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• In Alaska, anxiety grows as debate over health care rages - ABC News

  15-04-2017 15:39
  In Alaska, anxiety grows as debate over health care rages
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  Going without health insurance is a risk. Going without it in Alaska can be a gamble of a much higher order, because it's a place unlike anywhere else in the United States, with its brutal cold, wide-open spaces and dangerous outdoor jobs. And yet many ...and more »
  
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• Alaska City Officials Seek to Ban Marijuana Businesses - U.S. News & World Report

  15-04-2017 06:40
  Alaska City Officials Seek to Ban Marijuana Businesses
  U.S. News & World Report
  SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — Officials in one Alaska city have taken steps to keep commercial marijuana out of Soldotna. Soldotna City Council voted 4-2 Wednesday to direct city administrators to draft legislation that would ban marijuana establishments ...and more »
  
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• Alaska City Officials Seek to Ban Marijuana Businesses | Alaska ... - U.S. News & World Report

  15-04-2017 06:40
  Alaska City Officials Seek to Ban Marijuana Businesses | Alaska ...
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  SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska city officials have voted to keep commercial marijuana out of Soldotna.and more »
  
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• Bill would make it easier to pass on information about contaminated sites in Alaska

  15-04-2017 04:27
  
  Cleanup personnel wipe oil from well piping on May 4, 2014 where a BP Exploration Alaska pipe ruptured and contaminated nearby tundra. (Photo by Don Fritz/ADEC)From leaking pipelines and polluted aquifers, to broken septic tanks and abandoned military equipment, there are more than 2,200 open cases of contaminated sites in Alaska. A new bill that that is making its way through the state House, would require full disclosure of contamination on the deed of a property before it can be sold.
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• New Pretrial office emerges to cut costs and crime - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-04-2017 04:12
  
  New Pretrial office emerges to cut costs and crime
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A new state office aims to reduce crime and save money. The Pretrial Division stipulated by the criminal justice reform bill passed last year by the Alaska legislature, will assist people who are jailed but have yet to go to trial. Listen now. In ...and more »
  
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• New Pretrial office emerges to cut costs and crime | Alaska Public ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-04-2017 04:12
  
  New Pretrial office emerges to cut costs and crime | Alaska Public ...
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  A new state office aims to reduce crime and save money. The Pretrial Division stipulated by the criminal justice reform bill passed last year by the Alaska ...
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• BP working to contain well on North Slope

  15-04-2017 04:11
  
  Prudhoe Bay. (Photo courtesy of BP)BP is working to contain an out-of-control production well at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on the North Slope. The well is currently venting natural gas and has released at least some crude oil into the environment.
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  State regulators say they don’t yet know how serious the incident is, or what amount of oil or gas has been released.
  In an emailed statement, BP said nobody was near the well at the time of the release, and there have been no inj
  
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• New Pretrial office emerges to cut costs and crime

  15-04-2017 04:07
  
  A new state office aims to reduce crime and save money. The Pretrial Division stipulated by the criminal justice reform bill passed last year by the Alaska legislature, will assist people who are jailed but have yet to go to trial.
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  In Fairbanks on Wednesday, Pretrial Director Geri Fox explained the division’s mission, emphasizing that currently in Alaska, more than 60 percent of people charged with a crime, spend nearly 2 months in jail before trial.
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• In light of unexpected cuts, UA Board of Regents discusses likely cuts

  15-04-2017 04:04
  
  President Jim Johnsen explains Strategic Pathways at University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)Cuts would be accelerated across the University of Alaska system if a State Senate proposed budget is finalized by the legislature. The UA Board of Regent met Thursday to discuss contingency measures in light of Senate passed funding for UA that’s 22 million dollars less than the amount supported by the House and Governor. UA
  
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• End of legislative session unclear as lawmakers remain divided

