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• Murre colonies struggle to reproduce following die-off

  11-05-2017 20:24
  
  Common Murre ( Uria aalge), also known as Common Guillemot. Photographed at Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Creative Commons photo courtesy of Dick Daniels)The massive murre die-off that left tens of thousands of dead birds on Alaska’s coast in 2015 and 2016 may be over, but the population is still struggling. In the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, surviving murres are failing to reproduce.
  “When we got to most of the breeding colonies last summer we found that very few bird
  
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• At Fairbanks Arctic Council meeting, the big question mark is climate change

  11-05-2017 19:59
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is in Alaska for the meeting of the Arctic Council. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/Alaska’s Energy Desk)As representatives from eight Arctic nations gather in Fairbanks, one issue is looming over the meeting: climate change.
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  The Arctic Council is the main forum for international cooperation in the Arctic, and the meeting has drawn foreign ministers from across the North, including U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
  In a ceremony Thursday 
  
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• Alaska officials lower price for tied-up ferry - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  11-05-2017 17:56
  
  Alaska officials lower price for tied-up ferry
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Officials are lowering the asking price for a state ferry that has been tied up since 2015. The Alaska Marine Highway System had put the ship up for sale in March, but no one responded by the Tuesday deadline, CoastAlaska News ...and more »
  
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• Alaska House rebukes lawmaker who said women get abortions for 'free trip to the city' - Washington Post

  11-05-2017 12:35
  
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  Alaska House rebukes lawmaker who said women get abortions for 'free trip to the city'
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  The uproar began last week when Alaska Rep. David Eastman, a Republican, tacked an antiabortion message onto a resolution aimed at raising awareness about child abuse and sexual assault. In the amendment, he called abortion “the ultimate form of ...
  Alaska state lawmaker censured over abortion commentFox News
  Alaska House votes for public reprimand of Wasilla represe
  
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• Many of Alaska's manicurists could be out of a job by August unless lawmakers act fast on controversial regulations - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-05-2017 04:28
  
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  Many of Alaska's manicurists could be out of a job by August unless lawmakers act fast on controversial regulations
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  Damaris Solis works on a customer's fingernails. Manicurists at Marisa's Nail Salon, on Old Seward Highway in South Anchorage, expressed concern about the effect proposed licensing changes could have on their livelihood. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 10, 2017

  11-05-2017 04:06
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  Rep. Eastman becomes first Alaska House member to be censured
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Representative David Eastman became the first member of the Alaska House to be censured on Wednesday.
  Murkowski, Sullivan diverge in statements on Comey firing
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington
  
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• Verdict looms in Sockeye Fire trial

  11-05-2017 03:41
  
  A half-dozen jurors are set to decide whether an Anchorage couple started a costly Willow wildfire in 2015, known as the Sockeye Fire.Listen now
  Over three weeks, the jury has heard testimony and examined evidence in the trial of Greg Imig and Amy DeWitt in a Palmer courtroom. The husband and wife are charged with criminally negligent burning for allegedly letting a smoldering brush fire escape a burn pit on their recreational property.On Wednesday, state prosecutor Eric Senta recapped all
  
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• Experts outline benefits of boosting Arctic broadband; but some cite cultural ‘concern’

  11-05-2017 03:39
  
  Members of a Monday broadband forum session discuss indigenous perspectives on Arctic broadband. From left, Patrick Savok, Northwest Arctic Borough; Ian Erlich, Invoke360; Larry Kaplan, UAF Alaska Native Language Center; Cheryl Stine, ASRC; Joshua Peter, Tanana Chiefs Conference; Debbie Brisebois, Inuit Broadcasting Corp.; Darrell Ohakannoak, Nunavut Broadband Development Corp.
  (Tim Ellis/KUAC)Participants in the Arctic Broadband Forum held this week at the University of Alaska Fairbanks got an
  
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• Rep. Eastman becomes first Alaska House member to be censured

  11-05-2017 03:26
  
  Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, during a House floor session, March 1, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Representative David Eastman became the first member of the Alaska House to be censured on Wednesday. The House voted 25 to 14 to condemn Eastman for saying some women – including those who live in villages — are glad to become pregnant so they can receive Medicaid-funded travel to have abortions.
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  Anchorage Democratic Representative Ivy Spohnholz said Eastman’s c
  
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• For sale: Used Alaska state ferry. Price now reduced to $700000. - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-05-2017 02:45
  
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  For sale: Used Alaska state ferry. Price now reduced to $700000.
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  It's a sale of epic proportions: The price of the M/V Taku, an Alaska state ferry docked in Ketchikan, has been reduced by more than half. Anyone hoping to own a ferry can now place a sealed bid on it for the low, low price of $700,000. That's after ...and more »
  
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• Return to sender: Juneau pot business blocked from mailing tax payments

  11-05-2017 02:23
  
  Rainforest Farms co-owner James Barrett said this parcel containing the pot business’ cash tax payment was rejected by the U.S. Postal Service on April 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy James Barrett)Alaska tax officials have set up a system to tax licensed marijuana businesses.
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  Due to Alaska’s geography actually getting the revenue to the state isn’t always easy.
  Usually sending a payment is straightforward — mail a check, pay online. But take James Barrett. He and hi
  
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• After high-level Arctic talks, the party moves to Anchorage

  11-05-2017 01:01
  
  The Anchorage Museum is hosting the North By North festival, four days of programming focused on different aspects of the Arctic (Photo courtesy of the Anchorage Museum).While the Arctic Council convenes in Fairbanks, the after-party is happening in Anchorage.
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  As delegates, dignitaries and stakeholders wind down high level council meetings, the Anchorage Museum is hosting North by North, a first-time festival focused on issues specific to the Circumpolar North.
  The four days of e
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Alaska wins the daylight prize

  11-05-2017 00:22
  
  U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, Healy, sits just offshore of Barrow, shortly before setting sail in 2013. (Photo courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service)Alaska is once again the land of the midnight sun. If you live in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the sun won’t set again until August 2.
  Brian Brettschneider with our segment, Ask a Climatologist, said the sun rose on May 10 in Utqiaġvik at 2:54 am.
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  Interview Transcript:
  Brian: This is notable because
  
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