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• Iditarod’s mid-pack mushers prepare final pushes to Nome

  13-03-2017 23:20
  
  Katherine Keith tending to her dogs in Kaltag before departing for Unalakleet during the Iditarod. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Iditarod mushers face a grueling next few days.
  Not just those fighting tooth-and-nail at the top of the pack but, also, everyone else with competitive ambitions jockeying for spots in the top 10, 20 and 30.
  At this point in the race, the leader board is hardly set in stone. At the Kaltag checkpoint, a lot of mid-pack mushers are getting ready to make
  
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• Video: Is the Cook Inlet gas leak contributing to global warming?

  13-03-2017 23:03
  
  A natural gas pipeline in Alaska has been leaking methane into the atmosphere since at least early February. Dr. Katey Walter Anthony from the University of Alaska Fairbanks helps to put the size of that leak into perspective.
  
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• Alaska Ferry up for Sale; State Seeks at Least $1.5 Million - U.S. News & World Report

  13-03-2017 22:56
  Alaska Ferry up for Sale; State Seeks at Least $1.5 Million
  U.S. News & World Report
  The state of Alaska is offering for sale a ferry that it says it no longer can afford to maintain and operate. | March 13, 2017, at 5:50 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Ferry up for Sale; State Seeks at Least $1.5 Million ...and more »
  
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• Update: More money for the Alaska Marine Highway

  13-03-2017 21:24
  
  Drivers leave the ferry Fairweather at the Angoon terminal in 2010. Angoon will have more service this winter. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News – Juneau)State House budget writers have restored much of the ferry system cut proposed by the governor for the next fiscal year.
  The House Finance Committee on Thursday added about $2.1 million to the Alaska Marine Highway budget. Gov. Bill Walker’s spending plan, released in December, included $2.8 million – or two percent &n
  
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• Alaska Program Certifies Eco-Friendly Tourism Businesses - U.S. News & World Report

  13-03-2017 19:33
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska Program Certifies Eco-Friendly Tourism Businesses
  U.S. News & World Report
  Tourism businesses in Alaska are getting certified for being environmentally friendly to encourage more companies to move toward sustainable practices. | March 13, 2017, at 2:47 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Program ...and more »
  
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• Checking back in with Greg Gallagher, from Washington D.C.

  13-03-2017 19:26
  
  
  In this show, we’re checking in with with Greg Gallagher, 31, who is from Washington D.C. He moved here for love and we’ll see how things are going so far.
   
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  “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays duri
  
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• Iditarod changes dropped dog transport standards following Friday death

  13-03-2017 19:21
  
  Scott Smith at the checkpoint in Galena. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)The Iditarod Trail Committee said it’s changing protocols for how it transports dropped sled dogs after an one died Friday while in the organization’s care. An early necropsy on the dog showed it had overheated, dying of hyperthermia while on board a plane.
  Scott Smith is lighting a crumpled pile of straw to get a fire going in his cooker. His team is spread out on straw in the warm sunshine
  
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• Iditapod: Mitch Seavey leads the charge up the coast

  13-03-2017 19:16
  
  In Episode 13, we talk about Mitch Seavey’s rush up the coast, what’s going on in the middle of the pack, a musher reflecting on his dog’s death, and we address a bunch more listener questions.
  If you have a question about the Iditarod, email us at [email protected].
  
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• Meet Simonetta, from Rome, Italy

  13-03-2017 19:10
  
  
  This time we meet Simonetta, 27, from Rome, Italy.
   
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  “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
  Host and Producer 
  Independent producer Vikram Patel makes
  
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• Meet Douglas Baye, from Lagos, Nigeria

  13-03-2017 19:01
  
  
  This time we meet Douglas Baye, 32, who is from Lagos, Nigeria.
   
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  “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
  Host and Producer 
  Independent producer Vikram Pat
  
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• Algo Nuevo March 12, 2017

  13-03-2017 18:36
  
  Here’s the Sunday, March 12, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  Song TitleArtist NameAlbum TitleCD LabelDuration
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  Canela
  Santana
  Shape Sh
  
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• Only one state, Alaska, lost jobs in January - Salt Lake Tribune

  13-03-2017 16:12
  
  Only one state, Alaska, lost jobs in January
  Salt Lake Tribune
  Washington • Employers boosted hiring in 13 U.S. states in January, while employment changed little in 36 states. The Labor Department says Alaska is the only state to show a significant decline in jobs, shedding 2,100. Nationwide, hiring picked up in ...and more »
  
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