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• Elephant Ivory Ban Hurts Alaska Natives Who Legally Carve Walrus ... - NPR

  24-11-2016 10:46
  
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  Elephant Ivory Ban Hurts Alaska Natives Who Legally Carve Walrus ...
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  Strict bans on ivory trade are aimed at preventing elephant poaching. But the measures are causing unintended consequences for Alaska Natives who hunt ...and more »
  
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• Survey: Alaska teens drinking, smoking less - The Daily Progress

  24-11-2016 10:35
  
  Survey: Alaska teens drinking, smoking less
  The Daily Progress
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new state survey shows fewer Alaska teens are engaging in cigarette, alcohol and drug use. The Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows students across the state have reported declines in smoking, substance use, riding ...and more »
  
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• Hamilton scores 36 in opener of Great Alaska Shootout - The Daily Progress

  24-11-2016 07:56
  
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  Hamilton scores 36 in opener of Great Alaska Shootout
  The Daily Progress
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Blake Hamilton scored 29 of his 36 points in the second half, Nick Perkins had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Buffalo beat Alaska Anchorage 85-79 on Wednesday night in the opener of the Great Alaska Shootout.
  Rugged Simon propels USC to women's Great Alaska Shootout titleAlaska Dispatch News
  New efforts to bring back crowds for GCI Great Alaska ShootoutKTVA.com - Ancho
  
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• Hamilton scores 36 in opener of Great Alaska Shootout - USA TODAY

  24-11-2016 07:49
  
  Hamilton scores 36 in opener of Great Alaska Shootout
  USA TODAY
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Blake Hamilton scored 29 of his 36 points in the second half, Nick Perkins had 14 points and seven rebounds, and Buffalo beat Alaska Anchorage 85-79 on Wednesday night in the opener of the Great Alaska Shootout.and more »
  
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• Snow forecast for Southcentral Alaska starting Thanksgiving night - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-11-2016 06:06
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Snow forecast for Southcentral Alaska starting Thanksgiving night
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Snow may fall upon portions of Southwest and Southcentral Alaska starting on Thanksgiving Day, according to the National Weather Service Alaska. The weather service says snow is expected to arrive in Southwest during the day Thursday, and then move to ...
  
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• Alaska Picker owners salvage antiques from abandoned Adak naval station - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  24-11-2016 05:35
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska Picker owners salvage antiques from abandoned Adak naval station
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A Valley couple is on the hunt for Alaska's most valuable antiques. Together Kelly Turney and Becky Green own the Alaska Picker store in Wasilla and travel the state searching for items to repurpose and sell. They've uncovered some pretty cool stuff ...
  
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• Local family goes into the wilds of Alaska - Loveland Reporter-Herald

  24-11-2016 05:06
  
  Local family goes into the wilds of Alaska
  Loveland Reporter-Herald
  Hannah Gregory shows the fish she caught in Brooks River in Katmai National Park in Alaska. With her family, she saw many brown bears fishing in the river. (Special to the Reporter-Herald). Hannah Gregory has been to Alaska a few times — her brother ...and more »
  
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• Rep. Seaton joins bipartisan House caucus - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-11-2016 04:00
  
  Rep. Seaton joins bipartisan House caucus
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  After more than two decades of Republican control, the Alaska House is now led by a bipartisan caucus. Democrats make up the majority of the 22-member caucus, along with two independents and three Republicans. Doyon continues search for Nenana ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 | Alaska Public ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-11-2016 04:00
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 | Alaska Public ...
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  After more than two decades of Republican control, the Alaska House is now led by a bipartisan caucus. Democrats make up the majority of the 22-member ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016

  24-11-2016 03:54
  
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  Rep. Seaton joins bipartisan House caucus
  Shahla Farzan, KBBI – Homer
  After more than two decades of Republican control, the Alaska House is now led by a bipartisan caucus. Democrats make up the majority of the 22-member caucus, along with two independents and three Republicans.
  Doyon continues search for
  
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• Shootout notebook: Legendary coaches, an Alaskan returns, an absent mom - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-11-2016 03:24
  
  Shootout notebook: Legendary coaches, an Alaskan returns, an absent mom
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Portland senior Hannah Mattson starred in high school for West Valley in Fairbanks. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). If you missed basketball-legends-turned-coaches Cynthia Cooper-Dyke and Jackie Stiles at the GCI Great Alaska Shootout, you can ...and more »
  
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• Fruendt paces Lady Bears in win over Alaska-Anchorage - Ozarks Sports Zone

  24-11-2016 03:09
  
  Ozarks Sports Zone
  Fruendt paces Lady Bears in win over Alaska-Anchorage
  Ozarks Sports Zone
  Ben Adamson (Missouri State Sports Information) ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Missouri State earned a 65-58 victory Wednesday afternoon over a talented Alaska Anchorage club in the third-place game of the GCI Great Alaska Shootout at the Alaska Airlines ...
  Lady Bears rally for victory in Alaska finaleSpringfield News-Leader
  Lady Bears Come From Behind In AlaskaOzarksFirst.com
  Missouri State defeats sho
  
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• Doyon continues search for Nenana Basin oil and gas - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-11-2016 02:59
  Doyon continues search for Nenana Basin oil and gas
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Interior regional Alaska Native Corporation Doyon is not giving up on finding oil and gas in the Nenana Basin, southwest of Fairbanks. That's despite more than a decade of exploration with various partner companies, including a 3rd well, drilled with ...
  
