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• Alaska, the day before Pearl Harbor - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 22:51
  
  Houston Chronicle
  Alaska, the day before Pearl Harbor
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  Copy of the Oct. 1940 edition of Alaska Life the Territorial Magazine. Photographed Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). On Dec. 6, 1941, Fairbanks folks in a celebratory mood went dancing. The Fairbanks Daily News Miner ...
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• My Turn: Ivory bans harmful to Native artists - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  03-12-2016 22:47
  My Turn: Ivory bans harmful to Native artists
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The use of ivory in the creation of art and jewelry has become increasingly controversial in the past few years. On one hand, there's reason for this, because ivory from elephants is a problematic medium, given that it is commonly obtained by the ...
  
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• China blasts 'petty' Taiwan call with Trump - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 22:12
  
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  China blasts 'petty' Taiwan call with Trump
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  BEIJING — On Friday, President Xi Jinping told Henry Kissinger that he hoped for "stability" in U.S.-China ties under the new administration. Nobody told Donald Trump. The president-elect broke with four decades of diplomatic practice by talking on ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage police investigating stabbing, shots fired early Saturday - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 21:47
  
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  Anchorage police investigating stabbing, shots fired early Saturday
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  Anchorage police are investigating two separate incidents from early Saturday – a stabbing outside the Brother Francis Shelter and shots fired near the Valley of the Moon Park. The first incident happened just before 1 a.m., when a man was stabbed once ...and more »
  
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• With employment down, Alaska slumps into recession, economist says - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  03-12-2016 20:38
  
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  With employment down, Alaska slumps into recession, economist says
  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. FAIRBANKS — Detailed data released Friday shows Alaska employment is down 1.6 percent in the first half of the year, ...
  Recession grips Alaska as employment losses hit new sectors ...Alaska Dispatch News
  Economist: Alaska is in a recessionK
  
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• Here's how the Alaska Aces stack up historically at ECHL season's quarter pole - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 20:29
  
  Here's how the Alaska Aces stack up historically at ECHL season's quarter pole
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  The Alaska Aces' 2-1 overtime loss at Idaho on Friday night brought them to the one-quarter pole in the ECHL's 72-game grind, and Alaska hit the mark sitting in strong position. The Aces are 12-4-2 through 18 games, good for 26 points. As you'll note ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Marine Highway System prepares to sell ferry Taku | The ... - The Seattle Times

  03-12-2016 18:57
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska Marine Highway System prepares to sell ferry Taku | The ...
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  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Marine Highway System is working to get rid of the state ferry Taku. Alaska Department of Transportation spokesman ...
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• US veterans to meet with tribe elders in pipeline protest - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 18:37
  
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  US veterans to meet with tribe elders in pipeline protest
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  Trek Kelly of Venice Beach, California, stands with veterans who oppose the Dakota Access oil pipeline on Backwater Bridge near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., December 2, 2016. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester. Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue.and more »
  
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• While Bering Sea groundfish booms, Gulf of Alaska struggles - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 07:39
  
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  While Bering Sea groundfish booms, Gulf of Alaska struggles
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Bering Sea fish stocks are booming, but it's a mixed bag for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska. Fishery managers will set 2017 catches this week for pollock, cod and other fisheries that make up Alaska's largest fish hauls, which are taken from 3 to 200 ...
  
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• Why doesn’t Anchorage have a pot shop yet? Dumpsters and parking lots.

  03-12-2016 04:55
  
  
  A view of Anchorage cannabis retailer Dankorage in Spenard (Photo via Facebook)In the last few weeks, as commercial marijuana inches closer to a reality across Alaska, a lot of people are asking: why doesn’t Anchorage have a pot shop yet?
  After store openings in Fairbanks, Juneau and Valdez, Anchorage is still weeks away from having an open retailer.
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  Jane Stinson is one of the owners of Enlighten Alaska, a business trying to open on a busy corner in the Spenard neighborhood. She
  
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• Traveling Music 12-18-16

  03-12-2016 04:38
  Traveling Music
  12-18-16
  Kluonie Frey subbing for her mom Shonti Elder
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Bah Humbug
  Owl City / Owl City
  Humbug
  Universal
  4:28
   
