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• Alaska Officials to Consider Zoning Rules on Historic Homes - U.S. News & World Report

  27-05-2017 18:11
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  Alaska Officials to Consider Zoning Rules on Historic Homes
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The city and borough of Juneau is considering relaxing zoning rules on historic homes. Juneau and Douglas homeowners who want to remodel or rebuild historic homes are faced with zoning laws that complicate the process, ...and more »
  
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• New Alaska Official Looks to Community to Bring Change - US News - U.S. News & World Report

  27-05-2017 16:15
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  New Alaska Official Looks to Community to Bring Change - US News
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The new executive director of Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault stepped into her new position and a new ...and more »
  
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• New Alaska Official Looks to Community to Bring Change - U.S. News & World Report

  27-05-2017 16:15
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  New Alaska Official Looks to Community to Bring Change
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  The new executive director of Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault stepped into her new position and a new office space simultaneously on May 1. | May 27, 2017, at 10:10 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel.and more »
  
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• Trump budget delivers body blows to Alaska fisheries - Alaska ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 07:10
  
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  Trump budget delivers body blows to Alaska fisheries - Alaska ...
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  Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds a briefing on President Trump's FY2018 proposed budget, which included steep cuts for NOAA.and more »
  
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• Social policy, subsidies keep phones ringing in Alaska - KCAW

  27-05-2017 06:27
  
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  Social policy, subsidies keep phones ringing in Alaska
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  When Ed Cushing started in the telephone business 45 years ago Sitkans still had 5-party lines. “Who knows what a party line is anymore? How would you like to share your cell phone now with your teenage daughter — and four of her friends?” As Sitka ...
  
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• Juneau: The Amsterdam of Alaska? - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  27-05-2017 05:52
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Juneau: The Amsterdam of Alaska?
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Could Juneau become one of the biggest destinations for pot tourism in the world? The City and marijuana retailers are hopeful. More than 10,000 tourists a day will step onto the docks in downtown Juneau this season. Even if just 10 percent of them ...and more »
  
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• Memorial Day ceremonies in Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 05:32
  
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  Memorial Day ceremonies in Southcentral Alaska
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  Monday is Memorial Day, and here's a list of ceremonies and events planned in Anchorage and Mat-Su. Anchorage. • Fort Richardson National Cemetery is hosting an annual Memorial Day service from noon to 1 p.m. Monday. Guest speaker will be Verdie ...and more »
  
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• Memorial Day ceremonies in Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 05:32
  
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  Memorial Day ceremonies in Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch ...
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  Monday is Memorial Day and here's a list of ceremonies and events planned in Anchorage and Mat-Su.and more »
  
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• Alaska State Troopers' dogs graduate from drug detection training ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 05:22
  
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  Alaska State Troopers' dogs graduate from drug detection training ...
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  Alaska State Troopers held a graduation ceremony for dogs and handlers who completed its Canine Academy on May 26, 2017, at the Alaska State Crime ...and more »
  
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• For two Alaska villages, walruses remain essential. As sea ice disappears, can it last? - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 05:20
  
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  For two Alaska villages, walruses remain essential. As sea ice disappears, can it last?
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  Thinning sea ice puts walruses nearly out of reach. The federal government may list walruses as an endangered species. And ivory bans elsewhere are making it hard for walrus-tusk carvers to sell their art. pencil Author: Lisa Demer; calendar Published ...
  
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• A trans-Alaska walk shows just how much outdoor gear has changed in 20 years - Alaska Dispatch News

  27-05-2017 05:00
  
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  A trans-Alaska walk shows just how much outdoor gear has changed in 20 years
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  Cora the dog descends into Haggard Creek on the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline. (Ned Rozell). When I walked this same path 20 years ago, I averaged six miles each day. After a few weeks in 2017 of hiking the path of the trans-Alaska pipeline, it ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, May 26, 2017

  27-05-2017 03:53
  
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  This weekend, Ryan Zinke makes inaugural Alaska visit as Interior Secretary
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke is visiting Alaska this weekend.
  Per diems driving special session costs
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The cost to taxpayers of going past
  
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• The state of our education system

  27-05-2017 03:42
  
  President Jim Johnsen explains Strategic Pathways at University of Alaska Southeast’s Egan Lecture Hall Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)Alaskans love a challenge, and our educational system has plenty of them – with shrinking budgets, serious workforce deficits, and poor retention rates for teachers and students.
  HOST: Steve Heimel
  GUESTS:
  Jim Johnsen – University of Alaska president
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• This weekend, Ryan Zinke makes inaugural Alaska visit as Interior Secretary

  27-05-2017 03:38
  
  Interior secretary Ryan Zinke. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0)Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke is visiting Alaska this weekend.
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  Zinke is traveling with Alaska’s congressional delegation, and four other U.S. senators, on a trip to Alaska, Greenland and Norway. They will land in Fairbanks and the secretary will visit Denali National Park Sunday and Monday. He’ll be in Anchorage Tuesday and Wednesday. Among his plans are to speak at an Alaska Oil and Gas Association confer
  
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• Man shot by Fairbanks police after ramming into trooper, officer vehicles

