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• Now reported out of Safety, Seavey could arrive in Nome as early as 3:30–4:00pm

  14-03-2017 22:55
  
  It takes over 1,000 miles of racing – over some of Alaska’s most difficult terrain – to make it to the finish line in Nome. (KNOM photo)Update: Tuesday March 14, 2017 1:53 p.m.
  Nome may be less than two hours away from its 2017 Iditarod finish. Mitch Seavey’s speed continues to exceed expectations. With Seavey out of the Safety checkpoint at 1:10pm Tuesday, an arrival in Nome as early as 3:30–4:00pm is now possible.
  Original post: Monday March 13, 2017 7:00 p.m.
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• Waiting for Martin Buser in Unalakleet: Old friends, and muktuk

  14-03-2017 22:46
  
  Martin Buser posing with a fan in Unalakleet. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Mushers who have been competing in the Iditarod a long time have relationships and traditions they re-visit each time they run the race. And for Martin Buser, when he gets to Unalakleet, that means a bag of muktuk.
  “I love eating the local food, and for about 15 years, a little girl would come and meet me, no matter what time of my arrival, her mom would drag her down,” Buser said. “And
  
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• Alaska Tourism Wants More Businesses to Become Sustainability Advocates - Skift

  14-03-2017 21:00
  
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  Alaska Tourism Wants More Businesses to Become Sustainability Advocates
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  Alaska's tourism industry recently streamlined its application process for certifying businesses as environmentally friendly. Pictured is a traveler taking photos near Fairbanks, Alaska. JLS Photography - Alaska / Flickr. Photo: JLS Photography ...and more »
  
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• Kathleen Parker: In Alaska, sportsmanship may turn grizzly - La Crosse Tribune

  14-03-2017 20:48
  
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  Kathleen Parker: In Alaska, sportsmanship may turn grizzly
  La Crosse Tribune
  WASHINGTON — In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the baiting, trapping and “denning” of bears and wolves in Alaska's national wildlife refuges. The Senate ...and more »
  
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• Meet Clara Williams, from Michigan

  14-03-2017 20:00
  
  Meet Clara Williams, 23, from Frankenmuth, Michigan.
   
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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.
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  Independent producer Vikram Patel makes Ne
  
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• Fed officials laud Alaska insurance program - The Albany Herald

  14-03-2017 19:39
  
  Fed officials laud Alaska insurance program
  The Albany Herald
  WASHINGTON — Alaska's “reinsurance'' program is being touted by the White House as a state-based innovation that can lower premiums and buttress the health insurance market. The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price ...and more »
  
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• Iditapod: Mitch Seavey leaves White Mountain

  14-03-2017 18:58
  
  In Episode 14, we talk about Mitch Seavey being the first musher out of White Mountain, we get a lesson in Iditarod tradition and histoy, and discuss mushers’ strategies for resting their dogs.
  If you have a question about the Iditarod, email us at [email protected].
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March. 13, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  14-03-2017 17:30
  
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  Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March. 13, 2017
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  The U.S. attorney for Alaska has submitted her resignation. President Donald Trump on Friday requested the resignation of Karen Loeffler and 45 other U.S. attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama. House passes bill to provide benefits to survivors ...
  Sports Digest: Alaska man extends his mark as oldest Iditarod winnerPress Herald
  Iditarod blog: Ulsom, Royer finish 4th, 5th with fast timesA
  
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• 1 hurt in shooting at South Anchorage party - Alaska Dispatch News

  14-03-2017 15:25
  
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  1 hurt in shooting at South Anchorage party
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  Police were investigating an injury shooting at a home on Tammy Avenue in South Anchorage early on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Chris Klint / Alaska Dispatch News). Anchorage police were investigating a shooting early Tuesday during a party at a South ...and more »
  
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• Oil legend's biggest hunt ever: 10 billion barrels in Alaska - WorldOil (subscription)

  14-03-2017 13:14
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  Oil legend's biggest hunt ever: 10 billion barrels in Alaska
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  NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- It's hard to tell where the world ends here on the Alaska North Slope. In the subzero twilight, when the Arctic winds snarl, snow and cloud stretch to every horizon in a seamless vault of spectral white. Beyond the tundra, five ...
  Massive oil discovery in Alaska is biggest onshore find in 30 yearsmyfox8.com
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• House passes bill to provide benefits to family of fallen police, firefighters

