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• Alaska Couple Suspected in 2015 Wildfire Found Not Guilty - U.S. News & World Report

  13-05-2017 17:31
  Alaska Couple Suspected in 2015 Wildfire Found Not Guilty
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  PALMER, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska couple accused of starting a 2015 wildfire was found not guilty. The verdicts for Greg Imig and his wife, Amy Dewitt, verdict were announced at the Palmer Courthouse on Friday, KTVA-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2pvCLUg).and more »
  
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• 200 Alaska Teachers Facing Layoffs Amid State Funding Talks - U.S. News & World Report

  13-05-2017 17:03
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  200 Alaska Teachers Facing Layoffs Amid State Funding Talks
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  Hundreds of Alaska teachers, including tenured teachers, may be laid off soon because of state funding uncertainties. | May 13, 2017, at 4:00 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. 200 Alaska Teachers Facing Layoffs Amid State Funding ...
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• There have already been about 3000 Alaska earthquakes this month - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 05:46
  
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  There have already been about 3000 Alaska earthquakes this month
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  A series of significant May earthquakes and their aftershocks are being examined by seismologists, who say Alaska is markedly above its usual rate of earthquakes for the month. Alaska Earthquake Center seismologist Natalia Ruppert said Alaska typically ...
  
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• There have already been about 3,000 Alaska earthquakes this ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 05:46
  
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  There have already been about 3,000 Alaska earthquakes this ...
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  Alaska approached its monthly average number of earthquakes within the first 10 days of May, one seismologist said.and more »
  
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• Troopers want your help naming 2 new drug dogs - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 04:42
  
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  Troopers want your help naming 2 new drug dogs
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  Alaska State Troopers are asking for the public's help in naming two new drug-detection dogs, K9-A, left, and K9-B. (Photos courtesy Gov. Bill Walker's office). Alaska State Troopers need your help naming two new drug-detection dogs, choosing from a ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Senate rejects bill to impose state income tax - KFQD

  13-05-2017 04:31
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  Alaska Senate rejects bill to impose state income tax
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The Alaska Senate has voted down a proposed state income tax, making official the Republican-led majority's long-stated opposition to the measure. Bills usually don't reach the floor if they lack support. But Republican senators ...
  Alaska Senate tees up income tax and votes it downAlaska Dispatch News
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• Anticipated fish report shows Alaska volume up, prices flat - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 04:28
  
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  Anticipated fish report shows Alaska volume up, prices flat
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  The U.S. seafood industry's contribution to the nation's economy slipped in 2015, while Alaska's output increased slightly and dollar values held steady. An eagerly anticipated annual report released by the fisheries branch of the National Oceanic and ...
  
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• Senate votes down state income tax

  13-05-2017 04:13
  
  Senate Finance Co-Chair Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, speaks during budget deliberations in April. He said Friday the state will likely need an income tax, but not this year. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The Senate voted against a state income tax Friday.
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  Bethel Sen. Lyman Hoffman was one of 15 who voted no. He said he believes the state will eventually require an income tax. But he said it shouldn’t happen this year.
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• Sockeye fire verdict: Not guilty

  13-05-2017 04:09
  
  The trial of Greg Imig and Amy Dewitt, accused of the 2015 Willow area wildfire known as the Sockeye fire came to a dramatic conclusion today. The married couple were found not guilty on all counts but before the verdict was announced there was anger and confusion at the courthouse as victims were shut out of the room for nearly an hour.
  Alaska Public Media’s Casey Grove is at the courthouse in Palmer and joined Alaska News Nightly host Lori Townsend by phone.
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 12, 2017

  13-05-2017 04:08
  
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  Sockeye fire verdict: Not guilty
  Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  The trial of Greg Imig and Amy Dewitt, accused of the 2015 Willow area wildfire known as the Sockeye fire came to a dramatic conclusion today. The married couple were found not guilty on all counts.
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• Jury finds Anchorage couple not guilty in Sockeye fire case - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 03:37
  
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  Jury finds Anchorage couple not guilty in Sockeye fire case - Alaska ...
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  Defendant Greg Imig hugs defense attorney Kevin Fitzgerald after he and Amy DeWitt were found not guilty of starting the destructive 2015 Sockeye fire on ...and more »
  
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• EPA allows mine company to pursue permits near Alaska bay - Chicago Tribune