  27-05-2017 03:27
  
  A man who rammed police vehicles with his truck, was shot dead by Fairbanks police officers in Fairbanks. The man, who’s name has not been released, had outstanding felony arrest warrants — according to Alaska State Troopers.
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  Trooper Lieutenant Brian Wassmann said officers tried to stop the man Thursday afternoon on the Old Richardson Highway.
  “The suspect failed to stop, and then led the Alaska State Troopers on a pursuit which went down the Richardson Highway towar
  
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• Fee to hike Kodiak’s Termination Point removed

  27-05-2017 03:21
  
  For years, locals have needed a permit to hike the Termination Point trail, but now they can explore that property without a fee.
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  This spring, the Native Corporation Leisnoi passed along the land’s conservation easement to the Kodiak Island Borough. That means that land development is now prohibited, and the property is open to public access.
  Land conservation nonprofit, the Great Lands Trust, arranged the transfer of the easement with funding from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tru
  
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• Two Interior residents missing after Yukon boating accident

  27-05-2017 03:17
  
  Two Interior residents are missing after a boating accident on the Yukon River. Alaska State Troopers report that a search is underway for 56-year-old Clifford Adams and 38-year-old Ai Adams, both residents of the Yukon Flats village of Beaver.
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  Troopers say a 3rd person, 45-year-old Kim Andon of Rampart was found walking along the river on Wednesday.
  Andon said she and the Adams were returning to Beaver from a hunting trip on Sunday, when their boat overturned about six miles downstre
  
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• UAF’s chancellor faces tough decisions in new position

  27-05-2017 03:14
  
  Dan White, UAF’s new chancellor. (UAF photo)The University of Alaska Fairbanks has a new chancellor. Thursday, University of Alaska President Jim Johnson announced that Daniel White would lead the University.
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  White acknowledges challenges lie before him. The school, along with other campuses in the UA system, has been undergoing belt-tightening in the face of reduced state funding. And this year the Alaska Senate proposes slashing another $22 million from the UA system. At the s
  
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• Alaska Natives Honored for Protecting Territory During WWII ... - U.S. News & World Report

  27-05-2017 02:11
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  Alaska Natives Honored for Protecting Territory During WWII ...
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Army discharge papers will finally be issued for 16 members who served in a largely Native citizen militia to guard Alaska during ...and more »
  
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• Feds will take over Lower And Middle Kuskokwim beginning June 12

  27-05-2017 02:10
  
  “Chinook salmon, Yukon Delta NWR.” Photo: Craig Springer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Via Flickr Creative Commons.Beginning June 12, management of king salmon on the lower and middle Kuskokwim River will switch from state to federal control. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hand over management to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  Fishermen shouldn’t see much difference, though. When the switch happens the king salmon fishery will close, but these areas
  
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• AK: Fire investigators train to determine how blazes begin

  27-05-2017 02:06
  
  Firefighters with Capital City Fire/Rescue put out last of the hot spots in a staged room during a recent fire investigator training exercise at Juneau’s Hagevig Regional Fire Training Center. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)When a fire breaks out, it’s not always obvious how it started. Not only could the entire structure be wiped out, but items that started the fire could be partially destroyed or altered beyond recognition.
  That’s the job of the fire investigator: interview witne
  
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• Per diems driving special session costs

  27-05-2017 01:31
  
  The cost to taxpayers of going past the 90-day legislative session set by state law is roughly $1 million – and rising. However, lawmakers can legally have a regular session of 120 days — as they did this year — because it is written into the state Constitution.
  The additional costs are driven by the daily allowances that lawmakers receive for each day of the extra legislative time – known as a “per diem” – and the additional cost of paying their aides&r
  
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• Safe food and water in the backcountry

  27-05-2017 01:00
  
  Staying healthy in the backcountry is a prerequisite to having a good time. But it’s more important than that. Getting sick in the wilderness, away from health care, can magnify the hazards of a situation. On the next show, we’ll talk about health issues, mostly having to do with food and water, and how you can keep your group in good shape on backcountry hiking or remote boating trips this summer. Safe drinking water is critical, and we’ll have some details on that topic
  
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• 49 Voices: Erik Boltman of Anchorage

  27-05-2017 00:51
  
  Erik Boltman (Photo by Tony Gorman, KCHU – Valdez)This week we’re hearing from Erik Boltman from Anchorage. Boltman moved to Alaska after serving in the Air Force and participated in the Valdez Fly-in.
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  BOLTMAN: Alaska… I just always wanted to be here. And so I got out of the Air Force, and we packed everything we owned into a trailer and literally moved up here with some resumes.
  I was an air weapons officer on the E3 AWACs. I always had the bug. Especially Bush fly
  
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• Wells Fargo pulls support from Alaska's Iditarod race | The Seattle ... - The Seattle Times

  27-05-2017 00:47
  
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  Wells Fargo pulls support from Alaska's Iditarod race | The Seattle ...
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  Deborah Bicknell from Juneau, Alaska, wears a Wells Fargo bib and holds the “Widow's Lamp” which is lit during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Wells Fargo ...and more »
  
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• Wells Fargo pulls support from Alaska's Iditarod race - Seattle Times

  27-05-2017 00:47
  
  Seattle Times
  Wells Fargo pulls support from Alaska's Iditarod race
  Seattle Times
  Deborah Bicknell from Juneau, Alaska, wears a Wells Fargo bib and holds the “Widow's Lamp” which is lit during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Wells Fargo has dropped its sponsorship of the race. (Peggy Fagerstrom/AP). Iditarod CEO Stan Hooley said ...and more »
  
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