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• Alaska military historian John Cloe dead at 78 - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-12-2016 16:32
  
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  Alaska military historian John Cloe dead at 78
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  John Haile Cloe, whose encyclopedic knowledge of the military history of Alaska made him the leading expert on World War II in the territory, died at his Anchorage home on Dec. 26. He was 78 years old. Born in Virginia on May 11, 1938, Cloe was a ...
  
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• What the Virgin/Alaska Air Merger Means for Delta Air Lines Fliers - Condé Nast Traveler

  29-12-2016 15:49
  
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  What the Virgin/Alaska Air Merger Means for Delta Air Lines Fliers
  Condé Nast Traveler
  As Alaska Airlines gets down to finalizing its merger with Virgin America, some changes are hitting travelers close to home: in their mileage accounts. While not unexpected, the news that Alaska and Delta Air Lines will all but sever their longstanding ...
  Delta, Boeing agree to cancel 787-8 order placed in 2005 by Northwest Airlines | Delta News HubDelta News Hub
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• Kerry rebukes Israel, calling settlements a threat to peace - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-12-2016 07:43
  
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  Kerry rebukes Israel, calling settlements a threat to peace
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  FILE — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, September 23, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz. WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ...and more »
  
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• A Powerful Winter Storm Crosses Alaska - KTUU.com

  29-12-2016 06:23
  
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  A Powerful Winter Storm Crosses Alaska
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  Ee had to show you this moose video one of our ktuu photojournalists captured took video of yesterday. There were a number of moose on 12th and N street, nibbling on branches. some were walking in the road and on the sidewalk. And then there was this ...
  Massive Snow Storm Heads Toward Interior AlaskaTVTV
  Storm to unleash up to a foot of snow, strong winds in New EnglandAccuWeather.comall 162 news articles »
  
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• Alaska, Reliant on Air Transit, Faces Pilot Shortage. Are Drones an ... - New York Times

  29-12-2016 06:00
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  Alaska, Reliant on Air Transit, Faces Pilot Shortage. Are Drones an ...
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  Matt Gallagher, a pilot for Warbelow's Air, cleaning snow off a plane in subzero temperatures in Fairbanks. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times.
  In Alaska, a shortage of pilots to connect many far-flung dots ...Houston Chronicleall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska, Reliant on Air Transit, Faces Pilot Shortage. Are Drones an Answer?

  29-12-2016 06:00 via nytimes.com
  A wave of baby boomer retirements and the growth of aviation in Asia have led to a void that is rippling across the state with gale force.
  
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• Putin is no friend of the United States - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-12-2016 05:58
  
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  Putin is no friend of the United States
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  Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his annual state of the nation address at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1. (Maxim Shemetov / Reuters). WASHINGTON — "Spare us the kissy-face." It was June 2001 and I was covering ...and more »
  
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• The year in review: 2016, a new era in Alaska Politics - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  29-12-2016 05:26
  
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  The year in review: 2016, a new era in Alaska Politics
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  This was a year of firsts and the start of a new era in Alaska politics. Low oil prices lead to discussions that will shape the path of our state moving forward. Alaska faced its biggest financial challenge since statehood, with a multi-billion dollar ...
  Alaska union files grievance over Walker's budget planKTUU.com
  Research & Commentary: Dramatic Gas Tax Hike Won't Help Alaska
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016

  29-12-2016 03:42
  
  
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  Cuts to state jobs prompt union outcry
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  In a class action grievance filed Tuesday, the Alaska State Employees Association says the governor overlooked a crucial detail in its contract agreement.
  State delays renewal of Pebble land use permit
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• Western Alaska gets special monthlong moose hunt - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-12-2016 03:35
  
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  Western Alaska gets special monthlong moose hunt
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  Due to a healthy moose population in Western Alaska near Dillingham, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will open a special 31-day winter hunt on Friday. The bag limit will be two moose in Game Management Unit 17A, and hunters who have already ...
  
