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• 2 Alaska Airlines flights hit by lightning in Alaska - KTUU.com

  20-12-2016 23:01
  
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  2 Alaska Airlines flights hit by lightning in Alaska
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Two Alaska Airlines flights were struck by lightning Monday, causing them to be removed from service so they could be inspected for any damage. The Juneau Empire reports the first strike occurred as a plane from Juneau prepared to ...
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• Obama ‘indefinitely’ bars drilling in Arctic waters

  20-12-2016 22:05
  
  Map of the Arctic withdrawal area.(Graphic courtesy of Bureau of Ocean EnergyUpdated 3:50 p.m.
  President Obama today (Dec. 20) put nearly all waters in the U.S. Arctic off-limits for future oil and gas drilling. The White House announced the decision in conjunction with a similar statement from the Canadian government covering its Arctic waters.
  The President used a rarely deployed power in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to remove areas from leasing consideration for an indefini
  
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• Obama blocks Chukchi, most Beaufort oil and gas development

  20-12-2016 22:05
  
  Map of the Arctic withdrawal area.(Graphic courtesy of Bureau of Ocean EnergyPresident Obama has issued an order blocking future oil and gas development in the entire Chukchi Sea and nearly all of the Beaufort. Obama deployed a rarely-used provision of the offshore leasing law, known as 12-A. It allows a president to remove ocean areas from leasing consideration. The White House said the withdrawals do not reverse rights of current lease holders. The announcement was made in conjunction with Can
  
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• The Climate Refugees of the Arctic

  20-12-2016 09:21 via nytimes.com
  Polar bears have been left stranded on land desperately seeking other things to eat.
  
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• Feds launches new satellite technology to map remote corners of Alaska - KTUU.com

  20-12-2016 07:50
  
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  Feds launches new satellite technology to map remote corners of Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) New satellite technology is promising to revolutionize how the government maps Alaska's vast untouched wilderness. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the feds are switching over to utilize satellite mapping technology to ...
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• Feds launch new satellite technology to map remote corners of Alaska - KTUU.com

  20-12-2016 07:50
  
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  Feds launch new satellite technology to map remote corners of Alaska
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) New satellite technology is promising to revolutionize how the government maps Alaska's vast untouched wilderness. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the feds are switching over to utilize satellite mapping technology to ...and more »
  
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• The private Alaska Pacific University plans to transform into tribal college - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 07:14
  
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  The private Alaska Pacific University plans to transform into tribal college
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  Alaska Pacific University announced on Monday that it had entered into a partnership with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and would move forward with plans to transition from a small, private, liberal arts college in Anchorage to a tribal ...and more »
  
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• Two Alaska Airlines jets grounded after lightning strikes - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 06:50
  
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  Two Alaska Airlines jets grounded after lightning strikes
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  Two separate Alaska Airlines jets traveling in Southeast were struck by lightning Monday, an official said. Following the company's standard practice, both jets were taken out of service for inspections, said spokeswoman Ann Zaninovich. Lightning first ...and more »
  
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• An accelerating river of molten iron has been discovered under Alaska and Siberia - ScienceAlert

  20-12-2016 05:27
  
  An accelerating river of molten iron has been discovered under Alaska and Siberia
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  A fast-flowing river of molten iron has been found surging under Alaska and Siberia, some 3,000 km (1,864 miles) below the surface - and it appears to be speeding up. This colossal jet stream, which is estimated to be about 420 km wide (260 miles) and ...
  Molten iron river discovered speeding beneath Russia and CanadaNew Scientist
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• Walker proposes tripling gasoline tax to take a bite out of Alaska budget deficit - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 03:59
  
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  Walker proposes tripling gasoline tax to take a bite out of Alaska budget deficit
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  Alaska's gasoline taxes could triple by 2018 under a plan proposed by Gov. Bill Walker on Thursday. The gas tax hike was included as part of Walker's budget plan and follows a similar idea that the Alaska Legislature failed to vote on last session ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's senators look to overturn last-minute Obama administration regulations - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 03:48
  
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  Alaska's senators look to overturn last-minute Obama administration regulations
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska's U.S. senators are preparing to fight off last-minute regulations that the Obama administration is rolling out at the end of the president's term, including two new environmental provisions released in recent days. Late last week ...
  
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• Alaska Bites: King crab and coffee for Christmas - KTUU.com

  20-12-2016 03:44
  
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  Alaska Bites: King crab and coffee for Christmas
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) There it was, an enormous, reddish-orange beast with gangly legs up to 11 inches long. Alaskan king crab is both beautiful and coveted by seafood lovers. The best meat is in the legs. According to Alaska Fish and Game, red ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Dec. 19, 2016

  20-12-2016 03:01
  
  
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  Alaska’s three electors vote for Trump with little incident
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  Alaska’s three Electoral College members have cast their ballots for Donald Trump and Mike Pence for president and vice president of United States of America.
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• Alaska plane crash victims identified, bodies recovered - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-12-2016 02:52
  
