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• Savoonga seeks state aid after storms damage homes - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 23:12
  
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  Savoonga seeks state aid after storms damage homes
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  State officials say about 30 homes in Savoonga, on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, were damaged, including lost roofs, during a pair of winter storms that swept through Western Alaska during the final week of 2016. (Courtesy City of Savoonga via ...and more »
  
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• Change of Pace: Stories of Setting Out, Expanding Horizons, and Breaking Barriers

  04-01-2017 22:18
  
  
  Arctic Entries this month brings you Change of Pace: Stories of Setting Out, Expanding Horizons, and Breaking Barriers. In the spirit of This American Life, The Moth, and other storytelling events, Arctic Entries brings Alaskans to the stage to share their personal stories: funny, sad and sweet. At every performance, people tell a seven-minute long true story about themselves relating to the show’s theme. Local musicians perform a few songs as well. Proceeds m
  
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• Scientists: Ash Cloud From Alaska Volcano Has Dissipated - ABC News

  04-01-2017 21:25
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  Scientists: Ash Cloud From Alaska Volcano Has Dissipated
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  Scientists say an ash cloud from a remote Alaska volcano that might have gone more than 6 miles into the atmosphere has dissipated after it was tracked north over the Bering Sea. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest aviation ...
  Volcano in Alaska island chain erupts again _ brieflyFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 11 news articles »
  
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• Driver critically hurt in fiery Valley collision - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 20:53
  
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  Driver critically hurt in fiery Valley collision
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  One of two people involved in a collision on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway early Wednesday was trapped and gravely injured, according to Alaska State Troopers and responding medics. The two-vehicle collision, in front of Diversified Tire near North ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Delegation begins work as 115th Congress kicks off - KTUU.com

  04-01-2017 20:51
  
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  Alaska Delegation begins work as 115th Congress kicks off
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  Washington, D.C. (KTUU) The 115th Congress of the United States had its first day Tuesday, and already Alaska's lawmakers are getting to work. Sen. Lisa Murkowski took the oath of office from Vice President Joe Biden. Murkowski handily won re-election ...
  Young, Murkowski swear in, move up amid Congressional pompAlaska Public Radio Networkall 5 news articles »
  
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• Charleston church shooter: 'There's nothing wrong with me psychologically' - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 18:57
  
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  Charleston church shooter: 'There's nothing wrong with me psychologically'
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  Dylann Storm Roof appears by closed-circuit television at his bond hearing in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. June 19, 2015 in a still image from video. REUTERS/POOL/File. CHARLESTON, S.C. — Six weeks after he shot and killed nine people at a ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Faces Up to $5.5 Billion in Climate Damage by 2100 ... - Scientific American

  04-01-2017 18:04
  
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  Alaska Faces Up to $5.5 Billion in Climate Damage by 2100 ...
  Scientific American
  Spending money to adapt will likely be a good investment in Alaska and other states facing sea-level rise and shifting precipitation patterns.
  Putting a dollar sign on the damage Alaska faces due to climate ...Ars Technicaall 2 news articles »
  
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• Missing Fairbanks man found dead in snow berm - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 16:12
  
  Missing Fairbanks man found dead in snow berm
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  A Fairbanks man missing since Sunday has been found dead, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said in a Tuesday dispatch that 23-year-old Ryan Zesiger was reported missing at about 9:30 a.m. Monday. He was last seen Sunday at a home near ...and more »
  
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• Getting Around by Rail, Sail or Foot

  04-01-2017 16:10 via nytimes.com
  New transit alternatives will abound in 2017.
  
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• Seasonal Denali worker outlines Alaska life in adult coloring book - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  04-01-2017 10:05
  
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  Seasonal Denali worker outlines Alaska life in adult coloring book
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  Community editor and columnist Kris Capps is a longtime resident of Fairbanks and Denali Park. Contact her at [email protected], in the office at 459-7546 or by cell at 322-6334. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMKris. Follow Kris Capps. Close ...
  
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• Reflecting on why I love Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  04-01-2017 10:05
  
  Reflecting on why I love Alaska
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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. News-Miner Community Perspective: Gov. Bill Walker issued a proclamation designating 2017 as a “Year of History and ...
  
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• Happy Birthday Alaska, state is 58 today - KTUU.com

  04-01-2017 09:03
  
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  Happy Birthday Alaska, state is 58 today
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  Anchorage, KTUU Alaska became the 49th state in the Union 58 years ago today. “Essentially January 3rd of 1959 was our birthday,” said member of the Alaska Constitutional Convention and former state senator Vic Fischer. It was six months before that on ...
  Alaska has seen many changes in 58 years of statehoodMat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  Alaska celebrates 58th year as a stateAlaska Public Radio Networkall 3 news articles&n
  
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• Pebble mine developer and EPA want to put lawsuit on hold - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 07:01
  
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  Pebble mine developer and EPA want to put lawsuit on hold
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  The developer of the proposed Pebble gold and copper mine and the federal agency seeking to block it are asking a federal judge to halt their court battle over the project until March. Both sides say they want the court case to be put on hold so that ...and more »
  
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• Intensive game management has worked well for Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 06:00
  
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  Intensive game management has worked well for Alaska
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  The Western Arctic Caribou Herd as seen from the sky in 2011. (Jim Dau / Alaska Department of Fish and Game). "Has intensive management 'worked?' " The question appeared in a recent Alaska Dispatch News opinion piece concerning predator control in ...
  
