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• Alaska Senate Moves to Delay Considering Walker Appointments - U.S. News & World Report

  12-04-2017 23:01
  Alaska Senate Moves to Delay Considering Walker Appointments
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  The Alaska Senate has sought to delay a joint legislative session to consider confirmation of Gov. Bill Walker's picks for boards, commissions and key state agency posts. | April 12, 2017, at 4:56 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel.and more »
  
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• Northern Edge military exercise again brings unease to Alaska coastal towns - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 22:19
  
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  Northern Edge military exercise again brings unease to Alaska coastal towns
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  The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) operated in the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in support of the joint military training exercise Northern Edge. (Bill Roth / Alaska Dispatch News). A massive military exercise will return this spring to the ...and more »
  
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• UAA Chancellor Tom Case announces retirement - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-04-2017 22:16
  
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  UAA Chancellor Tom Case announces retirement
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  Chancellor Tom Case addresses faculty and staff at a recent UAA 2020 gathering. (Photo by Philip Hall / University of Alaska Anchorage). The University of Alaska Anchorage chancellor has announced his retirement. Chancellor Tom Case sent a letter to ...and more »
  
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• UAA Chancellor Tom Case announces retirement

  12-04-2017 21:53
  
  Chancellor Tom Case addresses faculty and staff at a recent UAA 2020 gathering. (Photo by Philip Hall / University of Alaska Anchorage)The University of Alaska Anchorage chancellor has announced his retirement.
  Chancellor Tom Case sent a letter to colleagues and students today saying he will leave at the end of June, after 12 years with the University.
  Case previously worked as the Dean of UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy. He has been UAA Chancellor since 2011.
  Case said in his
  
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• Alaska Girl Scout Chapter Sues Over National Dues Increase - U.S. News & World Report

  12-04-2017 21:43
  Alaska Girl Scout Chapter Sues Over National Dues Increase
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  An Alaska chapter of the Girl Scouts of the United States is suing the national organization over fees. | April 12, 2017, at 3:33 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Girl Scout Chapter Sues Over National Dues Increase ...and more »
  
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• Agencies: Alaska laws may limit health care competition - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  12-04-2017 21:23
  
  Agencies: Alaska laws may limit health care competition
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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. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two federal agencies are recommending that Alaska repeal laws that the agencies say may limit ...and more »
  
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• New stipulations, shorter time period, for Pebble’s state land use permit

  12-04-2017 20:18
  
  Stock photo of work camp at the Pebble deposit. (KDLG Photo)After months of delay, the Pebble Limited Partnership was granted its land use permit by the state’s Department of Natural Resources Tuesday. But taking into account the concerns raised through a public comment period, DNR is adding more oversight to Pebble’s activities and adding some new stipulations to the permit.
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  Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources grants the miscellaneous land use permit needed by
  
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• Trial Date Set in Lawsuit Challenging Alaska Town's New Name - U.S. News & World Report

  12-04-2017 20:05
  Trial Date Set in Lawsuit Challenging Alaska Town's New Name
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  Critics of the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation's northernmost town are taking their opposition to trial, despite losing a key legal fight last month. | April 12, 2017, at 2:01 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Trial Date Set ...and more »
  
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• Oil companies owe $194M in 2010 tax and interest, state says - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 19:54
  
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  Oil companies owe $194M in 2010 tax and interest, state says
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  Oil and gas companies in Alaska owe the state $194 million in unpaid taxes and interest from 2010, according to a summary of recently completed audits of that year's oil and gas production tax returns. The back-taxes assessment comes atop the roughly ...
  
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• Alaska State Troopers warn of new telephone scam - KRBD

  12-04-2017 19:53
  
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  Alaska State Troopers warn of new telephone scam
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  Alaska State Troopers are warning state residents of a telephone scam that has affected people in the Fairbanks area, but could happen elsewhere in the state. Troopers report that numerous people have contacted them about phone calls they received, ...and more »
  
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• Marine resources to see protection through program backed by Alaska lawmakers - KTUU.com

  12-04-2017 18:00
  
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  Marine resources to see protection through program backed by Alaska lawmakers
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska lawmakers are trying to save a program that seeks to protect and strengthen the nation's coastal communities after President Donald Trump eliminated funding for the program in his budget proposal. Alaska's Energy Desk ...
  Alaska lawmakers back program to protect marine resourcesKansas City Star
  Alaska's congressional delegation sticking by Sea GrantAlaska Public Radi
  
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• Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.: Hidden Value - Seeking Alpha

