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• Boulder on the inside: a pot lawyer grows up fast

  24-01-2017 23:04
  
  Jana Weltzin at her midtown Anchorage office. (Photo: Zahariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)It’s a tricky time for commercial cannabis in Alaska. Stores around the state are beginning to open, but without enough product available to keep shelves stocked for more than a few hours. The state’s largest market, Anchorage, is seeing delays for businesses because of complicated zoning regulations. And there are concerns that a Justice Department under Senator Jeff Sessions
  
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• Pets Treated Similarly to Children in Alaska Divorce Courts - New York Magazine

  24-01-2017 19:48
  
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  Pets Treated Similarly to Children in Alaska Divorce Courts
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  An Alaska amendment that recently went into effect will consider pets during custody battles.and more »
  
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• In a first, Alaska divorce courts will now treat pets more like children ... - Washington Post

  24-01-2017 18:17
  
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  In a first, Alaska divorce courts will now treat pets more like children ...
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  A groundbreaking statute requires judges to “consider the well-being” of an animal in pet custody cases.
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• Activism as endurance test: Alaskans march on DC

  24-01-2017 04:09
  
  
  Protestors at the foot of Capitol Hill before the rally started. Photos by Liz Ruskin.In addition to the thousands who marched in Alaska the day after President Trump’s inauguration, hundreds of Alaskans also flew across the country to participate in the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. Estimates put it as one of the largest protests in the capital’s history. One Juneau protestor learned that being in it was a bit of an endurance test.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Jan. 23, 2017

  24-01-2017 04:05
  
  
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  Thousands march statewide in support of women’s rights far into the future
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  On Jan. 21, Alaskans held local Women’s Marches across the state from Adak to Barrow to Homer to Ketchikan. An estimated 10,000 people participated statewide — fa
  
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• The lure of John McPhee’s “Coming into the Country,” 40 years later

  24-01-2017 03:34
  
  
  John McPhee watches as Pat Pourchot patches their kayak so they could continue down the Salmon River. McPhee traveled to Alaska in the late 1970s for a series of articles that eventually became the book “Coming into the Country.” (Photo: Pat Pourchot)“Coming into the Country,” John McPhee’s book about Alaska, was published in 1977, introducing readers across the country to a wild place, less than 20 years into its statehood. The book quickly became a best-seller and
  
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• Civil asset forfeiture rule change debated in Juneau

  24-01-2017 03:11
  
  APD police vehicles (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Lawmakers are seeking to prevent law enforcement from requiring those accused of crimes – and their family members or associates — to forfeit their property before they’re convicted.
  A bill introduced in the Legislature, House Bill 42, is part of a national trend targeting what’s known as “civil asset forfeiture.”
  Bill sponsor North Pole Representative Tammie Wilson said she want
  
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• Thousands march statewide in support of women’s rights far into the future

  24-01-2017 02:42
  
  Participants in the Women’s March in Ketchikan on Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Leila Kheiry/KRBD.)On Jan. 21, Alaskans held local Women’s Marches across the state from Adak to Barrow to Homer to Ketchikan. An estimated 10,000 people participated statewide — far more than expected. For most, attending the march was an opportunity to stand up for women’s rights, indigenous rights, environmental protection and other social issues, but it was only the first step.
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• River otters use latrines as social hubs

  24-01-2017 02:11
  
  A still image captured at an otter latrine site.
  (Photo: Adi Barocas)When it comes to picking a good place to socialize, the bathroom probably isn’t high on your list. For coastal river otters in Southcentral Alaska, however, the bathroom is a major social hub.
  Researchers are now working to understand how otters use these latrine sites to communicate and build social groups.
  Coastal river otters have a somewhat unusual social system. The females spend most of their time alone and the male
  
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• Soldotna High School hockey captain suspended from play following racist tweets

  24-01-2017 01:23
  
  (Kenai Peninsula Borough School District)A senior on the Soldotna High School hockey team was suspended from play over the weekend after posting racist comments on social media.
  The player was a team captain but did not participate in games in Anchorage over the weekend.
  Posts on his personal Twitter account, one dated Jan. 19 and one dated Jan. 20, quickly went viral around the state, in which he made denigrating remarks about Alaska Natives, the LGBTQ+ community and the former first famil
  
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• St. Paul’s reindeer thrive without essential lichen

  24-01-2017 01:17
  
  With no lichen left on St. Paul Island, reindeer are grazing on grass and digging up roots. (Photo: Paul Melovidov)For a long time, scientists thought reindeer would be big losers in climate change, but the reindeer on St. Paul Island are challenging that theory.
  As their main winter food source has disappeared, the St. Paul herd has changed its diet so they can survive on the remote island. This adaptation could have global implications for reindeer facing a warming climate.
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• Pete Kaiser wins third consecutive Kuskokwim 300

  24-01-2017 01:09
  
  Pete Kaiser won his third consecutive Kuskokwim 300 Sunday morning. (Photo: Katie Basile / KYUK)His was the team to beat and no-one could. Sunday morning for the third year in a row, Pete Kaiser won the 2017 Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race, crossing the finish line in Bethel at 10:37 a.m. to loud cheers from his hometown crowd. His leader Palmer brought home the nine-dog team, 28 minutes faster than last year.
  Brent Sass, last year’s runner up, followed 46 minutes later at 11:23 a.m.
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