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• That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight - Naples Daily News

  23-03-2017 23:52
  
  Naples Daily News
  That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight
  Naples Daily News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anna McConnaughy was flying to Alaska's largest city when the announcement came over the intercom: a passenger on a ...and more »
  
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• College of Charleston set to play in Great Alaska Shootout next season - Charleston Post Courier

  23-03-2017 23:48
  
  Charleston Post Courier
  College of Charleston set to play in Great Alaska Shootout next season
  Charleston Post Courier
  The College of Charleston men's basketball team will take part in next season's Great Alaska Shootout, the school announced Thursday. It will be the third time the Cougars have made the 4,500-mile trek to Alaska. The tournament's schedule and brackets ...and more »
  
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• The Latest: Murkowski Doesn't Want to See Health Plan Rushed - U.S. News & World Report

  23-03-2017 23:26
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Latest: Murkowski Doesn't Want to See Health Plan Rushed
  U.S. News & World Report
  U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski cautioned against a "reckless" approach to changing the federal health care law, saying it's important to get it right. | March 23, 2017, at 6:19 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. The Latest: Murkowski ...
  Alaska Rep. Don Young remains undecided on GOP health care planAlaska Dispatch Newsall 5 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Man Faces Federal Murder Charges, Death Penalty - U.S. News & World Report

  23-03-2017 20:41
  Alaska Man Faces Federal Murder Charges, Death Penalty
  U.S. News & World Report
  A federal grand jury has indicted an Alaska man on murder charges in the deaths of two people last year. | March 23, 2017, at 3:33 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Man Faces Federal Murder Charges, Death Penalty. MORE.and more »
  
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• US Attorney District of Alaska announces federal murder charges - KTUU.com

  23-03-2017 20:22
  
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  US Attorney District of Alaska announces federal murder charges
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - At 11 a.m., on Thursday, representatives from the U.S. Attorney's Office, AST, ATF, DEA and FBI announce the filings of federal murder charges for indicted John Pearl Smith II, 30, of Palmer. Smith is indicted on federal murder ...and more »
  
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• Lacking support, House leaders postpone vote on GOP health care plan - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 18:54
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Lacking support, House leaders postpone vote on GOP health care plan
  Alaska Dispatch News
  UPDATE: The House on Thursday delayed a vote on legislation to begin dismantling Obamacare as President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress labored to find enough support among fellow Republicans for their version of a new federal health care ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines Is Killing The Virgin America Brand - Forbes

  23-03-2017 16:30
  
  Forbes
  Alaska Airlines Is Killing The Virgin America Brand
  Forbes
  The Virgin America brand is headed to the archives. Yesterday, Alaska Airlines announced that following a successful acquisition of the smaller carrier, the joint airline moving forward would be simply called Alaska Airlines, wiping the other brand off ...
  Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin AmericaThe Verge
  Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin America and Richard Branson says it's OK to cryTechCrunch
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• Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin America - The Verge

  23-03-2017 15:39
  
  The Verge
  Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin America
  The Verge
  Alaska Airlines has announced it will kill off the Virgin America brand name sometime in 2019. The Seattle-based airline acquired Virgin for $2.6 billion last year in a move to increase its presence in California. Thankfully Alaska isn't standing still ...
  Alaska Airlines to retire Virgin America brandLas Vegas Review-Journal
  Virgin America Will Fully Disappear Into Alaska Airlines in 2019Condé Nast Traveler
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• That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight - Sentinel-Tribune

  23-03-2017 15:11
  
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  That's not carry-on: Loose snake slumbers on Alaska flight
  Sentinel-Tribune
  In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, a flight attendant holds a snake found on a Ravn Alaska flight between Aniak, Alaska and Anchorage. The snake escaped from a passenger on a previous flight. The flight attendant captured the reptile and placed it ...
  Snake left behind on flight in AlaskaFox News
  Snake on plane in Alaska, passengers help catch itWPXI Pittsburgh
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• Blink and you'll miss it: Alaska Legislators try to put lid on 'eye wars' - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  23-03-2017 15:11
  
  Blink and you'll miss it: Alaska Legislators try to put lid on 'eye wars'
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  On public radio and KINY-AM, they're advertising their message. Part of it goes like this: “It is important to learn the difference between ophthalmologists and optometrists.” That innocent message — you've probably heard it several times without ...
  
