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• The Latest: Deceased members of WWII Alaska militia honored - Washington Post

  26-05-2017 23:54
  
  Washington Post
  The Latest: Deceased members of WWII Alaska militia honored
  Washington Post
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Latest on a ceremony for deceased members of a World War II militia in Alaska (all times local):. 1:45 p.m.. Relatives of deceased members of a largely Native Alaskan citizen militia who guarded the U.S. territory during World ...
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• Hiking Alaska: Local author Mollie Foster pens new guidebook - Anchorage Press

  26-05-2017 23:54
  
  Anchorage Press
  Hiking Alaska: Local author Mollie Foster pens new guidebook
  Anchorage Press
  Did you know that Cordova, Sitka, and Haines have great hiking trails? Or that Fairbanks has several trails for multi-day backpacking trips, with cabins along the way? Mollie Foster's new guidebook, Hiking Alaska, includes these trails and dozens more ...
  
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• The Latest: Deceased Members of WWII Alaska Militia Honored - U.S. News & World Report

  26-05-2017 23:51
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  The Latest: Deceased Members of WWII Alaska Militia Honored
  U.S. News & World Report
  Relatives of deceased members of a largely Native Alaskan citizen militia who guarded the U.S. territory during World War II have received Army discharge papers meant as a posthumous honor. | May 26, 2017, at 5:43 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon ...
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• Interior Secretary Zinke will make Alaska stops from Arctic to Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 23:07
  
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  Interior Secretary Zinke will make Alaska stops from Arctic to Anchorage
  Alaska Dispatch News
  U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks prior to President Donald Trump signing an executive order reviewing national monument designations in Washington, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque. WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ...
  Interior Secretary Zinke to visit AlaskaMcClatchy Washington Bureau
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• Interior Secretary Zinke will make Alaska stops from Arctic to ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 23:07
  
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  Interior Secretary Zinke will make Alaska stops from Arctic to ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is traveling in the Arctic with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and then spending several days starting Saturday seeing the sights in Alaska.
  Interior Secretary Zinke to visit AlaskaWashington Times
  Interior Secretary Zinke to visit Alaska starting SaturdayKTUU.com
  This weekend, Ryan Zinke makes inaugural Alaska visit as Interior SecretaryAlaska Public Radio Network
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• What Alaska Airlines is doing better than its competitors to make customers happy - Dallas News

  26-05-2017 23:04
  
  What Alaska Airlines is doing better than its competitors to make customers happy
  Dallas News
  It practically goes without saying: American airlines have a public-relations crisis on their hands. Almost every week since a passenger was bloodied and dragged off a United Airlines Inc. flight in early April, another outrage has swept the internet ...
  
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• How and why house concerts work for local musicians

  26-05-2017 23:00
  
  Recent Anchorage house concert that included this duo—Yngvil Vatn Guttu on guitar and Elena Lukina on violin. They “opened” for Dam Mac Jazz, the featured artists for the evening in a private home near the U-Med District. Not pictured: A receptive audience, sipping wine while listening, just feet away from the performers. Photo by Shipe Shots Photography.House concerts are not a new phenomena, but in this era of DIY ambition, they are pulsing back as a venue that offers both mu
  
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• Helicopter crash on glacier near Juneau injures 7 - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 22:34
  
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  Helicopter crash on glacier near Juneau injures 7
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The crash of a tour company helicopter near Juneau this week that left seven people with minor injuries occurred on a glacier known for disorienting conditions. The Coastal Helicopters flight was returning from a dog mushing camp on Herbert Glacier ...
  
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• Europe: America’s partner, America’s problem

  26-05-2017 22:30
  
  European Union Flag. Flickr: Friedemann W.-W.This episode we’re featuring an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy. She’ll discuss the current political and financial climate in Europe, that reaches across the Atlantic to America. 
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  Constanze Stelzenmüller, is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings. Prior to working at Brookings,
  
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• Meet Madeline Stokes, from Oregon

  26-05-2017 22:00
  
  This week we meet Maddy Stokes, 29, originally from Oregon.
   