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• Cuts to state jobs prompt union outcry

  29-12-2016 02:58
  
  
  The largest state employees’ union isn’t happy with some of the cuts in Gov. Bill Walker’s budget. In a class action grievance filed Tuesday, the Alaska State Employees Association said the governor overlooked a crucial detail in its contract agreement  — that could wind up costing the state more.
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  Jim Duncan, the Executive Director of Alaska State Employees Association, said he’s received worried calls from union members — particularly those wh
  
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• State delays renewal of Pebble land use permit

  29-12-2016 02:25
  
  Easterly view of rehabilitated area in the vicinity of a borehole in the Pebble claims, as inspected by state regulators in July 2016.(Image courtesy Alaska DNR)Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources has delayed renewing a two year land use permit for the Pebble Limited Partnership to give state regulators more time to review an “extensive” number of public comments.
  The state-issued miscellaneous land use permit (MLUP) will allow Pebble to continue exploration activities at
  
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• Young, striking Trump-like note, reflects on 2016

  29-12-2016 02:23
  
  U.S. Rep. Don Young will start his 23rd term in January. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Alaska Congressman Don Young showed no enthusiasm for Donald Trump during the presidential campaign. But with President-elect Trump three weeks from his swearing-in, and a new Democratic minority leader in the Senate, Young is looking at the big picture and seeing the bright side.
  Speaking in his Washington office before Congress took its Christmas break, Young struck
  
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• UAF research facility device could boost use of renewable energy

  29-12-2016 02:05
  
  Alaska Center for Energy and Power research engineer Jeremy Vandermeer shows the ST100 to a visitor at ACEP’s Power Systems Integration Center on the UAF campus. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)Engineers at UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power have invented a device that should help promote greater use of renewable-energy sources such as wind and hydropower to generate electricity in small, remote communities. Center officials say development of the ST100 is an important milestone in th
  
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• Kenaitze Tribe launches joint-jurisdiction court - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-12-2016 01:28
  
  Kenaitze Tribe launches joint-jurisdiction court
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  Kenaitze Chief Judge, Kimberley Sweet standing with the seal of her tribe and flags at the tribal court in Kenai. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KBBI). Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai is partnering with the State of Alaska to develop the state's first joint ...and more »
  
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• Kenaitze Tribe launches joint-jurisdiction court

  29-12-2016 01:27
  
  
  Kenaitze Chief Judge, Kimberley Sweet standing with the seal of her tribe and flags at the tribal court in Kenai. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KBBI)Kenaitze Indian Tribe in Kenai is partnering with the State of Alaska to develop the state’s first joint-jurisdiction therapeutic court. Proponents say it’s a step towards better support for community members — both Native and non-Native — who are struggling with substance abuse and the legal system.
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• Naknek augments power supply with new solar array - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-12-2016 01:15
  
  Naknek augments power supply with new solar array
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  In the search for cheap, renewable sources of energy to power rural Alaska, solar seems to have rarely gotten a look. Ample rivers, waterfalls and wind spin electricity generating turbines, but power from the sun? The Alaska Energy Authority said ...
  
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• Naknek augments power supply with new solar array

  29-12-2016 01:10
  
  A solar panel in Dillingham (Photo by Dave Bendinger, KDLG – Dillingham)In the search for cheap, renewable sources of energy to power rural Alaska, solar seems to have rarely gotten a look. Ample rivers, waterfalls and wind spin electricity generating turbines, but power from the sun? The Alaska Energy Authority said, “Alaska’s high latitude presents the challenge of having minimal solar energy during long winter months when the energy demand is the greatest.” But so
  
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• Juneau’s cruise ship head tax spending pitches due next week

  29-12-2016 01:10
  
  Three cruise ships dock in downtown Juneau July 14, at the height of the tourist season. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News)Proposals to spend Juneau’s cruise ship passenger fees are due January 2, and so far, the city hasn’t received many pitches.
  The city charges a $5 per passenger tax on large vessels that stop in Juneau. With about a million cruise ship passengers a year, it generates about $5 million. Under federal law, that money can only be spent on projects and program
  
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• Capital City Fire/Rescue got hit with hundreds more calls in 2016

  29-12-2016 01:07
  
  Capital City Fire/Rescue Assistant Chief Tod Chambers in the apparatus bay of the Juneau Fire Station in downtown on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)At the Juneau Fire Station downtown on Dec. 24, Assistant Chief Tod Chambers politely agreed to show and tell. Chambers said the station was minimally staffed; two people for the fire engine, two for an ambulance.
  “So if we were staffed to meet the national standards, we could get by with two on the ambulance, we’d ha
  
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