  Christmas Songs
  Ann Reed /  Ann Reed
  (Not Your Average) Holiday CD
  www.annreed.com
  2:50
   
  God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  Straight No Chaser / Traditional
  Christmas Cheers
  Atco / Atlantic
  2:35
   
  Elf’s Lament
  Barenaked Ladies with Michael Buble / Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked for t
  
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• Traveling Music 12-11-16

  03-12-2016 04:15
  Traveling Music
  Kluonie Frey
  (subbing for her mom Shonti Elder)
  12-11-16
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Tijuana Christmas
  Border Brass
  Tijuana Christmas
  Design
  1:58
   
  Twelve Days of Christmas
  Straight No Chaser / Traditional arr. Straight No Chaser
  Christmas Cheers
  Atco / Atlantic
  3:44
   
  Christmas Time is Here
  Afro Blue / Vince Geraldi
  The Sing-Off Songs of the Season
  Epic
  2:54
   
  Silent Night
  Pentatonix / Franz Xaver Gruber
  That’s C
  
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• Controversial Sled Dog film to premiere at Canadian festival

  03-12-2016 03:48
  
  
  The acclaimed Whistler, BC, film festival started this week, featuring Canadian first-run Oscar-buzz films like Ms. Sloan and La La Land. Although the pictures feature Hollywood luminaries Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, those stars could be upstaged by the subjects of another film – one creating a lot of controversy in the mushing world.
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  Fern Levitt’s documentary, Sled Dogs, has tripped the social media trigger among sled-dog kennel owners and animal rights a
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 2, 2016

  03-12-2016 03:47
  
  
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  Economists respond to loss in oil and gas jobs
  Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau
  The state’s oil and gas industry shed nearly 2400 jobs in the first half of the year. That’s according to new data from the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development. A state
  
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• Recession grips Alaska as employment losses hit new sectors ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-12-2016 01:21
  
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  Recession grips Alaska as employment losses hit new sectors ...
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  Job losses in Alaska accelerated in the year's first six months as low oil prices kept slamming the economy, with the downturn spreading from the oil and gas and ...
  With employment down, Alaska slumps into recession, economist saysFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Economist: Alaska is in a recessionKTUU.com
  Alaska drops most jobs since 1980s recession | Juneau Empire ...Juneau Empire (subscr
  
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• 49 Voices: James Evans of Chugiak

  03-12-2016 01:10
  
  This week, we’re hearing from James Evans from Chugiak. Evans is a former U.S. Navy photographer and will be graduating from the University of Alaska Anchorage this month.
  James Evans from Chugiak (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)EVANS: All I could think that I really wanted to do was be a photographer, a journalist, but I couldn’t see any way to do it. I couldn’t afford to go to school. I was living with my dad in a trailer park. It was like, &ldqu
  
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• AK: Orca ‘swims again’ thanks to Homer skeleton builders

  03-12-2016 01:05
  
  Instructor Lee Post and student Jamie Knaub slide a baby orca skull into place as they undergo the arduous task of reassembling the skeleton. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI – Homer)Knowing how to assemble a whale skeleton is a rare skill.
  For a small group of students at the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College in Homer, rebuilding skeletons is all in a day’s work.
  This fall, they assembled a baby orca skeleton as part of an eight-week class.
  A team of three college students
  
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• BlueCrest gets a break from the state on $30 million loan

  03-12-2016 01:00
  
  A state corporation agreed to modify the terms of a $30 million loan to BlueCrest Energy Inc.’s operation, shown here in southern Cook Inlet, on Dec. 1, 2016. The company blamed construction delays and a delay in tax credit payments from the state for its request to modify the loan. (Photo Courtesy/Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority)A state corporation has agreed to change the terms of a multi-million dollar loan to a Cook Inlet oil company. Texas-based BlueCrest asked for
  
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• Arctic Valley Ski Area

  03-12-2016 01:00
  
   
  View of Arctic Valley; John Robinson-WilsonAnchorage is lucky to have three downhill ski areas. Alyeska in Girdwood is a full-scale resort. Hilltop on O’Malley Road is a great place for kids and beginners. What’s the third one? It’s easily forgotten, because Arctic Valley doesn’t advertise and is far off the beaten track, but it has the highest elevation, the fluffiest powder and some of the steepest slopes around. It’s a great place for experienced skiers, a
  
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