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• In Tyonek, celebration as a coal mining company backs down

  05-04-2017 21:44
  
  Many in Tyonek, a village on the western shore of Cook Inlet, are celebrating after the Chuitna coal mine proposal was shelved by PacRim Coal. (Photo Courtesy The Salmon Project/Ash Adams)Residents of the tiny Cook Inlet village of Tyonek are celebrating after news that a company attempting to develop a massive coal mine near their village has shelved the project.
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  PacRim Coal has been pursuing the Chuitna Coal Project for more than a decade, but the company has been fighting with
  
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• With GOP bill dead, Alaska gets creative to reduce health care costs - PBS NewsHour

  05-04-2017 18:25
  
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  With GOP bill dead, Alaska gets creative to reduce health care costs
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  Andrew Hawk, 52, displays a gun he made for his girlfriend, Jen, in his shop in Anchorage, Alaska. Hawk, a gunsmith, works from home along with Jen Jolliffe, an acupuncturist. Both receive health care coverage through the ACA and are concerned about ...and more »
  
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• Alaska turns focus to oil, gas infrastructure after spill - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  05-04-2017 17:12
  
  Alaska turns focus to oil, gas infrastructure after spill
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  Welcome! We hope you enjoy our content and decide to subscribe for full access. Visit newsminer.com/subscribe or call 907-456-6661. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska officials say they are going to take a look at Cook Inlet's aging infrastructure to get ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Glacier Vodka - Boise Weekly

  05-04-2017 12:04
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  In the tasting notes for Alaska Glacier Vodka, the marketers whipped up a little blurb under the heading "23,000 years in the making": "In a world where the next thing is the big thing, time is often replaced with speed and efficiency. Alaska Glacier ...
  
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• Alaska pot regulators poised to resume onsite use debate - Seattle Times

  05-04-2017 11:57
  
  Alaska pot regulators poised to resume onsite use debate
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska marijuana regulators will resume the on-again, off-again debate over onsite pot consumption in retail stores Wednesday amid a rejection of the concept from the state's top medical officer. The Alaska Marijuana Control ...and more »
  
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• 'It's Not Like Other States': High-Cost Alaska Sits In The Eye Of Health Reform Storm - Kaiser Health News

  05-04-2017 11:00
  
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  'It's Not Like Other States': High-Cost Alaska Sits In The Eye Of Health Reform Storm
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  Andrew Hawk, 52, displays a gun he made for his girlfriend, Jen Jolliffe, in his shop in Anchorage, Alaska. Hawk worries about President Donald Trump's vows to “let Obamacare explode” and says he fears the administration will go out of its way to ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage voters opt for bonds, more liberal Assembly

  05-04-2017 10:55
  
  Christopher Constant on a victory lap at Election Central in Anchorage’s Denai’ina Center (Photo – Zachariah Hughes)In Anchorage’s municipal elections Tuesday, liberals gained an edge in the Assembly, and residents supported all but one bond measure put forward passed. Voters also opted to shake up the taxi industry.
  There were few surprises in the six Assembly races, with incumbents Tim Steele and Pete Petersen holding seats in west and east Anchorage (respecti
  
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• Anchorage Assembly candidates who back Berkowitz win majority of races - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 09:37
  
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  Anchorage Assembly candidates who back Berkowitz win majority of races
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  Anchorage Assembly candidates Felix Rivera and Chris Constant cheer as they speak to supporters at Hard Rock Cafe on April 4, 2017.(Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Buy Photo. Wait 1 second to continue. Anchorage voters elected an even larger ...and more »
  
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• Polls are closed in Anchorage. Stay tuned for the results. - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 06:03
  
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  Polls are closed in Anchorage. Stay tuned for the results.
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  Election workers Shirley Young, left, and Tiffany Hall receive voting materials from Peggy Robinson. Votes in the Anchorage election were dropped off at the new Elections Center on Ship Creek Avenue on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. About fifty staff and ...and more »
  
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• Lockheed Martin: Cargo airship on track for Alaska delivery in 2019 - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 05:01
  
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  Lockheed Martin: Cargo airship on track for Alaska delivery in 2019
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  An official with Lockheed Martin told Alaska lawmakers Tuesday that efforts are on track to bring a modern cargo airship to the state in 2019. The aircraft builder is working with Alaskans and is close to finishing deals to help make that happen, said ...
  
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• Colorado-based media conglomerate to acquire GCI for $1.12 billion - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 04:26
  
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  Colorado-based media conglomerate to acquire GCI for $1.12 billion
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  GCI Store at Northern Lights and C Street on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. GCI has been acquired by Liberty Ventures Group, a subsidiary of Colorado-based media conglomerate Liberty Interactive Corp. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News) (Bill Roth / Alaska ...
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  John Malone's Liberty Interactive Agrees To Buy Alaska's Biggest Cab
  
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• Alaska Senate oversells 'complete solution' to fend off taxes - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 04:24
  
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  Alaska Senate oversells 'complete solution' to fend off taxes
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  The antipathy in the state Senate to an income tax has clouded the debate on the fiscal gap in Alaska, with leading legislators saying they have a "complete solution" that offers a tax-free financial future. What they aren't saying is that their ...and more »
  
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• Easter treats are headed to local markets - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 04:19
  
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  Easter treats are headed to local markets
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  Alex Davis is already thinking ahead to the Easter dinner table. And he has something special at the Center Market in preparation. "We have a special treat for you for Easter," he said. "We will sell our bone-in loin roast for half off. Every market ...
  
