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• A Native Village In Alaska Where The Past Is Key To The Future : NPR - NPR

  20-06-2017 22:40
  
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  A Native Village In Alaska Where The Past Is Key To The Future : NPR
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  Klukwan is home to about 100 people, most of them from the Tlingit tribe. Once their land reached to the mountains. Today, the village is struggling to retain its ...and more »
  
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• A Native Village In Alaska Where The Past Is Key To The Future - NPR

  20-06-2017 22:40
  
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  A Native Village In Alaska Where The Past Is Key To The Future
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  What does it mean to lose your land, your language, and your heritage? For Alaska Natives, these are existential threats. On a trip to Southeast Alaska, I traveled to one village that is finding new ways to survive: Klukwan, ancestral home of the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska court to hear dispute over oil-wealth fund checks - Hawaii News Now

  20-06-2017 21:08
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  Alaska court to hear dispute over oil-wealth fund checks
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska lawmaker is making one last legal push to put about $1,000 back in the hands of nearly every state resident for their share of Alaska's oil wealth. Sen. Bill Wielechowski was expected to argue Tuesday to the Alaska ...
  Did Gov. Walker have veto power over PFD payouts? Alaska Supreme Court hears the case.Alaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska court to hear dispute over permanent fund checks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-06-2017 20:01
  
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  Alaska court to hear dispute over permanent fund checks
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  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska lawmaker is making one last legal push to put about $1,000 back in the hands of nearly every state resident for their share of Alaska's oil wealth. Sen. Bill Wielechowski is scheduled to argue Tuesday to the Alaska ...
  Did Gov. Walker have veto power over PFD payouts? Alaska Supreme Court hears the case.Alaska Dispatch News
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• NTSB identifies Alaska floatplane in lake crash - Newstalk 750 ... - KFQD

  20-06-2017 19:26
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says the airplane that crashed Sunday in Alaska's Misty Fjords National ...and more »
  
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• NTSB identifies Alaska floatplane in lake crash - KFQD

  20-06-2017 19:26
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  NTSB identifies Alaska floatplane in lake crash
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board says the airplane that crashed Sunday in Alaska's Misty Fjords National Monument was operated by Alaska Seaplane Tours. NTSB spokesman Clint Johnson says the ...and more »
  
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• Here are strategies for staying safe in bear country - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-06-2017 12:19
  
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  Here are strategies for staying safe in bear country
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  A black bear ate dandelions along Arctic Valley Road, while three cubs wrestled with each other and climbed nearby trees on June 13, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Alaska is bear country. And while bears often avoid or ignore humans, ...
  Teen runner lost after Alaska race found dead with huge black bear looming over himWashington Post
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• Teen runner lost after Alaska race found dead with huge black bear looming over him - Washington Post

  20-06-2017 11:02
  
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  Teen runner lost after Alaska race found dead with huge black bear looming over him
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  The ominous text message came in to Brad Precosky's phone just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. “Eyes on bear. Guarding body. Coordinates were correct,” it read. “Need a weapon.” Precosky, the organizer of a popular race in a park near Anchorage had spent ...
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, June 19, 2017

  20-06-2017 04:18
  
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  Sharp comments reflect ill will as Legislature starts 2nd special session
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  House majority’s handling of budget debate was compared to Pearl Harbor attack, tyranny and Jim Crow laws.
  Interior Secretary reassigns top climate policy adviser
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• Alleged gunman shot by Fairbanks police Monday morning

  20-06-2017 04:06
  
  One person is dead after being shot by Fairbanks Police.
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  Police spokeswoman Yumi McCullough said the shooting happened at about 4 a.m., when officers received two calls about a masked man wielding a rifle.
  ”The man was located at an undisclosed location,” McCullough said. “There were four FPD officers that were involved and the gunman approached them and the officers fired and the gunman died on the scene.”
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• Homer City Council members survive recall effort

  20-06-2017 04:00
  
  Homer’s canvas board counts absentee ballots in recall election. (Aaron Bolton, KBBI News)Three Homer City Council members subject of a highly contentious recall effort will retain their seats. The political battle led to a court case with the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska and two political groups have formed around the issue.
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  Council members David Lewis, Catriona Reynolds and Donna Aderhold all enjoyed double digit wins as the official results came in Friday.
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• Sharp comments reflect ill will as Legislature starts 2nd special session

  20-06-2017 03:42
  
  Most members of the House Republican minority met during a break on Thursday. The caucus criticized the swift introduction and passage of a combined capital and operating budget. The Senate didn’t consider the budget. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO and Alaska Public Media)On July 1, Alaska’s state government will shut down unless lawmakers can reach an agreement on a budget.
  Two groups that may be difficult to bring together are the majority and minority caucuses in the House.
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• Alaska Department of Natural Resources tracks bear that killed Anchorage teenager

