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• Murkowski attorney: Contributions to Alaska GOP were legal - The Daily Progress

  25-10-2016 23:56
  
  Murkowski attorney: Contributions to Alaska GOP were legal
  The Daily Progress
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An attorney for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign said Tuesday that contributions the campaign made to the Alaska Republican party were legal. Attorney Timothy McKeever also pointed to a 2004 advisory opinion from the ...and more »
  
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• APD investigating early morning robberies of Holiday gas stations

  25-10-2016 23:15
  
  APD patrol SUV (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Anchorage police are investigating robberies at two Holiday gas stations.
  According to an Anchorage Police Department press release, officers responded to calls early Tuesday morning calls that two males entered the gas stations brandishing guns, demanding cigarettes and money.
  No injuries were reported from either incident.
  APD believes the two robberies are related.
  No arrests have been made and no charges have been f
  
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• Man sentenced for 2014 sexual assault of partially-disabled woman

  25-10-2016 23:13
  A Kotzebue man has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for sexually assaulting a partially-disabled woman.
  According to a Department of Law press release, 30-year-old John Douglas was arrested in May 2014 after grabbing the victim, attempting to pull down her pants, and trying to force her into the stairwell of a downtown Anchorage office building.
  The assault was thwarted by nearby office workers, who heard the victim scream and chased Douglas as he attempted to flee the scene.
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• National Guard Seeks Alaska Natives With Subsistence Skills - KYUK

  25-10-2016 23:08
  
  National Guard Seeks Alaska Natives With Subsistence Skills
  KYUK
  The Army National Guard has announced the start of a three year pilot program that gives waivers to Alaska Natives who might be trying to join the Guard, but face barriers to qualification. Some of these potential recruits have the very skills the ...and more »
  
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• Many professionals across Alaska will have to pay more to work - Alaskajournal.com

  25-10-2016 22:43
  Many professionals across Alaska will have to pay more to work
  Alaskajournal.com
  Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now delivers two to three babies per month for mothers at their homes. But the job goes far beyond that — by the time she delivers the ...
  
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• Alaska Railroad increasing winter service - Travel Weekly

  25-10-2016 21:18
  
  Alaska Railroad increasing winter service
  Travel Weekly
  The Alaska Railroad is upping service on the Aurora Winter Train for the peak winter travel season. Photo Credit: Glenn Aronwits. --. --. The Alaska Railroad is adding to its Aurora Winter Train's usual schedule, providing more opportunities for ...
  
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• Man critically wounded in shooting at South Anchorage service station - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 20:09
  
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  Man critically wounded in shooting at South Anchorage service station
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A male was severely injured in a shooting at a South Anchorage gas station late Monday, according to police. The victim remained in critical condition Tuesday, police said in a statement. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said he was wounded just ...and more »
  
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• Man dies in shooting at Government Hill apartment building - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 20:05
  
  Man dies in shooting at Government Hill apartment building
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage officers responding to reports of gunfire in the Government Hill neighborhood late Monday discovered a wounded man who was later declared dead at the scene. "No arrests or charges have been made in the case at this time," police wrote in a ...and more »
  
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• Saving sea otters is just part of Alaska biologist's normal day at work - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-10-2016 19:10
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Saving sea otters is just part of Alaska biologist's normal day at work
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Marine biologist Natalie Rouse uses a kayak to gather water samples in Kachemak Bay. Photo by: Jimmy McAllan. ×. Custom Message: First. Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or ...
  
