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• How Traffic Court works

  13-01-2017 23:00
  
  If you find yourself in traffic court, you’ve probably gotten a moving vehicle violation and plan to defend yourself. That might be a ticket for failing to stop at a stop sign or crossing an intersection against a red light, or maybe having a tail light out.
  So how do you go about preparing your best defense?
  That’s just one of many questions for Traffic Magistrate Tina Teaford, who will join us on Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska this week.
  Justice Alaska is a monthly program aimed
  
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• Avalanche equipment and rescue

  13-01-2017 23:00
  
  Skiers alerted each other to high-risk avalanche conditions in Hatcher Pass over a social media group. Photo: Alaska Backcountry Ski Addiction Facebook group.Everyone knows that winter backcountry travelers need to know how to avoid avalanches, how to prepare for them, and what to do if someone is caught in one. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we talk to experts about the right gear and how to use it, including the new technology and how it works. We’ll also get a step-by-step scenario of wh
  
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• Toxic Anger Part 2- The causes, costs, and solutions

  13-01-2017 21:00
  
  Photo courtesy: FlickrAnger is a natural and necessary human emotion that serves to activate and protect us in times of danger. Uncontrolled anger however, can act as a very destructive force in relationships and has a negative impact on emotional and physical health. Learning to control unhealthy anger is an important part of emotional growth and allows for the development of intimate and trusting relationships with the people in our lives. On the next Line One: Your Health Connection, clinical
  
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• Anchorage Symphony goes to the movies

  13-01-2017 18:55
  
  The Anchorage Symphony with Charlie ChaplinThe Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor/Maestro Randy Fleischer, brings back its annual collaboration between music and film as it performs the original soundtracks to two of Charlie Chaplin’s more popular films, The Kid and The Idle Class while the films are shown. Fleischer and Education Coordinator Susan Windgrove-Reed come by Stage Talk to give some background on Chaplin and how Fleischer works to combine the music w
  
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• 2 Alaska Airlines attendants sickened by powdery substance during flight - Fox News

  13-01-2017 09:14
  
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  2 Alaska Airlines attendants sickened by powdery substance during flight
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  Two Alaska Airlines flight attendants were sickened Thursday night after being exposed to deicing agent residue during a trip from Seattle to San Jose, Calif. Alaska Airlines spokeswoman Ann Zaninovich said in statement the flight attendants were ...
  San Jose: Two flight attendants sickened on Alaska Airlines flightThe Mercury News
  Crew falls ill on Alaska Airlines flight to San JoseKING5.com
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• San Jose: Two flight attendants sickened on Alaska Airlines flight - The Mercury News

  13-01-2017 08:54
  
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  San Jose: Two flight attendants sickened on Alaska Airlines flight
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  SAN JOSE — Two Alaska Airlines flight attendants fell ill Thursday night after being exposed to deicing agent residue during a flight from Seattle to San Jose, ...
  Crew falls ill on Alaska Airlines flight to San JoseKING5.com
  Unknown Substance on Alaska Airlines Flight to San Jose Causes ...NBC Bay Area
  Alaska Airlines flight from Sea-Tac Airport triggers hazmat scareKOMO News
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• Legislator files hemp bill to give crop a chance in Alaska - KTUU.com

  13-01-2017 07:56
  
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  Legislator files hemp bill to give crop a chance in Alaska
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - A bill prefiled in Juneau is aiming to accomplish what couldn't be done in the last legislative session: legalizing industrial hemp farming. Democratic state senator Johnny Ellis pushed for a hemp bill in 2015 and 2016, but even with ...
  