  15-04-2017 04:00
  
  Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, talks to reporters at a Senate Majority press availability on Thursday. Sens. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, and Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, seated left to right, also participated. Kelly said the Senate is willing to stay beyond the scheduled end of the session to work on budget-related and other important bills. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The news about oil revenue comes out two days before the Legisl
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 14, 2017

  15-04-2017 03:54
  
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  BP works to contain a leaking production well
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  BP is working to contain an out-of-control production well at Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope. The well is currently venting natural gas and has released at least some crude oil into the environment.
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• Alaska revenue forecast predicts more oil this year, much less next year - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 03:53
  
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  Alaska revenue forecast predicts more oil this year, much less next year
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  Alaska Commissioner of Revenue Randy Hoffbeck presents the annual spring forecast of government revenue at a Friday committee hearing. (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News). JUNEAU — A head-spinning new government revenue forecast from Gov.
  Oil Spill Reported in Alaska, Volume UnknownU.S. News & World Report
  Alaska official: Call for full fiscal plan stands amid new for
  
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• Alaska Aces close up shop - KTUU.com

  15-04-2017 03:34
  
  Alaska Aces close up shop
  KTUU.com
  The lights have been dimmed, the cowbells have stopped ringing and on Friday at 5 p.m., the doors to Alaska Aces headquarters were closed. "We've had fans come in crying," said Terry Parks, co-owner Alaska Aces. "And if you were at the game Saturday ...
  
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• Bank of America reissues Alaska Visa cards; customer data's safe, airline says - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)

  15-04-2017 02:58
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Bank of America reissues Alaska Visa cards; customer data's safe, airline says
  Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
  Bank of America has reissued an undisclosed number of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Visa credit cards as a precaution due to a potential third-party compromise of card information. Alaska Airlines says its systems were not compromised, customer data is ...
  
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• Alaska Airlines expanding statewide infrastructure - KTOO

  15-04-2017 02:26
  
  Alaska Airlines expanding statewide infrastructure
  KTOO
  Alaska Airlines regional vice president Marilyn Romano outlined plans for the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Audio Player. http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170413-06.mp3. ”We're getting ready to invest over $100 million, well we're already ...
  
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• Brightening outlook for Alaska salmon buoys commercial fishermen - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 02:22
  
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  Brightening outlook for Alaska salmon buoys commercial fishermen
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  Markets are looking good, the statewide salmon catch forecast of 204 million is up by a million fish, and the world's biggest sockeye salmon fishery at Bristol Bay is breaking records for chilling its fish. Last year nearly 40 percent of Alaska's total ...
  
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• U.S. Coast Guard commissions fast response cutter in Ketchikan

  15-04-2017 02:11
  
  Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter John McCormick. (KRBD photo)A commissioning ceremony was held in Ketchikan Wednesday for the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John McCormick. The 154-foot vessel is the first of six fast response cutters that will home-port in Alaska, and the first to be home-ported on the Pacific Ocean.
  With warm temperatures and sunny skies, several speakers commented that it was a perfect day for a commissioning. The Ketchikan High School band, accompanied by members of 9th Army Arctic
  
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• Sitka brewery is first to sell shares under new Alaska crowdfunding law - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 02:10
  
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  Sitka brewery is first to sell shares under new Alaska crowdfunding law
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In 2009, Rick Armstrong did something any financial adviser would warn against: He drained his entire retirement account to start brewing and selling beer from the garage of his triplex on an eclectic Sitka street near a welding shop and a Russian ...
  
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• After Pioneer Homes flap, AARP to host telephone town hall with Alaska Gov. Walker - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 01:50
  
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  After Pioneer Homes flap, AARP to host telephone town hall with Alaska Gov. Walker
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  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks to the Juneau Bar Association at a lunch Friday at the Baranof Hotel in Juneau. (Nathaniel Herz / Alaska Dispatch News). The Alaska branch of the AARP is hosting a telephone town hall Monday evening with Gov. Bill Walker ...
  
