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• 49 Voices: Tsolmon Damba of Anchorage

  17-03-2017 23:54
  
  Tsolmon Damba of Anchorage (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Tsolmon Damba in Anchorage. Demba is a nursing student from Mongolia who arrived in Alaska nearly seven years ago to attend UAA. She says the city is not what she expected.
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  DAMBA: When I first came to the U.S., the first city I went to was Anchorage, so I was expecting really tall buildings like in the movies (laughs). I felt like I was in the countryside. It was
  
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• Alaska Senate passes bill to help address opioid abuse - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-03-2017 23:33
  
  Alaska Senate passes bill to help address opioid abuse
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Legislation allowing state health officials to extend a program for broader distribution of a ...and more »
  
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• Alaska House's expense cut gets cool reception from Senate president - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 23:05
  
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  Alaska House's expense cut gets cool reception from Senate president
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — The Alaska House's proposal to slash legislators' expense checks appears to face stiff opposition from the leader of the Senate. Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, dismissed the House's plan, which would reduce lawmakers' annual ...
  
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• Transportation vision

  17-03-2017 22:00
  
   
  A People Mover bus. Hillman/KSKATransportation helps make the city. On the next Hometown Alaska, we’ll dream about how we could make our transportation system better to make a better Anchorage. Our guests will include a visiting transportation guru bringing new ideas, and a local transportation leader who knows our own situation. Please join us with your questions–and your own vision–as we explore the city’s transportation future.
   
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• USD Students Travel To Alaska To Help Yupik Eskimos - Vermillion Plain Talk

  17-03-2017 21:48
  
  USD Students Travel To Alaska To Help Yupik Eskimos
  Vermillion Plain Talk
  Several USD students recently traveled to Alaska to provide tax assistance to Eskimos. The villages visited by USD students were only reachable by small aircraft and snow vehicles. Posted: Friday, March 17, 2017 3:35 pm | Updated: 4:56 pm, Fri Mar 17, ...
  
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• Intercultural Alaska: Celebrating diversity & connecting through stories

  17-03-2017 21:30
  
  This week we’re featuring a World Matters storytelling event titled “Intercultural Alaska: Celebrating Diversity & Connecting Through Stories.” Five storytellers share with us their stories of immigration, culture, heritage and integration. All of which help make Alaska such a diverse place to live.  
   
  SPEAKERS:
  Amanda Dale – from Alaska
  Timothy Williams – from Fairbanks and spent time working in Russia
  Svaja Worthington – family immi
  
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• Meet Cale Pastorek, from Mississippi

  17-03-2017 21:00
  
  This time we meet Cale Pastorek, 28, from Mississippi via Houston.
   
   
  “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
  
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• Alaska sea lion study gets help from crowdsource volunteers - Sacramento Bee

  17-03-2017 20:45
  
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  Alaska sea lion study gets help from crowdsource volunteers
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  A federal wildlife agency studying the Steller sea lion decline in Alaska's Aleutian Islands is looking for help from citizen scientists. Volunteers don't need raincoats or rubber boots to pitch in, just eyeballs and a computer screen. Fisheries ...and more »
  
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• Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 20:39
  
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  Where to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Anchorage
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Irish music and dance — Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the beginning of spring with Wings to Fly, The Irish Dance Academy of Alaska, The Northern Lights Celtic Dancers, soloists Philip Price, Dawn Berg, Terri Mayeur, Rebecca Wolverton, Cillian ...and more »
  
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• Heart Health-A look at common heart disorders

  17-03-2017 20:00
  
  The Human heart beats about 2.5 billion times over the average lifetime, pushing millions of gallons of blood to every part of the body. This steady flow carries with it oxygen, fuel, hormones, and a host of essential cells to every part of the body. Given this never-ending workload, it’s a wonder it performs so well, for so long, for so many people. But the heart can also fail, brought down by a poor diet and lack of exercise, smoking, infection, unlucky genes, and more. On the next Line
  
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• Alaska Senate Passes Bill to Help Address Opioid Abuse - U.S. News & World Report

  17-03-2017 19:16
  Alaska Senate Passes Bill to Help Address Opioid Abuse
  U.S. News & World Report
  Legislation allowing state health officials to extend a program for broader distribution of a drug used to prevent opioid overdose has passed the Alaska Senate. | March 17, 2017, at 2:11 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska ...and more »
  
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• 3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's ... - EcoWatch

  17-03-2017 19:02
  
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  3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's ...
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  An underwater pipeline has been spewing hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of processed natural gas per day in Alaska's Cook Inlet, threatening beluga ...
  Feds: Alaska oil pipeline near gas leak 'at risk' | Upstream Online ...Upstream Onlineall 6 news articles »
  
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• 3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's Cook Inlet - EcoWatch

  17-03-2017 19:02
  
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  3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's Cook Inlet
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  For more than three months, an underwater pipeline has been spewing hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of processed natural gas per day in Alaska's Cook Inlet, possibly threatening critically endangered beluga whales, fish and other wildlife. The 8 ...
  
