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• Uber plans to resume ride-hailing operations in Alaska in June - Alaska Dispatch News

  25-05-2017 23:31
  
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  Uber plans to resume ride-hailing operations in Alaska in June
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  Alaska's transportation options are about to grow as ride-hailing companies prepare to re-enter the market. A text received Thursday by some Alaskans said Uber will return to the state in June. An exact date has yet to be determined, said Brian ...
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• The Unlikely Uprising of Progressive Politics in Alaska - YES! Magazine

  25-05-2017 21:11
  
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  The Unlikely Uprising of Progressive Politics in Alaska
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  As the Arctic heats up and the oil economy tanks, progressives find their voice in a conservative state. Enei Begaye, executive director of Native Movement, addresses protesters at a climate rally directed at U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in ...and more »
  
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• Trump wants to drill for oil in Alaska's fragile wildlife refuge - CNNMoney

  25-05-2017 20:53
  
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  Trump wants to drill for oil in Alaska's fragile wildlife refuge
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  President Trump wants to allow Big Oil to "drill, baby, drill" in Alaska's fragile Arctic wildlife refuge. The 19-million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been closed to oil exploration since 1980 due to concerns about the impact on the region ...and more »
  
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• Former Gov. Frank Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again) - KTOO

  25-05-2017 19:29
  
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  Former Gov. Frank Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again)
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  Frank Murkowski is again pitching a rail link between Canada and Alaska, an old idea the former senator and governor worked on when he was in office. Audio Player. http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20170524-07.mp3. Now Murkowski is back, as a special ...
  
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• Trump wants to drill for oil in Alaska's wildlife refuge - May. 25, 2017 - CNNMoney

  25-05-2017 18:32
  
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  Trump wants to drill for oil in Alaska's wildlife refuge - May. 25, 2017
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  President Trump wants to allow Big Oil to "drill, baby, drill" in Alaska's fragile Arctic wildlife refuge.and more »
  
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• US General Heading Alaska Forces Outlines Potential Threats - U.S. News & World Report

  25-05-2017 17:44
  US General Heading Alaska Forces Outlines Potential Threats
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  A U.S. military general has told Alaska business owners that he's more worried about North Korea's missile advancements than he is about the country's current military capabilities. | May 25, 2017, at 4:01 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Girl Donates National Competition Money to Hospital ... - U.S. News & World Report

  25-05-2017 16:26
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Eleven-year-old Leora Murray had been asked by her teacher to define kindness, so she wrote a poem about it.and more »
  
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• Alaska Cops Fight for the Right to Sexually Exploit Prostitution Suspects - Reason

  25-05-2017 14:31
  
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  Alaska Cops Fight for the Right to Sexually Exploit Prostitution Suspects
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  Katarzyna Bialasiewicz | DreamstimeOnce again, cops are arguing that they need to be allowed to have sex with suspects in order to investigate prostitution allegations. And once again, lawmakers and journalists are acting like exploitation and assault ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Cops Fight for the Right to Sexually Exploit Prostitution ... - Reason

  25-05-2017 14:31
  
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  Alaska Cops Fight for the Right to Sexually Exploit Prostitution ...
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  Katarzyna Bialasiewicz | DreamstimeOnce again, cops are arguing that they need to be allowed to have sex with suspects in order to investigate prostitution ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, May 24, 2017

  25-05-2017 04:21
  
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  After a week of special session, nothing new in Juneau
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  It’s been a week since Governor Bill Walker called the Legislature into a special session to fix the state’s budget crisis. There’s no sign of progress so far.
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• Should the U.S. enter conflict with North Korea, Alaska at center of response

  25-05-2017 04:01
  
  Alaska will be at the center of the response if the U.S. gets into a conflict with North Korea. That’s according to Alaska’s senior military officer: Lieutenant General Kenneth Wilsbach.
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  Wilsbach, the head of the Alaskan Command, addressed the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on May 23. In response to a question about the North Korean threat, Wilsbach highlighted Alaska’s strategic location.
  ”If you saw something untoward happen on the Korean Peninsula, this is go
  
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• A conversation about death over cake and coffee

  25-05-2017 03:19
  
  Topic cards to spark the conversation were on each table at Sunday’s Death Cafe. (KRBD photo by Leila Kheiry)Two Ketchikan women are trying to make a difficult topic a little easier for people to talk about. Their big goal is to encourage more people to plan for their own end.
  About 20 people showed up at The Point art café for a Sunday afternoon of cookies, cake, coffee and death.
  Most people don’t like talking about death. It’s scary. It’s uncomfortable. But, dea
  
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• Some Homer City Coucil members weigh recall case appeal

  25-05-2017 03:13
  
  (Shahla Farzan / KBBI)An Anchorage Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday against three Homer City Council members seeking to halt a recall election next month. Council members Donna Aderhold, David Lewis and Catriona Reynolds are subjects of a recall election sparked over two resolutions they crafted and sponsored. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska represented the council members and is still weighing the possibility of an appeal.
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• The Bard of Mooselandia: a wordsmithing wildlife worker

  25-05-2017 03:09
  
  (A sizable bull moose resting on the land. Photo by Hagerty Ryan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)A small group of state wildlife managers have the unusual job of alerting the public whenever there is weird animal news. That can mean opening a hunt for a musk ox stranded on an ice-berg, telling dog-owners to keep pets away from nesting cranes, or reminding Anchorage residents not to leave caribou carcasses in their back yards (because it invites bears). It’s work that is equal parts literar
  
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• He’s back: Former Gov. Murkowski pitches Alaska-Canada rail link (again)

  25-05-2017 03:06
  
  Frank Murkowski is again pitching a rail link between Canada and Alaska, an old idea the former senator and governor worked on when he was in office.
  Now Murkowski is back, as a special envoy working under the current governor to get talks on the rail link on track. He spoke at a luncheon Wednesday put on by World Trade Center Anchorage.
  “You know, there’s a lot of potential in Alaska,” Murkowski said. “The problem always is getting it off the ground and getting
  
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• Sea lion feeding hot spots have reliable, not necessarily abundant, food

  25-05-2017 02:59
  
  Reliable food sources are more important to Steller sea lions than abundant prey. (Vladimir Burkanov/NOAA)New research could help wildlife managers better protect declining Steller sea lion populations. The study looks at why sea lions zero in on specific hunting hotspots.
  For humans, knowing where to find food is easy. But biologist Mike Sigler said for Steller sea lions, it’s a different story.
  “I wondered for sea lions what they did when they had to find food,” Sig
  
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• Human leg pulled from Gastineau Channel, owner unknown

  25-05-2017 01:19
  
  The Gastineau Channel (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)A human leg and boot were pulled out of Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach on Monday afternoon, according to a Juneau Police Department news release.
  Police spokesman Lt. David Campbell said the Alaska Department of Fish and Game was conducting debris removal in the channel when they discovered the leg.
  A Juneau police officer responded to the area and took possession of the leg and boot. The leg was sent to the State Medical Examiner&rsqu
  
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• Records: 5 Alaska children died in gun mishaps since 2014 - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  25-05-2017 00:32
  
  Records: 5 Alaska children died in gun mishaps since 2014
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Five children younger than 12 died in Alaska between 2014 and 2016 after accidentally shooting themselves or being shot by another child, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network.and more »
  
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