solution was to build a pool and teach people to swim. Well, two years ago the city got a pool. But how do you build a swim culture where one has never existed? That’s a question Bethel’s first swim team is trying to answer.
  Members of Bethel’s first swim team meet at 6 a.m. each morning at the YK Fitness Center.
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• Alaska borough to consider new invocation policy - Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

  07-10-2016 12:23
  
  Irish Independent
  Alaska borough to consider new invocation policy
  Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
  KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is set to consider a measure that would revise the policy on invocations at its meetings. The Peninsula Clarion reports (http://bit.ly/2dJKcAg ) the proposal creating formal guidelines for ...
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• Four U.S. allies are in Alaska for war games - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-10-2016 10:36
  
  Four U.S. allies are in Alaska for war games
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The U.S. Air Force is practicing with forces from South Korea, Sweden, Israel and New Zealand during the final Red Flag Alaska exercises of the year. The exercises began Thursday and continue through Oct. 21. It's the fourth Red Flag ...
  
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• North Pole sweeps Lathrop, clinches the Mid Alaska Conference regular-season title - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-10-2016 10:20
  
  North Pole sweeps Lathrop, clinches the Mid Alaska Conference regular-season title
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The North Pole High School volleyball team continued its unbeaten run Thursday and clinched the Mid-Alaska Conference regular-season title. The Patriots swept the visiting Lathrop Malemutes 25-19, 25-20, 25-11 on North Pole's senior night ...
  
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• Oil Clout Ebbs in Alaska as Billions in Tax Credits Are Cut - Bloomberg - Bloomberg

  07-10-2016 06:31
  
  Bloomberg
  Oil Clout Ebbs in Alaska as Billions in Tax Credits Are Cut - Bloomberg
  Bloomberg
  Four decades after unlocking America's biggest oilfield, Alaska and its drillers are drifting apart.and more »
  
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• Oil Clout Ebbs in Alaska as Billions in Tax Credits Are Cut - Bloomberg

  07-10-2016 06:31
  
  Bloomberg
  Oil Clout Ebbs in Alaska as Billions in Tax Credits Are Cut
  Bloomberg
  Four decades after unlocking America's biggest oilfield, Alaska and its drillers are drifting apart. Facing a $3.5 billion budget gap, state lawmakers narrowly voted in June to trim tax subsidies that have saved oil and gas explorers almost $1 billion ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Legal Services, Kenaitze partnership places layer in health clinic - Kenai Peninsula Online

  07-10-2016 06:28
  Alaska Legal Services, Kenaitze partnership places layer in health clinic
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  Bob Patterson and his daughter Rowen Patterson, both Kenai, wait in the lobby of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's Dena'ina Wellness Center on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 in Kenai, Alaska. With an Americorps grant, the Kenaitze Indian Tribe will soon add a legal ...
  KNBA - Six Alaska tribal health facilities to add legal aid to patient servicesKNBAall 2 news articles »
  
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• For the first time, a woman leads this big Alaska Native organization. Her grandfather was a founder. - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 06:25
  
  For the first time, a woman leads this big Alaska Native organization. Her grandfather was a founder.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Vivian Korthuis is pictured at the Association of Village Council Presidents convention on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. She was named Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, as its chief executive officer, a new position. She is the first woman to run the 52-year-old ...and more »
  
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• Red Cross of Alaska prepares to respond to Hurricane Matthew - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  07-10-2016 05:48
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Red Cross of Alaska prepares to respond to Hurricane Matthew
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  As the southeast coast of the U.S. continues to watch and wait to see what impact Hurricane Matthew may have, voulenteers with the American Red Cross of Alaska are preparing to respond to the storm. “We will be sending some folks down. We are still in ...and more »
  
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• Maine's Arctic ambitions could benefit Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 05:13
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Maine's Arctic ambitions could benefit Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  PORTLAND, Maine — The Arctic Council Senior Officials meeting this week in Portland is expected to pump $1 million into the Maine economy. That's $1 million that could have gone to Alaska if Anchorage had served as the host city. But delegates from ...
  US wants to strengthen agreement to ban Arctic Ocean fishingAlaska Public Radio Networkall 8 news articles »
  
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• Alaska and British Columbia take step to protect shared waters - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 04:42
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska and British Columbia take step to protect shared waters
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska and British Columbia on Thursday took another step in cooperating to protect waters that flow between the Canadian province and the Last Frontier state. Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, British Columbia Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett ...
  Mallott, BC ink agreement over transboundary minesJuneau Empire (subscription)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Watch: Gourds splat spectacularly at the BP Alaska pumpkin drop - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 04:39
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Watch: Gourds splat spectacularly at the BP Alaska pumpkin drop
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Every year BP Alaska caps off a month of volunteer activity for United Way with a celebratory pumpkin drop, tossing elaborately decorated squash from 50 feet in the air onto their parking lot. Children from the Early Learning Center, BP's child care ...
  
