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• Getting out of the office in Anchorage, Alaska - Marketplace.org

  02-05-2017 23:52
  
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  Getting out of the office in Anchorage, Alaska
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  A light rainbow hits the water as a surfer waits to catch the Bore Tide at Turnagain Arm in Anchorage, Alaska. - Streeter Lecka/Getty Images. Listen To The Story. Marketplace. Download download; Embed embed. Embed Code.and more »
  
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• Alaska DEC issues notice, after discovering a foamy discharge near Airport Park - KTUU.com

  02-05-2017 23:22
  
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  Alaska DEC issues notice, after discovering a foamy discharge near Airport Park
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - On Friday, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued a notice of violation, after a foamy discharge into Cook Inlet was reported, near Airport Park. The notice sent to John Parrott, airport manager, alleges the ...
  
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• Search on for missing python in Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  02-05-2017 23:12
  
  Search on for missing python in Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A misplaced pet is causing concern in a community north of Anchorage, Alaska. Animal control officials in Matanuska-Susitna Borough say a 17-foot python that weighs 100 pounds escaped in neighborhood in Meadow Lakes.and more »
  
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• 17-foot python may be loose in Valley neighborhood - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-05-2017 23:07
  
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  17-foot python may be loose in Valley neighborhood
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  The Matanuska-Susitna Borough sent out a statement Tuesday warning residents in the Meadow Lakes area to be on the lookout for a 17-foot-long snake that may be on the loose in the area. The snake pictured is “the type of snake” believed to be on the ...
  
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• Teacher Turnover in Alaska is Costing the State $20 Million Annually - Education Week (subscription) (blog)

  02-05-2017 22:52
  
  Teacher Turnover in Alaska is Costing the State $20 Million Annually
  Education Week (subscription) (blog)
  High levels of teacher turnover in the country's most sparsely populated state is draining millions out of Alaska's education coffers. Every time a district loses a teacher and has to find a new one that process costs an average of $20,500, adding up ...
  
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• NTSB: Pilot killed in Anchorage crash had carbon monoxide in system - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-05-2017 21:27
  
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  NTSB: Pilot killed in Anchorage crash had carbon monoxide in system
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  A plane caught on fire after crashing in the Hillside neighborhood of Anchorage on Sept. 10, 2016. (Photo by Jason Thompson). An examination of the pilot who died in the fiery crash of his home-built floatplane on the Anchorage Hillside in September ...and more »
  
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• Alaska tribe seeks to put Juneau property into trust - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  02-05-2017 21:03
  
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  Alaska tribe seeks to put Juneau property into trust
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Southeast Alaska's largest tribal organization has submitted an application to put land in downtown Juneau into a federal trust. KTOO-FM reported Monday that the land includes the Andrew Hope Building and was once a summer ...and more »
  
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• The Latest: Remote Location Hinders Alaska Crash Inquiry - U.S. News & World Report

  02-05-2017 20:36
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  The Latest: Remote Location Hinders Alaska Crash Inquiry
  U.S. News & World Report
  A National Transportation Safety Board investigator says the remote location of a fatal plane crash in southwest Alaska is adding to the difficulty of the investigation. | May 2, 2017, at 2:30 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. The ...
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  Pilot dies in crash of commercial plane in south
  
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• F-35B jets practice with F-22s for first time in Alaska exercise - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  02-05-2017 09:33
  
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  F-35B jets practice with F-22s for first time in Alaska exercise
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The military's new F-35B fighter jet will practice alongside a fellow fifth-generation fighter this week in the Northern Edge exercises over Alaska. The U.S. Marine Corps versions of the F-35 are in Alaska this week for only the second time.and more »
  
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• Alaska murre die-off led to reproductive failure for survivors - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-05-2017 06:03
  
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  Alaska murre die-off led to reproductive failure for survivors
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  The massive die-offs that left Alaska beaches coated with tens of thousands of murre carcasses in 2015 and 2016 also took a big toll on the birds' next generation when survivors failed to breed. There was a near-total reproduction failure last year at ...
  
