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• Denali climber rescued after 14 hours in crevasse

  06-06-2017 23:53
  
  A Denali climber was rescued yesterday (Mon, June 1) after spending 14 hours wedged deep in a crevasse. The National Park Service spokeswoman Maureen Gaultieri said 38-year-old Martin Takak, of Slovakia, fell un-roped into the crevasse while descending the peak before 1:30 AM Monday.
  Mt. Denali“Mr. Takak fell through the snow bridge and came to a rest about 40 feet below the glacier surface and was pretty tightly embedded in the ice,” Gaultieri said.
  Gaultieri said other climber
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: In Alaska, wildfire season can go from mild to severe in an instant

  06-06-2017 23:03
  
   
  Graphic courtesy of Rick Thoman/NWSWildfire season is off to a slow start in Alaska. But that could change very quickly. That’s because predicting how severe a wildfire season will be in the state is so tricky.
  Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with climatologist Brian Brettschneider each week as part of the segment, Ask a Climatologist.
  Brettschneider says over the entire season, which runs through the end of July, no wildfire forecast is useful for Alaska.
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• Study looks at climate change’s effects on Kodiak berries, wildlife

  06-06-2017 22:32
  
  It’s been a great season for salmonberries in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KSTK News)A scientist predicts climate change could have far-reaching effects on the growth of certain berries on Kodiak Island.
  Bill Pyle,  supervisory wildlife biologist with Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, just wrapped up a two-year pilot study on the island. The study helps cement the monitoring methods they’ll use to study berry growth in the future.
  In this case, that includes using tim
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 5, 2017

  06-06-2017 20:47
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  Governor floats idea of head tax to end legislative stalemate
  Andrew Kitchenman, Alaska Public Media & KTOO – Juneau
  After an entire regular session and more than half a special session gone with no deal on a state budget, Governor Bill Walker met with
  
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• Laid off teachers in limbo as legislature debates state budget

  06-06-2017 20:42
  
  Shoshana Keegan (left) and Rosalind Worcester (right), both teachers in Bowman Elementary School’s 1st/2nd grade optional program, dress up for a school spirit day. (Courtesy Rosalind Worcester)Two hundred twenty five teachers received layoff notices this year from the Anchorage School District, and until lawmakers in Juneau settle on education funding levels for the coming school year, those educators remain in limbo.
  The Tuesday before school ended for the year was what’s called a
  
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• In Southeast Alaska, The Ferry System Is A Lifeline : NPR - NPR

  06-06-2017 18:11
  
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  In Southeast Alaska, The Ferry System Is A Lifeline : NPR
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  In most of the Inside Passage, there are no roads connecting the communities, so Alaskans depend heavily on ferries: the Alaska Marine Highway System.and more »
  
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• Alaska strikes gold with record number of visitors — and more are on the way - Los Angeles Times

  06-06-2017 15:31
  
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  Alaska strikes gold with record number of visitors — and more are on the way
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  If you're thinking about visiting Alaska this year, you're not alone. More than 1.8 million people toured the nation's largest state (by area) last year, and with changes taking place in the cruise industry this year, that number may grow. The number ...and more »
  
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• The biggest fish tale in Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-06-2017 10:07
  
  The biggest fish tale in Alaska
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Fishing season is right around the corner and it's time to once again debunk the biggest fish tale, the biggest lie, ever told in the great state of Alaska: The state of Alaska makes money from commercial fishing. Believe it or not, we subsidize this ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Girls and Women's Hockey merges with Hockey Club Fairbanks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  06-06-2017 09:17
  
  Alaska Girls and Women's Hockey merges with Hockey Club Fairbanks
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  FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Girls and Women's Hockey Board voted to merge with Hockey Club Fairbanks, Hockey Club Fairbanks announced in a news release Monday. The decision is effective immediately and the AGWH will begin transitioning its ...and more »
  
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• Alaska teens solve crimes at CSI camp - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  06-06-2017 07:08
  
