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• North Star School Board reconsiders banned sex ed websites

  18-01-2017 22:58
  
  
  Websites previously banned by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board as resources for sex education, have been reinstated. On Jan. 17, the school board reversed itself after hearing from the public. Most of the objections centered on Planned Parenthood.
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  Back in October, the school board denied sex educators access to three websites, including Planned Parenthood. The idea was the educators could submit parts of the websites for school board approval, but teachers couldn’t
  
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• Alaska meth distributor arrested, end to “significant trafficking” operation - KTUU.com

  18-01-2017 22:42
  
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  Alaska meth distributor arrested, end to “significant trafficking” operation
  KTUU.com
  KLAWOCK, Alaska (KTUU) - Marking the end of a drug bust that was months in the making, Bradley Grasser, 62, is being accused of possessing methamphetamine “with the intent to distribute.” In his report on Bradley Grasser, Drug Enforcement ...
  
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• Body of Fairbanks snowmachiner found in northwest Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-01-2017 20:58
  
  Body of Fairbanks snowmachiner found in northwest Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. FAIRBANKS - The body of a Fairbanks man missing on a snowmachine trip in northwest Alaska has been found, ...
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• YWCA stride towards gender pay equality in Alaska by 2025 - youralaskalink

  18-01-2017 20:36
  
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  YWCA stride towards gender pay equality in Alaska by 2025
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  ANCHORAGE, AK – This afternoon the fight to eliminating the gender pay gap in Alaska continues through an organization that has boldly resolved to end the discrepancy by 2025. The Young Women's Christian Association of Alaska stated in a press release ...and more »
  
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• Alaska delegation plans to attend Trump inauguration - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-01-2017 20:30
  
  Alaska delegation plans to attend Trump inauguration
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska's two Republican U.S. senators plan to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ...
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• New House majority takes over on first day of session - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-01-2017 20:03
  
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  New House majority takes over on first day of session
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  Rep. Bryce Edgmon was in his office shortly before being sworn in as the first Alaska House speaker of Alaska Native heritage. (Photo: Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and APRN). On January 17, the 30th Alaska State Legislature was sworn into office. It faces a ...
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• New House majority takes over on first day of session

  18-01-2017 20:03
  
  
  Rep. Bryce Edgmon was in his office shortly before being sworn in as the first Alaska House speaker of Alaska Native heritage. (Photo: Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and APRN)On January 17, the 30th Alaska State Legislature was sworn into office. It faces a fiscal crisis that’s grown over the past four years, as oil revenue declined.
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  For the first time in 24 years, there will be a new House majority. A coalition of 17 Democrats, three Republicans and two independents took over from the
  
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• Former state employee arrested in theft from public safety building - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 20:02
  
  Former state employee arrested in theft from public safety building
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Two Anchorage residents, one of them a former state employee, have been arrested on charges they broke into a state building last year to steal money. Alaska State Troopers said in a Wednesday dispatch that 22-year-old MarieKimberly Ramos and ...
  
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• Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior - UW Today

  18-01-2017 19:17
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  Climate change prompts Alaska fish to change breeding behavior
  UW Today
  One of Alaska's most abundant freshwater fish species is altering its breeding patterns in response to climate change. This could impact the ecology of northern lakes, which already acutely feel the effects of a changing climate. That's the main ...
  No Fukushima-related radiation detected in Alaska seafoodCapital city weekly
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• 50 below recorded in Interior as cold snap settles on Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 18:15
  
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  50 below recorded in Interior as cold snap settles on Alaska
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  Fairbanks and Anchorage woke up Wednesday to an early taste of an expected cold snap this week, as temperatures plunged to 50 degrees below zero in some areas of the Interior. The National Weather Service office in Fairbanks issued special weather ...
  COLD SNAP: It's -51 Degrees In Fairbanks, AlaskaDaily Caller
  Temperatures plummet to minus 50 in Fairbanks, Interior AlaskaFairbanks Daily
  
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• Parts of Alaska Dealing with the Coldest Temps in Years - WTNH Connecticut News (press release)

