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• Council member warns of Senate cuts to Alaska Pioneers Homes - KRBD

  07-04-2017 23:57
  
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  Council member warns of Senate cuts to Alaska Pioneers Homes
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  The Ketchikan Pioneer Home is one of six in Alaska caring for older residents. (Photo by KRBD). At the end of Thursday's Ketchikan City Council meeting, a Council member warned of likely repercussions from a state budget cut to Alaska's Pioneers Homes.
  
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• Seward Highway construction begins in Anchorage

  07-04-2017 23:22
  
  Among the massive road projects kicking off this year is an upgrade to a section of the Seward Highway running through Anchorage.
  Orange detour signs are already diverting some traffic in the area, but bigger changes are coming, and there will be detours between Dimond Boulevard and Dowling Road all summer.
  Heavy equipment operators were busy Thursday doing prep work, as state transportation project engineer Chong Kim explained why more lanes are needed on the highway.
  “The population has
  
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• AK: Attacking avalanches before they strike

  07-04-2017 23:07
  
  Most of Juneau’s power is hydroelectric. Getting that power to the community requires transmission lines that traverse through miles of avalanche country. That’s why Alaska Electric Light and Power Company hires helicopter crews to trigger slides to prevent destructive avalanches from knocking out the power.
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  A lot of AELP’s power grid is miles from any road. Flying at about 4,000 feet in a chartered AStar helicopter, AELP’s avalanche forecaster Mike Janes give
  
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• 49 Voices: Shawna Rudio of Unalaska

  07-04-2017 23:07
  
  Shawna Rudio of Unalaska (Photo by Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk- Unalaska)This week we’re hearing from Shawna Rudio in Unalaska. Rudio is a high school English teacher at Unalaska City School.
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  RUDIO: Well I actually moved up here because my “now” ex-husband got a job offer out here so we came out here. I remember my mom telling me, “You’ll be there a year or two tops.” And it was an adventure and it was definitely… when I came to Una
  
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• Visiting with Malcolm and Cindy Roberts

  07-04-2017 23:00
  
  Alaska activists Malcolm and Cindy Roberts have launched their memoir, MAGIC MOMENTS Battles Worth Fighting and Joys Worth Celebrating. Charles Wohlforth will explore 45 years of history that spans Wally Hickel years as Secretary of the Interior including his efforts to convince Congress to approve the oil pipeline and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement; Hickel’s role in reducing the harvest of the world’s great whales; Hickel’s accomplishments as Alaska Governor 1990-94; and
  
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• Seasonal bat survey being conducted in southeast Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-04-2017 22:28
  
  Seasonal bat survey being conducted in southeast Alaska
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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. PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — A group of volunteers from five southeast Alaska communities is working to document bats ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Session Expected to Run Long With Big Issues Pending - U.S. News & World Report

  07-04-2017 22:11
  Alaska Session Expected to Run Long With Big Issues Pending
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  Alaska legislative leaders are planning to work beyond the voter-approved 90-day session limit, with the state budget and key pieces of a deficit-reduction plan unresolved. | April 7, 2017, at 4:02 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel.and more »
  
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• Portugal. The Man: From Alaska to 'Woodstock' - SouthFlorida.com

  07-04-2017 22:03
  
  Portugal. The Man: From Alaska to 'Woodstock'
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  Eight years after an accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, guitarist Eric Howk found his Zen by joining and touring with indie-rock act Portugal. The Man. The restorative power of the Portland, Ore.-based quintet, whose co-founders are lead ...
  
