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• Monitoring Alaska's Remote and Restless Bogoslof Volcano - United States Geological Survey (press release)

  03-03-2017 23:49
  Monitoring Alaska's Remote and Restless Bogoslof Volcano
  United States Geological Survey (press release)
  Bogoslof volcano, located in the Aleutian Islands about 98 km (61 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, is in an active eruption sequence that began in mid-December 2016 and continues today. Eruptive activity has been dominated by a series of ...
  
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• EPA Cuts To Alaska Native Villages Would Hit YK Delta Hardest And Deteriorate Health - KYUK

  03-03-2017 23:48
  
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  EPA Cuts To Alaska Native Villages Would Hit YK Delta Hardest And Deteriorate Health
  KYUK
  The White House wants to eliminate funding for water and sewer projects in Alaska Native villages. That's according to a proposal revealed by The Washington Post this week that would cut more than 25 percent from the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
  
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• Warming, Taller Shrubs May Affect Birds Breeding on Tundra - U.S. News & World Report

  03-03-2017 23:37
  Warming, Taller Shrubs May Affect Birds Breeding on Tundra
  U.S. News & World Report
  A federal study says more shrubs growing on Arctic tundra likely will have little effect on the abundance of most bird species until the vegetation grows tall. March 3, 2017, at 5:38 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Warming ...and more »
  
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• Education funding

  03-03-2017 23:00
  
  Source: Flickr, Marco Antonio TorresThe state budget crisis is hitting public schools, with the loss of 99 teachers expected in Anchorage next year, even if there are no further cuts from the Alaska Legislature. On the next show, we will look at the current situation and how it could change. We’ll have education leaders to answer your questions about how these cuts could affect your children. We’ll also look at how the decisions being made now in Juneau could affect education an
  
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• Alaska lawmakers get big hike in expense payments, thanks to the feds - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 22:56
  
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  Alaska lawmakers get big hike in expense payments, thanks to the feds
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The daily payments for legislators' food and living expenses jumped to $275 from the previous rate of $213, effective March 1. It will remain at that level through the end of their 90-day session in April. If they go into overtime — either the 121-day ...
  
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• Avalanches threaten Juneau neighborhood, briefly close Klondike Highway - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 22:45
  
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  Avalanches threaten Juneau neighborhood, briefly close Klondike Highway
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Klondike Highway from Skagway into Canada, seen in this road camera image, was temporarily closed Friday, March 3, 2017 by avalanches, state officials said. (From Alaska DOTPF). Avalanches in Southeast Alaska on Friday temporarily closed the ...
  
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• Beyond Earth – talking about space travel

  03-03-2017 22:30
  
   This week we’re learning more about space travel and planetary colonization. Charles Wohlforth discusses his new book, Beyond Earth, and answers questions about humanity and its potential for reaching new worlds. It’s a scientific, and economic, examination at what it would take for humans to leave this planet to explore new worlds and possibly colonize them.
  From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer: a propulsive account of the developments an
  
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• Mason Mitchell forgoes last two seasons at Alaska Anchorage, signs with Washington - USCHO

  03-03-2017 22:01
  
  Mason Mitchell forgoes last two seasons at Alaska Anchorage, signs with Washington
  USCHO
  Alaska Anchorage sophomore forward Mason Mitchell has given up his final two seasons of eligibility and signed a two-year, free-agent contract with the NHL's Washington Capitals. Mitchell will join the Hershey Bears, the Capitals' AHL affiliate, on an ...
  
