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• Alaska Fireweed Presents - Anchorage Press

  25-01-2017 23:27
  
  Alaska Fireweed Presents
  Anchorage Press
  Hailing from the small fishing community of Seward, Alaska, comes a little mom and pop cultivation called Budding Alaska. Like many growers who have decided to embark on a journey into Alaska's legal cannabis marketplace, growing top-shelf weed is ...
  
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• President's view of research casts shadow over Alaska marine science conference - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-01-2017 22:46
  
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  President's view of research casts shadow over Alaska marine science conference
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The new president dismisses climate change as a hoax, and he has named like-minded people to high-level government posts. His administration has blacked out public communications about environmental and scientific issues at the Environmental ...and more »
  
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• Traveling Music 1-29-17

  25-01-2017 22:42
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  1-29-17
   
  Announced the Anchorage Folk Festival, free concerts and workshops this afternoon and evening. More info at www.anchoragefolkfestival.org
   
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  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
  Label
  Duration
   
  Driving Home
  Cheryl Wheeler / Cheryl Wheeler
  Driving Home
  Philo
  4:49
   
  Locks and Bolts
  The Websters and Scott Nygaard / Traditional
  Ten Thousand Miles
  www.babyswan.com
  4:59
   
  The Devil’s Paintbrush Road
  The Wailin’ Jennys
  
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• Researchers say Kenai Peninsula permafrost thawing rapidly

  25-01-2017 21:56
  
  Retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife researcher Ed Berg probes for permafrost on the Kenai Peninsula
  (Photo: U.S. Geological Survey)Permafrost is thawing at a brisk rate across Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula is no exception.
  A recent study estimates permafrost coverage on the peninsula has decreased by 60 percent since 1950.
  Permafrost is usually associated with Northern and Interior Alaska, but it also occurs in isolated pockets in wetlands on the Kenai Peninsula.
  Benjamin Jones is a research geograp
  
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• State biologists to study the large and elusive Alaska hare - KDLG

  25-01-2017 21:30
  
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  State biologists to study the large and elusive Alaska hare
  KDLG
  Research planned on larger cousin of more common snowshoe hare found only in Western Alaska. Biologists say they don't know much about Alaska hare's abundance, habitat, or behavior. The elusive Alaska hare is notable for its size and a defining black ...
  
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• Rain, warm temperatures forecast throughout much of Southcentral Alaska

  25-01-2017 21:30
  
  Rain and temperatures reaching into the 40s are forecast for Seward and Anchorage. (Image via NOAA)After about a week of negative double-digit temperatures, rain and warmer weather is expected throughout much of Southcentral Alaska this week.
  Jason Ahsenmacher, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage, said a weather system is moving in from the North Pacific.
  “What we expect is that warm front to bring in much more moist, much warmer air into all of Southcentral, rea
  
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• 6 Rare Things You'll Only See In Alaska - Civilized

  25-01-2017 19:45
  
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  6 Rare Things You'll Only See In Alaska
  Civilized
  If you're on the fence about taking a trip to Alaska, keep in mind that there's a lot more up there than snow. On top of great food and spectacular wildlife, there are many rare attractions that you'll only see in the Last Frontier. Here are six things ...and more »
  
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• Alaska lawmaker proposes gun violence bill - KTUU.com

  25-01-2017 18:30
  
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  Alaska lawmaker proposes gun violence bill
  KTUU.com
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The deadly airport shooting in Florida has helped spur a bill in Alaska that would allow authorities to temporarily take away guns from people deemed to be a danger. The proposal, from Representative Geran Tarr of Anchorage, was ...
  Alaska Democrat pushes gun bill after airport shootingGuns.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska lawmaker proposes gun bill after airport shooting - Police News

  25-01-2017 11:22
  
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  Alaska lawmaker proposes gun bill after airport shooting
  Police News
  JUNEAU, Alaska — A deadly airport shooting in Florida has helped spur a bill in Alaska that would allow authorities to temporarily take away guns from people deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. The proposal, from Rep. Geran Tarr, an ...and more »
  
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• Trump's nixing of trade pact disappoints Alaska fishermen - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-01-2017 05:31
  
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  Trump's nixing of trade pact disappoints Alaska fishermen
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Pollock move along a conveyor belt at the Unisea processing plant in Unalaska. (Bob Hallinen/ADN file photo 2005). Alaska seafood exporters are disappointed by President Donald Trump's decision to officially withdraw from a sweeping trade agreement ...
  
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• Heavy snowfall in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska is causing buildings to collapse - The Seattle Times

  25-01-2017 04:21
  
  The Seattle Times
  Heavy snowfall in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska is causing buildings to collapse
  The Seattle Times
  The Partners Produce facility in Payette, Idaho, collapsed under the weight of snow. (Jason Brainerd/Rapid Aerial LLC via AP). The accumulated weight of snow has crushed a lumber mill in Oregon, the grocery store in a small Idaho town, a sports complex ...
  Snow-covered buildings collapsing in rare US West weatherFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska hunting bucket list? Why wait? Fill it now with experiences - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-01-2017 03:54
  
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  Alaska hunting bucket list? Why wait? Fill it now with experiences
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A drake Harlequin seaduck encountered while doing ptarmigan surveys in the Kenai Mts., May 2016. (Photo by Steve Meyer). In the fall of 1970, at age 11, my "bucket list" suddenly overflowed. I am sure the phrase bucket list hadn't been coined at that ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017

