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• Formerly all-Boeing Alaska Air to keep Airbus jets for 'foreseeable future' - KTOO

  30-03-2017 23:00
  
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  Formerly all-Boeing Alaska Air to keep Airbus jets for 'foreseeable future'
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  Alaska Airlines executives say the integration of former rival Virgin America is proceeding on track. Parent company Alaska Air Group updated Wall Street analysts on the merger at an “Investor Day” briefing in New York City on Wednesday. One thing left ...
  Alaska Air facing fight from Branson on ending Virgin licensing fees?USA TODAY
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• Beyond believers and deniers: for Americans, climate change is complicated

  30-03-2017 21:18
  
  Researchers with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication track how Americans think about global warming. You can find the full set of maps here. (Image courtesy of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication)On Tuesday (March 28), President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at rolling back many of the Obama administration’s efforts to curb climate change. The order comes as surveys show Americans remain divided over global warming’s causes and consequences.
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• 150 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Bought Alaska From Russia for $7.2 ... - The Atlantic

  30-03-2017 20:41
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  150 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Bought Alaska From Russia for $7.2 ...
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  On March 30, 1867, the United States gave the government of Russia a check for $7.2 million and took possession of a vast new land that became the Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's Growing Kelp Industry Helps Drive Sea-To-Table Movement - NPR

  30-03-2017 20:01
  
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  Alaska's Growing Kelp Industry Helps Drive Sea-To-Table Movement
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  In February of last year, Alaskan Gov. Bill Walker signed an administrative order to help jumpstart mariculture, or sea farming, in the state. One Juneau couple is whipping up a recipe to make local kelp an enticing business and snack. They're part of ...and more »
  
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• Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Seal Hunter - U.S. News & World Report

  30-03-2017 19:17
  Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Seal Hunter
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  The Coast Guard has suspended a search for a 59-year-old seal hunter missing from a southwest Alaska village. | March 30, 2017, at 2:10 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Seal Hunter.and more »
  
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• Alcohol and Drug abuse costs Alaska $3B a year, according to new report - KTUU.com

  30-03-2017 19:06
  
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  Alcohol and Drug abuse costs Alaska $3B a year, according to new report
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  JUNEAU, Alaska The economic impact of drug and alcohol abuse in Alaska exceeds $3 billion a year, according to a new report by the independent research firm the McDowell Group. Both the McDowell Group and the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority ...
  
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• 150 Years After Sale of Alaska, Some Russians Have Second Thoughts

  30-03-2017 15:49 via nytimes.com
  Some hard-line nationalists regret the 1867 deal. For Alaskans, the anniversary is a time for reflection.
  
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• 150 Years After Sale of Alaska, Some Russians Have Second ... - New York Times

  30-03-2017 15:22
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  150 Years After Sale of Alaska, Some Russians Have Second ...
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  Some hard-line nationalists regret the 1867 deal. For Alaskans, the anniversary is a time for reflection.and more »
  
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• Heavy spring snowfall closes schools, snarls traffic around Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-03-2017 04:52
  
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  Heavy spring snowfall closes schools, snarls traffic around Anchorage
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  A dog gets walked on the snowy sidewalk along G Street near downtown Anchorage on Wednesday. Several inches of snow fell overnight, causing the Anchorage School District to close schools due to road conditions. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News).and more »
  
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• Alcohol, drugs cost Alaska economy $3 billion a year | Alaska Public ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  30-03-2017 04:16
  
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  Alcohol, drugs cost Alaska economy $3 billion a year | Alaska Public ...
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  Alaska Mental Health Trust Legislative Liaison Jeff Jessee and McDowell Group Vice President of Anchorage Operations Donna Logan address the Senate ...and more »
  
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• Alcohol, drugs cost Alaska economy $3 billion a year

  30-03-2017 04:11
  
  Alaska Mental Health Trust Legislative Liaison Jeff Jessee and McDowell Group Vice President of Anchorage Operations Donna Logan address the Senate Health and Social Services Committee on March 29 about the economic costs of alcohol abuse in Alaska. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The total costs from alcohol and drug abuse and dependence in Alaska are more than $3 billion per year, according to a new Alaska Mental Health Trust report completed by the McDowell Group.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 29, 2017

