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• Murkowski and Sullivan recommend federal judge nominees to President Trump

  13-06-2017 23:51
  
  Alaska may soon have a new federal judge. There are only three full-time U.S. District Court judge positions in Alaska, and one of them has been vacant for nearly a year and a half.
  U.S. Federal Courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska (Courtesy: Alaska District, U.S. Federal Court)Last week, Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan sent a list of recommended nominees to President Trump, who has the power to appoint federal judges, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
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• UAA athletic director leaving program, heading to Midwest

  13-06-2017 23:45
  
  Outgoing UAA Athletic Director Keith Hackett addresses the media for the first time on Sept. 20, 2013. (Photo by Josh Edge, APRN – Anchorage)The head of the University of Alaska Anchorage’s athletic department is resigning, and heading to the Midwest.
  Outgoing UAA athletic director Keith Hackett will be taking the same job at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
  Hackett says he’s sad to leave Alaska, but he’s looking forward to being closer to family, particularly his s
  
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• Military ramps up spending ahead of Eielson fighter jet squadrons

  13-06-2017 21:30
  
  The Army Corps of Engineers last week awarded two more contracts worth more than $55 million last week for construction of facilities to accommodate the two squadrons of F-35As that will coming to Eielson Air Force Base over the next three years.
  Work is under way on new facilities at Eielson Air Force Base that’ll accommodate the 54 F-35As that will be coming to Eielson beginning in 2020, along with the personnel who’ll be flying and maintaining them, and their family members. (U.S.
  
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• Column: Looking north to Alaska! - Bluefield Daily Telegraph

  13-06-2017 06:14
  
  Column: Looking north to Alaska!
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  A few years ago I signed on as your humble outdoor correspondent. You didn't ask me to, I just did it. Some would say that takes a lot of nerve or maybe a lot of conceit or over confidence in your own abilities. I hope you don't think that of me. I was ...
  
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• Keep Alaska Open for Business rallies held statewide - webcenter11

  13-06-2017 06:05
  
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  Keep Alaska Open for Business rallies held statewide
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  (AP) - Rallies were held outside Legislative Information Offices across Alaska Sunday, with people urging lawmakers to reach agreement on a budget. The "Keep Alaska Open for Business" rally came in the wake of thousands of state employees receiving ...
  
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• Hope for a comprehensive fiscal plan for Alaska appears to be slipping away - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-06-2017 04:35
  
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  Hope for a comprehensive fiscal plan for Alaska appears to be slipping away
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  JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers appear increasingly likely to skip over long-term reforms to end the state's deficit crisis as they try to finish their annual spending plan before the state government would shut down July 1. "Political realities may not ...
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• WWII evacuation and internment commemorated at Fort Rich ceremony - Alaska Public Radio Network

  13-06-2017 04:06
  
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  WWII evacuation and internment commemorated at Fort Rich ceremony
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  75 years ago this month, the Japanese Navy launched an air-raid on Dutch Harbor, and shortly afterwards invaded two islands at the tail end of the Aleutian chain. In the aftermath, 881 Unangax were hastily evacuated from their villages, shipped away in ...
  
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• WWII evacuation and internment commemorated at JBER ceremony

  13-06-2017 03:55
  
  Military officials laying a remembrance wreath at a ceremony on in Fort Richardson National Cemetery, June 9, 2017 Photo – Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Listen now
  75 years ago this month, the Japanese Navy launched an air-raid on Dutch Harbor, and shortly afterwards invaded two islands at the tail end of the Aleutian chain. In the aftermath, 881 Unangax were hastily evacuated from their villages, shipped away in small boats to live in abysmal camp conditions in Southeast Alas
  
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• WWII evacuation and internment commemorated at Fort Rich ceremony

  13-06-2017 03:55
  
  Military officials laying a remembrance wreath at a ceremony on in Fort Richardson National Cemetery, June 9, 2017 Photo – Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)Listen now
  75 years ago this month, the Japanese Navy launched an air-raid on Dutch Harbor, and shortly afterwards invaded two islands at the tail end of the Aleutian chain. In the aftermath, 881 Unangax were hastily evacuated from their villages, shipped away in small boats to live in abysmal camp conditions in Southeast Alas
  
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• Alaska News Nightly Mon. 6/12/17 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  13-06-2017 03:47
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  The House Finance Committee turned its attention today [Monday, June 12] to a tax that Governor Bill Walker included in the compromise package he proposed a week ago. The tax has been called a few different names, including: “a head tax” and an ...
  The Latest: Alaska House poised to debate capital budgetSacramento Bee
  Alaska budget proposal limits tax credit funds, retains gas project moneyFairban
  
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• Alaska News Nightly Mon. 6/12/17

  13-06-2017 03:38
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  Tax debate in Juneau
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  The House Finance Committee turned its attention today [Monday, June 12] to a tax that Governor Bill Walker included in the compromise package he proposed a week ago. The tax has been called a few different n
  
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• Mighty machines celebrated at Museum of Alaska Transportation - Alaska Dispatch News

  13-06-2017 03:16
  
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  Mighty machines celebrated at Museum of Alaska Transportation
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  Sage (L) and Jethro Lehman stand on the back of an old fire truck at the Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry. (Erin Kirkland). "It was Mike Mulligan and Mary Anne and some others who cut through the high mountains so that trains could go through.
  