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• Alaska senators push bill to allow Arctic drilling - The Hill

  07-04-2017 21:18
  
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  Alaska senators push bill to allow Arctic drilling
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  Alaska's two Republican senators have introduced a bill that would repeal Obama administration restrictions on off-shore drilling and allow for oil production in the Arctic Ocean. The bill, from Sens. Lisa Murkowski · Lisa MurkowskiAlaska senators push ...
  Global warming may be turning the Arctic Ocean inside outAlaska Dispatch Newsall 26 news articles »
  
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• Listener questions on health, health care, mental and behavioral health

  07-04-2017 21:00
  
  On this program we open phone lines and email for listener questions on health, health care, mental and behavioral health for co-hosts Prentiss Pemberton, LCSW and Thad Woodard, MD. They will do their best to provide or help you find reliable information on your question.HOSTS: Dr. Thad Woodard & Prentiss Pemberton, LCSWLINKS:
  Suggestions for finding reliable medical information on-line from Johns Hopkins Medical Center
  A group of physician-editors sort through evidence-based
  
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• BP Alaska reports $85 million profit for 2016; no more layoffs planned - Alaska Public Radio Network

  07-04-2017 20:23
  
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  BP Alaska reports $85 million profit for 2016; no more layoffs planned
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  In an annual report released on Thursday, BP's Alaska subsidiary reported a profit of $85 million in 2016. That's compared to a $172 million loss in Alaska in 2015. Listen now. As oil prices plunged, BP cut about 260 jobs in Alaska last year, which was ...
  State take quintupled BP profit in 2016Alaskajournal.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• BP Alaska reports $85 million profit for 2016; no more layoffs planned

  07-04-2017 20:18
  
  Pipelines lead to one of BP’s facilities on the North Slope. (Photo courtesy BP)In an annual report released on Thursday, BP’s Alaska subsidiary reported a profit of $85 million in 2016. That’s compared to a $172 million loss in Alaska in 2015.
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  As oil prices plunged, BP cut about 260 jobs in Alaska last year, which was about 13 percent of its workforce. But according to a BP spokesperson, the company is not planning any broad-scale layoffs this year.
  The company curr
  
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• Dunleavy leaves Senate majority before voting against budget

  07-04-2017 20:15
  
  Alaska state Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, answered reporters questions after leaving the Senate majority in order to vote against the budget. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO/Alaska Public Media)Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy announced he’s leaving the Senate majority, before the Senate passed its budget on Thursday.
  Dunleavy joined five minority-caucus Democrats to oppose the $4 billion spending plan, which passed 14-6. He said he felt constrained in the majority, which requ
  
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• Alaska's chief doctor joins Mat-Su Opioid Taskforce - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

  07-04-2017 20:15
  
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  Alaska's chief doctor joins Mat-Su Opioid Taskforce
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  Alaska Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jay Butler addressed the monthly meeting of the Mat-Su Opioid Task Force Tuesday evening. He updated the group on the latest state initiatives aimed at the growing epidemic. Butler also took questions from task force ...
  
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• It's official: the Army's 4-25th stays at full firepower in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 19:44
  
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  It's official: the Army's 4-25th stays at full firepower in Alaska
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  WASHINGTON — The Anchorage-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, known as the 4/25, won't be shrinking its force size as once announced under the Obama administration's Army force cuts. The Department of the Army announced ...
  Army Announces Deployment of 1500 Alaska-Based TroopsMilitary.com
  Airborne unit in Alaska tapped for Afghanistan deploymentStars and St
  
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• It's official: the Army's 4-25th stays at full firepower in Alaska - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 19:44
  
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  It's official: the Army's 4-25th stays at full firepower in Alaska - Alaska ...
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  WASHINGTON — The Anchorage-based 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, known as the 4/25, won't be shrinking its force size as once ...
  Army Announces Deployment of 1,500 Alaska-Based Troops ...Military.com
  Army airborne unit avoids ax, assigned from Alaska to AfghanistanRT
  Airborne unit in Alaska tapped for Afghanistan deployment - News ...Stars and St
  
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• RKP Productions presents The Afterlife of J. Edgar Hoover

  07-04-2017 19:01
  
  L-R Jay Burns, Jeremy GauntDuring KSKA’s Spring Fund Drive, Stage Talk goes to great lengths… or distances to bring exciting guests to the show. In this case we go to Australia (via Skype) to talk to playwright Timothy Daly about the premier of his play, The Afterlife of J. Edgar Hoover being produced by RKP Productions in association with Cyrano’s Theatre Company. Joining Timothy in the studio are Director and Producer Dick Reichman and Producer Audrey Weltman Kelly. The Afte
  
