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• Pribilof scientists work to bring back decimated blue king crab population

  09-12-2016 21:24
  
  The restrictions put in place to protect blue king crab also make it difficult to do research on the species. (Photo by Celeste Leroux/Alaska Sea Grant)The last commercial harvest of Pribilof Island blue king crab was in 1999. Extremely low population numbers have kept that fishery closed.
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  “They’re almost like unicorns in the trawl survey now,” Lauren Divine said. Divine is the co-director of St. Paul’s Environmental Conservation Office. “There are v
  
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• Behavioral and mental health integration in primary care

  09-12-2016 21:00
  
  Behavioral and mental health problems are common. Although not as widely appreciated, social issues are a principal determinate of health for many Americans. Primary care settings are often the gateway for these issues. To address this, primary care providers are beginning to integrate behavioral health care services into their offices. On this edition of Line One, Your Health Connection we discuss behavioral and mental health care integration in primary care, particularly p
  
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• Newtok to ask Obama for federal disaster declaration

  09-12-2016 20:10
  
  
  The village of Newtok in western Alaska, in August 2016. (Photo by Eric Keto/Alaska’s Energy Desk)The village of Newtok plans to request a federal disaster declaration from President Barack Obama before he leaves office. The village is facing rapid erosion due to climate change, and officials say a disaster declaration may be the best chance to unlock federal funds for relocation before the existing village becomes uninhabitable…
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• This luxury Alaska fishing camp makes it easy to catch the big one - Dallas News

  09-12-2016 19:46
  
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  This luxury Alaska fishing camp makes it easy to catch the big one
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  KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- If you're looking for the ultimate fishing experience, then book now to head north next summer to Alaska's Waterfall Resort, a 52-acre private fishing camp with oceanfront cabins, sport-fishing guides and a team of chefs and ...and more »
  
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• Tim Returns To McCarthy On 'Edge of Alaska' As Jeremy Attempts A Dangerous Journey [Recap and Spoilers] - The Inquisitr

  09-12-2016 19:39
  
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  Tim Returns To McCarthy On 'Edge of Alaska' As Jeremy Attempts A Dangerous Journey [Recap and Spoilers]
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  On this season of Edge of Alaska, some the residents of McCarthy have been quite busy with a wide range of projects. Neil Darish is still scrambling to appease his business partner, Don Wolcott, while he continues to work on getting the Motherlode ...
  
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• Child porn case: Bay Area man arrested in Alaska after four years on the lam - The Mercury News

  09-12-2016 19:31
  
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  Child porn case: Bay Area man arrested in Alaska after four years on the lam
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  FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A San Francisco man suspected of downloading child pornography in 2012 and eluding authorities for four years was arrested Tuesday by police at the Fairbanks International Airport, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland ...
  Alleged Bay Area Child Predator Captured In AlaskaCBS Local
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• Accusations fly at hearing into Alaska Juris' sinking - The Seattle Times

  09-12-2016 19:07
  
  Accusations fly at hearing into Alaska Juris' sinking
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  A marine contractor once charged with shore repairs alleged that misconduct by some Japanese crew contributed to safety problems. Share story. Hal Bernton. By. Hal Bernton. Seattle Times staff reporter. A Coast Guard hearing into the July sinking of ...
  
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• Obama creates ‘climate resilience area’ in Bering Sea

  09-12-2016 18:57
  
  Obama on his 2015 Alaska visit, where he highlighted climate change. Photo: Liz Ruskin/APRN.President Obama today issued an executive order creating the “Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area” of 112,300 square miles.
  He also announced $30 million pledges from philanthropic groups for projects “related to shipping, ecosystem science, community and ecological resilience, and tribal engagement.”
  The order withdraws 40,300 square miles from oil and
  
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• Alleged Bay Area Child Predator Captured In Alaska - CBS Local

  09-12-2016 18:36
  
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  Alleged Bay Area Child Predator Captured In Alaska
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  SAM FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — One of the Bay Area's most wanted fugitives — an alleged child pornographer — has been captured in Alaska after spending four years on the run from federal agents, authorities announced Friday. Kevin Trask — who was ...
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• Obama administration offers parting protections for Alaska waters and tribes - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 18:04
  
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  Obama administration offers parting protections for Alaska waters and tribes
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  The winter gathering spot of spectacled eiders in the sea ice south of St. Lawrence Island. (Matt Sexson / USGS Science Center). WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday announced parting protections for portions of Alaska's Arctic, including closing ...and more »
  
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• Missing Teen David Grunwald's Friends Remember Him After ... - PEOPLE.com

  09-12-2016 17:46
  
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  Missing Teen David Grunwald's Friends Remember Him After ...
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  In mourning 16-year-old David Grunwald after his death in Alaska, friends are also opening up to PEOPLE about David's life.and more »
  
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• Classmates Keep Missing Boy's Desk Empty as Tribute After Friend Allegedly Helps Murder Him - PEOPLE.com

