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• Alaska Airlines, Branson Clash Over Licensing Fees - U.S. News & World Report

  29-03-2017 23:41
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  Alaska Airlines, Branson Clash Over Licensing Fees
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  Richard Branson says Alaska Airlines owes him royalties for the name when it bought Virgin America, but Alaska disagrees. | March 29, 2017, at 6:31 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Airlines, Branson Clash Over Licensing ...
  Alaska Air clashes with Richard Branson over licensing feesThe Seattle Times
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• Ask a Climatologist: Arctic sea ice drives climate around the globe

  29-03-2017 21:17
  
  Ice floats in Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland above the Arctic circle on July 10, 2008. (Photo by Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)Arctic sea ice extent hit a new record low in March for the third year in a row. That sea ice, or lack of it, drives climate patterns around the globe.
  But how?
  We put that question to Brian Brettschneider for the segment, Ask a Climatologist.
  Brettschneider said it’s all about energy. Sea ice reflects most of the sun’s energy back into space. Less
  
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• Why Russia Gave Up Alaska, America's Gateway to the Arctic ... - U.S. News & World Report

  29-03-2017 18:55
  U.S. News & World Report
  Why Russia Gave Up Alaska, America's Gateway to the Arctic ...
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  Learn how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago.and more »
  
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• Alaska lawmakers are inching toward overtime again. So is their 90-day limit defunct? - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-03-2017 04:05
  
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  Alaska lawmakers are inching toward overtime again. So is their 90-day limit defunct?
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  JUNEAU — Amid widely diverging opinions in the Capitol about the proper length of the legislative session, most lawmakers seem to agree that the state's budget crisis has stretched the 90-day limit to its breaking point. "The 90-day session is the law ...and more »
  
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• Lawmakers eye lower health care cost as way of lowering budget

  29-03-2017 04:00
  
  Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, during Senate debate. Micciche expects the state will be able to save money on health care costs. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The amount Alaska’s state government spends on health care is one of the biggest drivers of state spending. That’s why the legislature is looking at ways to reduce health care costs.
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  Alaska provides health care for a lot of different groups. There’s Medicaid, but there’s also state workers, retired stat
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

  29-03-2017 03:54
  
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  Lawmakers eye lower health care cost as way of lowering budget
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The amount Alaska’s state government spends on health care is one of the biggest drivers of state spending. That’s why the legislature is looking at ways to reduce health care costs.
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• Accused Florida airport shooter to appear in Alaska case by phone - KTUU.com

  29-03-2017 03:27
  
  KTUU.com
  Accused Florida airport shooter to appear in Alaska case by phone
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) As he awaits trial on charges of killing five people at a Fort Lauderdale airport, former Anchorage security guard Esteban Santiago still has unfinished business in Alaska courts. The 27-year-old faces domestic violence and destruction ...and more »
  
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• Kake resident remembers ’64 earthquake as state recognizes disaster saftety

  29-03-2017 03:24
  
  Four Seasons Apartments, Anchorage after the 1964 earthquake. (USGS Website)It’s Tsunami Preparedness Week in Alaska this week. Wednesday morning (March 29) a tsunami warning test message will broadcast over radios and TVs in at-risk communities across the state. The drill takes place once a year, and one village in Southeast has not forgotten the importance of being ready when disaster strikes.
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  Marvin Kadake remembers Mar. 27, 1964 like it was yesterday.
  “I tell you, it w
  
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• Sometimes mocked, ptarmigan are worthy of being Alaska's state bird - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-03-2017 03:07
  
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  Sometimes mocked, ptarmigan are worthy of being Alaska's state bird
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  My first-hand knowledge of ptarmigan came from living in a village in Alaska's Interior where birds along the road were called "stupid chickens." Since then, I have heard all three species of ptarmigan called snow chickens. The Alaska town of Chicken ...
  
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• Super Tour skiathlon kicks off Fairbanks Spring Series

  29-03-2017 03:04
  
  Jessie Diggins hugs Kikkan Randall after the finish of the Super Tour skiathlon race Monday night at Birch Hill in Fairbanks. (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks)Alaska skiers turned in strong performances Monday night as the Super Tour finals got underway in Fairbanks. The first of this week’s spring series races at the Birch Hill Recreation Area were skiathlon events, which include both classic and skate technique legs.
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  Minnesota’s Jessie Diggins won the women&rs
  
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• Super Tour skiathlon kicks off

  29-03-2017 03:04
  
  Jessie Diggins hugs Kikkan Randall after the finish of the Super Tour skiathlon race Monday night at Birch Hill in Fairbanks. (Photo by Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks)Alaska skiers turned in strong performances Monday night as the Super Tour finals got underway in Fairbanks. The first of this week’s spring series races at the Birch Hill Recreation Area were skiathlon events, which include both classic and skate technique legs.
   
  Minnesota’s Jessie Diggins won the women’
  
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• DATA VIZ: Alaska unemployment slightly decreases to 6.4 percent in February - KTUU.com

  29-03-2017 02:40
  
  KTUU.com
  DATA VIZ: Alaska unemployment slightly decreases to 6.4 percent in February
  KTUU.com
  Data is sourced from a State of Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development press release, which also sources Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its preliminary report. According to the ...and more »
  
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• The weird, wonderful world of Nome after Iditarod

  29-03-2017 02:19
  
  An MC at the Make Your Own Bikini contest at Nome’s Polar Bar, announcing the year’s winner and runner up (Photo – Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Nome turns into a bit of a carnival when the Iditarod winner mushes into town. For nearly a week, racers continue arriving before the banquet that officially concludes each year’s Iditarod. For some, that means days of free time. And plenty of fun, strange events to fill it.
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  In the very back of a long, crowded
  
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• Popular program puts STEM in kids' hands - Alaska Public Radio Network

  29-03-2017 02:06
  
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Popular program puts STEM in kids' hands
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  ANSEP Academy students have to wear masks and gloves when operating the heat lamps and using the various materials. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage). Dozens of middle school students are in Anchorage from the ...
  
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• Popular program puts STEM in kids’ hands

  29-03-2017 02:03
  
  ANSEP Academy students have to wear masks and gloves when operating the heat lamps and using the various materials. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Dozens of middle school students are in Anchorage from the  Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District for hands-on learning at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering program (ANSEP).
  The program is designed to spark an early interest in science, technology, engineering and math, subjects that ANSEP staff say are
  
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• Should Sitka’s two hospitals become one?

  29-03-2017 01:15
  
  An outside consultant has concluded that Sitka Community Hospital’s days are numbered, while hospital leadership says they’re regaining financial viability. The Sitka Assembly heard from both parties Tuesday night (03-21-17). (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo)The fate of Sitka’s city-owned hospital hangs in the balance. An outside consultant says it’s time to merge with SEARHC – the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium – while hospital leadership wants to remain
  
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• Trump's climate rule repeal won't immediately impact Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  29-03-2017 00:57
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Trump's climate rule repeal won't immediately impact Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  President Donald Trump signs an executive order on “energy independence,” eliminating Obama-era climate change regulations, during an event at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2017.and more »
  
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• Person of interest contacted in Fairbanks library shooting

  29-03-2017 00:39
  
  Fairbanks Police say they’ve contacted a person of interest in an apparent accidental shooting that injured a patron at the Noel Wien Public Library last week. A police press release said there’s no evidence connecting the man, who was sitting across the table from the patron when he was shot, and that he is cooperating with investigators.
  Police are still reaching out to the public for help figuring out where the bullet, which ricocheted off a wall before passing through the patron&
  
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