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• A day into the Iditarod, mushers' strategies begin to take shape - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 23:10
  
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  A day into the Iditarod, mushers' strategies begin to take shape
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  One of Jodi Bailey's dogs digs into the snow at the Nenana checkpoint Monday. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). A day has passed since 71 teams left the starting line in Fairbanks, headed for Nome. Many of the prerace concerns that mushers ...and more »
  
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• Checkmate: Predictions on Russia’s manuevering & the U.S. response

  07-03-2017 21:36
  
  
  Captain Gary (Yuri) Tabach was born in Moscow, USSR and lived there until 1976 when his family immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon graduation from Temple University School of Pharmacy in 1985, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. Captain Tabach holds the distinction of being the first Soviet-born citizen to be commissioned an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States.
  Captain Tabach’s Navy career is a highly distinguished one, serving a number of critical roles
  
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• A filibuster and a blizzard of amendments start to weigh down Alaska Legislature's budget work - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 20:36
  
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  A filibuster and a blizzard of amendments start to weigh down Alaska Legislature's budget work
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  JUNEAU — The Alaska House's budget process Tuesday threatened to dissolve into delay and dysfunction rivaling that of U.S. Congress, complete with its own filibuster from a frustrated fiscal hawk, North Pole Republican Rep. Tammie Wilson. Wilson ...and more »
  
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• Here's what Alaska stands to lose with major cuts to the EPA budget - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 20:21
  
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  Here's what Alaska stands to lose with major cuts to the EPA budget
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  Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, speaks to employees of the agency in Washington, D.C. Feb. 21. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts. WASHINGTON — Potential budget cuts aimed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could ...and more »
  
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• Iditapod: Mushers check in at Manley Hot Springs

  07-03-2017 19:07
  
  In Episode 7, we talk about: Early race trail conditions, new sled-building and packing strategies, and we hear interviews with Dallas Seavey and Lance Mackey.
  
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• 'Day Without A Woman' Rallies Happening From Alaska To Rhode Island - Huffington Post

  07-03-2017 17:50
  
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  'Day Without A Woman' Rallies Happening From Alaska To Rhode Island
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  The high temperature tomorrow in Fairbanks, Alaska, a city of about 30,000, is forecast to be -2 degrees, but that won't stop the 60 or so women who have said on Facebook that they will take part in the local Women's Strike. In addition to abstaining ...
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• Bill would create Alaska state lottery - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-03-2017 11:00
  
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  Bill would create Alaska state lottery
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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 — Sen. Click Bishop, R-Fairbanks, is betting Alaskans will spend some of their Permanent Fund dividends on ...
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• Alaska Gov. Walker unveils bill to combat opioid abuse - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 04:53
  
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  Alaska Gov. Walker unveils bill to combat opioid abuse
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  JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Monday released a new bill that would put into law some of his pledges to combat the state's epidemic of opioid abuse, with new education requirements for medical workers, limits on prescriptions and more aggressive ...
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• Sea lion boards fishing boat, attacks fisherman in Sand Point - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 04:47
  
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  Sea lion boards fishing boat, attacks fisherman in Sand Point
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  Mike McNeil was untangling a net off the back of a fishing boat docked in Sand Point in January when he felt a pair of teeth sink into his calf. A commercial fisherman in Alaska since 1980, McNeil had pretty much seen it all. But what was happening now ...
  
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• Alaska Sea Grant program “hopeful but not confident” funding won’t be cut

  07-03-2017 04:14
  
  
  Melissa Good with UAF Alaska Sea Grant collects a sample from a Steller’s sea lion carcass by Unalaska’s Summer Bay. (Photo by John Ryan/KUCB)The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) received a surprise on Friday: The Trump administration is proposing deep cuts to the organization, which focuses on fisheries and climate science. As reported in the Washington Post, NOAA’s could lose 26 percent of its overall budget. The Sea Grant program, with more than a dozen
  
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• Kenai Peninsula invocation lawsuit has roots in New York case

  07-03-2017 04:10
  
  
  Linda Stephens and Susan Galloway sued the town of Greece, New York in 2008 over the opening invocation at each town board meeting. The landmark case, Town of Greece v. Galloway, was heard in the U.S. Supreme Court and has set a legal precedent for prayer in public meetings. (Photo: Linda Stephens)For the past six months, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has debated whether it should restrict who gives the opening prayer at each assembly meeting. They’re not alone; similar disputes are
  