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  Alaska plane crash victims identified, bodies recovered
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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. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers say responders have recovered the bodies of two Aniak residents who ...
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• Obama brought attention to threatened Arctic villages, but little funding so far

  20-12-2016 02:51
  
  President Barack Obama waves goodbye to Kotzebue from the doorway of Air Force One. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)It’s been more than a year since President Barack Obama visited Alaska and became the first sitting president to travel above the Arctic Circle.
  The trip was designed to draw attention to climate change in the lead up to last year’s international conference in Paris. And the president went out of his way to highlight Alaska villages threatened by rapid erosion
  
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• Alaska's shortest day is long on family-friendly ways to celebrate it - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 02:23
  
  Alaska's shortest day is long on family-friendly ways to celebrate it
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  Ice luminaria surround a tree decorated by the West High ski team at the inaugural Solstice Tour of Trees hosted by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage was wildly popular as people skied and walked the Mize Loop at Kincaid Park on Sunday, Dec.and more »
  
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• Soldier killed in traffic accident in Alaska - ArmyTimes.com

  20-12-2016 02:07
  
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  Soldier killed in traffic accident in Alaska
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  A soldier assigned to Fort Wainwright, Alaska, died in a vehicle accident in Fairbanks on Friday, U.S. Army Pacific announced Monday afternoon. Pfc. Logan Scott Cote, 19, of Austin, Texas, was a passenger in a vehicle that went off the road and ...
  
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• State irked at feds’ new GPS survey method

  20-12-2016 02:02
  
  At statehood, Alaska was promised more than 100 million acres of land. So far, the federal government has transferred just 65 percent of it. That’s because it takes time to survey the land. At the current pace, it will take another 20 years. Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management announced it’s imposing a new surveying method to speed things up.
  But the state is not happy about it.
  The current method for surveying is hard work, and it’s expensive. Surveyors have to f
  
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• Pregnancy changes the brain for up to 2 years, researchers find - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-12-2016 01:57
  
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  Pregnancy changes the brain for up to 2 years, researchers find
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  For the first time, scientists have found evidence of specific and long-lasting changes in the brains of pregnant women. The changes were measured in brain areas that are responsible for social cognition and the ability to understand the thoughts and ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's three electors vote for Trump with little incident - Alaska Public Radio Network

  20-12-2016 01:56
  
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  Alaska's three electors vote for Trump with little incident
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  Jacqueline Tupou, Sean Parnell and Carolyn Leman sign their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump during a ceremony on Monday Jan. 19, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney- Alaska's Energy Desk). Alaska's three Electoral College ...
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• Alaska saw record-high number of suicides in 2015 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  20-12-2016 01:56
  
  Alaska saw record-high number of suicides in 2015
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  According to the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, more Alaskans killed themselves in 2015 than in any previous year since at least 1978. The bureau's numbers show 200 people died by suicide in the state, 28 more than the most recent high — set in 2013.
  
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• Alaska’s three electors vote for Trump with little incident

  20-12-2016 01:54
  
  Jacqueline Tupou, Sean Parnell and Carolyn Leman sign their Electoral College votes for Donald Trump during a ceremony on Monday Jan. 19, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney- Alaska’s Energy Desk)Alaska’s three Electoral College members have cast their ballots for Donald Trump and Mike Pence for president and vice president of United States of America.
  In a packed room at the Andrew P. Kashevaroff Building in Juneau on Monday morning, the Republican electors
  
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• Alaska saw record-high number of suicides in 2015

  20-12-2016 01:52
  
  (Creative Commons photo by Alex)According to the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, more Alaskans killed themselves in 2015 than in any previous year since at least 1978. The bureau’s numbers show 200 people died by suicide in the state, 28 more than the most recent high — set in 2013
  Experts said it’s difficult to determine the causes for the high number of suicides.
  Kate Burkhart, the executive director of the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, said inconsistent
  
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• Alutiiq language immersion school to open in Kodiak

  20-12-2016 01:13
  
  An Alutiiq language immersion preschool will open next month.
  Teacher Michael Bach said he and his colleagues will lead classes in Alutiiq, and it’ll be much like any other preschool.
  “You know, preschoolers don’t really learn about English,” Bach said. “Like a preschooler doesn’t walk into preschool and teachers say ‘this is a preposition and this is a proverbial phrase.’ We won’t be doing that. We’ll just be playing, essentially, in A
  
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• Movers and Shakers for Dec. 18 - Alaskajournal.com

  20-12-2016 00:57
  Movers and Shakers for Dec. 18
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  Jim Jeffords Jr. assumed responsibility as chief of the Engineering, Construction and Operations Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District in August. In his new position, Jeffords oversees the organization's engineering ...
  
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• Man sentenced in attacks in Alaska's Iditarod race - Thegardenisland.com

  20-12-2016 00:01
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  Man sentenced in attacks in Alaska's Iditarod race
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  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A 27-year-old man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to charges connected with a snowmobile attack on two mushers competing in Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ...
  Man gets jail time, fine for snowmachine attack on Iditarod teamsAlaska Dispatch News
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