  “New Arrivals” is Alaska Public Media’s profiles of people who recently moved to Anchorage, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Every Tuesday, we meet a New Arrival from another country, another state, or another part of Alaska. The stories air at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesdays during Morning Edition here on KSKA, Alaska Public Media.
  Host and Producer 
  Independent producer Vikram Patel makes New Arrivals
  
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• House and Senate disagree on much, but agree on using computer model

  26-05-2017 20:28
  
  This graph was derived from a Legislative Finance Division computer model used to analyze different long-term state budget plans. It appeared in a House Finance Committee document in April.Many things divide the Alaska Senate and the House about the future of the state’s budget. One thing that can unite them is the numbers they use to determine how big of a hole in the budget they have to fill.
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  Gov. Bill Walker has pointed out both sides agree on at least one thing: a computer m
  
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• The space is the place–4th Avenue Theatre

  26-05-2017 18:50
  
  4th Avenue TheatreOf the three elements that go into making performing arts what it is, one is the space in which both performers and audience share. It is that place where we, as a community, come to share common experiences. Seventy years ago, Cap Lathrop created such a space in the 4th Avenue Theatre. This weekend, a 70th Anniversary Celebration is occurring to commemorate that founding and on today’s Stage Talk Sandy Harper and Ron Holmstrom gather to share stories about the theatre an
  
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• Trump budget axes Alaska's Sea Grant program - UPI.com

  26-05-2017 18:27
  
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  Trump budget axes Alaska's Sea Grant program
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  An ocean-going umiak, made from walrus hide, heads toward Little Diomede Island. Big Diomede (Russian Federation) is on the right. Photo by E. Shoolook/Arctic Deeply. May 26 (UPI) -- Nome, Alaska, is a coastal town located on the western Seward ...and more »
  
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• Searchers Recover Bodies of 2 Villagers on Egg-Hunting Trip - U.S. News & World Report

  26-05-2017 18:21
  Searchers Recover Bodies of 2 Villagers on Egg-Hunting Trip
  U.S. News & World Report
  The bodies of two western Alaska villagers have been recovered from a slough near the village of Shaktoolik (shak-TOO-lik). | May 26, 2017, at 12:13 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Searchers Recover Bodies of 2 Villagers on ...and more »
  
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• Wanted felon fatally shot by Alaska police after pursuit - Police News

  26-05-2017 17:18
  
  Wanted felon fatally shot by Alaska police after pursuit
  Police News
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers say a man wanted on warrants tried to elude law enforcement near Fairbanks Thursday, and the pursuit ended in gunfire that killed the suspect. At 3:14 p.m. Thursday, troopers in Fairbanks spotted a person they ...
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• Governor touts U.S.-China deal as helping Alaska LNG, but analysts ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 16:21
  
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  Governor touts U.S.-China deal as helping Alaska LNG, but analysts ...
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  A recent U.S.-China trade deal could give comfort to Chinese companies thinking about investing in liquefied natural gas projects in the U.S..and more »
  
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• PBS, BBC collaborate on three-night 'Wild Alaska Live' - The Columbian

  26-05-2017 15:07
  
  The Columbian
  PBS, BBC collaborate on three-night 'Wild Alaska Live'
  The Columbian
  A brown bear catches salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Gareth Wildman/PBS. By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press. Published: May 26, 2017, 6:00 AM. A A. NEW YORK — PBS is collaborating with the BBC on a special ...
  