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  Alaska teens solve crimes at CSI camp
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  It's a summer camp unlike any other. All week, a group of Alaska teens are finding out what it takes to investigate a crime scene at CSI Forensic Science Camp. Beyond collecting finger prints, campers will see how law enforcement officers handle real ...and more »
  
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• 96 year old WWII veteran visits Alaska for 75th anniversary of Alaska Highway Project - KTUU.com

  06-06-2017 07:07
  
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  96 year old WWII veteran visits Alaska for 75th anniversary of Alaska Highway Project
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) A celebration was held downtown on Monday in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Alaska Highway Project. Pfc. Leonard Larkins, 96, from New Orleans, was one of 5,000 black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway in 1942 ...
  Community celebrates black soldier who helped build the Alaska HighwayKTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaskaall 2 news articles »
  
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• Walker outlines priority Alaska projects for the president - KTUU.com

  06-06-2017 06:56
  
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  Walker outlines priority Alaska projects for the president
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) In mid-May Governor Bill Walker urged President Donald Trump to seriously consider a short list of infrastructure projects. The “Initial list of Alaska's priority infrastructure projects” includes: - A road connecting King Cove ...
  
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• Investment in national parks pays rich return for Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2017 06:01
  
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  Investment in national parks pays rich return for Alaska
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  A pair of young Dall sheep rams rear up near Polychrome Pass in Denali National Park. The sheep use the head butts to establish social order in the band. Male Dall sheep travel in groups separate from the females and young until the breeding season.
  
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• 11 Alaska glacier adventures within 150 miles of Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2017 04:42
  
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  11 Alaska glacier adventures within 150 miles of Anchorage
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  Matanuska Glacier Park guide and caretaker Bill Stevenson walks along a narrow slot of ice at the foot of Matanuska Glacier on February 23, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Whether you live in Alaska or are just visiting, glaciers are one of ...
  Alaska Baseball League prepares for new season during recessionKTUU.comall 2 news articles »
  
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• GCI suffers crime-related statewide outages for second time in 2 months

  06-06-2017 03:43
  
  For the second time in as many months, Alaska’s largest communications company suffered statewide outages due to alleged criminal activity.
  This time, a man is behind bars for allegedly causing damage to GCI equipment at the Denali Tower building in Midtown Anchorage on Sunday.
  Brodie Eguires-Lee, 24, faces felony charges of criminal mischief, burglary and assault.
  According to GCI Director of External Affairs Megan Baldino, the company was able to minimize the impact to customers.
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• Governor floats idea of head tax to end legislative stalemate - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-06-2017 03:38
  
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  Governor floats idea of head tax to end legislative stalemate
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  After an entire regular session and more than half a special session gone with no deal on a state budget, Governor Bill Walker met with legislative leaders today to roll out a compromise package. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state's budget ...and more »
  
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• Governor floats idea of head tax to end legislative stalemate

  06-06-2017 03:34
  
  After an entire regular session and more than half a special session gone with no deal on a state budget, Governor Bill Walker met with legislative leaders today to roll out a compromise package.
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker talks about the state’s budget on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 during a press conference in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, KTOO – Juneau)Under the Governor’s proposal people who work in Alaska would pay a set amount each year based on their income under
  
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• Groundbreaking ceremony at Paine Field for new passenger terminal; Alaska Airlines vows 9 daily flights - Q13 FOX

  06-06-2017 02:59
  
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  Groundbreaking ceremony at Paine Field for new passenger terminal; Alaska Airlines vows 9 daily flights
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  EVERETT, Wash. — Officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at Everett's Paine Field for a new, 30,000-acre passenger terminal that promises to make commercial flights easier for Puget Sound residents who live north of Seattle. “This is really a ...
  Alaska flights in about a year: Ground broken at Paine Field ...The Daily Heraldall 8 news articles &r
  
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• Anchorage activists hold march against gun violence