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• Alaska Chamber president to address Juneau Chamber of Commerce - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  23-03-2017 15:05
  
  Alaska Chamber president to address Juneau Chamber of Commerce
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  This week's Chamber of Commerce luncheon will give local Chamber members a look at how the organization works on a statewide level. Curtis W. Thayer, the President and CEO of the Alaska Chamber, will address the group at noon Thursday at the ...
  
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• Teen arrested in Israel over bomb threats to Jewish centers - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 15:00
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Teen arrested in Israel over bomb threats to Jewish centers
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A U.S.-Israeli 19-year-old, right, arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers is seen Thursday before a court hearing in Rishon Lezion, Israel. REUTERS/Baz Ratner. JERUSALEM – A teen was arrested in Israel ...and more »
  
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• Two Michigan men complete 2031-mile snowmobile race in Alaska - MLive.com

  23-03-2017 10:08
  
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  Two Michigan men complete 2031-mile snowmobile race in Alaska
  MLive.com
  Rob Cleary, left on snowmobile, and Dave Hausbeck, right on snowmobile, compete in the Iron Dog Race in Alaska, Feb. 25, 2017. It was Cleary's first time competing in the race, but it was Hausbeck's second year competing. (Randall Moss). Print Email.
  
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• Race to Alaska race boss to reminisce, talk about upcoming run tonight - Peninsula Daily News

  23-03-2017 09:33
  
  Peninsula Daily News
  Race to Alaska race boss to reminisce, talk about upcoming run tonight
  Peninsula Daily News
  PORT TOWNSEND — Race to Alaska boss Daniel Evans will talk about past races and work up enthusiasm for the next one during a free presentation tonight. The lecture — sponsored in part by the race's founding agency, the Northwest Maritime Center ...
  
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• Sam Houston State to Take Part in Great Alaska Shootout - KAGS News

  23-03-2017 05:32
  
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  Sam Houston State to Take Part in Great Alaska Shootout
  KAGS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The University of Alaska Anchorage announced the men's field for the 2017 CGI Great Alaska Shootout on Wednesday, with the Sam Houston State Bearkats among the seven visiting teams for the nation's oldest regular-season ...
  Charleston, 3 California Teams in 2017 Great Alaska ShootoutU.S. News & World Reportall 4 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines killing off Virgin America brand - KXLY Spokane

  23-03-2017 04:59
  
  KXLY Spokane
  Alaska Airlines killing off Virgin America brand
  KXLY Spokane
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - It was all but inevitable that the Virgin America brand wouldn't survive its merger with Alaska Airlines. Sure enough, the parent company announced Wednesday that all Virgin America flights will fly under one brand with Alaska ...
  Virgin America will disappear into Alaska Airlines in 2019Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska will fold Virgin America brand within two yearsThe Seattle Times
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• The Alaska Aces are slumping, yet remain in playoff position - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 04:45
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Aces are slumping, yet remain in playoff position
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Despite a pair of slumps — 0-3-1 in the last four hockey games and a franchise-record, eight-game winless (0-6-2) funk on home ice — the Alaska Aces remain well-positioned in the race for the last playoff spot in the ECHL's Mountain Division. That's ...
  
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• Suspect in locomotive graffiti vandalism in custody - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 04:14
  
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  Suspect in locomotive graffiti vandalism in custody
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Vandalism mars the Engine 556 tender on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at West Ninth Avenue and E Street on the Delaney Park Strip. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). Police have arrested and charged an 18-year-old in connection with graffiti vandalism of ...and more »
  
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• Suspect in Anchorage locomotive graffiti vandalism is in custody - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 04:14
  
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  Suspect in Anchorage locomotive graffiti vandalism is in custody
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Vandalism mars the Engine 556 tender on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at West Ninth Avenue and E Street on the Delaney Park Strip. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). Police have arrested and charged an 18-year-old in connection with graffiti vandalism of ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage police arrest alleged locomotive graffiti vandal - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 04:14
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Anchorage police arrest alleged locomotive graffiti vandal
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Vandalism mars the Engine 556 tender on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at West Ninth Avenue and E Street on the Delaney Park Strip. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). Police have arrested and charged an 18-year-old in connection with graffiti vandalism of ...and more »
  
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• Alaska is one of the last states without Uber or Lyft. New legislation might change that. - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 03:54
  
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  Alaska is one of the last states without Uber or Lyft. New legislation might change that.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Years after ride-hailing company Uber pulled out of Anchorage amid a dispute over regulations, Alaska lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow services like Uber and Lyft to start operating across the state. Senate Bill 14 and House Bill ...and more »
  