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• Alaska looks to boost employment with grant money - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-10-2016 18:56
  
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  Alaska looks to boost employment with grant money
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The state of Alaska has received a $1 million grant to help bolster employment within the ...
  Federal grant to bolster Alaska's aviation, health care apprenticeshipsAlaska Public Radio Networkall 4 news articles »
  
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• Man indicted for August machete attack in Anchorage

  25-10-2016 17:56
  
  APD squad cars (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)A man was indicted last week by an Anchorage grand jury for allegedly attacking a woman with a machete.
  According to a Department of Law press release, 19-year-old Jonathan Anaruk faces one count of 1st degree attempted murder, one count of 1st degree assault, one count of 2nd degree assault, and two counts of 3rd degree assault.
  Police responded to the Aug. 18 incident near Anchorage’s Valley of the Moon Park and
  
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• Researchers link virus to Alaska birds with deformed beaks - Salt Lake Tribune

  25-10-2016 17:38
  
  Researchers link virus to Alaska birds with deformed beaks
  Salt Lake Tribune
  In this April 1, 2009, photo provided by the USGS Alaska Science Center shows a black-capped chickadee with a deformed beak in Anchorage, Alaska. Researchers are hoping they've found what's causing beaks of some bird species to grow twice as fast as ...and more »
  
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• Simplifying sanitation in rural Alaska communities - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 17:33
  
  Simplifying sanitation in rural Alaska communities
  Alaska Dispatch News
  One year after a sanitation system pilot project was installed, Kivalina residents are experiencing the benefits. Author: Presented by Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium; Updated 14 hours ago. Kivalina, an Alaska Native village located on the ...
  
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• Separate shootings leave 1 dead, 1 in critical condition in Anchorage

  25-10-2016 16:17
  
  APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Anchorage police responded to two overnight shootings that left one person dead and one in critical condition.
  Just before 11 p.m. Monday, APD received multiple reports of shots fired in Anchorage’s Government Hill neighborhood.
  When officers arrived, they discovered an adult male who was shot outside a residence on the 800 block of Elm Street.
  The victim – who has not been identified – was declare
  
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• Alaska GOP says Joe Miller broke campaign finance laws - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 13:10
  
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  Alaska GOP says Joe Miller broke campaign finance laws
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Republican Party is accusing Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller of breaking federal campaign finance law by using his for-profit news website, JoeMiller.us, as an extension of his campaign. But Miller says he has done nothing wrong.
  Alaska GOP accuses Joe Miller of campaign finance violationsKTOO
  Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Oct. 24, 2016Alaska Public Radio Network
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• Alaska's fair share of oil revenue is foundation of fiscal plan - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 06:41
  
  Alaska's fair share of oil revenue is foundation of fiscal plan
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The trans-Alaska oil pipeline as seen near Delta Junction in June 2013. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive 2013). I recently suggested Alaskans should recover a fair share of our petroleum wealth (Commentary, Oct. 2). There have been several well-taken ...
  
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• Alert level raised for Alaska volcano after explosion detected - Reuters

  25-10-2016 04:03
  
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  Alert level raised for Alaska volcano after explosion detected
  Reuters
  An aerial photograph shows the Cleveland Volcano during the time a small lava flow, or dome, was accumulating in the summit crater as the 660 foot wide summit crater emits a white, largely steam condensate cloud in this August 8, 2011 file photo.
  Alaska Volcano Observatory Raises Cleveland Volcano Alert After ExplosionSputnik Internationalall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Oct. 24, 2016

  25-10-2016 03:47
  
  
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  Listen NowCourt ruling keeps bearded seals on Endangered Species List
  Annie Feidt, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  An appeals court today upheld a federal decision to list a species of ice seals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
  Alaska GOP accuses Joe Miller of campaign finance violati
  
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• Alaska GOP accuses Joe Miller of campaign finance violations

  25-10-2016 03:21
  
  
  Candidate Joe Miller with his family speaking at a 2014 campaign event (Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The Alaska Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Libertarian senate candidate Joe Miller.
  Listen NowThe GOP alleges Miller is misusing campaign dollars to inflate his real level of support.
  The five-page complaint submitted Monday alleges Miller has made numerous violations of federal campaign finance laws — th
  
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• Your U.S. senator is a chairman. What does that do for you?