  18-01-2017 17:25
  
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  Parts of Alaska Dealing with the Coldest Temps in Years
  WTNH Connecticut News (press release)
  Interact with me on Facebook or Twitter! Send me a question on social media, and I'll get back to you! For the most part, we've been dealing with above average temperatures here in Connecticut of late. Many residents in the low 48 have also been seeing ...and more »
  
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• Idaho company sees record silver production at Alaska mine - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-01-2017 16:57
  
  Idaho company sees record silver production at Alaska mine
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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 metal mine in southeast Alaska has reached its highest level of silver production since an ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Air to record $82 million as merger-related costs in fourth quarter - Reuters

  18-01-2017 13:32
  
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  Alaska Air to record $82 million as merger-related costs in fourth quarter
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  An Alaska Airlines plane is pictured with a paint job to mark the centennial of The Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Redmond. Alaska Air Group Inc (ALK.N) said on Wednesday it expects to record $82 million in the ...
  How Did Alaska Air Perform Operationally In December?Nasdaq
  Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) Scheduled to Post Quarterly Earnings on ThursdaySports Perspect
  
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• Trump nominee for interior secretary just might grant Murkowski's every wish - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 13:27
  
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  Trump nominee for interior secretary just might grant Murkowski's every wish
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  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, oversees a hearing for Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, nominee to head the Interior Department, on Tuesday. (Erica Martinson / Alaska Dispatch News). WASHINGTON — Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, the nominee to head the ...
  Interior pick firmly against fed land transfer, with wiggle room for AlaskaAlaska Public Radio Network
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• Meeting in Alaska creates concern - Big Bear Grizzly

  18-01-2017 09:03
  
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  Meeting in Alaska creates concern
  Big Bear Grizzly
  The Big Bear Municipal Water District could have a potential Brown Act violation after releasing a notice of a special meeting to be held in Anchorage, Alaska. Two MWD staff members and at least three board members are scheduled to tour the William ...
  
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• Alaska can no longer isolate Permanent Fund dividend - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 05:50
  
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  Alaska can no longer isolate Permanent Fund dividend
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  While no clear consensus seems to be emerging about what the size of Alaska state government should be, there does appear to be conceptual agreement about how to pay for the Permanent Fund dividend, and these are connected. Up until now the money ...
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• Alaska Deep Freeze! It is here. - KTUU.com

  18-01-2017 05:15
  
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  Alaska Deep Freeze! It is here.
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  PACIFIC SATELLITE RADAR- Cold air is spreading west and south, encompassing Southcentral in arctic air for several days to come. All this cold air is collecting underneath an upper level trough. ALASKA FORECAST- Cold, dry and clear...under a dome of ...
  
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• Alaska lawmakers begin 2017 session cheerfully, but rifts lurk below the surface - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 04:54
  
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  Alaska lawmakers begin 2017 session cheerfully, but rifts lurk below the surface
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  Rep. Jason Grenn gives his wife, Jana Grenn, a kiss after he was sworn in. The Alaska Legislature opened its session at the State Capitol in Juneau on January 17, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue. JUNEAU ...
  Alaska lawmakers convene session expected to focus on budgetFairbanks Daily News-Miner
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• Here’s why your street isn’t plowed yet

  18-01-2017 04:05
  
  
  Snowy roads in Anchorage. Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage.After back-to-back storms in Anchorage tapered off last night, some residents and local officials are annoyed roads still aren’t clear of snow, claiming the state is shirking it’s winter-weather responsibilities. But the municipality – 1,969 square miles – is bigger than the state of Rhode Island – 1,212 square miles – and plowing miles of roads requires money that’s already been cut ou
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, January 17, 2017

  18-01-2017 03:59
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Legislative session kicks off in Juneau
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  The 30th Alaska State Legislature was sworn into office today.  It faces a fiscal crisis that’s grown over the past four years, as oil revenue declined. Attention is focused on the state House, which has a new majority.
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• Alaska Highway 75th anniversary events to include tribute to black soldiers’ key role