  20-06-2017 03:07
  
  Black bear. (Alaska Department of Fish and Game)Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources is still searching for the black bear that killed 16-year-old Patrick Cooper on Sunday. Meanwhile, another bear attack has claimed the life of a worker and injured another in a gold mine near Delta.
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  In Anchorage, Cooper encountered a bear during the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb on the Bird Ridge trail inside Chugach State Park.
  After a search of the trail, Cooper was found pinned to the
  
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• Former Kenai city manager dies after motorcycle crash

  20-06-2017 02:58
  
  A former Kenai city manager died Sunday of injuries he sustained when he wrecked his motorcycle earlier that day on the Dalton Highway.
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  Alaska State Troopers say 60-year-old Ricky Koch was pronounced dead by medics who’d flown to Livengood.
  According to a Trooper report posted Monday morning, Koch was riding with several friends when he lost control and wrecked at mile 39, near the Hess Creek bridge about 15 miles south of the Yukon River.
  Koch’s friends brought him t
  
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• Video: Life as a postal worker in Deadhorse, Alaska

  20-06-2017 02:37
  
  Deadhorse isn’t your average Alaskan town. The community at the start of the pipeline exists solely as a service hub for North Slope oil workers. There are no permanent residents, no public amenities, not even a school or church. There is a post office, and Les Dunbar is the clerk responsible for making sure all the companies in Prudhoe Bay receive their mail. Also, if you plan on biking along the haul road, you might just end up mailing your gear up to Les.
  
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• Coast Guard commissions second Alaska cutter - NavyTimes.com

  20-06-2017 02:20
  
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  Coast Guard commissions second Alaska cutter
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  KETCHIKAN, Alaska — The Coast Guard's second Sentinel Class fast response cutter will be homeported in Ketchikan. The Ketchikan Daily News reports Bailey Barco was commissioned during a Wednesday ceremony in Juneau. It will be harbored in ...
  
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• Homer recall effort fails, council members retain their seats

  20-06-2017 02:19
  
  Council Members Tom Stroozas, David Lewis, Mayor Bryan Zak, Heath Smith, Shelly Erickson, Donna Aderhold and Catriona Reynolds. (City of Homer)Three Homer City Council members subject of a highly contentious recall effort will retain their seats. Each council member was voted on individually. After the election day Tuesday, each council member obtained little over 50 percent of the regular vote.
  Margins widened since the unofficial results. David Lewis and Donna Aderhold both took 57 percent of
  
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• Real connections are forged on Alaska playgrounds - Alaska Dispatch News

  20-06-2017 02:18
  
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  Real connections are forged on Alaska playgrounds
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  I was on the phone last week with a writer from back East who wanted all my best tips for exploring the Last Frontier with young people. "OK, what's one of the do-not-miss things to do in Alaska with kids?" she asked, her fingers ticka-tapping over the ...
  
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• Midnight Oil: Alaska, the oil state that almost wasn’t | Episode 1

  20-06-2017 02:12
  
  Oil started flowing down the trans-Alaska pipeline forty years ago, transforming Alaska into a wealthy oil state. But if it weren’t for a few determined individuals, the giant oil field that started it all might still be hidden under the tundra today.On this episode: It’s hard to imagine now, but Alaska nearly lost out on the discovery of the century  — and the billions of dollars that came with it.
  
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• Interior Secretary reassigns top climate policy adviser

  20-06-2017 02:09
  
  Flanked by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Governor Bill Walker, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to reporters after signing an order to promote more drilling on Alaska’s North Slope. (Photo by Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk)Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is reshuffling several senior government positions, and it could affect Arctic policies in Alaska. The Washington Post reports that dozens of career officials received reassignment letters last Thursday.
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• New equipment helps scientists keep tabs on Bogoslof now and study it later

  20-06-2017 01:12
  
  Bogoslof island has changed dramatically since the volcano started erupting in late 2016. (Max Kaufman/Alaska Volcano Observatory/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute)Scientists have had a hard time monitoring Bogoslof volcano since it started erupting in December. The island is so small, there is no equipment on the volcano, making it difficult to predict eruptions.
  No one lives on Bogoslof – the closest human neighbors are 60 miles away in Unalaska. Scientists monit
  
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• SEARHC land transfer advances in congressional committees

  20-06-2017 00:51
  
  SEARHC CEO Charles Clement testifies before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington D.C. Referring to the age of Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, he said “Something’s got to happen in Sitka.” (Youtube screen capture)A bill transferring over 19 acres of federal land in Sitka to the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium — or SEARHC — has passed preliminary committees in both the US House and Senate.
  House Resolution 1901 was introduced by Congressman Don Youn
  
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• Fatal bear attack reported at Pogo Mine - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  20-06-2017 00:22
  
  Fatal bear attack reported at Pogo Mine
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  POGO MINE, Alaska – Pogo Mine company officials have confirmed a fatal bear attack on a contract employee this morning. The incident has been reported to the Mine Safety & Health Administration and to the Alaska State Troopers. The mine is cooperating ...
  
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