  25-10-2016 03:10
  
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinIn all, five candidates are on the ballot challenging U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. If one of them wins, the victor would get her Senate seat, but not her chairmanship of the Energy Committee. So what does that matter to you?
  Listen NowAs chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Murkowski has brokered water disputes in the arid West, and she’s been in the middle of other rather non-Alaskan issues, too: The Puerto Rican debt crisis, advances in nuclear power, a
  
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• This year’s winter forecast for Interior Alaska: more cold snaps, near-normal snowfall likely

  25-10-2016 02:55
  
  
  Residents of the Interior will likely see more snow and a cold snap or two this winter.Listen NowThe National Weather Service’s daily roundup of temperatures around Alaska at noon Monday shows cool temperatures throughout the Interior. Meteorologist Rick Thoman predicts the region will see more of that sort of near-normal conditions for much of the winter.
  (Graphic courtesy of the National Weather Service)Now that the El Nino that helped make the Arctic so balmy last winter has morphed int
  
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• Absentee and early voting opens for general election

  25-10-2016 02:03
  
  Absentee and early in-person voting is now open in Alaska for the Nov. 8 general election. There are two locations open in Anchorage.
  Anchorage voters can vote at the Region II elections office as well as at City Hall. Both polling areas are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
  Two polling stations are open in the capital city.
  Juneau residents can cast their votes at the State Office Building and at the Alaska Division of Elections’s regional office in the Mendenhall Mall Annex weekday
  
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• Anti-incumbent mood could threaten Republican-led House majority

  25-10-2016 01:23
  
  The Alaska House of Representatives entrance in the Capitol in Juneau, Feb. 6, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North – Juneau)When voters head to the polls on Nov. 8, they’ll decide who’s going to represent them in the state House and Senate. That will trigger the backroom talks that determine who will form the majority caucuses – and the legislature’s future direction.
  After the election, one thing is for certain. The legislature that voters send to Juneau in Januar
  
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• Law enforcement raids Bethel house used by suspected drug dealers

  25-10-2016 01:05
  
  State troopers, investigators and local police raided a house in Bethel this week and recovered heroin, crack cocaine, money and drug paraphernalia. They arrested seven people.
  AST, BPD, and SDEU began investigating the case earlier this year. (Photo by Adrian Wagner, KYUK – Bethel)According to the State Trooper dispatch, the Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit with local State and Wildlife Troopers and the Bethel Police Department conducted a raid on a house near Atsaq Street in Bethel Thursd
  
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• Court ruling keeps bearded seals on Endangered Species List

  25-10-2016 00:58
  
  Bearded Seal pup (Erignathus barbatus) Photo: NOAAAn appeals court today upheld a federal decision to list a species of ice seals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that threw out the listing.
  The National Marine Fisheries Service added two Arctic populations of bearded seals to the Endangered Species list in 2012, in part because the sea ice they depend on is rapidly disappearing due to climate change.
  Groups includin
  
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• Alaska's first marijuana store could open this week as product testing begins - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 00:54
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska's first marijuana store could open this week as product testing begins
  Alaska Dispatch News
  CannTest, the state's first marijuana testing lab, opened its doors on Monday morning, Oct. 24, 2016, and began testing the first commercial marijuana samples grown in Alaska. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue.
  Game on: Alaska's first marijuana testing lab opens in AnchorageThe Cannabist
  Alaska's first marijuana testing lab opens in
  
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• Alaska's first marijuana store could open this week as product ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-10-2016 00:54
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's first marijuana store could open this week as product ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  CannTest, the state's first marijuana testing lab, opened its doors on Monday morning, Oct. 24, 2016, and began testing the first commercial marijuana samples ...
  Alaska's first marijuana testing lab opens in AnchorageKTUU.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Federal grant to bolster Alaska’s aviation, health care apprenticeships

  25-10-2016 00:10
  
  A Bering Air plane touches down in Wales. (Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM)A newly-awarded U.S. Department of Labor grant aims to bolster Alaska’s health care and aviation industries.
  The grant will increase the use of apprenticeships, which the state hopes will increase the chances of companies hiring locally.
  “It’s been a priority project of the Alaska Workforce Investment Board and the administration to utilize the apprenticeship model to increase employment, resident employment
  
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