  30-03-2017 04:06
  
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  State suspends Fairbanks Memorial Hospital chief of staff
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  The State Medical Board has suspended the license of the former chief of staff at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The suspension of Dr. Christopher Jensen earlier this month is the result of accusations filed by the state,
  
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• Drones, robots and paper circuits: Wrangell students take hands-on lesson in tech

  30-03-2017 03:02
  
  Zachery Seddon builds his drone. (Aaron Bolton, KSTK News)Building electric circuits has been a science-class staple for decades. Using copper wire, a 9-volt battery and a light bulb, students learn about the flow of electricity. That classic lesson is changing as new technologies, such as drones and robots, enter the classroom. KSTK joined Wrangell students as they learned to build drones, program robots and create paper circuitry.
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• ANTHC searching for long-term solution for St. Michael’s frozen water and sewer lines

  30-03-2017 02:57
  
  A view of St. Michael. (KNOM file photo)After going more than a month without sewer or water, the community of St. Michael can again access those services at the local health clinic and City building. About 10 miles of above-ground water and sewer lines in St. Michael froze up back in mid-January.
  According to an Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) press release, earlier this month, local water operators in St. Michael were able to thaw out those main lines with ANTHC’s support.
  
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• Names of troopers and K-9 involved in weekend shooting revealed

  30-03-2017 02:51
  
  Alaska State Troopers. (File photo by Monica Gokey, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Authorities have identified the troopers involved in a fatal shooting of a suspect Sunday outside of Wasilla.
  Christopher Havens, a trooper since 2012, and Jason Somerville, a trooper since 2015, both discharged their firearms in the shooting that killed 36-year-old Justin Smith of Wasilla early Sunday morning.
  Smith allegedly took troopers on a high speed chase, which ended on the Parks Highway after Troop
  
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• Mat-Su Borough budget proposals expect over $12M shortfall

  30-03-2017 02:49
  
  Mat-Su Borough LogoFrom Public Safety to Platting, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough’s various departments have unveiled their latest round of budget requests.
  Overall, the Borough expects a more than $12 million shortfall between proposed spending and expected revenue. That gap represents nearly 10 percent of the budget.
  The biggest chunk of that deficit is due to the governor’s veto of school bond debt reimbursement, said Borough Manager John Moosey. And further decreases in state fund
  
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• Mat-Su School District Superintendent abruptly resigns

  30-03-2017 02:27
  
  Gene Stone, former superintendent of the Mat-Su Borough School district. (Photo courtesy of Mat-Su Borough School District)After a sudden resignation, Alaska’s second largest school district finds itself in need of a superintendent for the second time in under a year. On Monday, the Mat-Su Borough School District announced the school board would hold an emergency special meeting with less than four hours’ notice. The agenda for that meeting included naming an interim superintendent.
  
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• State suspends former Fairbanks Memorial Hospital chief of staff

  30-03-2017 02:12
  
  
  Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska (Wikimedia commons photo)The State Medical Board has suspended the license of the former chief of staff at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The suspension of Dr. Christopher Jensen earlier this month is the result of accusations filed by the state, including drug use.
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  Angela Birt is chief investigator for the state office of professional licensing. She said Jensen had “allegations of potential substance abuse.”
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• State suspends Fairbanks Memorial Hospital chief of staff

  30-03-2017 02:12
  
  Fairbanks Memorial Hospital in Fairbanks, Alaska (Wikimedia commons photo)The State Medical Board has suspended the license of the former chief of staff at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The suspension of Dr. Christopher Jensen earlier this month is the result of accusations filed by the state, including drug use.
  Angela Birt is chief investigator for the state office of professional licensing. She said Jensen had “allegations of potential substance abuse.”
  Birt referenced a report det
  
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• Alaska senators get behind bill to clean up America's trashed coastlines - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-03-2017 01:57
  
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  Alaska senators get behind bill to clean up America's trashed coastlines
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  People collect trash on a beach in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, during a National Park Service beach debris cleanup during the summer of 2015. (Sean Tevebaugh / NPS). WASHINGTON — Alaska's U.S. senators and a bipartisan group of colleagues ...
  
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