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• Alaska's March marijuana revenue jumps - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-05-2017 04:16
  
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  Alaska's March marijuana revenue jumps
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  In March, 27 growers paid $220,229 to the Alaska Department of Revenue Tax Division, wrote Kelly Mazzei, excise tax supervisor. That's nearly $100,000 more than February's revenue. Under Alaska law, growers pay the state's tax. Bud is taxed at $50 per ...
  
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• Medication assisted treatment

  02-05-2017 04:14
  
  Vivitrol is the injectable form of naltrexone, which cuts cravings for opioids and alcohol. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)Methadone, suboxone, vivitrol — – they’re all different types of drugs used to treat opioid addictions. But what do those medications actually do? How effective are they? Are they a solution for solving Alaska’s addiction crisis?
  HOST: Anne Hillman
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  Karl Soderstrom – Fiend 2 Clean
  Serena Espinoza – Fallen Up Ministries
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• Computer finds income tax could help budget if oil price is low

  02-05-2017 04:05
  
  David Teal, Division of Legislative Finance director, speaking in February. His office developed a computer model that found an income tax could provide a cushion if oil prices are lower than forecast. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The extra money from a state income tax would help Alaska’s state government withstand low oil prices or poor investment returns, according to a computer model developed by nonpartisan budget experts.
  But House members say there’s only so much they can lea
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, May 1, 2017

  02-05-2017 03:58
  
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  Earthquakes shake Southeast Alaska, Yukon communities
  Abbey Collins, KHNS – Haines
  May kicked off to a shaky start in Northern Southeast Alaska. Two major earthquakes woke residents early Monday morning. They were some of the most powerful quakes Haines area residents have felt in years, but caused hardly
  
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• Ice-out guessing game in Nenana searches for winner as ice moves

  02-05-2017 03:14
  
  The ice on the Tanana River moved at Nenana today toppling and pushing the Nenana Ice Classic tripod enough to trip the clock in the annual ice-out guessing game.
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  The official stop time was noon Alaska Standard Time — that’s an hour behind the current daylight savings time.
  Ice Classic organizers said they are still loading tickets into their data base, and will contact the winner or winners who guessed the correct date and time once they have finished checking the entries
  
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• Rhymes and Rhythms: Angoon poet Frank Sharp to be published

  02-05-2017 03:11
  
  Frank Sharp, 85, is a poet from Angoon. His poetry will be published in, “Rhymes and Rhythms,” by the Island Institute. (Emily Russell/KCAW)Rhymes and Rhythms– that’s the title of a new book of poems written by Angoon elder Frank Sharp. The book is scheduled for release this summer and will have an audio component to it, so readers can hear the poet his own work.
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  The first time I meet Frank Sharp he’s shoveling gravel into a wheelb
  
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• Central Council working to put Juneau parcels into trust

  02-05-2017 03:04
  
  The Andrew Hope Building in downtown Juneau is among the parcels that the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is proposing to put in trust. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)Southeast Alaska’s largest tribal organization has applied to the federal government to put seven parcels in downtown Juneau into a federal trust.
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  For decades the federal government had prevented Alaska Native tribes from putting lands into trust that can exempt it from local
  
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• Earthquakes shake Southeast Alaska, Yukon communities - Alaska Public Radio Network

  02-05-2017 03:00
  
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  Earthquakes shake Southeast Alaska, Yukon communities
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Earthquakes and aftershocks registered between the U.S./B.C. border and the Yukon on Monday, May 1. (University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center). May kicked off to a shaky start in Northern Southeast Alaska. Two major earthquakes woke ...
  Strong quake, aftershocks strike British Columbia, southeast AlaskaThe Seattle Times
  Strong earthquake, aftershocks hit Southeast Al
  
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• Earthquakes shake Southeast Alaska, Yukon communities