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• Doyon continues search for Nenana Basin oil and gas

  24-11-2016 02:57
  Interior regional Alaska Native Corporation Doyon is not giving up on finding oil and gas in the Nenana Basin, southwest of Fairbanks. That’s despite more than a decade of exploration with various partner companies, including a 3rd well, drilled with Cook Inlet Region Incorporated this past summer. That exploration did not deliver a commercially develop-able deposit.
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  Aaron Schutt is the president and CEO of Doyon.
  ”It’s discouraging every time you drill oil and don&r
  
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• Alaska Native corporation heads dam removal project - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-11-2016 02:55
  Alaska Native corporation heads dam removal project
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  An old dam on the Eklutna River is destined for destruction. The dam is on Alaska Native corporation land, and it is hoped that when it comes down, salmon runs will return to the river. The demolition work is expected to be finished next year, but ...
  
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• Alaska Native corporation heads dam removal project

  24-11-2016 02:53
  An old dam on the Eklutna River is destined for destruction. The dam is on Alaska Native corporation land, and it is hoped that when it comes down, salmon runs will return to the river. The demolition work is expected to be finished next year, but enticing fish back upstream could be another story, since an upstream hydropower facility has drained water from the river and there is not enough left for fish.
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  But for now, we’re clustered around an I-pad in Eklutna, Inc’s conf
  
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• Small explosion delays Healy 2 startup

  24-11-2016 02:50
  
  Golden Valley Electric Association customers will see a slight decrease in their monthly bills next month, but well short of what GVEA had hoped to give ratepayers. That’s because the co-op has run into more problems with Healy 2 power plant.
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  GVEA’s Healy 2 Plant
  (Photo by Golden Valley Electric Association)Golden Valley President and CEO Cory Borgeson said the co-op had hoped by now, Healy 2 would be producing low-cost electricity generated by the cheapest fuel
  
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• Latest effort to revise Kenai invocation policy stalls

  24-11-2016 02:47
  
  For the past four months, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has debated whether it should restrict who is allowed to give the invocation, or prayer, that begins each meeting.
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  The controversy began in early August, when a member of the Satanic Temple gave the invocation. In response, the Borough Assembly instituted a new policy in which only people or associations on a pre-approved list may give the invocation.
  Critics have said this restrictive policy may put the Borough at risk of
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage. - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-11-2016 02:47
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall. Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alaska's ...
  Ask Alaska: When does the Christmas tree go up in your home?KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaskaall 4 news articles&nb
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.

  24-11-2016 02:45
  
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider)In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall.
  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.
  He told Energy Desk editor Annie Feidt a white Thanksgiving is relatively rare for most of the U.S., but Ala
  
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• Alaska inmate dies following terminal illness - KTOO

  24-11-2016 02:41
  
  Alaska inmate dies following terminal illness
  KTOO
  ANCHORAGE — Alaska corrections officials say a 71-year-old inmate has died of a terminal illness. Jim Ferguson died early Friday morning, Alaska Department of Corrections said in a release. Officials say his death was expected. The department said ...
  DOC: Alaska inmate dies following terminal illnessKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaskaall 8 news articles »
  
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• Rep. Seaton joins bipartisan House caucus

  24-11-2016 02:28
  
  After more than two decades of Republican control, the Alaska House is now led by a bipartisan caucus. Democrats make up the majority of the 22-member caucus, along with two independents and three Republicans.
  Homer Republican Paul Seaton on the House Floor on May 24, 2016, the second day of the Legislature’s fourth special session. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Republican Representative Paul Seaton of Homer is a member of the caucus and the newly-appoint
  
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• Service dog nonprofit helps veterans

  24-11-2016 01:56
  
  A national nonprofit group that provides service dogs to military service members and veterans has opened a new training facility in Fairbanks. Paws for Purple Hearts involves service members and vets in the dog training process.
  A Paws For Purple Hearts service dog greets visitors during an open house at the group’s new training center in south Fairbanks November 12th. (Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks)The atmosphere is upbeat as people and dogs mix during an open house event at Paws For
  
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