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• Longtime Cordova fisherman found dead after going overboard on ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 23:31
  
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  Longtime Cordova fisherman found dead after going overboard on ...
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  Fisherman Mick Johns and his son Matt, left, drift along Pete Dahl Bar on the Copper River in 2012. Mick lost his life fishing on the Copper River on Thursday, ...and more »
  
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• Forum addresses Kodiak food systems

  30-05-2017 22:56
  
  Facilitator Rachael Miller listens to ideas from the locals in the room and writes them down on the paper behind her. (Kayla Desroches / KMXT)How do locals get good food when the produce shipped up from the Lower 48 is often so expensive and not so fresh? It’s an issue of concern for rural areas across the state.
  For some people, the answer is to cultivate a garden. For others, it’s about providing education. That’s some of what attendees talked about at an open forum last week
  
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• Is Anchorage America’s most diverse city? Depends on who you ask

  30-05-2017 22:32
  
  (Graphic courtesy of Chad Farrell)Depending on where you go in Anchorage, you could be standing in some of the most ethnically diverse areas in the country. But, the level of Anchorage’s diversity and effects of that diversity aren’t always clear.
  Chad Farrell is a demographer and chair of UAA’s sociology department. Farrell’s research has determined there is a great deal of diversity in Anchorage, despite not having the same type of diversity as the United States.
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• Algo Nuevo May 28, 2017

  30-05-2017 20:04
  
  Here’s the Sunday, May 28, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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  Canela
  Santana
  Shapeshift
  
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• Alaska State Troopers Release Name of Plane Crash Victim - U.S. News & World Report

  30-05-2017 18:05
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  Alaska State Troopers Release Name of Plane Crash Victim
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  Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a California man killed in a weekend airplane crash south of Haines, Alaska. | May 30, 2017, at 11:58 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska State Troopers Release Name of Plane ...
  Four dead in two weekend Alaska plane crashes - UPI.comUPI.com
  Troopers identify 2 Juneau men in plane crash near HainesAlaska Public
  
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• Alaska volcano erupts again, forcing new aviation alert - CBS News

  30-05-2017 17:58
  
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  Alaska volcano erupts again, forcing new aviation alert
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  An Alaska volcano that has been active for nearly six months has erupted again. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof Volcano in the Aleutian Islands erupted at 2:16 p.m. Sunday and sent a cloud of ash at least 35,000 feet high. The eruption ...
  Alaska's tiny, restless Bogoslof volcano erupts again -- and researchers won't be going there anytime soonAlaska Dispatch News
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• Interior Alaska's Lone Commercial Dairy Closes for Summer - U.S. News & World Report

  30-05-2017 14:55
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  Interior Alaska's Lone Commercial Dairy Closes for Summer
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  The interior Alaska lone commercial dairy is closing, at least for the summer, leaving only one other commercial dairy in the state. | May 30, 2017, at 12:43 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Interior Alaska's Lone Commercial Dairy ...
  Half Of Alaska's Commercial Dairy Farming Is Shutting Down Due To Labor ShortageThe Daily Caller
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• Interior Alaska's Lone Commercial Dairy Closes for Summer | Alaska ... - U.S. News & World Report

  30-05-2017 14:55
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  Interior Alaska's Lone Commercial Dairy Closes for Summer | Alaska ...
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  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Interior's lone commercial dairy is closing, at least for the summer, leaving only one other commercial dairy in Alaska.
  Half Of Alaska's Commercial Dairy Farming Is Shutting Down Due To Labor ShortageThe Daily Callerall 6 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing at KCI after smell of gas - KSHB

  30-05-2017 11:41
  
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  Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing at KCI after smell of gas
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  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - More than 100 people are stuck at Kansas City International Airport after their flight made an emergency landing because of a smell of gas late Monday night. The Alaska Airlines flight was traveling from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle ...
  Alaska Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle makes emergency landing in Kansas CityWPTV.com
  Burning smell, fumes diverts Alaska Airlines flight to KCIKC
  
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• Want to protect Alaska salmon? Then oppose Pebble project - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 08:43
  
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  Want to protect Alaska salmon? Then oppose Pebble project
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  This is an aerial view of a work camp in the area of the proposed Pebble mine near Iliamna, Alaska, seen on Tuesday, August 27, 2013. (Bill Roth / ADN archive). As local residents and business owners we are extremely upset about the recent settlement ...
  
