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• Fire destroys building at Ice Alaska park in Fairbanks - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-12-2016 23:05
  
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  Fire destroys building at Ice Alaska park in Fairbanks - Alaska ...
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  A large Fairbanks building was destroyed by an hourslong fire Friday morning, drawing dozens of firefighters but no reports of any injuries. University Fire ...
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  Fire burns main structure at Alaska ice carving park in Fairbanks ...KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
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• A conversation with Chief Justice Craig Stowers

  16-12-2016 23:00
  
  Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska welcomes Chief Justice Craig Stowers to Alaska Public Media’s studios.
  First, a brief biography: Stowers is the 18th and current Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2009 by Governor Sean Parnell.
  Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Craig Stowers (From alaska.gov website)He was born in Daytona Beach, Fl and raised in Virginia. He took his bachelor’s degree in biology and worked as a ranger in the National Park Service, includ
  
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• Photos: Holiday lights brighten winter darkness on Alaska's Arctic coast - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-12-2016 22:27
  
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  Photos: Holiday lights brighten winter darkness on Alaska's Arctic coast
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  A home along Laura Madison Street stands out with candy-cane lights. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Strings of lights and Christmas decorations adorn many homes and streets in Utqiaġvik, adding a sparkle to the darkest time of year in this ...
  
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• Alaska unemployment rate at 6.8 percent last month - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  16-12-2016 21:50
  
  Alaska unemployment rate at 6.8 percent last month
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  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's unemployment rate for November stood at 6.8 percent. State and federal labor statistics ...and more »
  
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• Active weather pattern continues across much of Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  16-12-2016 21:48
  
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  Active weather pattern continues across much of Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The stagnant weather pattern keeping much of Alaska clear, cold and dry this past week has ended. Storms will track through the Aleutians into Southcentral and down to Southeast about every 24 to 48 hours over the next week. The first front in this ...
  
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• Organ Donation- The Gift of Life

  16-12-2016 21:00
  
  Photo: Flickr, Karol FranksEight days ago, at 3:17 PM, 30 year old Anchorage resident, Jonathan Gilbert was pronounced Brain Dead after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. After two days of searching for compatible recipients, a specially trained team of surgeons took him to the operating room to harvest his organs for donation. Later that night Jonathan’s Heart, Kidneys, and Liver were transplanted into waiting recipients in Washington. Jonathan’s tragic death, along with his her
  
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• Parents of Alaska Teen Allegedly Killed for Smoking Friend's 'Weed' Face Alleged Killers in Court - PEOPLE.com

  16-12-2016 20:32
  
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  Parents of Alaska Teen Allegedly Killed for Smoking Friend's 'Weed' Face Alleged Killers in Court
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  The parents of David Grunwald, the Alaska teenager allegedly kidnapped and killed by friends after smoking the “weed” belonging to one, came face to face with his alleged killers in court earlier this week. On Tuesday, four of the five suspects ...and more »
  
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• Fracking in Alaska: Who should weigh in?

  16-12-2016 20:32
  
  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)The state agency that oversees oil and gas drilling held a hearing Thursday, Dec. 15 on whether more public input is needed when a company want
  
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• Want to escape the cold in Boston? Try Alaska - The Boston Globe

  16-12-2016 19:21
  
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  Want to escape the cold in Boston? Try Alaska
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  It was warmer in parts of Alaska Friday than it was in Boston. As of 11 a.m., it was 10 degrees at Logan International Airport in Boston. At the same time, according to the National Weather Service, it was 22 degrees at Ted Stevens Anchorage ...
  
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• Alaska And Virgin America Finalize Merger And Launch A Special Commemorative Aircraft - Forbes

  16-12-2016 14:00
  
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  Alaska And Virgin America Finalize Merger And Launch A Special Commemorative Aircraft
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  Virgin America's acquisition by Alaska Air Group finally wrapped up this week and to celebrate, the airlines launched a new aircraft with combined branding. Unveiled at a joint team celebration in San Francisco International airport this Wednesday, the ...
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• Former Alaska businessman faces charges for distributing $1B in Iranian funds - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-12-2016 04:24
  
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  Former Alaska businessman faces charges for distributing $1B in Iranian funds
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  A businessman with longtime ties to Alaska has been charged in federal court for his alleged role in illegally distributing $1 billion in Iranian funds to countries worldwide. The federal indictment comes several months after prosecutors finalized a ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016

  16-12-2016 04:03
  
  
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  Governor Walker’s proposed budget leaves gap of almost $900 million
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Walker’s proposed spending plan totals $10 billion for the coming year, but much of that is federal funding. The budget includes $4.3 billion for the part of the budget directly controlled by t
  