  12-04-2017 17:02
  
  Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.: Hidden Value
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  Poor capital allocation in the past has masked a profitable business with a relatively low debt profile. Increasing FCF and the share repurchase announcement indicate a shift towards increasing shareholder value. Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc.
  Alaska Communications First in Alaska to Achieve Premier Partner Status with BarracudaYahoo Financeall 20 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Air targets Dallas Love Field for big expansion - USA TODAY

  12-04-2017 16:04
  
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  Alaska Air targets Dallas Love Field for big expansion
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  Alaska Airlines will expand its presence at Dallas Love Field, adding routes to four new West Coast destinations. The move comes just a week after Alaska Airlines said it would keep using the gates at Love Field, which it gained access to via its ...
  Alaska Airlines to expand at Love FieldDallas Business Journal
  Alaska Airlines rolls out four new West Coast routes from Love FieldDallas News (blog)
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• APD: Teen killed by gunfire likely a bystander - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 15:36
  
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  APD: Teen killed by gunfire likely a bystander
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  Leroy Lawrence, 17, died Tuesday after being shot in the head at about 3:30 p.m. Friday near Irwin Street and Thompson Avenue, APD's Renee Oistad said in a Tuesday statement. He was found lying in the street soon afterward and taken to a local hospital.and more »
  
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• UnCruise Adventures adds ship in Alaska - USA TODAY

  12-04-2017 10:53
  
  UnCruise Adventures adds ship in Alaska
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  UnCruise Adventures is expanding again in Alaska. The small-ship travel company says its 88-passenger S.S. Legacy in 2018 will spend the summer cruising Alaska's Southeast region instead of sailing in the Pacific Northwest as it does now. The replica ...
  
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• Alaska conservatives target Human Rights Commission appointee - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 06:38
  
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  Alaska conservatives target Human Rights Commission appointee
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  JUNEAU — Social conservatives are questioning Gov. Bill Walker's appointment of a transgender activist to the Alaska State Human Rights Commission, saying they're worried he'll boost an existing commission effort to add legal protections for gay and ...
  
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• Anchorage bus overhaul pushes frequency over breadth

  12-04-2017 06:14
  
   
  Mayor Ethan Berkowitz at a press conference unveiling the city’s new public transit plans (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Officials in Anchorage Tuesday unveiled a long-waited overhaul of the municipality’s public transportation system at a maintenance facility in midtown. It’s the first big redesign of the troubled bus system in nearly two decades. And planners are gearing up to spend the next six months preparing residents and visitors for major chan
  
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• Alaska gymnasts win 2 golds, 1 bronze in all-around at regional meet - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 05:41
  
  Alaska gymnasts win 2 golds, 1 bronze in all-around at regional meet
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  Three Alaskan gymnasts garnered podium finishes in Level 9 competition at the Region 2 championship meet over the weekend in Boise, Idaho. Jayde Chan of Denali Gymnastics and Olivia Gorder of Arctic Gymnastics placed first in the all-around ...
  
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• Republican stripped of committee posts after defying Alaska Senate majority on budget - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 05:35
  
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  Republican stripped of committee posts after defying Alaska Senate majority on budget
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  Wasilla Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy at a meeting of the Senate State Affairs Committee on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News). JUNEAU — The Alaska Senate's Republican-led majority has removed Wasilla GOP Sen.
  Alaska Senate reshuffles after Dunleavy leaves majorityThe Daily Progressall 4 news articles »
  
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• Bombarded with public comments, Alaska gives Pebble OK for summer work -- with new requirements - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 04:47
  
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  Bombarded with public comments, Alaska gives Pebble OK for summer work -- with new requirements
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  The state of Alaska says it has taken hundreds of public comments to heart and will require developers of the stalled Pebble mine to do extensive cleanup and monitoring this summer — and to commit $2 million to ensure disturbed land is eventually ...
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  Alaska approves key permit for Pebble
  
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• Unalaska receives surprise visitor from the deep

  12-04-2017 04:15
  
  An Unalaskan sees if he is as long as the beached squid. (Zoë Sobel/Alaska’s Energy Desk)Carlin Enlow has lived in Unalaska her entire life, all 22 years. This is the first time she’s seen a squid washed up on the beach.
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  “The only time I’ve seen something this big is down in the Seward Sea Life Center,” Enlow said. “They have a giant squid that I think they caught up here or washed up here.”
  Enlow found out about the squid on Facebook and
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 11, 2017

  12-04-2017 04:07
  
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  Pebble project granted land use permit
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  After months of delay, the Pebble Limited Partnership was granted its land use permit by the state’s Department of Natural Resources today. But taking into account the concerns raised through a public comment period, DNR i
  
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• King salmon trollers to have lower harvests this year

  12-04-2017 03:50
  
  King salmon fishermen in Southeast Alaska will see a significant reduction in their harvest this season.
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  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced on Monday that trollers will be allowed over 100,000 fewer fish than last year, under management guidelines negotiated under the Pacific Salmon Commission.
  And it’s unlikely that trollers will be able to make up the difference in their fallback species — chum — if forecasts prove correct.
  Trollers were clearly disco
  
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• Essential Alaska Gear: Insulated hoodie - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 03:41
  
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  Essential Alaska Gear: Insulated hoodie
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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 31-year-old Cody Burns, who's in his sixth season as a ski patroller at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood.
  