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• Alaska gardeners, meet the achocha - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 14:46
  
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  Alaska gardeners, meet the achocha
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  Achocha, a plant from the Andes related to cucumbers, shows promise for Alaska gardeners. (Getty). It is always a delicate balance writing about plants that need to be started indoors, because we don't have an outdoor growing season long enough to ...
  
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• Invasive Seeds Found in Popular Brand of Chicken Feed - U.S. News & World Report

  17-03-2017 14:42
  Invasive Seeds Found in Popular Brand of Chicken Feed
  U.S. News & World Report
  A Kodiak farmer has discovered seeds from an invasive plant species prohibited in Alaska in a popular brand of poultry feed. | March 17, 2017, at 3:23 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Invasive Seeds Found in Popular Brand of ...and more »
  
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• Ski, bike or run in Alaska's 100-mile call of the wild - CNN

  17-03-2017 14:10
  
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  Ski, bike or run in Alaska's 100-mile call of the wild
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  Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) If braving 100 miles of snow, ice and the freezing winter temperatures those elements imply, through the Alaskan bush, sounds like a good time to you, you may be extra thrilled by the option to race those dozens of miles of ...and more »
  
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• Fox Well Could Stay Public as Part of Agreement With State - U.S. News & World Report

  17-03-2017 14:06
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  Fox Well Could Stay Public as Part of Agreement With State
  U.S. News & World Report
  A historic well north of Fairbanks will remain open to the public, as its sale has been put on hold pending a maintenance agreement that would keep it under state ownership but not at state expense. | March 17, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.. MORE.and more »
  
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• National security and Alaska development - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-03-2017 09:05
  
  National security and Alaska development
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. News-Miner Community Perspective: Alaska has long played a part in America's national security. Alaskan military bases ...
  
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• Alaska's smallest basketball division features one of state's biggest ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 04:14
  
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  Alaska's smallest basketball division features one of state's biggest ...
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  Ninilchik's Austin White, a 6-foot-8 forward, went from not playing basketball at all to Class 1A Player of the Year.and more »
  
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• Alaska House votes to shut down budget debate

  17-03-2017 03:12
  
  Rep. Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, gazes at the ceiling during debate Thursday on the House budget bill in Juneau. The House voted to shut down debate on the budget on Friday. Chenault’s Republican minority coalition objected, saying it was an unprecedented manuever. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)The Alaska House voted to shut down debate on the state budget.
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  Members of the House minority say the action is stifling debate. The two House caucuses disagree abou
  
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• With budget mired in amendments, Alaska House majority cuts off debate - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 03:09
  
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  With budget mired in amendments, Alaska House majority cuts off debate
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JUNEAU — The fight over the Alaska House budget, which had been lurching into paralysis, culminated Thursday in an extraordinary decision by the new majority to cut off debate and get the measure moving again. The vote, initiated by House Rules ...
  Alaska House votes to shut down budget debateAlaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska House Votes to Cut Legislative AllowanceU.S. N
  
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• Alaska's chief medical officer on opioid battle - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-03-2017 03:06
  
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  Alaska's chief medical officer on opioid battle
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  Naloxone HCl preparation, pre-filled Luer-Jet package for intravenous administration. (Creative Commons photo by Intropin). The state senate today (March 16) passed a bill that leaves in place an order to provide Naloxone, an anti-overdose drug to ...
  
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• Alaska gets millions of dollars from Volkswagen settlement | Alaska ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-03-2017 03:06
  
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  Alaska gets millions of dollars from Volkswagen settlement | Alaska ...
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  The logo on a Volkswagen Golf R32 at the Scottish VAG Show 2013 held in Scotland. (Creative Commons photo by p&p photo). The state of Alaska is receiving ...and more »
  
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• Alaska’s chief medical officer on opioid battle

  17-03-2017 03:03
  
  Naloxone HCl preparation, pre-filled Luer-Jet package for intravenous administration. (Creative Commons photo by Intropin)The state senate today (March 16) passed a bill that leaves in place an order to provide Naloxone, an anti-overdose drug to Alaskan organizations and individuals for another four years. Governor Bill Walker had issued a 30 day emergency disaster declaration in February to make Naloxone widely available. Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jay Butler said today’s l
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, March 16, 2017

  17-03-2017 03:01
  
  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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  Don’t panic over Trump’s budget, Murkowski says
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  President Trump’s first budget shows zeroes for several programs important to Alaska. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says there’s a lot for an Alaskan to be upset about in this document, but she
  
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• Alaska gets millions of dollars from Volkswagen settlement

  17-03-2017 02:58
  
  Diesel car engines like this one in a 2012 Volkswagen Golf are among those that include software that circumvents EPA emissions standards for certain air pollutants. (Alaska’s Energy Desk photo)The state of Alaska is receiving over $8 million in settlement money after a top car company cheated on its federal emissions tests. Volkswagen sold more than 500,000 diesel-powered cars nationwide between 2009 and 2016. And those cars were equipped with so-called “defeat devices,”
  
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• DATA VIZ: Most stolen vehicles in Alaska - KTUU.com

  17-03-2017 02:22
  
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  DATA VIZ: Most stolen vehicles in Alaska
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  Past 30 Day data is sourced from the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Anchorage Bowl Recovery Rate data is sourced from the Anchorage Police Department. Ranked 2005 - 2013 data is sourced from the U.S. Insurance Agents, which sourced data from ...
  