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• Alaska city officials seek to ban marijuana businesses - The Daily Progress

  15-04-2017 01:41
  
  Alaska city officials seek to ban marijuana businesses
  The Daily Progress
  SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — Officials in one Alaska city have taken steps to keep commercial marijuana out of Soldotna. Soldotna City Council voted 4-2 Wednesday to direct city administrators to draft legislation that would ban marijuana establishments ...and more »
  
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• Noise and light pollution

  15-04-2017 01:00
  
  Photo: Travis RectorOne way of thinking about wilderness is to remember what’s not there. Wilderness is never crowded, or full of artificial noise or electric light. Noise and light would cover up the good qualities in nature – the delicate sounds and the bright stars and aurora of a winter night. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’re looking at the problem of keeping the wilderness quiet and dark, which unfortunately takes some effort for us, in our bright noisy world.
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• State investigating oil and gas spraying from Prudhoe Bay well - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 00:44
  
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  State investigating oil and gas spraying from Prudhoe Bay well
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Natural gas and crude oil were shooting from a Prudhoe Bay well on Friday north of Deadhorse, according to state spill responders who are organizing a response team to investigate the release. "The well is currently venting gas, which caused a spray of ...
  
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• Oil and gas spray from well in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 00:44
  
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  Oil and gas spray from well in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Natural gas and crude oil were shooting from a Prudhoe Bay well on Friday north of Deadhorse, according to state spill responders who are organizing a response team to investigate the release. "The well is currently venting gas, which caused a spray of ...and more »
  
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• Alaska village utility accuses ex-manager of theft approaching $1 million - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-04-2017 00:43
  
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  Alaska village utility accuses ex-manager of theft approaching $1 million
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Naknek's electrical utility is suing its former longtime general manager, claiming she stole nearly $1 million through misuse of a company credit card for more than a decade. Donna Vukich used the Naknek Electric Association's card to make nonbusiness ...and more »
  
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• 49 Voices: Cherry Blossom Princess Caitlin Sweeney - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-04-2017 00:21
  
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  49 Voices: Cherry Blossom Princess Caitlin Sweeney
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  This week on 49 Voices we're going to Washington D.C. Caitlin Sweeney was there last week to be Alaska's “princess” in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Listen now. SWEENEY: It's a cultural, professional development program where young women ...
  
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• Oil Spill Reported in Alaska, Volume Unknown - U.S. News & World Report

  15-04-2017 00:07
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Oil Spill Reported in Alaska, Volume Unknown
  U.S. News & World Report
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A subsidiary of BP is reporting a crude oil spill on Alaska's North Slope. BP Exploration Alaska Inc. told state regulators Friday that oil is spraying from a well onto a pad and possibly onto the snow-covered tundra. The ...
  New Alaska revenue forecast predicts more oil this year, much less next yearAlaska Dispatch News
  Alaska official: Call for full fiscal plan stands
  
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• 49 Voices: Cherry Blossom Princess Caitlin Sweeney

  15-04-2017 00:05
  
  Caitlin Sweeney, Alaska’s princess in the Cherry Blossom Festival (Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media)This week on 49 Voices we’re going to Washington D.C. Caitlin Sweeney was there last week to be Alaska’s “princess” in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
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  SWEENEY: It’s a cultural, professional development program where young women pretty much every state and territories come to D.C. for a week during the Cherry Blossom Festival. The age
  
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• AK: Yukon cowboy shares love of old country songs at folk festival

  15-04-2017 00:00
  
  Country singer Art Johns and Skagway fiddler Nola Lamken perform at the Alaska Folk Festival in Juneau April 4 2017. (Photo by Brian Wallace)Art Johns has been playing at the Alaska Folk Festival since 1995. But his musical roots go way back — almost 80 years.
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  Johns grew up in the rural Yukon towns of Carcross and Tagish, about 60 miles northeast of Skagway, in northern Southeast Alaska. His first inspiration came from phonographs his sister mail-ordered from a catalog. The
  
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