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• Eric Hutchinson to cross Alaska off his touring bucket list with June 3 show at Williwaw - Anchorage Press

  30-05-2017 07:23
  
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  Eric Hutchinson to cross Alaska off his touring bucket list with June 3 show at Williwaw
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  Ten years since his hit 'Rock & Roll' climbed to No. 29 on the Billboard 100, Eric Hutchinson is promoting his 2016 introspective album called 'Easy Street' by embarking on his 'Uncharted Territory Tour'. Taken literally, the point of the 'Uncharted ...
  
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• Alaska's tiny, restless Bogoslof volcano erupts again -- and researchers won't be going there anytime soon - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 05:42
  
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  Alaska's tiny, restless Bogoslof volcano erupts again -- and researchers won't be going there anytime soon
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  Alaska's most active volcano, the tiny and tempestuous Bogoslof, erupted again over the weekend, the latest installation in a geologic drama that has been playing out on this remote island in the Bering Sea since December. Saturday's eruption was ...
  Alaska volcano erupts, triggers highest aviation warningUSA TODAY
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• Memorial Day a weekend-long affair for Alaska Vets Motorcycle Club - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  30-05-2017 05:41
  
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  Memorial Day a weekend-long affair for Alaska Vets Motorcycle Club
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  For members of the Alaska Vets Motorcycle Club, Memorial Day isn't just a Monday off from work; it's a weekend-long celebration to remember the fallen. On Sunday, hundreds of bikers from around the state met at Mary's McKinley View Lodge then road the ...
  
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• 5.3 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 04:40
  
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  5.3 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News
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  An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 centered 21 miles northwest of Nikiski shook Southcentral Alaska at 6:18 p.m. on Monday, according to the ...and more »
  
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• Memorial Day in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 04:39
  
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  Memorial Day in Alaska
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  Lorelei Jones, 7, visited the resting places of her two great grandfathers who served their country in the Army and Navy during WWII, and their spouses, at Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017. (Bill Roth / Alaska ...
  
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• MAP: Cruise ship tourism in Alaska - KTUU.com

  30-05-2017 03:09
  
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  MAP: Cruise ship tourism in Alaska
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• Bears, trailheads and booze in Hyder, Alaska - Kitsap Sun

  30-05-2017 03:09
  
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  Bears, trailheads and booze in Hyder, Alaska
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  HYDER, ALASKA—The plan was to get “Hyderized,” but as this involved drinking a straight shot of Everclear, we decided to skip the formal initiation ceremony. B.B. Hardbody, my wife, insisted that she'd rather drink paint thinner, and I only drink 150 ...
  
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• Friends, family mourn Juneau pilot killed in plane crash - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  30-05-2017 02:09
  
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  Friends, family mourn Juneau pilot killed in plane crash
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  The pilot of Saturday's fatal plane crash south of Haines is being remembered as an outgoing and smart adventurer with friends across Southeast Alaska. David Kunat, 29, died when his Piper Twin Comanche crashed on takeoff about 11 a.m. Saturday at the ...
  Troopers identify 2 Juneau men in plane crash near HainesAlaska Public Radio Networkall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, May 29, 2017

  30-05-2017 02:07
  
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  Alaska reflects on Memorial Day
  Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO – Juneau
  U.S. and Alaska flags were flying at half-staff today until noon in recognition of Memorial Day.
  Bogoslof erupts again; aviation alert raised to red
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  An Alaska volcano that has been active for nearly six months has erupted ag
  
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• Camping in Alaska? Don't forget these kid-friendly items - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-05-2017 02:01
  
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  Camping in Alaska? Don't forget these kid-friendly items
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  So much of parenting is about remembering to bring the right stuff. Whether driving kids across town or departing for a long road trip, knowing just what to pack can be a challenge. Many of us lean toward overpacking — bringing more than necessary ...
  