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• Don't panic over Trump's budget, Murkowski says - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-03-2017 02:09
  
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  Don't panic over Trump's budget, Murkowski says
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  The White House today released an outline of President Trump's first budget. As expected, the document calls for cutting government programs to offset a big increase in defense spending. The budget cuts would hit Alaska hard — if Congress were to ...
  Alaska's congressional delegates react to Trump's budget proposalKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Alaska's Murkowski is problematic for the GO
  
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• Don’t panic over Trump’s budget, Murkowski says

  17-03-2017 02:08
  
  President Donald Trump  (Image from White House video)The White House today released an outline of President Trump’s first budget. As expected, the document calls for cutting government programs to offset a big increase in defense spending. The budget cuts would hit Alaska hard — if Congress were to adopt them.
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  But Sen. Lisa Murkowski wants you to know that Congress is not going to pass this budget.
  “This is the president’s re
  
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• Alaska State Parks switches to new booking system - Alaska Public Radio Network

  17-03-2017 02:03
  
  Alaska State Parks switches to new booking system
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  Transition to a new booking system will up the cost of renting popular Alaska State Parks public use cabins. Listen now. Acting State Parks Director Matt Wedeking said a flat eight dollar reservation fee will be added to the rental cost for 66 cabins ...
  
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• Alaska State Parks switches to new booking system

  17-03-2017 02:03
  
  Transition to a new booking system will up the cost of renting popular Alaska State Parks public use cabins.
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  Acting State Parks Director Matt Wedeking said a flat eight dollar reservation fee will be added to the rental cost for 66 cabins statewide.
  Wedeking said the fee is the result of State Parks switching from an in house reservation system to nationwide vendor Reserve America.
  ”That is new,” Wedeking said. “That will be a fee to the customer on the Reserve Ameri
  
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• Railway demolition unearths new discoveries from World War II

  17-03-2017 01:51
  
  Unalaska’s marine railway stands half-demolished in December. The WWII structure has since been leveled, about 75 years after it was built.
  (Photo: Laura Kraegel/KUCB)About 75 years ago, the U.S. Navy built a marine railway in Unalaska. It was basically an underwater railroad that helped the military haul boats out of the Bering Sea during World War II.
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  Since then, the railway has slowly gone to seed and recently, it was demolished for good.
  Unalaska’s small boat harb
  
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• Yukon Quest dog’s heart stopped

  17-03-2017 01:10
  
  Final results of a necropsy performed on a dog that died during last month’s Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race are in.
  Yukon Quest head veterinarian Nina Hansen said veteran musher Yuka Honda’s dog Firefly had an enlarged heart.
  “And likely died of a sudden arrhythmia,” Hansen said. “So the electricity going to the heart would have gone wrong.”
  Hansen says many sled dogs have enlarged hearts and live normal lives, while a few die suddenly. She says it appears Fir
  
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• Trump budget cuts deeply into Alaska's federal funding - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 01:00
  
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  Trump budget cuts deeply into Alaska's federal funding
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON — The White House released President Donald Trump's first budget proposal to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, and it was full of cuts to programs that send money to Alaska. In response, the members of Alaska's congressional delegation, ...
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• Fourth dog dies in the Iditarod, the most since 2009 - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 00:56
  
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  Fourth dog dies in the Iditarod, the most since 2009
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Roger Lee of England and his his team descend the Cordova Street hill during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ceremonial start on March 4 in Anchorage. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). Another dog died on the Iditarod Trail Wednesday morning, making ...
  5th dog tied to Iditarod dies as team nears Alaska villageFOXSports.comall 69 news articles »
  
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• 4 sentenced in Anchorage check-fraud scheme - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-03-2017 00:40
  
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  4 sentenced in Anchorage check-fraud scheme
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Four people were sentenced Monday in a check-fraud scheme that last year cost Anchorage businesses tens of thousands of dollars and saw several people fall victim to identity theft. Mail thefts and car break-ins let the defendants hijack Alaskans' bank ...
  
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• Pen Air works to integrate Saab 2000s

  17-03-2017 00:34
  
  Pen Air has introduced a new series of Saab 2000s into their fleet. They are the first airline to use these craft on commercial routes. (Photo: Chrissy Roes)Pen Air is facing criticism from residents in Bristol Bay due to continued delays along its Dillingham-Anchorage route. The company said it is still in the process of integrating their new fleet of Saab 2000s.
  Pen Air Vice President of Sales and Marketing Melissa Roberts said recent mechanical delays are on account of the comp
  
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