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• Possible health care law repeal causes more Alaska women to seek long-term birth control - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  13-01-2017 07:26
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Possible health care law repeal causes more Alaska women to seek long-term birth control
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  With Inauguration Day a week away, some Alaskans are getting nervous about Donald Trump's vow to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, which was followed by a recent push in Congress. The day after the election, Planned Parenthood said it ...and more »
  
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• Matthews' 'monster' shot lifts MSU Billings over Alaska Anchorage - Billings Gazette

  13-01-2017 06:30
  
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  Matthews' 'monster' shot lifts MSU Billings over Alaska Anchorage
  Billings Gazette
  Marc Matthews, right, celebrates with teammates Cinco Durr (12) and Jacae Anderson after his 3-point gave MSU Billings a 69-68 win Thursday night over Alaska Anchorage at Alterowitz Gym. prev. next. Jamie Stevens struggled to come up with an adjective ...and more »
  
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• Alaska lawmakers eye long-term changes to health care law as ACA repeal gets underway - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-01-2017 05:23
  
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  Alaska lawmakers eye long-term changes to health care law as ACA repeal gets underway
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  WASHINGTON — Alaska's Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan joined their Republican colleagues in the first hours of Thursday to pass a parliamentary measure that is the first step toward dismantling the Affordable Care Act. There are limits to what ...
  'What's the plan?' Senators say ACA replacement in the worksAlaska Public Radio Networkall 2,252 news arti
  
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• FBI seizes evidence Fort Lauderdale airport shooter left in Alaska - Sun Sentinel

  13-01-2017 05:02
  
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  FBI seizes evidence Fort Lauderdale airport shooter left in Alaska
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  Airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago told multiple residents of the Qupqugiaq Inn that he'd soon return here from a trip, but instead left behind unused ammo, gun shop receipts and other key evidence for federal investigators probing last week's ...
  Fort Lauderdale shooter Esteban Santiago saw life falling apart in ...Miami Herald
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• Bird Creek home is destroyed by fire - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-01-2017 04:01
  
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  Bird Creek home is destroyed by fire
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The home of Bill Peterson smoldered Thursday morning following a fire that destroyed the building Wednesday evening in Bird Creek. No one was injured in the blaze. (Robyn Peterson). A fire Wednesday evening destroyed a single-family home in the ...
  
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• As BLM moves to protect the National Petroleum Reserve, Conoco pushes back

  13-01-2017 03:59
  
  
  CD5, ConocoPhillips’ first oil development within the boundaries of NPR-A. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk)It may be called the “National Petroleum Reserve,” but the 23-million-acre chunk of federal land on the North Slope didn’t see a full-scale oil development until 2015. As this new era begins, the Bureau of Land Management is adding another layer of protection to this vast, sensitive area.
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• Amid violence and breakdown, no clear intervention for Florida shooter

  13-01-2017 03:55
  
  
  FBI Special Agent Marlon Ritzman addresses reporters at a press conference at Anchorage Police Department headquarters on January 7th, 2016 (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)A week after a mass shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport, questions remain about why an Anchorage man with multiple domestic violence incidents and a documented mental breakdown was allowed to transport a handgun across the country.
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• Photographs show how Alaska volcano's eruptions have changed island - CBS News

  13-01-2017 03:50
  
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  Photographs show how Alaska volcano's eruptions have changed island
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has sent up two more ash clouds but neither reached 20,000 feet, the height as which ash becomes a major concern for intercontinental air carrier flights. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says ...
  Alaska volcano erupts twice, again sends up ash cloudsFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Volcano Watch: Exploring USGS volcano observatories—Part 2: Alaska
  
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• Alaska's House majority weighs whether to hold open caucus meetings - Alaska Public Radio Network

  13-01-2017 03:43
  
  Alaska's House majority weighs whether to hold open caucus meetings
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Last year, when most Democrats were in the minority in the Alaska House of Representatives, they held regular caucus meetings that were open to the public before voting in sessions on the House floor. 'What's the plan?' Senators say ACA replacement in ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017

  13-01-2017 03:42
  
  
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  Alaska’s House majority weighs whether to hold open caucus meetings
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Last year, when most Democrats were in the minority in the Alaska House of Representatives, they held regular caucus meetings that were open to the public before voting in sessions on the House floor
  
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• Interior Alaska's cold weather gets downgraded, snow now forecast for Fairbanks and Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-01-2017 03:41
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Interior Alaska's cold weather gets downgraded, snow now forecast for Fairbanks and Anchorage
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Interior Alaska's forecast for the weekend has changed from 40 below zero to 4 inches of snow, and Southcentral is expected to avoid its own burst of cold weather. The National Weather Service on Thursday afternoon revised a forecast that had predicted ...and more »
  