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• Tax would require low- to middle-income residents to pay higher share

  13-06-2017 03:11
  
  The House Finance Committee turned its attention Monday to a tax that Gov. Bill Walker included in the compromise package he proposed a week ago. The tax has been called a few different names, including a “head tax” and an “income tax.”
  Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage, speaks during a House Majority press availability in March. Gara prefers raising oil and gas taxes to a payroll tax. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Listen now
  Today, House Finance aides referred to it as a payrol
  
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• Flags at half-staff for former Alaska attorney general - Alaska Public Radio Network

  13-06-2017 03:09
  
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  Flags at half-staff for former Alaska attorney general
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  Former AK Attorney General Grace Schaible in an interview at KUAC in Fairbanks. (Credit KUAC). Flags are at half-staff in honor of former Alaska attorney general and lifelong University of Alaska advocate, Grace Schaible of Fairbanks. Listen now ...and more »
  
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• Flags at half-staff for former Alaska attorney general

  13-06-2017 03:07
  
  Former AK Attorney General Grace Schaible in an interview at KUAC in Fairbanks. (Credit KUAC)Flags are at half-staff in honor of former Alaska attorney general and lifelong University of Alaska advocate, Grace Schaible of Fairbanks.
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  Schaible died Saturday at the age of 91.
  Schaible grew up in Juneau, graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, George Washington University and Yale Law School. Returning to Alaska, she practiced law in Fairbanks, and in 1987 became Alaska’s
  
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• Alaska Marine Highway will drop price for Taku ferry once again

  13-06-2017 03:06
  
  The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Taku was tied up in 2015. It’s been for sale, but so far no one has submitted a bid. (Creative Commons photo by Ted McGrath)The price is dropping for the state ferry Taku.
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  Alaska Marine Highway System General Manager John Falvey said no one submitted a bid during the most recent sale attempt, which ended May 31st.
  The minimum bid was $700,000. An earlier attempt priced the ship at $1.5 million.
  “We’ve had quite a bit of interest
  
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• See Alaska in full color at botanical garden - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  13-06-2017 02:17
  
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  See Alaska in full color at botanical garden
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  FAIRBANKS - Alaska is known for the enormous vegetables that thrive during the long summer days, but there are plenty of less-famous plants that make their home in the North. Many of them can be found in the Georgeson Botanical Garden at the University ...
  
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• Healthcare questions dominate Sen. Dan Sullivan town hall

  13-06-2017 00:53
  
  Senator Dan Sullivan speaks to public in Afognak building on Near Island, Kodiak. Kayla Desroches/KMXTRepublican Senator Dan Sullivan held a town hall in the city of Kodiak Saturday and attracted a sizable crowd. He dedicated the bulk of the meeting to the public’s questions, and most focused on healthcare.
  One commenter, Mike Milligan, said the United States has a health care system based on money.
  He connected his statement to Sullivan’s support of putting outside funds into politi
  
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• The Latest: Alaska House Poised to Debate Capital Budget - U.S. News & World Report

  13-06-2017 00:45
  The Latest: Alaska House Poised to Debate Capital Budget
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  The Alaska House is poised to begin debate on its rewrite of the state capital budget. | June 12, 2017, at 6:32 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. The Latest: Alaska House Poised to Debate Capital Budget ...and more »
  
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• New Coast Guard cutter to be commissioned Wednesday in Juneau

  13-06-2017 00:10
  
  The U.S Coast Guard will honor the legacy of a man it says performed heroically near the turn of the 20th century. The Alaska-based Bailey Barco fast-response cutter will be commissioned Wednesday in a closed ceremony at the AJ Dock off Thane Road in Juneau.
  The Coast Guard Cutter Bailey Barco pulls into its homeport of Ketchikan on May 12, 2017. The vessel and its crew completed a journey of 7,130 miles to reach Alaska from Key West, Florida. (Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard)On Dec. 2
  
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• Alaska’s Don Young applauds Puerto Rico statehood vote

  13-06-2017 00:04
  
  The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico voted overwhelming for statehood in anon-binding referendum on Sunday (June 11).
  Rep. Don Young (Photo: Facebook)Alaska Congressman Don Young went there with other U.S. lawmakers as an election observer. His spokesman Matt Shuckerow says Young favors self-determination for Puerto Rico and personally believes statehood is a good idea.
  Puerto Rico has voted repeatedly on whether to change its legal status butonly Congress has the power to grant statehood.
  
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