  06-06-2017 02:57
  
  Marchers take to the streets to commemorate National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
  Henry Leasia / KSKAOn Saturday, the Anchorage chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a march commemorating National Gun Violence Awareness day.
  Men and women holding posters and dressed in bright orange are gathered at the Delaney Park Strip. They passed flowers from hand to hand as local activist Janice Swiderski led a chant.
  “Not one more,” Swiderski said. “From sea to shinin
  
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• 65 years after crash, recovery resumes on Colony Glacier

  06-06-2017 02:20
  
  Members of the 11-person crew excavate 40-by-40 meter squares along a grid on the Colony Glacier in June of 2016. Media were kept at a distance from the perimeter, to keep from inadvertently photographing remains. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)On Monday, the military resumed an annual mission to the Colony Glacier, where an Air Force plane crashed 65 years ago, killing the dozens of service members on board. In the days after, searchers spotted the wreckage, but a recovery was de
  
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• Walker Pitches Compromise Aimed at Ending Budget Impasse - U.S. News & World Report

  06-06-2017 02:15
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  Walker Pitches Compromise Aimed at Ending Budget Impasse
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  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker pitched a proposal aimed at breaking a legislative impasse over the budget, imploring legislators to compromise to avert a potential government shutdown. | June 5, 2017, at 10:43 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...
  Alaska Gov. Walker presents 'compromise' proposal, with tax, to break deficit-reduction logjamAlaska Dispatch News
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• Caelus postpones appraisal well for big North Slope oil discovery

  06-06-2017 02:10
  
  Caelus Energy’s Smith Bay rig. Caelus says tax credits are needed to help develop the find. (Image courtesy Caelus Energy)The company behind what could be Alaska’s biggest oil discovery since the 1960s will not be drilling a well to confirm the find this winter, as originally planned.
  Last October — with great fanfare — Caelus Energy announced it found 6 to 10 billion barrels of oil beneath the North Slope’s Smith Bay, about 2 billion barrels of which is recoverable
  
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• African-American soldiers who helped build Alaska Highway honored - Alaska Public Radio Network

  06-06-2017 02:01
  
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  African-American soldiers who helped build Alaska Highway honored
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  96-year-old Leonard Larkins, one of more than 3,000 African-American soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway is honored at Ft. Greely. Credit: Tim Ellis/ ...and more »
  
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• African-American soldiers who helped build Alaska Highway honored

  06-06-2017 01:58
  
  96-year-old Leonard Larkins, one of more than 3,000 African-American soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway is honored at Ft. Greely. Credit: Tim Ellis/KUACFort Greely and Delta Junction celebrated the Alaska Highway’s 75th anniversary Saturday – and one of the soldiers who helped build it. Gov. Bill Walker and other state and local leaders attended a tribute to 96-year-old Leonard Larkins, one of more than 3,000 African-American soldiers who helped build the highway.
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• Alaska GOP hears first pitches from potential 2018 candidates for governor - Alaska Dispatch News

  06-06-2017 00:12
  
  Alaska GOP hears first pitches from potential 2018 candidates for governor
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Republican donors got their first formal pitches from next year's potential Alaska gubernatorial candidates at a closed-door briefing Sunday in Anchorage. Investor Bob Gillam, former state Sens. Charlie Huggins and John Binkley, current Wasilla state Sen.
  
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• Wildfire near Dillingham grows to 1,000 acres

  06-06-2017 00:09
  
  A photo of the 1,000-acre Kenakuchuk Fire taken late Saturday evening. The fire is burning in a limited protection area about 40 miles northeast of Dillingham and is being monitored by the Alaska Division of Forestry. Credit: Jason Jordet/Alaska DNR/Div. of ForestryA wildfire 40 near Okstukuk Lake, 40 miles northeast of Dilligham, had grown to 1000 acres by Sunday night. After a slow start to the state’s wildlfire season, thunderstorms sparked a dozen or more new blazes over the weekend ar
  
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