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• Alaska's Arctic policy adviser falls victim to fake news -- in Russia - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 03:36
  
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  Alaska's Arctic policy adviser falls victim to fake news -- in Russia
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  Craig Fleener at Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott's inaugural ceremony in Juneau on Dec. 1, 2014. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive 2014). Craig Fleener, the Arctic policy adviser for Gov. Bill Walker, was at a conference in Russia at the end of ...
  
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• State economists publish a “Where are they now?” for Alaska high school grads - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-04-2017 03:18
  
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  State economists publish a “Where are they now?” for Alaska high school grads
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  Bethel Regional High School students dance at their graduation ceremony in May 2016. (Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK). According to federal data, about one in four high schoolers in Alaska doesn't graduate, giving Alaska the sixth lowest graduation rate in ...
  
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• State economists publish a “Where are they now?” for Alaska high school grads

  12-04-2017 03:14
  
  Bethel Regional High School students dance at their graduation ceremony in May 2016. (Photo by Dean Swope/KYUK)According to federal data, about one in four high schoolers in Alaska doesn’t graduate, giving Alaska the sixth lowest graduation rate in the country.
  But what about students who do graduate? What happens to them?
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  State economists in the Alaska Department of Labor tracked thousands of Alaska grads and published a “Where are they now?” in this month’s A
  
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• Fish and Game predicts more Chinook fishing openings this summer

  12-04-2017 03:06
  
  Chinook salmon (Photo: Craig Springer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)Kuskokwim river subsistence fishermen should receive more fishing openings for Chinook salmon this summer than they had last year.
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  Harvest figures show that about 37,000 Chinook were harvested from the Kuskokwim last summer. That’s about 10,000 fish less than managers had allocated for subsistence catch. Now managers are estimating that this year’s Chinook run will be similar, so there can be more open
  
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• Alaska agents play key role in taking down a Russian cybercrime kingpin - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-04-2017 03:01
  
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  Alaska agents play key role in taking down a Russian cybercrime kingpin
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  Alaska federal law enforcement agents and prosecutors played a central role in a newly announced U.S. Justice Department effort to take down the Kelihos botnet, a global network of infected computers under the control of a Russian cybercriminal.
  Feds in Alaska take down global cybercriminal operation run by notorious Russian spammerKTUU.com
  Complaint - US Department of JusticeUS Dep
  
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• Following majority departure, Dunleavy to lose committee seats

  12-04-2017 02:57
  
  Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)When Senator Mike Dunleavy left the Senate majority last week, he knew it meant he would lose some of his official positions of power.
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  The Wasilla Republican found out what the fallout is likely to be on Tuesday. The Senate Committee on Committees recommended that he lose two committee seats. The Senate is likely to make the changes Wednesday.
  If the Senate approves, Dunleavy would lose his seat on the powerful Senate Financ
  
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• Alaska’s congressional delegation sticking by Sea Grant

  12-04-2017 02:05
  
  When President Donald Trump’s blueprint budget came out in March, it included eliminating funding for the Sea Grant program for next year. But Alaska’s congressional delegation doesn’t want it to go away.
  On Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bipartisan Senate Resolution — showing support for Sea Grant. Murkowski co-authored the resolution with Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley.
  The resolution acknowledges that Sea Grant plays a “vital” role in many communiti
  
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• Most of Alaska should see normal winter breakup this year | Alaska ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-04-2017 01:54
  
  Most of Alaska should see normal winter breakup this year | Alaska ...
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  A more normal winter across much of Alaska bodes for more normal river breakup conditions this spring. National Weather Service Alaska region climate ...and more »
  
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• Most of Alaska should see normal winter breakup this year

  12-04-2017 01:53
  
  A more normal winter across much of Alaska bodes for more normal river breakup conditions this spring. National Weather Service Alaska region climate science and services manager Rick Thoman said after three years of generally below normal snow and ice, and above normal temperatures, Alaska was more on track with historic averages this winter.
  ”And with the forecast of increased chances for cool weather the rest of this month over the eastern Interior and the Yukon, and somewhat above norm
  
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