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• Steep's Alaska content dated, latest update brings improvements, new features, World Tour Tournament - VG247

  28-01-2017 20:38
  
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  Steep's Alaska content dated, latest update brings improvements, new features, World Tour Tournament
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  Steep players will be heading to Alaska next month and it will include the first Branded Challenges. steep_alaska. The free, Alaska open-world will be globally released on February 10. In the meantime, Steep Update 1.04 has been released. It includes ...
  Steep 'Alaska' DLC Announced, Update Details RevealedGame Rant
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• The quest to uncover century-old mysteries of Alaska's forgotten ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 18:08
  
  The quest to uncover century-old mysteries of Alaska's forgotten ...
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  Alaska's then-largest town of Fairbanks, population 8,000, on Aug. 3, 1904, a few weeks before a magnitude 7.3 earthquake shook the buildings. (Lorenzo E.and more »
  
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• Alaska high court upholds campaign disclosure rule involving client income - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 18:04
  
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  Alaska high court upholds campaign disclosure rule involving client income
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  The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of state campaign regulators in a case brought by a former candidate for elected office who refused to disclose clients and commissions associated with his real estate business. In "Studley v. APOC ...
  
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• Down 2 early, Alaska Aces roar back for 6-2 over Idaho Steelheads - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 08:52
  
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  Down 2 early, Alaska Aces roar back for 6-2 over Idaho Steelheads
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  The Aces fell behind 2-0 in the opening 10 minutes Friday night — that's the sixth time in the last 10 games they have endured such a first-period deficit — before they roared back for a 6-2 victory over the Idaho Steelheads at Sullivan Arena. Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Trump suspends refugee entry, vows priority for Christians - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 06:26
  
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  Trump suspends refugee entry, vows priority for Christians
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  U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order he said would impose tighter vetting to prevent foreign terrorists from entering the United States at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria. WASHINGTON ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilot donates kidney to co-worker - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  28-01-2017 06:11
  
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  Alaska Airlines pilot donates kidney to co-worker
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  How far would you go to help a friend? Two Alaska Airlines co-workers will be putting that question to the test when one donates a kidney to the other in March. Jenny Stansel is a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines. The lifelong Alaskan suffers from ...and more »
  
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• AK: At the planetarium, auroras shown in a new light

  28-01-2017 05:56
  
  An still of the Kiuguyat, the Inupiaq term for the northern lights, from the film of the same name by the Geophysical Institute and UAA Planetarium. Image from the Kiuguyat trailer.One of the most spectacular sights in Alaska is a good aurora show. Through a mix of science, art and traditional knowledge, a new film is casting the northern lights as something more than a mere novelty, as researchers try to tell a more comprehensive story about the phenomenon. The result is a dazzling glimpse
  
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• Alaska lawmaker, in bid for public confidence, pushes tighter conflict of interest rules for Legislature - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 05:36
  
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  Alaska lawmaker, in bid for public confidence, pushes tighter conflict of interest rules for Legislature
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  JUNEAU — A new state lawmaker has revived an old fight over conflict of interest rules in the Alaska Legislature. Anchorage Independent Rep. Jason Grenn, who's in his first month as a legislator, is proposing measures that would make decisions about ...
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• Alaska volcano erupts for 2nd day in a row; planes warned - KTUU - KTUU.com

  28-01-2017 05:12
  
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  Alaska volcano erupts for 2nd day in a row; planes warned - KTUU
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  The Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised the aviation warning level after a volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted again.
  US observatory lowers aviation warning after Alaska volcano eruptionXinhua
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• Anchorage investor tries to torpedo state income tax - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 05:01
  
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  Anchorage investor tries to torpedo state income tax
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  One of the wealthiest Alaskans has launched a personal campaign against a statewide income tax, a policy that would likely take the most from the state's highest earners. Investor Bob Gillam, who Forbes says is worth $320 million, is running radio and ...
  
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• How will Trump's executive orders on immigration, refugees affect ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 04:47
  
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  How will Trump's executive orders on immigration, refugees affect ...
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  President Donald Trump introduced executive orders this week that would make sweeping changes in the way the United States enforces immigration laws and ...
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• Living in a dreamscape: How one couple forged a future on the Yukon River

  28-01-2017 04:12
  
  
  Lynette Robers and Steve Ulvi in front of their homestead in Yukon-Charley. (Photo: Steve Ulvi/Project Jukebox)When writer John McPhee arrived on the Yukon River in the mid-1970s, he encountered men and women living as far from civilization as they could manage. He profiled many of these people in the third section of his book, “Coming into the Country.”
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  One of the people McPhee met during this time was Steve Ulvi. For a decade beginning in 1974, Ulvi and his soo
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

  28-01-2017 04:06
  
  
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  State leaders seek business input on effort to develop economy
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  Business and community leaders have told state officials they’d like to see new sources of money to finance economic development.
  Alaskans show the flag at Washington March for Life
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• New bill seeks to address conflicts of interest within Legislature