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• Predator hunting limits repealed for refuges

  05-04-2017 04:13
  
  
  (Photo of U.S. Capitol by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)President Donald Trump on Monday signed a measure repealing federal limits on predator hunting on Alaska’s national wildlife refuges.
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  The sponsor of the repeal, Congressman Don Young, said the Statehood Act and other measures make it clear Alaska has the right to manage hunting across the state.
  “This was a matter of law. That’s the reason I’m so adamant about it,” Young said. “
  
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• Tyonek residents celebrate as Chuitna mine plans are shelved - Alaska Public Radio Network

  05-04-2017 04:09
  Tyonek residents celebrate as Chuitna mine plans are shelved
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  Residents of the tiny Cook Inlet village of Tyonek are celebrating the news that a company attempting to develop a massive coal mine near their village, has shelved the project. PacRim Coal has been pursuing the Chuitna Coal Project for more than a ...and more »
  
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• Forest Service mishandled timber sales, environmental group says

  05-04-2017 04:09
  
  
  A Tongass National Forest clearcut is shown in this 2014 aerial view. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News)A Washington, D.C., environmental group is accusing the Tongass National Forest of breaking its own timber-sale rules.
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  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility cited internal Forest Service documents in its critique of Tongass management. The national forest includes most of Southeast Alaska.
  Executive Director Jeff Ruch said forest managers didn’t sufficientl
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 4, 2017

  05-04-2017 04:05
  
  
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  Colorado-based conglomerate buys GCI
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  Alaska’s largest telecommunications company, GCI, has been acquired by a larger conglomerate.
  Tyonek residents celebrate as Chuitna mine plans are shelved
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• Essential Alaska Gear: Kokatat one-piece drysuit - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 04:00
  
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  Essential Alaska Gear: Kokatat one-piece drysuit
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  Editor's Note: In an ongoing series, we ask Alaska outdoorsmen and women about their favorite, or most essential, piece of gear. This week we asked kayak angler Rudy Tsukada, 50. Tsukada and his son Ryu, 12, target halibut and king salmon in Cook Inlet ...
  
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• Schlepping bronze, a Ketchikan artist retraces Seward’s route

  05-04-2017 03:56
  
  
  Judith Rubin and her brother David show a poster of their statue at a luncheon at the National Press Club. (Photos by Liz Ruskin/APM.)On the anniversary of the treaty with Russia to buy Alaska, a Ketchikan artist went on a mission in Washington, D.C.: to find the spot where William Seward signed the Treaty of Cession, exactly 150 years prior.
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  David Rubin looks something like an Alaskan prospector, all gray and whiskery, in a felt brimmed hat. He moved to Alaska dec
  
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• Cruise Alaska with Farahs, Mark Biltz - WND.com

  05-04-2017 03:36
  
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  Cruise Alaska with Farahs, Mark Biltz
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  WASHINGTON – Why cruise Alaska this September? Ask your friends, if you haven't done it yourself. It's breathtakingly beautiful – like no other cruise experience in the world. You probably know people who have done it – and you've heard them rave.
  
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• This year’s Arctic Man Classic to start at Summit Lake this week

  05-04-2017 02:51
  
  
  Racers and fans gather this week at Summit Lake for the annual Arctic Man Ski and SnoGo Classic. Race day is scheduled for Thursday in the Hoodoo Mountains off the Richardson Highway, where organizer Howard Theis said wind has taken a toll on the snowpack.
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  “And so it’s got a hard base,” Thies said. “We got a snowpack, so we’ll get a course in.”
  Theis says past champions in the snowboard and ski divisions are on the roster, but the overall number of
  
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• State confident less than 10 gallons of crude leaked into Cook Inlet, continues investigation

  05-04-2017 02:26
  
  Pan ice in Cook Inlet on April 3, 2017, during an agency overflight near the Anna Platform. (Photo courtesy Cook Inlet Spill Prevention & Response Inc.)Ten gallons or less: that’s how much crude oil state regulators think leaked from a pipeline in Cook Inlet last weekend.
  The pipeline’s owner, Hilcorp, has an even smaller estimate: three gallons. The oil company said that’s based on the number and size of the oil sheens spotted, plus the amount of oil recovered from the pip
  
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• Don Young's wildlife management regulation repeal signed into law - Alaska Dispatch News

  05-04-2017 01:13
  
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  Don Young's wildlife management regulation repeal signed into law
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  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a resolution overturning a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulation setting wildlife management rules for refuges in Alaska. Republican Alaska Rep. Don Young introduced the measure — House ...
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• Oil company fined $10 million for illegally transporting a drill rig to Alaska

  05-04-2017 00:55
  
  Tugs pull the Spartan 151 jack-up drilling platform up Cook Inlet in August 2011. The rig will be operated by Furie Operating Alaska, formerly Escopeta Oil. (Photo courtesy Peninsula Clarion)An oil company operating in Alaska will pay $10 million for violating federal law that prohibits foreign vessels from transporting merchandise within the United States.
  The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement on Tuesday with Furie Operating Alaska.
  The company primarily operates in Cook Inlet.
  
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• Unalaska terminates new fire chief charged with sexual assault in Illinois

  05-04-2017 00:46
  
  (Photo by Laura Kraegel, KUCB – Unalaska)The man hired to serve as Unalaska’s new fire chief has been fired after he was charged with sexual assault in Illinois.
  David “D.J.” Dunn was scheduled to arrive Monday in Anchorage before starting work on the island next week. Instead, he was arraigned on felony charges for drugging and sexually assaulting a man who attended his going-away party.
  The City of Unalaska terminated Dunn’s employment as a result of the charges.
  
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