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• With luck, Indian gaming won't come to Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 04:28
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  With luck, Indian gaming won't come to Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  It's pretty difficult to drive anywhere in America today without seeing an Indian gaming casino. There are 38 in Washington state alone, owned and operated by 24 tribes. In Oregon there are 12, run by 8 tribes, but in California there are 76, owned by ...
  
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• Second FDA complaint filed against Blood Bank of Alaska - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  07-10-2016 04:24
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Second FDA complaint filed against Blood Bank of Alaska
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  A man rests as he gives a donation at the Blood Bank of Alaska in this July 25 file photo. After a group of employees filed a complaint with the FDA in August, an employee among that group filed a second complaint. By DJ SUMMERS. MORRIS NEWS ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  07-10-2016 03:59
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A judge on Thursday reversed the outcome of the Democratic primary for the House district that includes the North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs. Senators want to forever bar offshore rigs from Arctic. Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016

  07-10-2016 03:57
  
  
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  Listen NowJudge reverses House District 40 primary, gives Nageak a two-vote edge
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  A judge on Thursday reversed the outcome of the Democratic primary for the House district that includes the North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs.
  Senators want to forever bar offshore rigs from Arct
  
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• Get ready for Wolf Day in Anchorage

  07-10-2016 03:26
  
  Zookeeper Tim Lescher pets Ruby, a gray wolf, during a wolf walk at the Alaska Zoo. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)On Saturday the Alaska Zoo is celebrating Wolf Day. It’s a chance for patrons to spend a few hours learning more about one of Alaska’s most iconic creatures, and even get up close to a few.
  Though there will be a number of fun contests and games, the event fits into the zoo’s broader strategy for connecting Alaskans with wildli
  
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• Traveling Music 10-9-16

  07-10-2016 03:18
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  10-9-16
   
  Format:
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  Wonders I’ve Seen
  The Bills / Frye / White / Atkinson
  Trail of Tales
  borealisrecords.com
  3:39
   
  Katie BelleTownes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Guy Clark / Townes Van Zandt
  Together at the Bluebird Cafe
  www.snappermusic.com
  3:13
   
  Let That Liar Alone
  Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands / Emry Arthur
  The Hazel and Alice Sessions
  Spruceandmaplemusic.com
  3:10
   
  The Cape
  
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• Living Alaska: 5 big city signs you're an Alaskan - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  07-10-2016 02:38
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Living Alaska: 5 big city signs you're an Alaskan
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  One of my earliest memories is when I learned to drive a four-wheeler; my dad taught me. I also remember the time he explained how bear spray worked — I was little and imagined myself running through the woods carrying it like Pocahontas but with ...
  
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• US wants to strengthen agreement to ban Arctic Ocean fishing

  07-10-2016 02:37
  The United States is trying to broker an agreement between a host of nations to prohibit unregulated fishing in the international waters of the Arctic Ocean.
  Such an agreement would piggyback on a non-binding agreement that the U.S. entered into with Norway, Denmark, Russia and Canada last year to avoid fishing in the area.
  Adm. Robert Papp, the U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, says a binding, multinational agreement would prevent fishing in the Arctic high seas before scientists can
  
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• Troopers identify 2 pilots killed in Southwest Alaska crash - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 02:35
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Troopers identify 2 pilots killed in Southwest Alaska crash
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska State Troopers have identified the two pilots killed in Sunday's crash of a Ravn Connect flight that slammed into a mountainside near Togiak. Timothy Cline, 43, of Homer, and Drew Welty, 29, of Anchorage, died in the crash, troopers said. The ...and more »
  
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• Troopers identify 2 pilots killed in Southwest Alaska crash - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-10-2016 02:35
  
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  Troopers identify 2 pilots killed in Southwest Alaska crash - Alaska ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska State Troopers have identified the two pilots killed in Sunday's crash of a Ravn Connect flight that slammed into a mountainside near Togiak. Timothy ...and more »
  
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• Judge reverses House District 40 primary, gives Nageak a two-vote edge