  25-01-2017 03:50
  
  
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  New legislation could make hiring vets less cumbersome
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  When business owners seek to advertise that they want to hire military veterans, they face an obstacle. People who aren’t veterans can sue them for discrimination.
  Boulder on the inside: a pot lawyer grows up fas
  
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• Egegik man sentenced for intent to distribute meth

  25-01-2017 02:59
  
  
  A young man from the Bristol Bay community of Egegik has been given a 20-month jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than three pounds of methamphetamine.
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  21-year-old Jason Corey Vincent Alto was caught May 30 last year while he was traveling on the Ferry Vessel Kennicott from Washington State towards Whittier. The US Coast Guard and state trooper drug enforcement cooperated on the bust which happened in Ketchikan.
  Jack Schmidt is the assis
  
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• New legislation could make hiring vets less cumbersome

  25-01-2017 02:53
  
  
  Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, in April. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)When business owners seek to advertise that they want to hire military veterans, they face an obstacle. People who aren’t veterans can sue them for discrimination.
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  State Representative Chris Tuck wants to change that. Tuck has introduced House Bill 2, which would allow private employers to openly use a veteran hire preference if they choose to.
  “Employers know that when military people are discharged, t
  
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• Even before leading John McPhee down the Salmon River, Pat Pourchot landed dream job

  25-01-2017 02:45
  
  
  Pat Pourchot rafting an Alaskan river in the 1970s. (Photo: Pat Pourchot)John McPhee’s book Coming into the Country starts with a river trip: six men, nine days- floating nearly the entire length of the Salmon river in Northwest Alaska. The 26 year old leading the trip was Pat Pourchot, a recent Alaska transplant who had the job of a lifetime with the Interior Department.
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  As Pourchot tells it, fresh out of college, he lucked into one of the best jobs in the world. In 1972, he wa
  
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• Funding for opioid overdose kits offers “hope” for Alaska’s drug epidemic

  25-01-2017 02:39
  
  
  The Yukon Kuskokwim Ayagnirvik Healing Center in Bethel offers alcohol and opioid addiction treatment. (Photo: Dean Swope / KYUK)The state government is gearing up for a major battle against the opioid epidemic sweeping through Alaska.
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  Andy Jones, the Section Chief for the state Department of Health and Social Services, is heading up a new statewide program to get the drug Naloxone, also known by its commercial name Narcan, into the hands of heroin users, no matter where they live, be
  
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• Funding for opioid overdose kits offers “hope” for Alaska's drug epidemic - Alaska Public Radio Network

  25-01-2017 02:38
  
  Funding for opioid overdose kits offers “hope” for Alaska's drug epidemic
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Yukon Kuskokwim Ayagnirvik Healing Center in Bethel offers alcohol and opioid addiction treatment. (Photo: Dean Swope / KYUK). The state government is gearing up for a major battle against the opioid epidemic sweeping through Alaska. Listen now.
  
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• State studies how to clean up 4,000-gallon fuel spill

  25-01-2017 01:24
  
  An estimated 4,329 gallons of diesel fuel leaked out of the forward compartment of a 10,000-gallon fuel tank that overturned when the driver wrecked on Jan. 10 around milepost 164.4 of the Richardson Highway, about 20 miles south of Paxson. No fuel leaked from a 5,000-gallon secondary “pup trailer” that the double-tanker truck was also pulling.
  (Photo: Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)Officials with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and a Fairbanks-bas
  
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• More snow means moose move to roads

  25-01-2017 01:00
  
  (Photo via U.S. Fish and Wildlife)Recent heavy snow accumulation is pushing moose onto Alaska roads. That’s increasing collision danger.
  When snow piles up, you’re more likely to encounter moose on roads.
  Alaska Moose Federation Director Don Dyer said, ”along the Parks Highway from Big Lake to Talkeetna I counted 40 moose.” He saw the animals while driving the 50-mile stretch of highway last week. He said deep snow has moose moving to where the going is easier.
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• Alaska Dispatch News poll: Opioids - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-01-2017 00:37
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Dispatch News poll: Opioids
  Alaska Dispatch News
  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. The opioid crisis has hit ...and more »
  
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• Heavy snow factors into collapse of ‘The Dome’ sports complex

  25-01-2017 00:30
  
  
  The collapse of “The Dome” – an Anchorage sports complex – over the weekend, has left some people wondering whether their own roofs can withstand the weight of the recent heavy snowfall.
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  Mike Martin, the board chairman for Anchorage Sportsplex Inc. – the Dome, said exactly what caused the facility to collapse Saturday is still under investigation, but snow appears to be a significant factor.
  “We’re also trying to determine whether or not there
  
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• Heavy snow factors in collapse of ‘The Dome’ sports complex

  25-01-2017 00:30
  The collapse of “The Dome” – an Anchorage sports complex – over the weekend, has left some people wondering whether their own roofs can withstand the weight of the recent heavy snowfall.
  Mike Martin, the board chairman for Anchorage Sportsplex Inc. – the Dome, said exactly what caused the facility to collapse Saturday is still under investigation, but snow appears to be a significant factor.
  “We’re also trying to determine whether or not there are other
  
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• Seward declares local emergency after heavy snowfall

  25-01-2017 00:28
  
  Snow removal crews are working to dig out the city of Seward after heavy weekend snow. (Photo courtesy of the City of Seward)After receiving well over two feet of snow over the weekend, the city of Seward has declared a local emergency.
  City Clerk Johanna Kinney said crews have been working around the clock to dig out the community.
  “There’s a big, urgent need to get our roads clear and accessible,” Kinney said. “And then at the same time the concern is starting to also g
  
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