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• University of Alaska Fairbank finds permanent chancellor ... - Washington Times

  26-05-2017 10:43
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  University of Alaska Fairbank finds permanent chancellor ...
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  After nearly two years, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found a permanent replacement for its chancellor.
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• University of Alaska Fairbank Finds Permanent Chancellor - U.S. News & World Report

  26-05-2017 10:31
  University of Alaska Fairbank Finds Permanent Chancellor
  U.S. News & World Report
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — After nearly two years, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found a permanent replacement for its chancellor. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2qlFiNd ) Dan White, the university's vice president for ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's Sea Ice Is Melting Unusually Early, 'Another Sign Arctic Is ... - InsideClimate News

  26-05-2017 08:20
  
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  Alaska's Sea Ice Is Melting Unusually Early, 'Another Sign Arctic Is ...
  InsideClimate News
  The meltdown, following an extra warm Arctic winter, will have an impact on coastal communities and permafrost. By Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News. May 26 ...and more »
  
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• Memorial Day weekend events in Southcentral Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  26-05-2017 06:21
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Memorial Day weekend events in Southcentral Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Did we miss an event in your area? Email us at [email protected]. Please include a URL to the event and use “event listing” in the subject line. Latest Stories. Politics. Interior secretary Zinke to visit Alaska this weekend. by KTVA CBS 11 News on May 26 ...and more »
  
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• Memorial Day weekend events in Southcentral Alaska » KTVA 11 - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  26-05-2017 06:21
  
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  Memorial Day weekend events in Southcentral Alaska » KTVA 11
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  Did we miss an event in your area? Email us at [email protected]. Please include a URL to the event and use “event listing” in the subject line.and more »
  
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• RVs a growing business for Alaska, big bucks for Anchorage - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  26-05-2017 05:37
  
  RVs a growing business for Alaska, big bucks for Anchorage
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The Norbert Family of Eagle River will get out of town for the Memorial Day, and for the first time, they will do so in style. “We have always wanted to rent an RV, and my son's birthday is this weekend, so, we were excited to go out and explore Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Fairbanks police shoot and kill suspect after pursuit - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 05:10
  
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  Fairbanks police shoot and kill suspect after pursuit
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska State Troopers say a man wanted on warrants tried to elude law enforcement near Fairbanks Thursday, and the pursuit ended in gunfire that killed the suspect. At 3:14 p.m. Thursday, troopers in Fairbanks spotted a person they said had "known ...and more »
  
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• Alaska needs a fiscal solution in 2017; that's now - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 05:10
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska needs a fiscal solution in 2017; that's now
  Alaska Dispatch News
  We recognize and appreciate the hard work of the Legislature in reviewing a wide range of proposals to address the state's fiscal gap. However, to date the Legislature has not reached agreement on a broad-based and balanced solution. This session ...
  
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• GOP debate over health insurance remains vexing, say Alaska's ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 04:55
  
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  GOP debate over health insurance remains vexing, say Alaska's ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  WASHINGTON — Alaska's U.S. senators have joined their colleagues in constant meetings over the last month in the quest to repeal and replace the Affordable ...and more »
  
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• Young joins Afghanistan war skeptics in Congress

  26-05-2017 04:05
  Rep. Young says 16 years of war is too long. Also supporting a bill to end funding for the war: Marine vet Will Fischer (left) and Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C. (right). Photo by Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public MediaCongressman Don Young wants to know why Americans are still fighting in Afghanistan. He has co-sponsored a bill that would end funding for the war in a year, unless the president and Congress affirm the need for it.
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  Motives vary among the House members co-sponsoring the bill, but th
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 25, 2017

  26-05-2017 03:58
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  Southeast Alaska spring troll fishery shut down for lack of king salmon
  Joe Viechnicki, KFSK – Petersburg
  The spring season for commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska is shutting down Monday, May 29 except for a few areas near hatchery salmon release sites. The spring season began in May and was t
  
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• Traveling Music 6-4-17

  26-05-2017 03:35
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  6-4-17
   
  Format:
  Song TitleArtist / Composer
  CD Title
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  Mill O’Tifty
  Old Blind Dogs / Traditional
  The World’s Room
  Green Linnet
  6:53
   
  Treasure Island
  Mary Black / John Gorka
  Women of the World Celtic
  Putamayo
  3:12
   
  The Briar and the Rose
  Niamh Parsons and the Loose Connections (with Fran McPhail) / Tom Waits
  Her Infinite Variety: Celtic Women in Music and Song
  Green Linnet
  3:22
   
  All That You Ask Me
  Solas / Kieran
  
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• Miss Alaska USA visits Juneau-area schoolchildren - KTOO

  26-05-2017 03:35
  
  KTOO
  Miss Alaska USA visits Juneau-area schoolchildren
  KTOO
  Miss Alaska USA Alyssa London pushes Juneau Community Charter School students on playground equipment on Thursday, May 25, 2017, at Sandy Beach. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO). Miss Alaska USA Alyssa London poses with Juneau Community ...
  