  02-05-2017 02:59
  
  Earthquakes and aftershocks registered between the U.S./B.C. border and the Yukon on Monday, May 1. (University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center)May kicked off to a shaky start in Northern Southeast Alaska. Two major earthquakes woke residents early Monday morning. They were some of the most powerful quakes Haines area residents have felt in years, but caused hardly any damage in Alaska.
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  The first quake struck around 4:30 a.m. According to the University of Alaska Fairbank
  
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• Trump order baffles Bering Sea Elders

  02-05-2017 02:54
  
  President Obama imposed protections on the Bering Straits. President Trump revoked them. Map: Bering Sea Elders GroupWhen President Trump signed an order last week lifting his predecessor’s restrictions on offshore leasing in the Arctic, he also revoked a decree that created the “Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.”
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  “People on the coast that we work with are a mixture of outraged and disappointed,” Attorney Natalie Landreth said. She represents
  
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• Supreme Court leaves polar bear habitat intact

  02-05-2017 02:53
  
  A polar bear mother and cubs.
  (2007 file photo: USFWS)A California-sized chunk of the Arctic will remain designated as critical polar bear habitat. That’s the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court order Monday declining to hear an appeal from the state of Alaska, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and an oil industry trade group.
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  The area stretches from the Canadian border in the Northeast, along the coast down to Hooper Bay in the West. It includes barrier islands, but 96 per
  
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• Anchorage firefighter’s discrimination lawsuit set for trial

  02-05-2017 02:52
  
  An Anchorage firefighter is suing over what he said is a pattern of racial and age discrimination at the Anchorage Fire Department.
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  The lawsuit has been brewing for the past two years but a judge’s recent decision against the Municipality of Anchorage means it is headed to trial this summer.
  Jeff Graham is a Korean-American in his 50s and he’s worked for the fire department for more than 20 years as a mechanic and firefighter.
  In his lawsuit, Graham alleged that hidde
  
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• Gov. Walker signs bill recognizing the black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway

  02-05-2017 02:34
  
  At Shiloh Baptist Church in Anchorage, Governor Walker signs the first half of his name on SB 46 (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)Yesterday, Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 46 into law, establishing October 25 as “African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day.” The signing of the bill began at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Anchorage.
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  Sunday’s church service was fairly typical, with the exception of some of the gues
  
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• Gov. Walker signs bill recognizing the Black Americans who helped build the Alaska Highway

  02-05-2017 02:34
  
  At Shiloh Baptist Church in Anchorage, Governor Walker signs the first half of his name on SB 46 (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media)Yesterday, Governor Walker signed Senate Bill 46 into law, establishing October 25 as “African American Soldiers’ Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day.” The signing of the bill began at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Anchorage.
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  Sunday’s church service was fairly typical, with the exception of some of the gues
  
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• Court rules civil commitment statutes don’t apply to foster children, North Star Hospital

  02-05-2017 02:11
  
  A three-year-long legal argument about committing foster children to North Star Behavioral Health Hospital is one step closer to resolution. A judge ruled in late March that the Office of Children’s Services can legally commit foster kids to the psychiatric hospital without getting a judge’s approval.
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  Anchorage Superior Court Judge Erin Marston ruled that the state’s civil commitment statutes don’t apply to North Star because it is not included in the legal lis
  
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• Teach Alaska kids to be bear aware from an early age - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-05-2017 02:04
  
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  Teach Alaska kids to be bear aware from an early age
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Four brown bears wander down the Rover's Run Trail in Far North Bicentennial Park in this photo taken by a remote camera in 2010. (Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game). The instinct to protect youngsters from danger is a visceral part of parenthood. We can ...
  
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• Jackpot! Ice Finally Moves in Alaska River - U.S. News & World Report

  02-05-2017 00:16
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  Jackpot! Ice Finally Moves in Alaska River
  U.S. News & World Report
  Nenana Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness (SHAYR-ee for-NESS) says ice on the Tanana (TA-nah-nah) River went out at 1 p.m. Monday. For contest purposes, that means the official correct guess for winning the annual contest is 12 p.m. Alaska Standard ...
  This antique engineering marvel records spring breakup in Alaska like clockworkAlaska Dispatch Newsall 6 news articles »
  
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