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• Alaska is one of few states without Uber or Lyft. New legislation could change that. - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 03:54
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska is one of few states without Uber or Lyft. New legislation could change that.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Years after ride-hailing company Uber pulled out of Anchorage amid a dispute over regulations, Alaska lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow services like Uber and Lyft to start operating across the state. Senate Bill 14 and House Bill ...and more »
  
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• Alaska is one of few states without Uber or Lyft. New bills could change that. - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 03:54
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska is one of few states without Uber or Lyft. New bills could change that.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Years after ride-hailing company Uber pulled out of Anchorage amid a dispute over regulations, Alaska lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow services like Uber and Lyft to start operating across the state. Senate Bill 14 and House Bill ...and more »
  
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• Fines and leaks: Troubles mount for Hilcorp in Alaska and Outside - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 03:53
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Fines and leaks: Troubles mount for Hilcorp in Alaska and Outside
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Oil and gas company Hilcorp on Tuesday was hit with another fine for violating Alaska regulations during a North Slope operation, a penalty unrelated to its natural gas leak in Cook Inlet and a newly reported oil spill in Louisiana. The Alaska Oil and ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines to drop Virgin America name and logo - KOMO News

  23-03-2017 03:41
  KOMO News
  Alaska Airlines to drop Virgin America name and logo
  KOMO News
  Alaska Airlines officially took over operations of Virgin American on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo: KOMO News). airlines.jpg · PKG ALASKA VIRGIN MERGER.transfer_frame_1718.jpg · VIEW PHOTO GALLERY. 4 photos. AA. SEATTLE (AP) - Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 22, 2017

  23-03-2017 03:03
  
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  White House budget proposal cuts legal services for low-income Alaskans
  Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  For the past 50 years, Alaska Legal Services Corporation has offered free legal help to low-income Alaskans. Cases have ranged from private matters, like guardianship designations and prot
  
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• Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-03-2017 02:43
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  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 ...and more »
  
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• Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover

  23-03-2017 02:42
  
  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)It’s been a chilly winter here in the Interior and elsewhere around the state. But for the Arctic Ocean, it’s been one long warm spell. That’s led to another record-low year for formation of Arctic winter se
  
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• Mat-Su Borough bans trapping on some public land

  23-03-2017 02:35
  
  Mat-Su Borough LogoA ban on trapping within some public lands in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is now official, after a yearlong push by concerned trail users.
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  The Borough Assembly approved the ban in a unanimous vote Tuesday (March 21) night. The new ordinance prohibits trapping on school grounds and the borough-owned parts of some recreation areas. Those include the Crevasse Moraine trails, Lazy Mountain Recreation Area, Matanuska River Park, Alcantra Athletic Complex, West Bod
  
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• White House budget proposal cuts legal services for low-income Alaskans

  23-03-2017 02:20
  
  Some of Alaska Legal Services Corporation’s first attorneys. (Photo courtesy of ALSC.)For the past 50 years, Alaska Legal Services Corporation has offered free legal help to low-income Alaskans. Cases have ranged from private matters, like guardianship designations and protective orders, to statewide issues such as building high schools in rural Alaska. President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint eliminates federal funding for legal services programs nationwide, which would have a dire
  
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• Heating system fire caused last year’s Ice Alaska fire

  23-03-2017 02:15
  
  An investigation has concluded that a fire that destroyed the main building at Ice Alaska late last year, originated in a heating system.
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  Alaska State Troopers report that the state Division of Fire and Life Safety said the December 16th blaze began in the chimney for an oil fired boiler. The fire resulted in total loss of the building, which served as the administrative center for Ice Alaska, as well as a public food service and warming area. It was valued at $1.5 million. Ice Alaska
  
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• Federal air quality officials visit Fairbanks

  23-03-2017 02:10
  
  Wood stove pipe on Fairbanks area home (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks)Fairbanks North Star Borough residents have to find ways to burn less and cleaner to bring the community into compliance with federal air quality regulations. That’s the message from Environmental Protection Agency representatives in Fairbanks this week to talk about chronic wintertime fine particulate pollution in some area neighborhoods.
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  Speaking at a North Star Borough Air Pollution Control Com
  
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• DATA VIZ: Summary of Violent Deaths in Alaska (2012 - 2015) - KTUU.com

  23-03-2017 01:56
  
  KTUU.com
  DATA VIZ: Summary of Violent Deaths in Alaska (2012 - 2015)
  KTUU.com
  Data is sourced from the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services' State of Alaska Epidemiology: Bulletin No. 7, which references both the Alaska and the National Violent Death Reporting System. The NVDRS only funds 31 states to collect data and ...
  