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• Assembly member flooded with threatening messages since controversy

  16-12-2016 03:52
  
  
  Amy Demboski surrounded by supporters after the 2015 mayoral election. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)It’s been a little over a week since an article posted to Facebook by Anchorage Assembly member Amy Demboski spilled into a controversy during a public meeting. In a written op-ed and over the air during the conservative talk-radio show she hosts, Demboski has denied she owes an apology to an Alaska resident implicated as being part of a militant Islam
  
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• Former Anchorage man indicted in Iranian money laundering scheme

  16-12-2016 03:37
  
  
  (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Justice)An indictment in a bizarre international money laundering scheme was released from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Anchorage today. $1 billion that was being held in Seoul South Korea, was spirited out of the country through a scheme perpetrated by a former Anchorage man. Assistant U.S. attorney Steve Strocki prosecuted the case.
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  Strocki said former Anchorage resident Kenneth Zong, created a scheme to assist several Iranian nationals and ban
  
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• Governor Walker’s proposed budget leaves gap of almost $900 million

  16-12-2016 03:36
  
  
  Gov. Bill Walker at a press availability, January 28, 2016.Walker’s proposed spending plan totals $10 billion for the coming year, but much of that is federal funding. The spending plan includes $4.3 billion for the part of the budget directly controlled by the Legislature.
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  The amount of money raised through taxes and fees is projected to increase by $177.4 million. But that still leaves a large gap that Walker would like to close. State Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbec
  
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• Walker abandons Juneau Access Road

  16-12-2016 03:35
  
  
  The end of the proposed Juneau Access Road. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh)On Thursday, Dec. 15, citing the state’s multi-billion dollar financial crisis, Gov. Bill Walker announced that the state is no longer backing construction of the Juneau Access Improvements Project.
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  The extension has been a perennially divisive issue for Juneau, Haines and Skagway.
  For years, state transportation officials backed an extension of the road along Lynn Canal about 50 miles north, that would
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Is that ice fog or freezing fog?

  16-12-2016 03:22
  
  Ice fog is made up of tiny ice crystals that form when it’s at least -30 degrees Fahrenheit. In urban areas, the crystals often form around pollution particles from vehicle emissions or wood smoke. (Photo by Joseph Hall)Anchorage residents have been waking up to fog most days recently. But do the cold temperatures that go along with it make it technically “ice fog”?
  To answer that question, we spoke with Brian Brettschneider, a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alas
  
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• Northern highlights: First retail pot store opens in Anchorage, and first customer is 81-year-old woman - The Cannabist

  16-12-2016 02:33
  
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  Northern highlights: First retail pot store opens in Anchorage, and first customer is 81-year-old woman
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  Owner Bryant Thorp set the opening for high noon at Arctic Herbery, a small nondescript shop in a busy industrial and residential area of midtown Anchorage. Pictured: Pot shoppers make a late night purchase at Emerald Fields, which is open till ...
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• UAA Music and Anchorage Opera team up again

  16-12-2016 02:16
  
  The cast of Dr. Miracle. Photo by O’Hara ShipeUAA Department of Music and Anchorage Opera have teamed up again under the leadership of Associate Professor Mari Hahn to present two one-act operas, Savitri by Gustav Holst and Dr. Miracle by Georges Bizet, both performing Friday, 12/16 through Sunday 12/18 in the UAA Fine Arts Building Recital Hall. Hahn, who rewrote both librettos and who directed both productions brings two of the performers, Linda Porter and Zaide Manzano to Stage Talk tod
  
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• Alaska's presidential electors set to vote Trump despite intense lobbying - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-12-2016 01:27
  
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  Alaska's presidential electors set to vote Trump despite intense lobbying
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  For three Alaskans, this year's endless presidential election still isn't over — and neither is the advocacy on behalf of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Former Gov. Sean Parnell has been screening dozens of out-of-state calls to his cellphone and ...
  
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• Lawmakers call for audit of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation

  16-12-2016 00:39
  
  Rep. Mike Hawker, Chair of the Legislative Budget & Audit Committee, on Feb. 12, 2015. Hawker and fellow Anchorage Republican Cathy Giessel asked the committee to audit the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation which Hawker helped form. (Photo: Skip Gray – 360 North)The state corporation charged with taking over the massive Alaska LNG project is going to have its finances scrutinized. The legislators who called for the investigation say they want to know what the corporation has done
  
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