  09-12-2016 17:46
  
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  Classmates Keep Missing Boy's Desk Empty as Tribute After Friend Allegedly Helps Murder Him
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  The recent discovery of a missing Alaska teen's dead body, weeks after he vanished — and the subsequent arrest of one of his friends — has shaken their small community. In mourning 16-year-old David Grunwald, they are also remembering his life: One ...and more »
  
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• Trump expected to pick oil drilling advocate to be Interior secretary - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 17:12
  
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  Trump expected to pick oil drilling advocate to be Interior secretary
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  U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida,, August 29, 2012. (Harry E. Walker/Tribune Media/ File). President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a ...and more »
  
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• Fitch Affirms Alaska Air at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable - Business Wire (press release)

  09-12-2016 16:01
  
  Fitch Affirms Alaska Air at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable
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  CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has removed Alaska Air Group Inc.'s (ALK) ratings from Rating Watch Negative and affirmed the ratings at 'BBB-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The rating action follows the Department of Justice's decision, ...and more »
  
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• Debris Found; Alaska Lake Searched for Plane With 4 Aboard - ABC News

  09-12-2016 11:25
  
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  Debris Found; Alaska Lake Searched for Plane With 4 Aboard
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  File - In this July 5, 2013, file photo is a glacier in Lake Clark Pass near Port Alsworth, Alaska. Authorities were searching Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, for a small plane with four people on board missing in the narrow, mountainous valley believed to be ...
  Items from plane missing with 4 aboard believed foundAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska Airlines ready for weather troubles as Sea-Tac gears up for busy winter - KOMO News

  09-12-2016 08:18
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  Alaska Airlines ready for weather troubles as Sea-Tac gears up for busy winter
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  Alaska Airlines pre-cancelled 22 flights in and out of Sea-Tac Airport as a precautionary measure on Thursday. (Photo: KOMO News). PKG-SEATAC MARGIN OF ERROR.transfer_frame_402.jpg · PKG-SEATAC MARGIN OF ERROR.transfer_frame_3717.jpg.
  Alaska cancels Sea-Tac flights, adds de-icing crews ahead of stormPuget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
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• Medicaid expansion proves good for Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 07:58
  
  Medicaid expansion proves good for Alaska
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  It's not often that government has a chance to help thousands of people and save money at the same time. Medicaid expansion was one of these opportunities. Expansion is a bright spot in a dismal Alaska economy. Over 25,000 people now have health ...and more »
  
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• Alaskans work the gears of the Trump transition - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 06:03
  
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  Alaskans work the gears of the Trump transition
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  WASHINGTON — A handful of Alaskans are circling the Washington and New York headquarters for president-elect Donald Trump in hopes of scoring a position — or influence of any sort — with the new administration. Over the last week, two Alaskans ...
  
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• Man shot by Alaska State Troopers wanted on multiple felony warrants - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 05:21
  
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  Man shot by Alaska State Troopers wanted on multiple felony warrants
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  Alaska State Troopers on Thursday identified the man shot by troopers the day before in Nikiski as Brian Tupper, a 37-year-old from Soldotna who was wanted on drug and trespassing charges and for eluding police. Troopers said they received a tip around ...and more »
  
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• Congress passes defense bill expected to keep troops in Alaska and give them a raise - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 04:39
  
  Congress passes defense bill expected to keep troops in Alaska and give them a raise
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  U.S. Army soldiers march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York in 2013. REUTERS / Carlo Allegri. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate passed a defense authorization bill Thursday that includes a slew of Alaska-focused provisions, including language ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016

  09-12-2016 03:58
  
  
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  Former Fairbanks state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in plane crash
  Andrew Kitchenman and Dan Bross, KTOO and KUAC, Juneau and Fairbanks
  Governor Bill Walker has ordered flags lowered to half-staff across the state in memory of former Republican State Rep. Mike Kelly of Fairbanks. Kelly, who was 74, died when
  
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• Official who created state’s pot rules to leave just as industry gets on its feet

  09-12-2016 03:55
  
  
  Cynthia Franklin has been in charge of the body now known as the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board since September 2014. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development website)The state regulator in charge of marijuana and alcohol is stepping down. Or at least, stepping aside.
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  Cynthia Franklin took over the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board in 2014, which evolved into the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office after voters approved Ballot Mea
  
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• Architect of Alaska marijuana regulations to leave as industry starts

  09-12-2016 03:55
  
  
  Cynthia Franklin has been in charge of the body now known as the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Board since September 2014. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development website)The state regulator in charge of marijuana and alcohol is stepping down. Or at least, stepping aside.
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  Cynthia Franklin took over the Alcoholic Beverages Control Board in 2014, which evolved into the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office after voters approved Ballot Mea
  
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• Problems with Mat-Su code could lead to pot shop in Talkeetna

  09-12-2016 03:26
  
  An oversight in Mat-Su Borough code could allow a marijuana store to open on Talkeetna’s Main Street without a conditional use permit from the borough. At public meetings this week, some Talkeetnans expressed their concerns and asked the Mat-Su Borough Assembly to step in.
  Since the legalization of recreational marijuana by Alaska voters in 2014, municipalities and the state have crafted regulations and tax structures for how to govern the new industry. In October, Mat-Su Borough voters re
  