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• Longtime leader Rosita Worl to leave Sealaska board

  23-03-2017 01:30
  
  Longtime Sealaska regional Native corporation board member Rosita Worl will step down as a director in June. She will continue to head up the Sealaska Heritage Institute. (Photo by Lakeidra Chavis/KTOO)One of the Sealaska regional Native corporation’s longest-serving leaders is stepping down.
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  Rosita Worl has spent 30 years on the Juneau-based corporation’s board of directors. She said she’s been thinking about leaving for a while.
  “I probably would have resigne
  
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• Virgin America name will be phased out in favor of Alaska Air, 'likely' in 2019 - USA TODAY

  23-03-2017 01:10
  
  Forbes
  Virgin America name will be phased out in favor of Alaska Air, 'likely' in 2019
  USA TODAY
  Alaska Airlines' name will live on; Virgin America's will not. Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday it will drop the name and logo of the merger partner it acquired late last year. Virgin America will be phased out, “likely sometime in 2019,” Alaska Air ...
  Alaska Airlines Is Killing The Virgin America BrandForbes
  Alaska Airlines is killing off Virgin AmericaThe Verge
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• Alaska Air: Virgin America name will disappear, 'likely' in 2019 - USA TODAY

  23-03-2017 01:10
  
  USA TODAY
  Alaska Air: Virgin America name will disappear, 'likely' in 2019
  USA TODAY
  Alaska Airlines' name will live on; Virgin America's will not. Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday it will drop the name and logo of the merger partner it acquired late last year. Virgin America will be phased out, “likely sometime in 2019,” Alaska Air ...
  Alaska Airlines is killing off the Virgin America brandCNNMoney
  Alaska will fold Virgin America brand within two yearsThe Seattle Times
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• Wildlife managers urge conservative hunting of emperor geese

  23-03-2017 00:48
  
  Eric Taylor with the USFWS Division of Migratory Bird Management addresses the AVCP Waterfowl Conservation Committee on March 20, 2017 concerning the coming emperor goose hunt.
  (Photo: Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)After 30 years of waiting and conserving, residents of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta will be able to hunt emperor geese again next month. Wildlife managers and hunters are standing by for the federal government to release the official notice. Then residents will continue a tradition tha
  
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• Virgin America will disappear into Alaska Airlines in 2019 - Los Angeles Times

  23-03-2017 00:41
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Virgin America will disappear into Alaska Airlines in 2019
  Los Angeles Times
  Virgin America, the California-based carrier with the blue mood lighting and high-tech entertainment system, will be fully absorbed by Alaska Airlines by the end of 2019 as Alaska strives to become the West Coast's dominant airline. Only three months ...
  Alaska will fold Virgin America brand within two yearsThe Seattle Times
  Alaska Air grounds Virgin America brand, but fate of on-demand food still up
  
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• Kenai Assembly shoots down attempt to get rid of invocations - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 00:30
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Kenai Assembly shoots down attempt to get rid of invocations
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted 7-2 Tuesday night against an ordinance that would have gotten rid of invocations before Assembly meetings. Assembly member Willy Dunne, who introduced the ordinance, said that based on public testimony at ...and more »
  
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• Rep. Don Young remains undecided on upcoming Obamacare repeal vote - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 00:25
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Rep. Don Young remains undecided on upcoming Obamacare repeal vote
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON — Alaska Rep. Don Young was still undecided late Wednesday on whether to vote for the House legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, citing Alaska-specific concerns with the bill's likely outcome. The bill, the "American ...
  
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• Alaska Rep. Don Young remains undecided on GOP health care plan - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 00:25
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Rep. Don Young remains undecided on GOP health care plan
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON — Alaska Rep. Don Young was still undecided late Wednesday on whether to vote for the House legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, citing Alaska-specific concerns with the bill's likely outcome. The bill, the "American ...and more »
  
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• Word of new oil is encouraging but Alaska shouldn't bank on it - Alaska Dispatch News

  23-03-2017 00:07
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Word of new oil is encouraging but Alaska shouldn't bank on it
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The announcement of new oil discovered on the North Slope in recent weeks – in fact, several in the past few months – is really heartening, and in two ways. First, it dramatically shows there's a lot of oil on the Slope, more than we previously ...
  
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