  28-01-2017 03:43
  
  
  The sign outside the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman)When Alaska legislators or their immediate family members financially benefit from bills, the lawmakers declare they have a conflict of interest.
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  But as long as one other legislator objects, the person with the conflict is still required to vote.
  Anchorage Representative Jason Grenn wants to change that to requiring a majority of members to agree to the objection.
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• Governor Walker discusses his prospects for 2017

  28-01-2017 03:00
  
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state’s budget on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 during a press conference in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)Governor Bill Walker wants a budget plan and expressed frustration during his State of the State address with critics who don’t offer other ideas. What does he think he can get done during the current session and how long does he think it will take to get the state back on firm fiscal ground? We’ll ask whe
  
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• Alaskans show the flag at Washington March for Life

  28-01-2017 02:56
  
  
  A small group of Alaskans from Eagle River and JBER participated in the annual March for Life. Photos by Liz Ruskin.It was another day of massive demonstration in Washington, D.C. today, this time for the March for Life, an anti-abortion protest that’s been held annually since 1974. We caught up with a contingent from Eagle River, and a Catholic chaplain from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson.
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  Father Peter Pomposello stood in the shadow of the Washington Monument and loo
  
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• Sitka to lose USCG Cutter Maple this summer

  28-01-2017 02:50
  
  
  (Photo: USCG)Sitka’s docks will look a bit different this summer. The US Coast Guard Cutter Maple will sail south for maintenance and then be reassigned a new homeport in the spring, leaving Sitka without a large Coast Guard vessel for at least six months.
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  Lt. Commander Patrick Armstrong is the officer in charge of the Coast Guard Cutter Maple.
  “There’s been so many hours put on the engines and the generators and things just need to be rebuilt,” Armstrong
  
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• Water overflows on Richardson Highway

  28-01-2017 02:39
  
  Water is flowing across a section of the Richardson Highway south of Paxson. Department of Transportation northern region spokeswoman Meadow Bailey said flooding is an issue between mileposts 184 and 186.
  ”We don’t know what is causing this exactly,” Bailey said. “We don’t know if there’s been some change. It’s definitely an area where there are some small streams that flow off the hillside. So we don’t know if there’s been a diversion in tho
  
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• 49 Voices: Jannelle Trowbridge of Nome

  28-01-2017 02:04
  
  
  Jannelle Trowbridge of Nome. She’s currently a student at the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Photo by Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)This week we’re hearing from Jannelle Trowbridge from Nome. Trowbridge is a UAA student and Arctic Youth Ambassador who almost a decade ago sailed up to Alaska with her family from Michigan.
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  TROWBRIDGE: Like, ever since before I was born, my dad’s like sail boats. My whole life, he’s secretly dreaming of moving the whole boat
  
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• Anchorage School District faces another budget gap

  28-01-2017 01:05
  
  As the legislature tries to develop a viable solution to Alaska’s budget woes, school districts are exploring options to deal with flat state funding anticipated during the next fiscal year.
  Though the level of funding is likely to be similar to the previous year, rising annual costs mean the Anchorage School District is facing a possible shortfall of about $15 million.
  ASD Superintendent Deena Paramo said it will be difficult to balance the budget without affecting employees.
  “I don
  
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• Polar bear science and culture

  28-01-2017 01:00
  
  “An ice floe miles from shore is the only place for a polar bear mother and her cub to rest as the summer progresses.” (Photo courtesy of Florian Schulz and the Anchorage Museum)The next Outdoor Explorer focuses on polar bears. We’ll have a world-renowned biologist to talk about the amazing adaptation of polar bears to the Arctic environment and an anthropologist who has published a new book about the deep impression polar bears have made on our culture. Polar bears are a uniqu
  
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• Anchorage police: 'Disturbing' armed robberies targeted women - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-01-2017 00:27
  
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  Anchorage police: 'Disturbing' armed robberies targeted women
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  Anchorage police are seeking suspects who committed a trio of armed robberies late Thursday, aiming guns at women and threatening to kill them. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported in any of the three robberies according to Lt. John ...and more »
  
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• State leaders seek business input on effort to develop economy

  28-01-2017 00:20
  
  Department of Commerce’s Britteny Cioni-Haywood, left, director of Community and Economic Development Division, Development Manager Ethan Tyler and Commissioner Chris Hladick deliver a presentation on economic development strategy on Jan. 26. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Business and community leaders have told state officials they’d like to see new sources of money to finance economic development.
  That was among the early findings of a state effort to build a comprehensive strategy
  
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• Horizon Air pilots file lawsuit against Alaska Airlines - KREM.com

  28-01-2017 00:03
  
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  Horizon Air pilots file lawsuit against Alaska Airlines
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  SEATTLE -- Pilots for Seattle-based Horizon Air filed a lawsuit in federal court Friday against their employer. The pilots claim the airline violated terms of their labor contract. They claim the company's actions are illegal and bad for business ...
  Pilots sue Horizon Air for paying bonuses not in contractThe News Tribuneall 8 news articles »
  
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