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• Black Bear, 2 Cubs Become Fodder for Anchorage Shutterbugs - U.S. News & World Report

  07-04-2017 18:05
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  Black Bear, 2 Cubs Become Fodder for Anchorage Shutterbugs
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  A sure rite of spring for residents of Alaska's largest city is the return of bears, some with cubs. | April 7, 2017, at 11:58 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Black Bear, 2 Cubs Become Fodder for Anchorage Shutterbugs. ANCHORAGE ...
  Black Bear Becomes Celebrity of Sorts in AlaskaIosco County News Heraldall 7 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Oil and Gas Spills Prompt Call for Inspection of All Cook Inlet Pipelines - InsideClimate News

  07-04-2017 16:57
  
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  Alaska Oil and Gas Spills Prompt Call for Inspection of All Cook Inlet Pipelines
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  One of the pipelines is still leaking into the inlet, Alaska's oldest oil and gas producing region, where much of the infrastructure is more than 50 years old. Sabrina Shankman · By Sabrina Shankman · Follow @shankman. Apr 7, 2017. Cook inlet, home to ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Air: We're keeping Virgin America's gates at Dallas Love Field - USA TODAY

  07-04-2017 15:10
  
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  Alaska Air: We're keeping Virgin America's gates at Dallas Love Field
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  Alaska Airlines will continue flying from Dallas Love Field with the gate access it inherited in its acquisition of Virgin America. That will give Alaska Airlines, which already flies from Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW), an ongoing presence at ...
  Alaska Airlines' growthKetchikan Daily News
  Alaska Airlines won't give up its gates at Southwest-dominated Dallas Love FieldPuget Sound Business Journal (
  
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• Nobel nominee to speak at Alaska Native Studies conference - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-04-2017 10:10
  
  Nobel nominee to speak at Alaska Native Studies conference
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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. FAIRBANKS — This year's Alaska Native Studies conference at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will feature a keynote ...
  
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• Wasilla state Sen. Dunleavy risks exile from caucus as Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 07:26
  
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  Wasilla state Sen. Dunleavy risks exile from caucus as Alaska ...
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  Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy took an initial vote against the state Senate's budget Thursday, a move that risks his ejection from the chamber's ...
  Dunleavy's bold statement: Quits caucus over spendingMust Read Alaska (blog)all 7 news articles »
  
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• Tax rules, not politics, delay state revenue forecast, Alaska official says - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 06:25
  
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  Tax rules, not politics, delay state revenue forecast, Alaska official says
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  JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker's administration says the publication of the annual spring forecast of government revenue has stalled, fueling Republican speculation that the state's budget situation may not be as dire as it once was. But Walker ...
  
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• Fixing the Alaska Disconnect - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-04-2017 06:15
  
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  Fixing the Alaska Disconnect
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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. News-Miner Community Perspective: In debating the state's fiscal future amid an almost $3 billion annual budget gap, ...
  Commentary: Spending cap is key to solving budget crisisMust Read Alaska (blog)all 5 news articles »
  
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• Fixing the Alaska Disconnect | Community Perspectives | newsminer ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  07-04-2017 06:15
  
  Fixing the Alaska Disconnect | Community Perspectives | newsminer ...
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• Alaska youth teams go 3-6 on opening day of USA Hockey National Championships - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 04:52
  
  Alaska youth teams go 3-6 on opening day of USA Hockey National Championships
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  Two Alaska boys teams playing in the Tier II 14-and-under USA Hockey National Championships in Coral Springs, Florida, won their opening-round, pool-play games Thursday, when Alaska teams around the country went 3-6 in openers at season-ending ...
  