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• Search continues for missing Port Alsworth plane

  09-12-2016 03:25
  
  An FAA cam at Lake Clark Pass West, at the northeast corner of Lake Clark, looking northeast. Ice fog conditions can develop quickly in this area, say local pilots, even when the weather is clear elsewhere. (Photo courtesy of FAA)A second day of search efforts continued for a plane that went missing between Port Alsworth and Anchorage on Wednesday. Four people from Port Alsworth were on board.
  The missing single engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee is owned by Lake Clark Air, but is used as a rental
  
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• With a bevy of races this month and next, Alaska dog mushers gearing up for Iditarod - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 03:19
  
  With a bevy of races this month and next, Alaska dog mushers gearing up for Iditarod
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  DONNELLY FLATS — The first dog race of the season has come and gone already. Alpine Creek Lodge, at Mile 68 of the Denali Highway, hosted its Excursion race Saturday. The race is an informal event that allows teams to time themselves at the Cantwell ...and more »
  
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• Former Fairbanks state Rep. Mike Kelly dies in plane crash

  09-12-2016 03:09
  
  Former state Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks, on Dec. 21, 2010. Kelly died Dec. 7, 2016, as a solo pilot in a plane crash 17 miles southeast of Fairbanks. (Creative Commons photo by James Brooks)UPDATE: 12:30 p.m. by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
  Governor Bill Walker has ordered flags lowered to half-staff across the state in memory of former Republican State Rep. Mike Kelly of Fairbanks. Kelly, who was 74, died when his plane crashed south of Fairbanks on Wednesday. Kelly grew up in
  
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• Census Bureau adds areas, languages to be translated for Alaska elections

  09-12-2016 03:03
  
  Yup’ik and English ”I Voted” stickers from Bethel’s municipal election. Photo courtesy of Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK.More people who speak Alaska Native languages but who have limited English proficiency will receive translated sample ballots and other election material. That’s due to changes the U.S. Census Bureau announced on Monday.
  The Census Bureau expanded the number of areas and languages eligible for election material translation.
  Indra Arriaga, who manages
  
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• Energy bill fails; Murkowski blames House

  09-12-2016 02:52
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinIt was two years in the making, but it seems Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy bill is now dead.
  The office of House Speaker Paul Ryan announced Wednesday there was no time left to pass an energy bill, according to the publication “The Hill.”
  Murkowski took to the Senate floor today to refute that. She said there was time, but House leaders didn’t want to reach an agreement. Months of negotiations over the sprawling bill were nearly successful, she said
  
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• ‘Most wanted’ child pornographer apprehended by Fairbanks Airport police

  09-12-2016 02:51
  
  On Monday morning, Fairbanks International Airport Police Officers arrested 40-year-old Kevin Trask, who had been on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s most wanted list, and was evading police since 2012.
  (Photo courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)Trask was wanted for distributing child pornography. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prior to his arrest in Fairbanks, he was last seen in San Diego. Police initially stopped Trask for a traffic viol
  
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• Congress adds soldiers, removes pressure for JBER cut

  09-12-2016 02:48
  
  Jump packs at JBER. (File photo: Zachariah Hughes)President-elect Donald Trump has called for a much bigger military, and Congress took a step in that direction today.
  The U.S. Senate has passed the annual defense authorization bill, which has now cleared both houses of Congress by veto-proof majorities.
  The bottom line for the bill is $619 billion. That’s about $3 billion more than in President Obama’s budget. Service members will see their pay go up 2.1 percent. The incre
  
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• Iran races to clinch oil deals before Trump takes office - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-12-2016 01:56
  
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  Iran races to clinch oil deals before Trump takes office
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  TEHRAN, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani of Iran is racing to sign as many oil deals with Western companies as he can before hard-liners at home and President-elect Donald Trump have a chance to return the Mideast country to cultural and economic ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office director resigns - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  09-12-2016 01:36
  
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  Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office director resigns
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  FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2016 file photo, Alaska Marijuana Control Office Director Cynthia Franklin, left, listens as the agency's chief enforcement officer, James Hoelscher, testifies before the Alaska Marijuana Control Board during a meeting in ...and more »
  
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• TBA Theatre’s Miracle on 34th Street

  09-12-2016 00:10
  
  TBA’s Miracle on 34th StreetTBA Theatre’s holiday offering this year is the stage adaptation of the classic film about Santa Clause (a.k.a. Kris Kringle) being put on trial, Miracle on 34th Street. Join actors Morgan Mitchell and Ivan Taylor as they drop by Stage Talk this week to tell us all about it. Miracle on 34th Street opens December 9th and runs through the 18th at Alaska Pacific University’s Grant Hall Theatre.
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• Alaska just passed automatic voter registration at the ballot box. A ton of other states can, too. - Daily Kos

  09-12-2016 00:03
  
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  Alaska just passed automatic voter registration at the ballot box. A ton of other states can, too.
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  Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... Sign the petition to U.S. Senators: Block all Trump appointees. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed white supremacist ...and more »
  
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