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• This new Parks Highway campground is sure to become one of Alaska's most popular - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 03:27
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This new Parks Highway campground is sure to become one of Alaska's most popular
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Denali Cabin, one of the new public-use cabins, at the K'esugi Ken Campground in Denali State Park. (Photo courtesy Alaska State Parks). A new state campground with jaw-dropping views, particularly on bluebird days, of Denali and the rest of the ...
  
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• Latest: Settlement resurrects Alaska's Pebble Mine - High Country News

  26-05-2017 03:20
  
  High Country News
  Latest: Settlement resurrects Alaska's Pebble Mine
  High Country News
  Braided wetlands and tundra are typical in Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed where a potential mine at the headwaters could harm the native salmon. Environmental Protection Agency. BACKSTORY Southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay hosts the largest sockeye ...
  
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• Low pressure front near Denali Park brings snow

  26-05-2017 03:14
  
  The Denali Park area is seeing a return to winter. National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Metzger said a front associated with an area of low pressure over northwest Alaska is pushing across the Interior and dropping snow at higher elevations.
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  ”We’re expecting probably another five to seven inches of snow on top of three to four inches they’ve already received down in Denali Park.”
  Metzger says most of the accumulation has been west of Polychrome Pass, abo
  
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• Police say boats at PAF yard in Dillingham broken into again this winter

  26-05-2017 03:09
  
  Boats at PAF Services Marine Boatyard in Dillingham. (KDLG photo)Dillingham Police are investigating reports of boats broken into at the PAF yard. Police were notified of some of the break-ins last January, but other skippers returning to town to fish are finding problems, too. In many instances, it appears the burglars were just looking for a place to stay.
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  More than a dozen skippers who store their boats at the PAF Marine Services boatyard in Dillingham will find they are victims of
  
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• Many GCI customers will see internet bills go up

  26-05-2017 02:30
  
  Many customers of Alaska telecommunications company GCI will see the cost of their internet service increase next month.
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  Rates for what GCI calls its “No Worries” plan will increase 7 to 12 percent. That’s roughly $5 to $10 a month.
  Company spokeswoman Heather Handyside said the increase is due to the cost of system upgrades in recent years.
  “We have increased the speeds for this plan three times in the past two and a half years since we launched the plan
  
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• Hatchet-wielding man shot by Anchorage police Thursday morning

  26-05-2017 02:23
  
  Anchorage police say an officer shot and critically wounded a hatchet-wielding man early Thursday morning during an investigation of car break-ins on the city’s south side.
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  The suspect, Howard Wayne Watson Junior, a 32-year-old Anchorage resident, was in critical condition at a city hospital, as of this afternoon.
  Police say Watson’s clothing fit the description witnesses gave when reporting several cars broken into near China Berry Circle.
  Acting Deputy Police Chief
  
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• Southeast Alaska spring troll fishery shut down for lack of king salmon

  26-05-2017 02:14
  
  Troll caught winter king salmon (Photo courtesy of Matt Lichtenstein)The spring season for commercial salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska is shutting down Monday, May 29 except for a few areas near hatchery salmon release sites. The spring season began in May and was to run through the end of June. However, poor returns of king salmon are prompting the closure.
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  King numbers are low for wild stock fish returning to the Stikine River near Wrangell and Taku River near Juneau as well as s
  
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• Delta-area dairy owners decide to stay in business, but worker shortage persists

  26-05-2017 02:09
  
  The Northern Lights Dairy’s owners have decided to keep the facility operating while they look for workers to help operate it.
  (Alaska Farm Bureau)The Northern Lights Dairy in Delta Junction will stay open – at least, for now. The owners say they’ve reconsidered a decision earlier this month to close. The dairy’s future hinges on finding people to work hard for low pay, a nationwide agricultural problem, experts say is even more challenging in Alaska.
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• Naperville girl, 13, pursues record mountain climb in Alaska - Chicago Tribune