  13-05-2017 03:14
  
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  EPA allows mine company to pursue permits near Alaska bay
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  A worker with the Pebble Mine project digs in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska, on July 13, 2007. The Trump administration settled a lawsuit on May 12, 2017, over the proposed development of a massive copper and gold ...
  The Latest: Alaska lawmaker predicts strong mine oppositionNews & Observer
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• Funding for pro-road group approved by Juneau Assembly

  13-05-2017 03:07
  
  The view of Berners Bay from Cascade Point. The Juneau Access Lynn Canal Highway would be built through this area. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)At a budget belt-tightening meeting Wednesday, the Juneau Assembly teed up $20,000 for a pro-road group that’s backing the Juneau Access Project.
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  Gov. Bill Walker effectively killed the divisive road project in December by pulling the state’s financial support.
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• State gasline corporation raises specter of eminent domain

  13-05-2017 02:31
  
  Members of the unincorporated Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski are weighing their options after the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation filed for federal permitting of a massive LNG project, raising the possibility of using eminent domain to get the land it needs for the project to go forward. (Photo by Rashah McChesney)The rumor mill in the Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski is up and running again after the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) mailed letters to landowners las
  
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• Prosecutors: 'White-collar gangster' cheated Alaska Natives - seattlepi.com

  13-05-2017 02:29
  
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  Prosecutors: 'White-collar gangster' cheated Alaska Natives
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  A Gig Harbor man accused of taking a $200,000 kitchen remodel as a kickback from Department of Defense subcontractors has been sentenced to prison for tax crimes. Sentenced Friday to 1½ years in prison, Brent Meisner was found to have left about ...
  
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• Alaska needs a single-payer health care system - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-05-2017 02:13
  
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  Alaska needs a single-payer health care system
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  Alaska is in recession and is unable to reconcile its huge deficits, despite a 40 percent cut in government services. Thirty-five percent of the total state budget is now devoted to health care. Alaska employers struggle to keep pace with wages while ...
  
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• AK: Feeding the hungry Susitna Valley residents

  13-05-2017 01:37
  
  Volunteer Ron Caldwell assessing the stock in the non-regulation room. (Photo by Phillip Manning, KTNA – Talkeetna)The Upper Susitna Food Pantry, with locations in Talkeetna and Trapper Creek, provides food assistance to hundreds of Susitna Valley residents. While many volunteers work together to help in that process, there is one person without whom the pantry could not function as it does. KTNA’s Phillip Manning spent a day with her, and has this story:
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• Animal rescue

  13-05-2017 01:00
  
  Eagle Foundation staff and visiting vet Michelle Oakley examine an injured eagle. (Courtesy American Bald Eagle Foundation)What do you do if you find an injured animal in the wild? If it’s a bird or a seal, there may be hope for a rescue. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’ll be traveling to the Alaska SeaLife Center, where marine mammals and birds are nursed back to health, and Bird TLC, a center for injured avians here in Anchorage. Besides learning how wild animals get care and what
  
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• 49 Voices: Mackenzie Harvey of Eagle River

  13-05-2017 00:42
  
  Mackenize Harvey of Eagle River (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Mackenzie Harvey from Eagle River. Last week, Harvey, her husband, and their two young daughters traveled to Washington D.C. for Strolling Thunder, a baby march put on by the nonprofit Zero to Three.
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  HARVEY: The whole purpose of the event was just to really remind our representatives about little kids because too often, they’re sort of left behind in w
  
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• Juvenile justice in Alaska: Issues and challenges - Alaska Public Radio Network

  13-05-2017 00:17
  
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  Juvenile justice in Alaska: Issues and challenges
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Justice Alaska on Hometown Alaska returns this week to consider the topic of juvenile justice in our state. May 15 marks the anniversary of a key 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision, called The Gault Decision, giving juveniles accused of crimes the same ...and more »
  
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• More than 200 Anchorage teachers to receive layoff notices

  13-05-2017 00:09
  
  Amid uncertainty over state funding, the Anchorage School District is preparing to lay off hundreds of teachers.
  Todd Hess, ASD’s chief human resources officer, said 200 non-tenured teachers will be notified by the end of the school year.
  “With the uncertainty that the school district is facing with funding, we have to be prepared to meet our financial obligations,” Hess said.
  The Anchorage School Board has already eliminated more than 90 teaching positions, which the district
  
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