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• Anchorage police arrest man charged in Point Woronzof double ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-12-2016 22:07
  
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  Anchorage police arrest man charged in Point Woronzof double ...
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  Anchorage police early Saturday arrested the 21-year-old man charged with murder in the nearly year-old Point Woronzof double homicide case, authorities ...and more »
  
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• Alaska often its own worst enemy on gas - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-12-2016 11:07
  
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  Alaska often its own worst enemy on gas
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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. Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, was right when he said that Alaska sometimes is its own worst enemy in developing the ...
  Alaska Supreme Court rules on fight over oil production taxesKTUU.com
  State wins case against oil companies worth an estimated $500 millionAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska Aces extend road point streak, but lose 3 leads and yet another shootout - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-12-2016 07:35
  
  Alaska Aces extend road point streak, but lose 3 leads and yet another shootout
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  Despite owning three leads and enjoying a 3-on-0 rush in overtime Friday night, the Aces went to a shootout against the Missouri Mavericks, and that's never been a good thing for them this ECHL season. Missouri's Kyle Schempp delivered the only goal of ...and more »
  
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• Live stream set for Blom memorial in Alaska - Bryan-College Station Eagle

  17-12-2016 07:16
  
  Live stream set for Blom memorial in Alaska
  Bryan-College Station Eagle
  Grace Bible Church leaders have set a time for local friends of the Blom family to view the live stream of the family's memorial services in Alaska. Scott Blom and his two youngest children, Kaitlyn and Zach, are believed to have died in an Alaskan ...and more »
  
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• Troopers: Two believed dead in plane crash near Aniak - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-12-2016 04:47
  
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  Troopers: Two believed dead in plane crash near Aniak
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  Alaska State Troopers are reporting a plane crash near Aniak that possibly killed two people aboard a PA-11 Piper. Troopers based in Aniak were notified of the plane crash at Marvel Dome at 1:25 p.m. on Friday, according to a dispatch posted online ...and more »
  
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• University of Alaska again searching for permanent Fairbanks chancellor - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-12-2016 04:38
  
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  University of Alaska again searching for permanent Fairbanks chancellor
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  UA President Jim Johnsen announced in a statement last week that the university would start advertising for the job opening in January, with the plan to name a new chancellor before July 1, 2017. He said the statewide system would form a search ...
  
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• DATA VIZ: Alaska's adjusted November unemployment rate is at 6.8 percent - KTUU.com

  17-12-2016 03:34
  
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  DATA VIZ: Alaska's adjusted November unemployment rate is at 6.8 percent
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  According to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the state's adjusted unemployment rate was at 6.8 percent, in November. This rate is 2.2 percent higher than the national rate, which was at 4.6 percent. Alaska's unadjusted ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Dec. 16, 2016

  17-12-2016 02:49
  
  
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  Why Trump’s pick for Interior wants land to stay federalLiz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  No federal appointee has as much control over Alaska as the secretary of the Interior , the person in charge of all National parks and preserves, BLM land and federal refuges. President-elect Do
  
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• Why Trump's pick for Interior wants land to stay federal - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-12-2016 02:47
  
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  Why Trump's pick for Interior wants land to stay federal
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  No federal appointee has as much control over Alaska as the secretary of the Interior , the person in charge of all National parks and preserves, BLM land and federal refuges. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Interior secretary is Congressman ...
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• Why Trump’s pick for Interior wants land to stay federal

  17-12-2016 02:43
  
  
  Rep. Ryan Zinke, President-elect Trump’s pick for Interior secretary. Photo: Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0No federal appointee has as much control over Alaska as the secretary of the Interior , the person in charge of all National parks and preserves, BLM land and federal refuges. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Interior secretary is Congressman Ryan Zinke, R-Montana. Alaska’s congressional delegation likes a lot of what he stands for. There’s just one big exception.
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• Former Alaska House press secretary convicted of disorderly conduct; assault charges dropped - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-12-2016 01:47
  
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  Former Alaska House press secretary convicted of disorderly conduct; assault charges dropped
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  The former Alaska House spokesman charged with assaulting his girlfriend earlier this year was convicted of a lesser crime of disorderly conduct Thursday, after accepting a plea deal from prosecutors. Will Vandergriff, 38, received a misdemeanor ...
  
