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• Prosecutors clear Fairbanks officer in fatal August shooting - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-02-2017 23:41
  
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  Prosecutors clear Fairbanks officer in fatal August shooting
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  James Robert Richards, 28 (in white shirt), walks next to, and is shielded by, Solomon Roberts (in black shirt) in a Fairbanks police body-camera video on Aug. 30, 2016, moments before he was fatally shot by police Sgt. Gregory Foster (behind the sedan ...and more »
  
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• Understanding Alaska’s recession

  24-02-2017 22:59
  
  (Graphic Courtesy Alaska’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development)Charles Wohlforth hosts two of the state’s top economists, to examine the Alaska economy that’s firmly in recession. Johnathan King, of Northern Economics, and Mouhcine Guettabi, of UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research, have modeled how bad the recession may be and how long it will last, as well as how the Legislature’s decisions could affect us. Choices on the state budget defi
  
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• Alaska village banishes 4 people for dealing meth - KTUU.com

  24-02-2017 21:10
  
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  Alaska village banishes 4 people for dealing meth
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  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - The chief of an Alaskan tribe says four community members have been banished for dealing methamphetamine. Allakaket Chief PJ Simon tells the News-Miner that 25 residents confronted the suspected meth dealers and escorted ...
  Allakaket tribe banishes 4 amid claims of meth useAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's Allakaket village banishes 4 for dealing methWashington Times
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• Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

  24-02-2017 21:00
  
  Blue Ribbon Star courtesy: National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable
  On the next Lin One we’ll be discussing colorectal cancer. We’ll hear from a survivor as he shares his experiences with surgeries, screenings and treatment. You don’t have to be afraid of the process, and he’ll be with us to tell you why. We’ll also have a local pathologist on the show to talk about treatment and screening options here in Alaska.HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Larry Holman, a
  
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• Walker wants Trump on-board the gasline

  24-02-2017 20:49
  
  
  Chief Oil & Gas Advisor John Hendrix, Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker and Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Andy Mack gave a press conference on Friday Sept. 30, 2016 to discuss their meetings with potential Asian markets for Alaska’s LNG in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney)Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged to increase the nation’s infrastructure spending.
  After Trump was electe
  
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• Unplugged Natural Gas Leak Threatens Alaska's Endangered Cook Inlet Belugas - InsideClimate News

  24-02-2017 20:45
  
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  Unplugged Natural Gas Leak Threatens Alaska's Endangered Cook Inlet Belugas
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  A natural gas pipeline has been leaking since at least Feb. 7 and the company says it can't safely stop the flow of gas. Sabrina Shankman · By Sabrina Shankman · Follow @shankman. Feb 24, 2017. Natural gas leak in Alaska's Cook Inlet. A video ...and more »
  
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• Start-up gambles time is right for Alaska solar power - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-02-2017 20:41
  
  Start-up gambles time is right for Alaska solar power
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  Stephen Trimble and Chase Christie of Arctic Solar Ventures show off the company's largest installation to date: an 86-panel commercial installation in downtown Anchorage. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska's Energy Desk). Alaska's solar industry lags ...
  
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• Start-up gambles time is right for Alaska solar power

  24-02-2017 20:37
  
  
  Stephen Trimble and Chase Christie of Arctic Solar Ventures show off the company’s largest installation to date: an 86-panel commercial installation in downtown Anchorage. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)Alaska’s solar industry lags far behind many other states.
  But with prices dropping dramatically around the world, some entrepreneurs see a new opportunity.
  One major challenge is simply convincing people that solar works in Alaska — and that, in fact,
  
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• Alaska Game Board rejects bear snaring measure - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  24-02-2017 20:22
  
  Alaska Game Board rejects bear snaring measure
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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. FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Board of Game voted down a measure Thursday that would have let hunters in the Fort Yukon ...
  
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• Alaska lawmakers consider reducing their own pay - KTUU.com

  24-02-2017 19:59
  
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  Alaska lawmakers consider reducing their own pay
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska lawmakers will take a substantial pay cut if a plan suggested by a small group of representatives tasked with vetting the Legislature's budget ends up in the final spending plan. House budget subcommittees this week have ...
  Industry pushes back against proposed changes to state's oil tax systemAlaska Public Radio Networkall 2 news articles »
  
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• UAA Theatre and Dance presents Working

  24-02-2017 19:06
  
  Jordan Crenshaw as “Lovin Al” in WorkingPre-Moth Radio Hour, This American Life and even Alaska’s own Arctic Entries, author Studs Terkel took tape recorder in hand to interview real people doing real jobs across the country and then published a book about the people he met. Later, renowned composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin) collaborated with several other composers and song writers (James Taylor, Craig Carnelia, etc.) to bring that book to the stage in the form of th
  
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• Growing cannabis outdoors in Alaska is challenging, but not impossible - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-02-2017 16:01
  
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  Growing cannabis outdoors in Alaska is challenging, but not impossible
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  We are not quite at the real start of the indoor part of the outdoor growing season, so let me take a bit of space to answer some questions about cannabis. Where it has been legalized Outside, this plant has been hailed as the new tomato for home hobby ...
  
