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• Murkowski to feds: Let marijuana users buy guns

  01-12-2016 20:40
  
  John Weedman, general manager of Western Auto Marine in Juneau, said the federal form asking potential gun buyers if they use marijuana is outdated. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau)When Americans buy guns, they’re asked whether they use marijuana. If they say yes, they can’t buy the gun. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants to change that, and some Alaskan gun sellers, marijuana industry advocates and local officials applaud the move.
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• Researchers examine climate change impacts on Alaska hunters - KTUU.com

  01-12-2016 19:18
  
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  Researchers examine climate change impacts on Alaska hunters
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  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) - A University of Alaska Fairbanks study says climate change is having significant impacts on subsistence hunting and travel in communities across Alaska. KYUK-AM reports (http://bit.ly/2gmNOJA) assistant professor Todd Brinkman led ...
  Nose-to-nose with a polar bear? In Alaska, it's normalFresno Beeall 2 news articles »
  
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• Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik' - NPR

  01-12-2016 19:17
  
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  Barrow, Alaska, Changes Its Name Back To Its Original 'Utqiagvik'
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  The northernmost community in the United States has officially restored its original name. In October, the people of the Alaskan town formerly known as Barrow, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, voted to restore its indigenous name, Utqiagvik. Zachariah ...and more »
  
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• Polar air mass near Alaska due to travel to Northeast Ohio next week - cleveland.com (blog)

  01-12-2016 17:42
  
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  Polar air mass near Alaska due to travel to Northeast Ohio next week
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  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Get ready, Northeast Ohio, because next week you're definitely going to feel a significant change in the air. Last month was one of the hottest Novembers on record in Cleveland. But starting next week, winter is going to hit like Napoli.
  
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• Snow dusts Southcentral Alaska roads for morning commute - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 17:17
  
  Snow dusts Southcentral Alaska roads for morning commute
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  Anchorage drivers can expect a burst of snowfall early Thursday — as police were responding to the day's first crashes — and more snow in the afternoon hours, forecasters said. Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Anita Shell said officers were ...and more »
  
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• Trump eyes former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as VA secretary - UPI.com

  01-12-2016 16:57
  
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  Trump eyes former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as VA secretary
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  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., on February 26, 2015. Palin is reportedly being considered by President-elect Donald Trump to head the troubled Department of ...
  Sarah Palin's name floated for secretary of Veterans AffairsAlaska Dispatch News
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• Tacoma, Wash., police officer fatally shot; suspect killed in standoff - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 16:38
  
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  Tacoma, Wash., police officer fatally shot; suspect killed in standoff
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  Dozens of solemn, uniformed officers lined the sidewalk outside Tacoma General Hospital in Washington Wednesday night, silently waiting for the body of one of their own, who died hours after he was shot earlier by a gunman while responding to a ...and more »
  
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• Is All Fur Bad Fur?

  01-12-2016 09:30 via nytimes.com
  An Alaskan native turns to the fashion world to send a message about hunting, history and haute couture
  
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• Alaska Native working with otter fur brings subsistence sensibilities to fashion world - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 08:30
  
  Alaska Native working with otter fur brings subsistence sensibilities to fashion world
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  Peter Paul Kawagaelg Williams, the founder of Shaman Furs, performs a smudging ceremony for his hunting rifle outside his home in Sitka on Nov. 17. The Alaska Native, who has no formal design education, has made it his mission to reintroduce style to ...and more »
  
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• Cold air mass covers Alaska and temperatures plummet to well below average - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 07:35
  
  Cold air mass covers Alaska and temperatures plummet to well below average
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  Frost clings to bushes and trees along Eklutna Tailrace on Old Glenn Highway near Palmer. The area saw mostly clear skies and temperatures around zero degrees for much of Tuesday. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). A cold snap is chilling Alaskans ...and more »
  
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• With temperature falling and need rising, shelters turn some homeless away - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 06:36
  
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  With temperature falling and need rising, shelters turn some homeless away
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  As many as dozens of adults are being turned away from downtown Anchorage emergency shelters each night this winter even as recent temperatures dipped to zero. Officials are trying to figure out what to do. The city's homeless coordinator, Nancy Burke, ...and more »
  
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• 'Something made him deep down flip': An Alaska family grapples as a son is accused of killing his mother - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 06:17
  
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  'Something made him deep down flip': An Alaska family grapples as a son is accused of killing his mother
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  There were signs Riba DeWilde was spiraling down into a state of confusion, a place that scared her family, somewhere only she knew. Maybe, relatives said, her youngest child went there along with her. At the end, DeWilde, 51, and son Eli Simpson, 21, ...
  
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• Copper Basin tribal group gets new power over wildlife - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 04:48
  
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  Copper Basin tribal group gets new power over wildlife
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  An Alaska tribal group has new powers that will allow it to manage wildlife — including moose and caribou hunts — for tribal members on federal lands in a region that includes the Copper River basin and parts of two national parks. The U.S ...and more »
  
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• University must lead the way to clean energy in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 04:33
  
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  University must lead the way to clean energy in Alaska
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  Wind turbines on Fire Island near Anchorage, seen from Glen Alps in September 2014. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Each day both the radio and the newspaper dutifully report the current price of oil. Just once, I wish the journalist would then ...and more »
  
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• Alaska may not fare so well under Trump - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 04:33
  
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  Alaska may not fare so well under Trump
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  President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting with reporters, columnists and company leadership from the New York Times, at the publication's headquarters in New York, Nov. 22. (Hiroko Masuike / The New York Times). What's in store for Alaska from the ...
  