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• The end is imminent: So long, Alaska Aces - Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 04:42
  
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  The end is imminent: So long, Alaska Aces - Alaska Dispatch News
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  Aces captain Garet Hunt, center, speaks to his teammates before they take the ice for a game against the Idaho Steelheads on Wednesday. Brad Navin and ...and more »
  
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• The end is imminent: So long, Alaska Aces - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 04:42
  
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  The end is imminent: So long, Alaska Aces
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  Aces captain Garet Hunt, center, speaks to his teammates before they take the ice for a game against the Idaho Steelheads on Wednesday. Brad Navin and Stephen Perfetto are at left and Ben Lake and Tim Coffman are at right. (Marc Lester / Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Low oil prices hit Sealaska dividends

  07-04-2017 04:39
  
  Anthony Mallott is president and CEO of Sealaska, the Juneau-based regional Native corporation that’s distributing $10.6 million to its 22,000 members this month. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)Lower North Slope oil prices are taking a bite out of Native corporation dividends 1,100 miles away.
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  Sealaska, Southeast’s regional corporation, just announced it will pay out $10.6 million to its more than 22,000 members mid-month. That’s a third less than last year
  
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• Rep. Eastman is sole lawmaker to vote against honoring black soldiers

  07-04-2017 04:02
  
  Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, during a House floor session, March 1, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Yesterday, new legislation was passed that named Oct 25th as African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day.
  All 19 senators who were present and 39 of the 40 House members voted for the bill.
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  Wasilla Republican Representative David Eastman was the only lawmaker to vote no on Wednesday. He said the state shouldn’t single out black soldiers.
  
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• Shooting by ‘distraught man’ and avalanche trap Turnigan Arm residents in the dark

  07-04-2017 03:51
  
  Alaska State Troopers. (File photo by Monica Gokey, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The sole highway heading south out of Anchorage was closed for 12 hours from Wednesday night into Thursday morning because of what police described as a “distraught man.” A manhunt is still underway for a suspect who allegedly discharged a weapon multiple times. The incident, combined with avalanches in the area, trapped area residents and knocked out power.
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  Alaska State Troopers were
  
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• Shooting by ‘distraught man’ and avalanche trap Turnagain Arm residents in the dark

  07-04-2017 03:51
  
  Alaska State Troopers. (File photo by Monica Gokey, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)The sole highway heading south out of Anchorage was closed for 12 hours from Wednesday night into Thursday morning because of what police described as a “distraught man.” A manhunt is still underway for a suspect who allegedly discharged a weapon multiple times. The incident, combined with avalanches in the area, trapped area residents and knocked out power.
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  Alaska State Troopers were
  
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• Shooting by 'distraught man' and avalanche trap Turnagain Arm residents in the dark - Alaska Public Radio Network

  07-04-2017 03:48
  
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  Shooting by 'distraught man' and avalanche trap Turnagain Arm residents in the dark
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The sole highway heading south out of Anchorage was closed for 12 hours Wednesday overnight to Thursday morning because of what Anchorage police described as a “distraught man.” A manhunt is still underway for a suspect who allegedly discharged a ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 6, 2017

  07-04-2017 03:46
  
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  Shooting by ‘distraught man’ and avalanche trap Turnagain Arm residents in the dark 
  Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  The sole highway heading south out of Anchorage was closed for 12 hours Wednesday overnight to Thursday morning because of what Anchorage police described
  
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• Dumping state scholarships won't improve education in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 03:44
  
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  Dumping state scholarships won't improve education in Alaska
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  On a January night five years ago, Gov. Sean Parnell told legislators it was time to "build a strong fence of moral obligation" around the $400 million the state had set aside for paying scholarships to encourage high school graduates to continue their ...and more »
  
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• Essential Air Service has friends in US Senate

  07-04-2017 03:14
  
  Photo of U.S. Capitol by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public MediaAlaska is a big beneficiary of the Essential Air Service program, but Alaska’s congressional delegation isn’t the only one urging that the federal subsidy continue.
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  Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said at a hearing Thursday he was ‘floored’ to learn President Trump is proposing to eliminate funding for the program, which he said is vital for rural communities.
  “This is quite a slap in the face to some
  