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• ACA replacement bill has skimpier tax credits for Alaskans

  07-03-2017 04:06
  
  Photo by Liz RuskinRepublicans in the U.S. House on Monday released their plan to replace former President Obama’s signature health care law. The new plan would phase out the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid. The House proposal offers tax credits to help people buy insurance if they don’t get it through their jobs. But those tax credits are far less generous to Alaskans than the subsidies in existing law.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March 6, 2017

  07-03-2017 03:59
  
  
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  U.S. House Republicans have released their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Their plan would defund Planned Parenthood and phase out Medicaid expansion. It offers tax credits to help people
  
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• Proper packing becomes more important as mushers kick off from Fairbanks

  07-03-2017 03:40
  
  
  Fairbanks volunteers prepare for race start on banks of Chena River (Photo by Ben Matheson, KNOM)Mushers are on the rivers heading out of Fairbanks right now, as the 45th Iditarod starts in earnest. This is the second time in three races that the restart has been in Fairbanks. And a lot of the mushers have vivid memories of the 2015 race, so this year, they’re trying to pack accordingly.
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  It was chilly in Fairbanks, with overnight lows dipping toward 30 below. But by the time mus
  
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• Fairbanks Four may receive dividends for 18 years of wrongful imprisonment

  07-03-2017 03:05
  
  
  A Fairbanks Four banner at the 2015 Alaska Federation of Natives Conference. Two measures moving through the Alaska House would compensate the four men for the 18 years spent in prison. (Photo by Mikko Wilson/KTOO)It took the work of journalists, lawyers, tribal leaders and citizens to release the Fairbanks Four after they wrongfully convicted on a murder charge and other serious crimes in 1997.
  Now, an effort is underway to compensate the men for the 18 years they spent in prison in the form of
  
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• Skips a Beat: Stories of infatuation, admiration, and complication

  07-03-2017 02:11
  
  Arctic Entries this month brings you: Skips a Beat: Stories of Infatuation, Admiration, and Complication. In the spirit of This American Life, The Moth, and other storytelling events, Arctic Entries brings Alaskans to the stage to share their personal stories: funny, sad and sweet. At every performance, people tell a seven-minute long true story about themselves relating to the show’s theme. Local musicians perform a few songs as well. Proceeds made from Arct
  
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• Preparations underway for Arctic Council ministerial, related events

  07-03-2017 02:09
  
  Ann Maceda, Arctic affairs officer with the State Department’s Bureau of Oceans and Polar Affairs; and Larry Hinzman, UAF vice chancellor for research.
  (Greg Martin/Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce)A U.S. State Department official said planning is well under way for the big, biennial meeting of top diplomats from the eight Arctic Council member nations to be held this spring in Fairbanks.
  “We have an advance team of 40 individuals who are up with us – to give you an idea o
  
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• The Iditarod – Past and Future

  07-03-2017 01:53
  
  A banner for the Iditarod ceremonial start in Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)For only the third time in the race’s history, the Iditarod is starting in Fairbanks. During the next Talk of Alaska we’ll speak with past champions about how the 1,000 mile race has changed over the years and what current mushers think could be the future for the sport.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
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  Lisbett NorrisLance Mackey 
   
  Libby Riddles 
  Statewide callers 
  
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• As mushers race to Nome, a Chicago educator will teach on the trail

  07-03-2017 00:42
  
  Annie Kelley is the Teacher on the Trail for the 2017 Iditarod (Photo: Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)The Iditarod trail won’t be full of just mushers: a teacher will be following along as part of a yearly program.
  For two years, Annie Kelley, of St. Andrew’s School in Chicago has been preparing for a new type of lesson plan.
  “My job is to fly out on the trail in little planes and report back to classrooms across the country that are using the Iditarod as a teaching tool,&rd
  
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• Wasilla man dies in plane crash near Nome - Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-03-2017 00:27
  
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  Wasilla man dies in plane crash near Nome - Alaska Dispatch News
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  Thomas Grainger, 28, of Wasilla died in a plane crash near Nome on Sunday, March 5, 2017. His Cessna 172 was found the following day. (Alaska State ...
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