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• ACLU, Planned Parenthood say Alaska restrictions on second-trimester abortions are unconstitutional - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 04:28
  
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  ACLU, Planned Parenthood say Alaska restrictions on second-trimester abortions are unconstitutional
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  The Planned Parenthood logo is pictured outside a clinic in Boston, June 27, 2014. (Dominick Reuter / Reuters). Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the state of Alaska Wednesday, accusing it of illegally ...
  Pro-choice groups challenge Alaska's 40-year-old abortion lawsKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016

  01-12-2016 04:23
  
  
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  Palin for VA? She seems eager
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  The Donald Trump transition team hasn’t named a VA secretary yet, but news broke today that ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is vying for the job. She’s the mother of an Iraq vet, and she’s got Medal of Honor recip
  
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• Modern ‘warriors’ protect language, water, subsistence, families

  01-12-2016 04:17
  
  
  Alfie Price, sixth from the right, poses with family and friends after he was honored as a language warrior during a Nov. 22, 2016, awards ceremony. (Photo courtesy Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)What makes a modern warrior?
  According to Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization, a warrior is someone who fights to preserve subsistence rights or Native languages. It’s also someone who works for clean water or cares for other people’s child
  
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• After subsidizing health care marketplace, Alaska hopes feds will cover some of the cost - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 04:14
  
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  After subsidizing health care marketplace, Alaska hopes feds will cover some of the cost
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  In July, the Legislature approved spending tens of millions of dollars to keep Alaska's individual health insurance market stable. Now, the state says the program is saving the federal government money, and it's asking for those savings to be passed ...
  
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• Alaskan seeks to document bringing DeLorean “Back to Alaska” - Alaska Public Radio Network

  01-12-2016 04:10
  
  Alaskan seeks to document bringing DeLorean “Back to Alaska”
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  A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor is pursuing a dream. Documentary film professor Rob Prince is on sabbatical in his home state of Michigan, where he has acquired an iconic 35-year-old sports car. The car is the centerpiece of a planned ...
  
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• Alaskan seeks to document bringing DeLorean “Back to Alaska”

  01-12-2016 04:10
  
  
  Rob Prince and his DeLorean (Photo courtesy of Melissa Prince)A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor is pursuing a dream. Documentary film professor Rob Prince is on sabbatical in his home state of Michigan, where he has acquired an iconic 35-year-old sports car. The car is the centerpiece of a planned transcontinental trip and film project.
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  University of Alaska Fairbanks documentary film professor Rob Prince has fulfilled a long held ambition.  In a Facebook video, Prince in
  
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• Palin for VA? She seems eager

  01-12-2016 02:50
  
  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. File photo by Gage Skidmore – WikimediaThe Donald Trump transition team hasn’t named a VA secretary yet, but news broke today that ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is vying for the job.
  Several news outlets, including ABC, NBC and the New York Times, report Palin is interested in running the Department of Veterans Affairs and is under consideration. The news accounts cite unnamed aides close to Palin and the Trump team.
  Palin acknowledged the reports on Face
  
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• ACLU sues state on abortion regs

  01-12-2016 02:16
  
  The ACLU of Alaska Wednesday filed suit against the state challenging restrictions on second trimester abortions. Planned Parenthood Votes of the Great Northwest and Hawaii and the Center for Reproductive Rights joined ACLU as plaintiffs.
  Joshua Decker, ACLU Alaska executive director, said three ’70s-era restrictions are obstacles to women’s reproductive health, because they ban second trimester abortions in out-patient clinics and force some women to seek abortions out of state.
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• Alaska firefighters in Tennessee at site of deadly Gatlinburg fire - Alaska Dispatch News

  01-12-2016 02:12
  
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  Alaska firefighters in Tennessee at site of deadly Gatlinburg fire
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  Alaska firefighters helping respond to the fire that devastated a Tennessee town this week, amid wildfires that have killed several people in that state, were getting a reprieve from duty Wednesday after battling two other blazes. Zane Brown, a ...
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• Ask a Climatologist: Bitter cold makes a comeback in Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  01-12-2016 01:08
  
  Ask a Climatologist: Bitter cold makes a comeback in Alaska
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  11302016_cold_courtesy Alaska has settled into a notable stretch of seriously cold weather. Communities around the state are enduring low temperatures they haven't seen in a few years. And for more than a week, the average statewide temperature index ...and more »
  
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• Alaska fire crews battling blazes in Southeast U.S.

  01-12-2016 01:06
  
  A burned-out car sits on the side of a road near Gatlinburg, Tenn. (Video screenshot from the Tennessee Department of Transportation)Dozens of Alaska firefighters are battling blazes in the Lower 48, including deadly Tennessee fires that have destroyed or damaged hundreds of buildings.
  Fire crews from around the United States are working to extinguish more than a dozen blazes around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which have left seven people dead, as of noon Wednesday, .
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• Fairbanks looks to transform school day

  01-12-2016 01:05
  Fairbanks schools will be the first in Alaska to implement a new education model that will transform the traditional school day.
  ”This whole idea of sitting in a desk for six hours a day is just gonna start changing,” North Star Borough Schools Superintendent Karen Goborik said.
  Gaborik said the district is contracting with national consulting firm “Education Elements” on the $1.6 million learning project to revamp the way kids and teachers interact.
  ”Start to shift
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Bitter cold makes a comeback in Alaska

  01-12-2016 01:05
  
  Alaska has settled into a notable stretch of seriously cold weather. Communities around the state are enduring low temperatures they haven’t seen in a few years. And for more than a week, the average statewide temperature index has registered below normal- by far the longest stretch this year.
  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 Clim
  
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