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• “Dating Radar”- The Warning Signs Of High Conflict Partners And How To Spot Them Before It’s Too Late

  03-03-2017 21:00
  
  Every new relationship begins with each person falling for the other’s “representative”. They are charming, funny, and crazy about you. Oxytocin gets flowing and before you know it, you’re in love. Lost in the ecstasy of a new relationship, it’s easy to ignore the early warning signs that all might not be as it seems. As you get deeper into the relationship, things start to change. Concern turns to questioning, love turns to jealousy, and care turns to control. Sud
  
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• Perseverance’s They Don’t Talk Back

  03-03-2017 19:18
  
  Perseverance’s They Don’t Talk BackA young 17-year old Tlingit leaves Juneau to go to his grandparents’ remote village to begin a journey into himself and his culture is the subject of Frank Henry Kaash Katasse’s play They Don’t Talk Back being produced by Perseverance Theatre and performing in the Sydney Laurence Theatre March 3rd through the 12th. Skyler Ray-Benson Davis, who plays the young “Nick”, stops by the studio this week, along with Anchorage G
  
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• JetBlue, Alaska, Atlas push back against US majors on Gulf issue - ATWOnline

  03-03-2017 17:51
  
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  JetBlue, Alaska, Atlas push back against US majors on Gulf issue
  ATWOnline
  Panel discussion at the US Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit. From L to R: Atlas Air Worldwide CEO Bill Flynn, Allegiant Air CEO Maurice Gallagher, Airbus Americas chairman Alan McArtor, JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes and Alaska Airlines CEO ...and more »
  
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• Cellphones at the Iditarod? The race, like Alaska's climate, is changing - Chicago Tribune

  03-03-2017 16:49
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Cellphones at the Iditarod? The race, like Alaska's climate, is changing
  Chicago Tribune
  Charley Bejna plans to take advantage of the new cellphone rule at the Iditarod by carrying a phone loaded with notes about individual dogs and overall race tactics. (Kyle Hopkins / The Washington Post). Kyle HopkinsWashington Post. For the first time, ...
  The Economics Of Alaska's Mushing IndustryWBAA
  Expect deep snow and subzero chill for Fairbanks start of IditarodAlaska Dispatch New
  
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• Alaska Airlines offers wine flights, tastings and free shipping for mileage members - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  03-03-2017 11:08
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Alaska Airlines offers wine flights, tastings and free shipping for mileage members
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  A partnership with tourism and wine promotion agencies in Washington state, Oregon, and California allows Alaska mileage plan members to enjoy free tastings at 500 different spots. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a subscriber? Sign in ...and more »
  
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• You could design Alaska's next license plate - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 06:30
  
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  You could design Alaska's next license plate
  Alaska Dispatch News
  One of a couple of sample plates to illustrate the state's plan to solicit and judge designs for new license plates. (Alaska State Council on the Arts). The "Alaska Artistic License" plate contest opened Monday. Alaska residents can submit their ...
  
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• Western Alaska fish plant won't open again this year - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 04:43
  
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  Western Alaska fish plant won't open again this year - Alaska ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  BETHEL – A fishing group set up to benefit Western Alaska villages announced on Thursday that it won't open its fish processing plant in Platinum for the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 2, 2017

  03-03-2017 04:17
  
  
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  Public testimony tilts against oil and gas tax overhaul
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Most Alaskans who offered public testimony Wednesday on a proposed overhaul of the state’s oil and gas taxes and tax credits opposed the measure.
  House majority looks to tap Permanent Fund to close budget
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• Who will win or make the Top 10? Ask Jake. - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 04:01
  
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  Who will win or make the Top 10? Ask Jake.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Dallas Seavey, left, has dinner with his dad Mitch at the Cripple checkpoint in the 2012 Iditarod. Both are considered favorites to win this year. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Being in the Top 10 has a nice ring to it, an aura that suggests ...
  
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• Alaska's federal immigration agents used to be known for raids. Will they be again? - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 03:39
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska's federal immigration agents used to be known for raids. Will they be again?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Federal immigration agents keep a much lower profile in Alaska than they once did. But no one is sure yet how that might change under the evolving immigration policy of President Donald Trump. Back in the 1990s, agents for what was then the federal ...
  