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• Demise of the Alaska Aces leaves a scheduling hole for Sullivan Arena - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-02-2017 13:53
  
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  Demise of the Alaska Aces leaves a scheduling hole for Sullivan Arena
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  The private contractor that runs the city-owned Sullivan Arena was scrambling Thursday to fill the scheduling and financial void that will be left by the end of Alaska Aces hockey, the arena's single biggest tenant. Joe Wooden, general manager of SMG ...
  Alaska Aces to Cease OperationsScout
  Alaska Aces to cease operations at the end of 2016-17 seasonKTUU.com
  Alaska Aces hockey team to
  
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• House considers slashing daily expense payments to Alaska lawmakers - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-02-2017 05:46
  
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  House considers slashing daily expense payments to Alaska lawmakers
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  JUNEAU — A panel of Alaska House members is proposing to slash by three-fourths their $213 daily payments for in-session expenses and to completely eliminate the special $160 per diem for Juneau's three legislators. The unanimous, bipartisan vote ...and more »
  
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• Alaska AG says feds couldn't overturn state's pot law - KTUU.com

  24-02-2017 04:41
  
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  Alaska AG says feds couldn't overturn state's pot law
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) A representative for the Alaska attorney general's office says a change in how the federal government enforces its own marijuana laws would not affect state marijuana laws. Department of Law spokeswoman Cori Mills says ...and more »
  
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• New details emerge in mishandling of University of Alaska sex assault cases - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-02-2017 04:21
  
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  New details emerge in mishandling of University of Alaska sex assault cases
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  Days after the University of Alaska announced it would be taking steps to improve its Title IX compliance, the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights released a letter detailing failings of the statewide system in greater detail. The 32 ...and more »
  
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• Alaska sees positive federal signals on individual insurance market - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-02-2017 03:56
  
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  Alaska sees positive federal signals on individual insurance market
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  Insurance Division Director Lori Wing-Heier, in Juneau Jan. 29th, 2016 (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North). Gov. Bill Walker's administration is asking the federal government to take on much of the cost of supporting the individual insurance market. Listen now.and more »
  
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• Alaska sees positive federal signals on individual insurance market

  24-02-2017 03:54
  
  
  Insurance Division Director Lori Wing-Heier, in Juneau Jan. 29th, 2016 (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is asking the federal government to take on much of the cost of supporting the individual insurance market.
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  Early interest in the program from the Trump administration is raising the administration’s hopes.
  Last month, the state launched the Alaska Reinsurance Program to offset the cost of the most expensive treatments covered in
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Feb. 24, 2017

  24-02-2017 03:54
  
  
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  Spicer says feds likely to boost enforcement of anti-marijuana laws
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said today he expects the Department of Justice will step up enforcement of federal marijuana laws. No details yet on how this will affect states th
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017

  24-02-2017 03:54
  
  
  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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  Spicer says feds likely to boost enforcement of anti-marijuana laws
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said today he expects the Department of Justice will step up enforcement of federal marijuana laws. No details yet on how this will affect states th
  
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• Spicer says feds likely to boost enforcement of anti-marijuana laws

  24-02-2017 03:00
  
  
  Sean Spicer at the White House, 2017 (Creative commons photo by VOA)White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said today he expects the Department of Justice will step up enforcement of federal marijuana laws. But he didn’t elaborate on what that might entail, and there are no details yet about how this will affect states that have set up recreational marijuana industries.
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  If enforcement is increased, it could collide with Alaska’s voter-approved legalization and damage Alas
  
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• House Science to EPA: drop Pebble Mine veto

  24-02-2017 02:52
  
  Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairs the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, which penned a letter Wednesday asking EPA to drop the veto of Pebble Mine and allow permitting to proceed.
  (US Congress)In a letter Wednesday to new EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, the chairman of the House Science Committee asked that the agency rescind its 2014 veto of the Pebble Mine. EPA proposed the preemptive Clean Water Act restrictions based on findings from its Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment, and did
  
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• New Iditarod two-way communication rules for safety, not advantage

  24-02-2017 02:41
  
  Jeff King arrives in Ruby during the 2016 Iditarod (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/ Alaska Public Media)During last year’s Iditarod, an intoxicated snowmachiner struck Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle’s teams on a section of the trail heading into Nulato. And the implications of that event are shaping aspects of this year’s Iditarod.
  Speaking with KNOM’s Emily Schwing just a few hours after the incident, King described what happened.
  “One of the many snowmachines that were on t
  
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• Ask the Energy Desk: Are plastic bag bans better for the environment?

  24-02-2017 01:21
  
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  Bans on plastic grocery bags have been cropping up across Alaska’s remote communities. Cordova’s ban went into effect last year.
  But so far, the larger cities in the state have yet to adopt one.
  Penny Gage, a resident of Anchorage, has a different kind of skeleton in her closet.
  “I have a large collection of plastic bags at home, and I feel very bad,” Gage said. “I have gotten out of the habit of bringing my fabric bags to the store. And we use them for t
  
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• Alaska Aces hockey team to fold after this season

  24-02-2017 00:08
  
  The state’s only professional sports franchise, the Alaska Aces, will fold after this season. The decision was announced Thursday (Feb. 23).
  Terry Parks is a managing member of the Aces. After years of declining revenue, he said the choice to fold was a business decision.
  “We bought this team out of bankruptcy almost 15 years ago and certainly turned it around and now we have to suffer the consequences of closing it down because of lack of attendance to the games and we believe it&rs
  
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