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• 2017 Kobuk 440 starts today

  07-04-2017 03:11
  
  Racers at the starting line of the 2016 Kobuk 440 (Photo: Emily Schwing, KNOM.)gaThe 2017 Kobuk 440 sled dog race begins today in Kotzebue.
  16 teams will head out in a mass start in front of the Nullagvik Hotel at 12:30 p.m. today. The trail stretches from Kotzebue through Noorvik, Kiana, Ambler and Shungnak out to Kobuk and back.
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  Mushers drew for their bib numbers at a sheefish potluck in Kotzebue last night with the high school band playing the national anthem. Kobuk 440 Board Presi
  
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• Canada geese make first drop into Fairbanks this year

  07-04-2017 03:06
  
  Canada Goose on the Colville River Delta. (Photo by Ryan Askren, USGS.)Canada Geese have touched down at the Creamers Field Refuge in Fairbanks. Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist Mark Ross says the first of iconic birds synonymous with spring in the interior, was spotted at the refuge Tuesday April 4th, continuing a trend toward earlier arrivals.
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  ”’76 to ’96 the average date of arrival for that 20 years was April 15,” Ross said. “From ’97
  
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• Troopers searching for poachers who shot 2 muskox near Bethel

  07-04-2017 02:55
  
  Muskox (Credit National Parks Service)Two muskox have been poached near Bethel, and Alaska Wildlife Troopers are searching for whoever is responsible. The Troopers found the two animals near a snowmachine trail between the Bethel dump and Akiachak on Sunday.
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  The scene described by Troopers was one no hunter could condone. Brett Gibbens is an Alaska Wildlife Trooper out of McGrath who is handling the case.
  “One muskox was dead and another appeared to be shot in the eye and other
  
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• The Latest: Warrant Issued for Highway Shooting Suspect - U.S. News & World Report

  07-04-2017 01:26
  The Latest: Warrant Issued for Highway Shooting Suspect
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  A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man suspected of firing shots south of Anchorage, leading law enforcement officers to close the Seward Highway for more than 12 hours. | April 6, 2017, at 7:25 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...and more »
  
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• Is Bogoslof Volcano done erupting?

  07-04-2017 01:16
  
  A satellite image shows the last major eruption of Bogoslof Volcano on March 8, 2017. (Dave Schneider/USGS/AVO)Bogoslof Volcano is back at a low-level “advisory” for the first time since it began erupting more than three months ago.
  The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) downgraded Bogoslof’s alert level Wednesday, bringing it just one notch above “normal.”
  AVO Geophysicist Dave Schneider said it has been weeks since the Aleutian volcano showed any sign of life.
  
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• Now playing at the Juneau folk festival: The Alaska House speaker - Alaska Dispatch News

  07-04-2017 01:02
  
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  Now playing at the Juneau folk festival: The Alaska House speaker
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, right, plays bass at the Juneau folk festival Tuesday with Chris Hladick, the state commerce commissioner. The two have been playing music together for decades, dating back to when Hladick was the city ...
  
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• Fate of competing plans to close state budget is uncertain

  07-04-2017 00:46
  
  Co-chair of House Finance Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, asked questions during a hearing on Tuesday. Seaton supports reintroducing an income tax. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)To some House members, reintroducing an income tax in Alaska is the best way to close a long-term gap between how much the state government spends and what it raises in revenue.
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  But senators are opposed to the plan, leaving a political chasm between the two chambers with only 11 days left before the scheduled end t
  
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• Narcan saves lives in opioid epidemic but is only first step

  07-04-2017 00:26
  
  Nichelle Willams pulls stickers off boxes with Commissioner Valerie “Nurr’araaluk” Davidson on a Narcan kit assembly line at Covenant House in March. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)The state’s Department of Health and Social Services is starting to distribute Narcan kits around Alaska. The nasal spray stops opioid overdoses.
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  Late last month a group at the Covenant House in Anchorage assembled the kits. 20-year-old Nichelle Williams was among them, ripping st
  
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