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• Lively aurora forecast with clear skies over Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-03-2017 02:52
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Lively aurora forecast with clear skies over Southcentral Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Aurora seen from Gunsight Mountain near Eureka, Alaska. on Mar. 16, 2013. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Good news for northern lights lovers: Thursday's forecast continues a week of active aurora in Alaska. The aurora forecast shows high ...
  
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• Scientists propose plan to help refreeze melting Arctic

  03-03-2017 02:51
  
  Ice floes float in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland above the Arctic circle on July 10, 2008. A new paper from Arizona State University physicists proposes using sea water pumps to facilitate more ice formation in the Arctic. (Photo by Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)The Arctic could see its first ice-free summer as soon as 2030 as the region continues to warm faster than the rest of the planet.
  Some scientists think we’ve reached a point of no return, where no amount of reduci
  
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• Murkowski, Sullivan diverge on Sessions

  03-03-2017 02:31
  
  Then-senator Jeff Sessions at a Trump campaign event last year. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/cc)U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said today (March 2) he will not involve himself in any investigation of foreign interference in last year’s election.
  “I have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter related in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States,” Sessions announced.
  Sessions was an advisor to the Trump campaign.
  
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• State Troopers plan to move lone Haines position to Bethel

  03-03-2017 02:29
  
  The Haines state trooper car parked outside of the courthouse. (Photo: Emily Files)Things are not looking good for Haines’ Alaska State Trooper post. AST Director Col. James Cockrell intends to reassign Haines’ one trooper position to Bethel. The decision isn’t final yet, but the community conversation about how to handle the loss continued at a Public Safety Commission meeting this week.
  Col. Cockrell said the level of crime in Western Alaska is the main reason to move funding
  
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• With new Interior secretary, renewed hopes for King Cove road

  03-03-2017 02:18
  
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rode a National Park Service horse named Tonto about a mile, posing along the National Mall for photos. The Park Service, the Mall and the horse are within Interior’s domain. (Interior Department photo.)Former Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke rode a horse to his first day of work in Washington, D.C. today. He’s the new Secretary of the Interior. The position is an important one for Alaska, where more than 60 percent of the land is owned by the federal gove
  
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• Murkowski joins several Democrats in challenging proposed pot enforcements - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-03-2017 02:11
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Murkowski joins several Democrats in challenging proposed pot enforcements
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A group of U.S. senators – including one Alaskan – is asking the Justice Department to keep existing guidance on marijuana laws. Listen now. The request came in a letter signed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma., and nine other senators.
  Murkowski and Warren urge attorney general to back off marijuanaAlaska Dispatch News
  Marijuana laws in Al
  
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• Murkowski joins several Democrats in challenging proposed pot enforcements

  03-03-2017 02:10
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski. (Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media)A group of U.S. senators – including one Alaskan – is asking the Justice Department to keep existing guidance on marijuana laws.
  The request came in a letter signed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Elizabeth Warren, D-Ma., and nine other senators. They asked U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to continue upholding the Cole Memo — a 2013 document stating that Federal officials will not take enforcement action in states that
  
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• Alaska's Pebble Mine and the Legend of Trump's Gold - The New Yorker

  03-03-2017 00:30
  
  The New Yorker
  Alaska's Pebble Mine and the Legend of Trump's Gold
  The New Yorker
  Last summer, I walked alone across a magnificent slice of southwest Alaska, over hilly tundra pocked with lakes and ponds and sliced through by meandering creeks. There were caribou and eagles, wolves and bears, and just then millions of sockeye salmon ...
  
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• Natural Gas Leak in Alaska to Continue Unabated - Popular Mechanics

  03-03-2017 00:16
  
  Popular Mechanics
  Natural Gas Leak in Alaska to Continue Unabated
  Popular Mechanics
  It's pumping out 210,000 cubic feet of gas per day, but a fix isn't expected until later this month at the earliest. Most Popular. Cook Inlet Alaska. Getty. Created with Sketch. By David Grossman. Mar 2, 2017. An ongoing natural gas leak in Alaska has ...and more »
  
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