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• Alaska volcano erupts twice, again sends up ash clouds - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  13-01-2017 03:26
  
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  Alaska volcano erupts twice, again sends up ash clouds
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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) - A volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands has sent up two more ash clouds but neither reached ...
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• Bill would cut ferry costs, reinstate discharge rules

  13-01-2017 03:23
  
  Extra ferry life rings lean against other spare parts at the Ketchikan Marine Engineering Facility at Ward Cove in 2014. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News – Juneau)A Southeast lawmaker introduced a bill this week to help Alaska Marine Highway ferries meet state pollution-control rules. It would also exempt new ships from a law requiring a percent of construction spending go toward art.
  Senate Bill 3 is one of about 50 pieces of legislation prefiled by Alaska lawmakers on Jan. 9.
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• Interior Energy Project reaches key milestone

  13-01-2017 03:16
  
  IEP logo (Credit Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority)The Interior Gas Utility and Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority have approved a memorandum of understanding to forward the Interior Energy Project. The state funded IEP is aimed at increasing the availability of gas in the city, as a less expensive and cleaner burning alternative to other fossil fuels and wood. The project has a lot of moving parts and is behind schedule, but the MOU is a key step.
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• HIV cluster hits Bristol Bay village

  13-01-2017 03:01
  Five cases of HIV in one Bristol Bay area village have been reported to health officials. The small outbreak, or cluster, began with one individual case reported in February of 2016. Two more were reported in October and November, and two additional people tested positive as officials began investigating.
  There was concern that the HIV might be tied to needle sharing from the epidemic of opioid drug use. Dr. Cathy Hyndman from the Kanakanak Hospital in Dillingham said health officials do not bel
  
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• APU skier places fourth as national cross country championship comes to close

  13-01-2017 03:01
  
  The U.S. national cross country ski championships wrapped up in Utah today, with an abbreviated skate technique sprint competition. The race consisted of a single time trail over a 1.3-kilometer course at the 2002 Olympic venue at Soldier Hollow.
  Canadians swept the men’s podium with Alaska Pacific University team racer, and former UAF Nanook, Logan Hanneman, was a close 4th. Other top Alaska finishers included APU teammates Reese Hanneman and David Norris, in 9th and 14th respectively.
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• ‘What’s the plan?’ Senators say ACA replacement in the works

  13-01-2017 03:00
  
  President Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act. (File photo via NCPR)As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “repeal Obamacare and replace it with something great.” Early this morning the U.S. Senate took an initial step toward repeal. As for the replacement, Alaska’s two senators describe something still in the formative stages.
  The phones were ringing this week at Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s Washington office, with calls about Trump’s cabi
  
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• No sign of Japan-related radiation found in Alaska waters - Sentinel-Tribune

  13-01-2017 02:28
  
  No sign of Japan-related radiation found in Alaska waters
  Sentinel-Tribune
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — State officials have announced that tests of Alaska seafood continue to show no detectable amounts of radiation, five years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami set off a nuclear disaster at a Japanese power plant. More than ...and more »
  
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• Alaska’s House majority weighs whether to hold open caucus meetings

  13-01-2017 01:56
  
  The Alaska House of Representatives entrance in the Capitol in Juneau, Feb. 6, 2015. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Last year, when most Democrats were in the minority in the Alaska House of Representatives, they held regular caucus meetings that were open to the public before voting in sessions on the House floor.
  Most of the Democrats who were out of power last year will be in the majority this year. But it’s not clear whether the majority caucus will hold these pre-session open meetings.
  
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• Alaska to Plunge into Frigid 40s Below Zero Next Week - The Weather Channel

  13-01-2017 01:35
  
  The Weather Channel
  Alaska to Plunge into Frigid 40s Below Zero Next Week
  The Weather Channel
  A big jet stream is bringing arctic air back to Alaska, where they've been experiencing record-breaking warmth. The Arctic Air Returns to Alaska. Farmers and Firefighters Rescue Horse from Frozen Creek. So Cold That Soap Bubbles Freeze. You've Never ...
  
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• Municipal invocation policy challenge moves to federal court - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  13-01-2017 00:55
  
  Kenai Peninsula Online
  Municipal invocation policy challenge moves to federal court
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
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