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• Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery - Alaska Public Radio Network

  30-05-2017 01:20
  
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  Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery
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  Volunteers lift the Raven totem pole at the totem pole raising in front of Gastineau Elementary School on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO). The T'aaku Kwáan of Douglas Island raised a totem pole in front of an elementary school Saturday to ...
  A healing totem rises in DouglasAlaska Dispatch Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Native groups install totem pole at Gastineau Elementary, lost cemetery

  30-05-2017 01:07
  
  Volunteers lift the Raven totem pole at the totem pole raising in front of Gastineau Elementary School on Saturday. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)The T’aaku Kwáan of Douglas Island raised a totem pole in front of an elementary school Saturday to mark the site of a disturbed graveyard. The pole symbolizes the pain of historical trauma and a need to heal.
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  A couple dozen volunteers prepared to bend their knees and backs to grab wooden beams underneath a 26-foot, solid
  
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• Digital restoration of The Drums Of Winter deepens colors, brings light to shadows

  30-05-2017 01:02
  
  Cecelia Martz (left) and Len Kamerling (right) discuss the film The Drums of Winter after a screening of the digitally restored documentary at the Bethel Cultural Center on May 12, 2017. Cecelia Martz is a retired UAF Kuskokwim University Campus professor of Anthropology, Alaska Native Studies, and Cross Cultural Studies. Len Kamerling co-directed and co-produced the film. He teaches at the UAF Museum of the North.
  (Dean Swope / KYUK Public Media)One of the most significant films about Yup&rsquo
  
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• Petersburg school uses Minecraft video game in student led program

  30-05-2017 00:57
  
  7th grade computer science students work on their Minecraft project. In the front row from (left-right): Sean Spigelmyre, Latham Johnson, and Evelyn Anderson. (Photo/Angela Denning)The video game Minecraft is being used in Petersburg’s 7th grade computer science class to teach students basic programming skills. It’s a student led program that has high schoolers designing the curriculum.
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  To the adult eye it might look like these 7th graders are just playing a computer game.
  
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• Quake prone cities on West Coast aim to improve countermeasures

  30-05-2017 00:49
  
  Vulnerability assessments by utilities and emergency planners along the U.S. West Coast suggest it could be weeks or a month or more before water service gets restored after a major earthquake — not to mention electricity, sewage treatment and fuel supply too.
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  The social and economic disruption does not have to be that bad though, given adequate preparedness and investments in critical infrastructure as demonstrated in Japan.In 1995, a major earthquake struck Seattle’
  
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• Alaska reflects on Memorial Day

  30-05-2017 00:39
  
  A musician plays taps to conclude the Memorial Day observance at Evergreen Cemetery in 2016. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)U.S. and Alaska flags were flying at half-staff today until noon in recognition of Memorial Day.
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  The holiday recognizes people who have died in military service.
  In a White House proclamation, President Donald Trump designated 11 a.m. local time to unite in prayer for permanent peace and asked all Americans to observe a national moment of remembrance at 3 p.m. local
  
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• Teacher turnover costs state's school districts around $20M per year - Alaska Public Radio Network

  30-05-2017 00:35
  
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  Teacher turnover costs state's school districts around $20M per year
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  Alaska school districts hire about 1,000 teachers each year, approximately 70 percent of which come from the Lower 48. (Graphic from the Alaska Superintendents Association). Alaska schools hire about 1,000 new teachers each year to offset the annual ...
  
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• Teacher turnover costs state’s school districts around $20M per year

  30-05-2017 00:33
  
  Alaska school districts hire about 1,000 teachers each year, approximately 70 percent of which come from the Lower 48. (Graphic from the Alaska Superintendents Association)Alaska schools hire about 1,000 new teachers each year to offset the annual turnover of staff. And it’s a process that doesn’t come cheap.
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  $20 million is the approximate cost of replacing teachers lost to attrition each year throughout the state, according to a recent study by the Institute for Social an
  
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• Troopers identify 2 Juneau men in plane crash near Haines

  30-05-2017 00:31
  
  Two plane crashes took the lives of four people in Alaska on Saturday.
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  Alaska State Troopers say David Kunat, a 29-year-old Juneau pilot and an adult male passenger from California both died when their plane crashed southwest of Haines Saturday morning.
  Troopers said another passenger, 31-year-old Chan Valentine from Juneau, survived the crash and was transported to Bartlett Regional Hospital by helicopter.
  The NTSB also reports there was another fatal plane crash about 30 miles south
  
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