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• Anchorage to get crowd-sourced five-year economic plan

  04-01-2017 04:19
  
  
  On Tuesday, an economic development group in Anchorage launched a new survey to crowdsource how residents think the local economy should grow in the next five years.
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  The survey is the first step in what’s known as a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, or CEDS, according to Pamela Kauveiyakul, the Business and Economic Development Director for the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation.
  “We’re asking people very directly, ‘What do you think makes An
  
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• TAPS kicks off 40th year with a little more oil than expected

  04-01-2017 04:11
  
  
  The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System’s Pump Station 3. 2016 saw the first increase in production since 2002. (Photo courtesy Alyeska Pipeline Service Company)For the first time in over a decade, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System announced a year-over-year increase in the amount of oil moving through the pipeline.
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  Last year, according to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, the pipeline moved about 517,500 barrels per day. That’s a 1.8 percent increase from 2015
  
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• Physics for Rockstars

  04-01-2017 04:07
  
  
  Understanding physics may seem daunting, but mechanical engineer, writer and musician Christine McKinley wants you to know, its all just chaos and it should be fun. The former Anchorage resident and author of Physics for Rock Stars, will be back in her childhood city for a Science Pub at the Tap Root Public House on Sunday, Jan. 8th.
  McKinley acknowledges that in the past, there has been an educational bias against girls in science, engineering and math career paths, but she told APRN’s Lo
  
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• Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk – Anchorage - Alaska Public Radio Network

  04-01-2017 04:05
  
  Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk – Anchorage
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  For the first time in over a decade, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System announced a year-over-year increase in the amount of oil moving through the pipeline. Young, Murkowski swear in, move up amid Congressional pomp. Liz Ruskin, Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017

  04-01-2017 04:05
  
  
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  TAPS kicks off 40th year with a little more oil than expected
  Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  For the first time in over a decade, the operator of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System announced a year-over-year increase in the amount of oil moving through the pipeline.
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• How a late flight kept Alaska Rep. Don Young out of a thorny ethics vote - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 03:50
  
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  How a late flight kept Alaska Rep. Don Young out of a thorny ethics vote
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska's sole congressman, Don Young, wasn't around Monday night when a majority of members of the Republican Conference voted to advance a measure that would have gutted the Office of Congressional Ethics of independence and ...
  With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics OfficeNew York Timesall 1,756 news articles »
  
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• Noteworthy Alaska climbs of 2016 included a harrowing Mount Foraker double - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 03:47
  
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  Noteworthy Alaska climbs of 2016 included a harrowing Mount Foraker double
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  Tyler Bozton scopes the route ahead during the June ascent of The Northern Belle on the Central Tower of Rapa Nui, a group of granite spires near Haines. (Photo by Will Wacker). Colin Haley was in a pickle. Visibility had dropped to zero, and the heavy ...
  
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• Savoonga, Gambell fare differently in weekend storms

  04-01-2017 03:45
  
  
  Savoonga. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur, KNOM – Nome)2016 ended with a Bering Sea storm that brought snow, ocean surges, and strong winds to many communities in Western Alaska. St. Lawrence Island was at risk of coastal flooding from the storm, but according to a City employee in Gambell, both communities on the island did not experience the same amount of damage.
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  Curtis Siloop, the Mayor of Gambell, said residents were ready for the storm. They had prepared sandbags to prevent
  
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• Alaska collects first full month of marijuana tax revenue - Alaska Dispatch News

  04-01-2017 03:13
  
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  Alaska collects first full month of marijuana tax revenue
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  Marijuana retailer Herbal Outfitters opened its doors to customer for the first time in Valdez on Oct. 29, 2016. (Marc Lester / ADN archive 2016). The state of Alaska has received its batch of cannabis tax revenue from the first full month of retail ...
  
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• Young, Murkowski swear in, move up amid Congressional pomp

  04-01-2017 02:54
  
  
  Lisa Murkowski getting sworn in to her third Senate term by Vice President Joe Biden. Her husband Verne Martell is watching. (Photo courtesy of Office of Lisa Murkowski)The 115th Congress began with a lot of pomp and circumstance. Here’s what an Alaskan might want to know about the day.
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  The oaths: Congressman Don Young was sworn in for his 23rd term. He now ascends to second in House seniority. (As he was before, he’s also the chamber’s most senior Republic
  
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• Alaska celebrate’s 58th year as a state

  04-01-2017 01:35
  
  Happy birthday, Alaska.
  On this day, 58 years ago, Alaska officially became the nation’s 49th state. On January third, 1959 — six months after President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act — the Last Frontier officially became part of the union.
  Prior to that, for 92 years, Alaska had been a U-S territory, after being purchased from Russia in 1867 for a total of just $7.2 million, or about two cents per acre.
  
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• For Haines and Skagway, 2016 was the warmest year on record

  04-01-2017 00:47
  
  Three cruise ship docked in Skagway’s port in Sept. 2016. (Photo by Emily Files, KHNS – Haines)Things got a little heated in the Northern Lynn Canal last year. Both Haines and Skagway experienced the warmest year of record in 2016. They’re not alone. Communities across Alaska felt above average temperatures.
  Rick Thoman is a Climate Science and Services Manager at the National Weather Service in Alaska.
  “The warmest year of record observed from Metlakatla, to Barrow, to D
  
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