  26-05-2017 02:08
  
  Chicago Tribune
  Naperville girl, 13, pursues record mountain climb in Alaska
  Chicago Tribune
  Naperville's Lucy Westlake and her father, Rodney Westlake, celebrate at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa in January 2017. Before the Alaska Mountaineering School would allow the 13-year-old to participate on a guided team up Denali, she ...and more »
  
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• Governor touts US-China deal as helping Alaska LNG, but analysts are doubtful - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 02:06
  
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  Governor touts US-China deal as helping Alaska LNG, but analysts are doubtful
  Alaska Dispatch News
  China President Xi Jinping and Alaska Gov. Bill Walker meet at the Hotel Captain Cook on April 7, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). While some analysts are skeptical that the new trade agreement between the United States and China will help ...and more »
  
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• 220 Anchorage teachers receive layoff notices

  26-05-2017 01:54
  
  220 teachers in the Anchorage School District on Wednesday received layoff notices.
  The pink slips were issued as legislators contend with a $2.5 billion budget deficit, leaving education funding levels for the coming year uncertain.
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  Todd Hess, ASD’s chief human resources officer, said the mood around the district Wednesday was somber.
  “We’ve got 200 families out there that have been impacted. And what are they going to do? And how are they going to make ends me
  
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• No legislative action on special session’s seventh day

  26-05-2017 01:39
  
  There was no legislative action on the seventh day of the special session. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)There were no committee meetings and only technical floor sessions in the Capitol on Wednesday, the seventh day of the Alaska Legislature’s 30-day special session.
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  There has been no sign of progress in resolving the state’s budget crisis. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon put out a statement Tuesday saying that House members could go home for the Mem
  
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• NTSB investigating helicopter crash on Herbert Glacier

  26-05-2017 01:33
  
  A May 22 crash involved an Airbus AStar 350 similar to this one flown by Coastal Helicopters of Juneau. (File photo by Jacob Resneck)The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating how and why a Juneau-bound helicopter ferrying tourists crashed during a glacier excursion.
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  The pilot and six tourists were treated and released at Juneau’s hospital with minor injuries.
  Coastal Helicopters released a statement that its helicopter was returning about 6 p.m. Monday to Juneau
  
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• 2 die during egg-gathering outing in Western Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 01:25
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  2 die during egg-gathering outing in Western Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Two people were found dead early Thursday morning after they failed to return from an egg-hunting trip near the Western Alaska village of Shaktoolik, according to Alaska State Troopers. The bodies of Dan Takak, 75, and Ella Agibinik, 68, were found in ...and more »
  
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• NTSB Investigating Helicopter Accident on Alaska Glacier - US News - U.S. News & World Report

  26-05-2017 01:00
  NTSB Investigating Helicopter Accident on Alaska Glacier - US News
  U.S. News & World Report
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a helicopter crash on a southeast Alaska glacier that resulted in minor ...and more »
  
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• NTSB Investigating Helicopter Accident on Alaska Glacier - U.S. News & World Report

  26-05-2017 01:00
  NTSB Investigating Helicopter Accident on Alaska Glacier
  U.S. News & World Report
  The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a helicopter crash on a southeast Alaska glacier that resulted in minor injuries. | May 25, 2017, at 6:56 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. NTSB Investigating Helicopter ...and more »
  
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• 'Homestead Rescue' returns to lend its Alaska expertise to wannabe off-gridders - Alaska Dispatch News

  26-05-2017 00:26
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  'Homestead Rescue' returns to lend its Alaska expertise to wannabe off-gridders
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Marty Raney, one of the stars of Discovery Channel's reality TV show “Homestead Rescue.” (Discovery Channel screengrab). Reality Check is back after a short break to enjoy the spring. And just in time, too: A slew of Alaska shows are currently or about ...
  
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