  07-10-2016 02:35
  
  A judge on Thursday reversed the outcome of the Democratic primary for the House district that includes the North Slope and Northwest Arctic boroughs.
  Rep. Benjamin Nageak addresses the Alaska House of Representatives. His primary race against Dean Westlake was decided by a Suprioir Court Judge. Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi ordered the Division of Elections to certify that incumbent Benjamin Nageak of Barrow won the primary over Dean Westlake of Kotzeb
  
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• White Horse, an essay about sexual assault trauma

  07-10-2016 02:32
  
  The difficult and painful topic of sexual assault and the trauma that follows will be the discussion tomorrow evening at the Anchorage museum. The conversation be held after a staged reading of a personal essay called White Horse, about a campus rape and the aftermath, written by Elise Goldbach and featured in the current issue of The Alaska Quarterly Review. English Professor Dr Heather Adams of the University of Alaska Anchorage will moderate the panel discussion. She says the idea is to provi
  
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• New bed bug infestation at UAF residence halls

  07-10-2016 02:04
  
  Bed bugs have been found at some University of Alaska Fairbanks residences. According to a letter to the UAF issued Wednesday by vice chancellors, bed bugs have been confirmed in several apartments in Harwood Hall, and in single units at Garden Apartments and Hess Village. It’s believed that the bugs were introduced via furniture brought in from off campus. The university has hired an exterminator to treat the affected buildings, and to inspect and potentially preventatively treat oth
  
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• Proposed Donlin Gold mine runs afoul of the Iditarod dog mushing community

  07-10-2016 01:49
  
  The historic Iditarod Trail took center stage during a meeting held by the Army Corps of Engineers Tuesday on the proposed Donlin Gold mine. The route has been changed, but not far enough to suit some longtime mushers.
  Proposed route for the Donlin Gold natural gas pipeline that would run more than 300 miles from Cook Inlet to above Crooked Creek. (Chart courtesy of USACE)The Iditarod Trail is a National Historic Trail; there is no getting around that. After Donlin Gold’s origina
  
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• Alaska's Cannabis Market Almost Open, Just Waiting on Testing Labs - Leafly

  07-10-2016 01:40
  
  Leafly
  Alaska's Cannabis Market Almost Open, Just Waiting on Testing Labs
  Leafly
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is nearing its first legal sales of marijuana, nearly two years after voters approved the recreational use of cannabis by adults. Retails stores are being permitted by the state Marijuana Control Board, and just a few ...
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016Alaska Public Radio Network
  Recreational marijuana nearly ready for sale in AlaskaQ13 FOX
  Alaska marijuana sales c
  
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• ISER study analyzes economic impacts of state cuts, taxes

  07-10-2016 01:19
  
  Mouhcine Guettabi, an assistant professor of economics at ISER, presents his study at the Fiscally Alaskan Summit on Oct. 1, 2016. (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN)To cut? Or tax? That is the conundrum state lawmakers are facing in the midst of a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall. There are options on the table, but consensus on a fix remains elusive.
  A recent study looked at how different scenarios would affect Alaska’s short-term economy.
  “They are all gonna have negative consequences
  
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• Senators want to forever bar offshore rigs from Arctic

  07-10-2016 01:04
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinFourteen U.S. senators sent a letter to President Obama today, asking him to keep drill rigs out of federal waters in the Arctic forever.
  In recent months, environmentalists have been asking Obama to remove the Arctic from the five-year oil and gas leasing plan for federal waters. Today’s letter, though, asks the president to use a section of the Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Act to permanently exclude the Arctic, and also the Atlantic, from oil and gas leasing. N
  
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• New Mega Oil Discovery In Alaska Could Reverse 3 Decades Of Decline - OilPrice.com

  07-10-2016 01:03
  
  Forbes
  New Mega Oil Discovery In Alaska Could Reverse 3 Decades Of Decline
  OilPrice.com
  A small company just announced that it has made a “world-class” oil discovery in Alaska, which could be the largest find in the state in years. Caelus Energy LLC, a small company backed by private equity, says that it has discovered oil on Alaska's ...
  Alaska's 10 Billion Barrel Oil Discovery: What You Need To KnowForbes
  Small Texas company announces massive oil discovery in AlaskaChristian Scien
  
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• Conoco aims to up North Slope production with new drilling rig

  07-10-2016 00:58
  
  Conoco’s new Extended Reach Drilling Rig will allow the company to access more from a single drill site (Image courtesy ConocoPhillips Alaska)ConocoPhillips Alaska has announced plans for a new drilling rig on the North Slope that will more than double the area it can develop from a single drill site.
  The company is calling it a “potential breakthrough” and said the rig will increase production by making development possible in areas that are currently hard to reach.
  It will al
  
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