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• Alaska wildfires linked to climate change - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-12-2016 01:45
  
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  Alaska wildfires linked to climate change
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  Flames from the Funny River Wildfire flare up on May 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire started unusually early in the season and burned nearly 200,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion). 2015 was a ...and more »
  
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• Alaska wildfires linked to climate change | Alaska Public Media - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-12-2016 01:45
  
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  Alaska wildfires linked to climate change | Alaska Public Media
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  Flames from the Funny River Wildfire flare up on May 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire started unusually early in the season and burned nearly 200,000 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska wildfires linked to climate change

  17-12-2016 01:45
  
  Flames from the Funny River Wildfire flare up on May 24, 2016 in Soldotna, Alaska. The wildfire started unusually early in the season and burned nearly 200,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion)2015 was a headline grabbing year for extreme weather events. Massive floods, extreme drought and low snowpack were seen around the globe. In Alaska, wildfires scorched over 5 million acres of land. Now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
  
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• Judge in Alaska tosses lawsuit against electors - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  17-12-2016 01:22
  
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  Judge in Alaska tosses lawsuit against electors
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A federal judge in Alaska has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a Hillary Clinton supporter seeking to prevent the state's three electoral college voters from casting votes for President-elect Donald Trump. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess said ...and more »
  
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• AK: Praising La Señora de Guadalupe in Anchorage

  17-12-2016 01:05
  
  
  Aztec dancers whirled, while drums beat and a guitar-backed chorus sang Spanish hymns in praise of La Senora de Guadalupe. The pre-dawn celebration honors Mexico’s patron saint, and even in frozen Alaska, the tradition warms up a December morning.
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  Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Anchorage at La Señora de Guadalupe cathedral. (Photo by Ellen Lockyer – Alaska Public Media)It’s 4 a.m. on December 12, a day which is important to Mexicans around the world. It&rs
  
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• Judge dismisses lawsuit to block Alaska electors from voting for Trump - KTUU.com

  17-12-2016 01:04
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  Judge dismisses lawsuit to block Alaska electors from voting for Trump
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  A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a Hillary Clinton supporter who sued Alaska's three members of the Electoral College. U.S. District court Judge Timothy Burgess granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. In its motion, the Attorney General and ...
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• 49 Voices: Sophie Leshan of Anchorage

  17-12-2016 01:04
  
  
  This week we’re hearing from Sophie Leshan in Anchorage. Leshan is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and moved to Anchorage in 2013. She will be the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Fall commencement speaker on Sunday.
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  Sophie Leshan of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)LESHAN: It wasn’t something I planned on. I actually only anticipated being in Anchorage for about a semester before I, kind of, applied to other schools. But I
  
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• Revisiting Community Skating

  17-12-2016 01:00
  
  Paul Wheeler of Haines (brewer and owner of Haines Brewing Co., our town’s microbrewery) skating on Chilkoot Lake. Wheeler is a longtime volunteer who maintains an outdoor skating rink in the old horse arena at the Southeast Alaska State Fair fairgrounds.Here’s an Alaska moment. It’s a weekend afternoon, you’ve been stuck indoors all day, you see that beautiful winter light in the sky, and you say, ‘let’s go skating.’ Half an hour later, you’re gli
  
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• ANILCA

  17-12-2016 01:00
  
  The national parks and refuges we enjoy today as outdoors people weren’t always destined to be conserved for these purposes. After Alaska became a state, the map was open as to which lands would be owned by Alaska Natives, the state government, or private owners. On the next show, we’ll look back into history, to the 1970s, to find out how it happened, as some lovers of Alaska’s wild places sat down with maps and drew lines that became the largest single conservation action in
  
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• Anchorage's 2nd pot shop, Alaska Fireweed, set to open Saturday - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  17-12-2016 00:54
  
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  Anchorage's 2nd pot shop, Alaska Fireweed, set to open Saturday
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Anchorage's first retail marijuana store opened its doors Thursday. Alaska's largest city's second pot shop, Alaska Fireweed, is planning to open this Saturday, just 48 hours after the first store, Arctic Herbery. General manager Will Ingram said, when ...and more »
  
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