  18-01-2017 03:29
  
  
  A monument outside the Delta Junction Visitors Center marks the endpoint of the Alaska Highway – milepost 1422, some 1,422 miles from Dawson Creek, B.C.
  (Photo: Delta Junction Chamber of Commerce)75 years ago, the U.S. Army began work on a road to connect the far-flung territory of Alaska to the continental United States. This week, the town at the end of that road, Delta Junction, will consider a proposal to celebrate the Alaska Highway’s 75th anniversary. Organizers of a state
  
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• Bean’s Cafe moves to 24-hour schedule to alleviate cold patrons

  18-01-2017 03:14
  
  
  Bean’s Cafe at Brother Francis Shelter in Anchorage. (Staff photo)The cold weather descending on much of the state is having an impact on social services. A soup kitchen in Anchorage is staying open around the clock to provide shelter from dangerously frigid temperatures.
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  Lisa Sauder is the executive director of Bean’s Cafe, and said — that at the request of the city and Anchorage’s United Way — the organization will remain open 24 hours-a-day during the
  
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• Scientist says vanishing clouds have lead to colder temperatures

  18-01-2017 03:06
  
  
  Long forecast deep cold is sinking in across mainland Alaska. National Weather Service meteorologist Christopher Cox said clouds that have mitigated the arctic air’s full impact on the surface are dissipating.
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  ”The clouds and the snow has warmed the lower portions of that very cold air mass and now that the clouds and snow are departing, we are going to radiate out and the surface temperatures are now going to become very chilly,” Cox said.
  Cox said lows are forecast
  
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• Earthquakes shake waters off Elfin Cove

  18-01-2017 02:56
  
  
  The largest dot indicates where the 4.3 magnitude quake struck, surrounded by smaller aftershocks. (Alaska Earthquake Center)A series of earthquakes shook Southeast Alaska Monday afternoon into Tuesday morning. The epicenter of the quakes was located off the coast of Elfin Cove, 90 miles north of Sitka.
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  Natalia Ruppert is a seismologist at the Alaska Earthquake Center in Fairbanks. She said the series of quakes began with a magnitude 3.9 just before 12 p.m. Monday.
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• Pilot, passenger on downed aircraft near Pilot Point evaced Monday night

  18-01-2017 02:41
  
  
  Authorities said the Cherokee crashed approx. four miles south of Pilot Point, in the vicinity of the King Salmon River, shortly after takeoff. (Graphic: Ben Matheson / Carto / Geographic Information Network of Alaska)Update: State troopers confirmed at 9:00 p.m. Monday that both the pilot and passenger on board the Piper Cherokee that went down near Pilot Point had survived and had been transported away from the scene by the US Coast Guard. The aircraft, which was reported down around 3:30 p.m.
  
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• Alaska Dispatch News poll: Syrian refugees - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 02:18
  
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  Alaska Dispatch News poll: Syrian refugees
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  Editor's note: Daily through Jan. 25, ADN will publish poll results showing how Alaskans feel about topics ranging from the Affordable Care Act and President-elect Donald Trump's transition to crime and the opioid crisis. America may be a nation of ...and more »
  
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• Interior pick firmly against fed land transfer, with wiggle room for Alaska

  18-01-2017 02:09
  
  
  Rep. Ryan Zinke, the nominee for Interior Secretary, greets well-wishers during a break in his Senate hearing. Photo: Liz Ruskin.President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Interior Department sat for a confirmation hearing today, chaired by Sen. Lisa Murkowski. She used the opportunity to condemn the Obama administration for its many resource protections in Alaska. Murkowski said the actions amount to trying to safeguard the state from Alaskans.
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• Alaska congressional delegation casts confusion on 'Obamacare ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-01-2017 01:54
  
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  Alaska congressional delegation casts confusion on 'Obamacare ...
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  The members of the Alaska congressional delegation want to repeal "Obamacare" all right — that's been a Republican litmus test for six years — but there are ...and more »
  
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• Alaska, 13 other states sue to block Obama coal mining rule - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-01-2017 00:05
  
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  Alaska, 13 other states sue to block Obama coal mining rule
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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. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alaska, Texas and 12 other states have asked a federal court to block final rules from President ...
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