  14-03-2017 03:00
  
  Rep. Chuck Kopp, R-Anchorage, during a House Floor session in January. He supported a bill that would provide health insurance to survivors of police officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The state House passed a bill Monday that would provide health insurance to the families of police officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty.
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  House Bill 23 was prompted by the shooting deaths of Trooper Sgt. Patrick “Scott” J
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March. 13, 2017

  14-03-2017 02:51
  
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  US Attorney for Alaska Karen Loeffler submits resignation
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  The U.S. attorney for Alaska has submitted her resignation. President Donald Trump on Friday requested the resignation of Karen Loeffler and 45 other U.S. attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama.
  House passes bill to provide benefi
  
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• Calls for Hilcorp to shut down leaking Cook Inlet gas line get louder

  14-03-2017 02:04
  
  Chunks of ice float in Cook Inlet on Dec. 13, 2016 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)An ongoing natural gas leak in Cook Inlet is sparking a debate over pipeline safety. Hilcorp, the responsible company, said it can’t shut off the flow of gas through the pipeline without risking an oil spill. But a number of environmental groups disagree.
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  A recent letter from the federal agency overseeing the incident, the Pipeline and Hazardous Mater
  
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• Mitch Seavey first to Elim, three follow from Koyuk

  14-03-2017 01:54
  
  Mitch Seavey beds down his team in Kaltag (Photo: Ben Matheson, KNOM)Mitch Seavey has a substantial lead in the Iditarod, as the top mushers enter the final phase of the race. Seavey reached the Elim checkpoint at 3:26 p.m. According to the GPS tracker, Nicolas Petit is racing toward Elim in second, followed on the trail by Dallas Seavey and Joar Leifseth Ulsom.
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  After Elim, the race heads to White Mountain, where mushers take a mandatory eight hour rest before the final push to the fi
  
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• Low salmon projections cancel popular Southeast Spring King Derby

  14-03-2017 01:28
  
  The Golden North Salmon Derby has three official stations, Douglas, Auke Bay and Amalga Harbor. (Photo by Lisa Phu/KTOO)A popular Southeast spring fishing derby won’t happen this year, because there aren’t enough fish.
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  The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has organized the Spring King Salmon Derby for two decades.
  The Juneau-area contest has raised $475,000 for scholarships to more than 1,500 students.
  But this year, the state Fish and Game
  
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• Tied-up ferry Taku is for sale

  14-03-2017 01:00
  
  The ferry Taku waits to load passengers in Sitka while it was still sailing. It’s been tied up and now is for sale. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)The state ferry Taku is for sale. The minimum price for the 54-year-old ship is $1.5 million.
  Alaska Marine Highway officials announced the invitation to bid Saturday. The deadline for proposals is May 9.
  The Taku is tied up at Ketchikan’s Ward Cove. It was taken out of service in June of 2015 due to budget cuts and other fa
  
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• Climate scientists worry NOAA cuts will hinder Alaska weather forecasting

  14-03-2017 00:51
  
   
  NOAA operates satellites like this that are part of the Joint Polar Satellite System. JPSS, a collaborative program between NOAA and NASA, is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous environmental satellites. (NOAA graphic)Scientists who study Arctic climate say their research will suffer if the Trump administration goes ahead with big budget cuts reportedly under consideration for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And they say the proposed cuts
  
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• Late Iditarod Volunteer in Kaltag receives Nayokpuk Award

  14-03-2017 00:39
  
  The dog lot in Kaltag. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)The Iditarod is honoring a late longtime race volunteer in Kaltag with the Herbie Nayokpuk Spirit of the Iditarod Award.
  Austin Esmailka, Sr., helped bring the Iditarod through Kaltag for decades. His son-in-law, Iditarod veteran Richard Burnham, accepted the award surrounded by his family in the Kaltag community hall Sunday morning.
  “Austin was always the one who would, when I needed it, would come to me and say ‘R
  
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• Ask the Energy Desk: What happens when our hydropower sources are frozen?

  14-03-2017 00:15
  
  Snow falls on the Governor’s mansion in Juneau. The capital city is under a winter storm warming, as of Monday, March 13. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk)Parts of Interior Alaska, like Fairbanks, have been seeing record cold temperatures this winter. But in Southeast Alaska, the frigid conditions have had a direct impact on the way people power their homes.
  Juneau has been noticeably cold. There have been below freezing temperatures for the past week, which is u
  
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