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• The Latest: Black Bear Attacked Aggressively in Fatal Attack - U.S. News & World Report

  22-06-2017 23:00
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  The Latest: Black Bear Attacked Aggressively in Fatal Attack
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  Alaska authorities have identified the victim of a fatal bear mauling as a 27-year-old contract worker for a mine. June 22, 2017, at 4:56 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. The Latest: Black Bear Attacked Aggressively in Fatal ...
  Bear was 'hyper-aggressive' in ferocious attack on two womenUSA TODAY
  Alaska bear attacks kill two in two days in 'fluke' eventSacrame
  
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• Cyrano’s Theatre Company has a new home

  22-06-2017 21:54
  
  Jay Burns (on left)Teresa PondTwenty-five years ago, Jerry and Sandy Harper founded Cyrano’s Theatre Company located at the corner of 4th Avenue and D Street in downtown Anchorage. This summer, the Board of Directors announced that the company will be moving to the former Out North Contemporary Art House located on Debarr Street midway between midtown and east Anchorage. This week on Stage Talk, Cyrano’s Producing Artistic Director Teresa Pond and Board Member Jay Burns drop by to te
  
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• State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan

  22-06-2017 19:49
  
  
  The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s exterior sign. (Photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)Lawmakers have proposed drawing money from the Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for state government for the first time. But as the Legislature focuses on preventing a government shutdown, it’s increasingly likely the draw won’t be based on any one plan. And that’s raising concerns with lawmakers, the fund’s leader and a bond-rating firm.
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• A massive earthquake was reported in California on Wednesday — by mistake - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 17:17
  
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  A massive earthquake was reported in California on Wednesday — by mistake
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  Scores of people around the world received reports on their email accounts and Twitter feeds Wednesday, alerting them to a powerful earthquake with a magnitude potentially capable of causing buildings to crumble. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake reportedly ...and more »
  
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• Cleanup Process Begins at Alaska Playground - U.S. News & World Report

  22-06-2017 16:21
  Cleanup Process Begins at Alaska Playground
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  The cleanup process of a burned Alaska playground began nearly two months after a blaze sent it to the ground. June 22, 2017, at 10:15 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Cleanup Process Begins at Alaska Playground ...and more »
  
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• Juneau Tops List of Smallest Cities With Most Millionaires - U.S. News & World Report

  22-06-2017 15:08
  Juneau Tops List of Smallest Cities With Most Millionaires
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  Alaska capital Juneau tops a list of the smallest cities in the United States with the most millionaire households. June 22, 2017, at 9:08 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Juneau Tops List of Smallest Cities With Most Millionaires ...and more »
  
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• Local youth struggling with homelessness heading to Alaska - WECT-TV6

  22-06-2017 12:39
  
  Local youth struggling with homelessness heading to Alaska
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  Some local kids who have had trouble finding a place to live will soon call the great outdoors home when they embark on a three-week adventure in Alaska. Ten high school students whose families struggle with chronic homelessness are going on a ...
  
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• FBI is probing Michigan airport stabbing as an 'act of terrorism' - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 07:26
  
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  FBI is probing Michigan airport stabbing as an 'act of terrorism'
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  DETROIT/MONTREAL – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday it was investigating as an act of terrorism the stabbing of a police officer inside the main terminal of a small airport in Flint, Michigan. "I will tell you that we are ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-06-2017 06:58
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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  Lawmakers have proposed drawing money from the Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for state government for the first time. But as the Legislature focuses on preventing a government shutdown, it's increasingly likely the draw won't be based on any ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 21, 2017

  22-06-2017 06:55
  
  
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  State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  Lawmakers have proposed drawing money from the Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for state government for the first time. But as the Legislature focuses on preventing a government shutdown, it’s increasi
  
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• A ‘funnybug’ holds a serious clue to Ice Age ecology

  22-06-2017 06:51
  
  
  One-tenth of an inch long, C. dectes is easy to miss. Although hardy, the “funnybug” could not have survived glaciation. So what’s it doing in Sitka? (KCAW photo/Robert Woolsey)A lot of science involves happy accidents.
  Late last month a retired scientist from Oregon stepped off the ferry in Sitka, and on a hunch decided to look around the woods for an old friend.
  And while his discovery sheds light on one of the more obscure corners of entomology, it also is a clue to how huma
  
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• Alaska Senators become key swing votes before Thursday's AHCA - webcenter11

  22-06-2017 06:32
  
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  Alaska Senators become key swing votes before Thursday's AHCA
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  With Alaska's unique healthcare hurdles, both Senators from the 49th state have voiced their concerns. Under the House's Plan an estimated 23-million people could lose their healthcare, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office ...and more »
  
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• Alaska baseball scores, schedule for June 21 - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 06:06
  
  Alaska baseball scores, schedule for June 21
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  ... — The Peninsula Oilers host the Glacier Pilots for five games after an eight-day, seven-game road trip. The team installed an inning by inning scoreboard on Saturday, replacing a nearly 40-year-old basic model. — Logan Boyer of the Anchorage Bucs ...
  
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• Alaska Senate leader: Budget deal to avert shutdown 'imminent ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 05:47
  
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  Alaska Senate leader: Budget deal to avert shutdown 'imminent ...
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  Two major unresolved issues: The public schools budget and the size of the Permanent Fund dividend.
  Budget deal imminent | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online ...Juneau Empire (subscription)all 6 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Senate leader: Budget deal to avert shutdown is 'imminent' - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 05:41
  
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  Alaska Senate leader: Budget deal to avert shutdown is 'imminent'
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  Bethel Democrat Lyman Hoffman answers questions at a press conference in January. (Marc Lester / ADN file). Alaska House and Senate leaders took a major step Wednesday toward averting a July 1 government shutdown by agreeing to an $8 million cut to ...
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• University of Alaska budget cut by $8 million in legislative ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 05:21
  
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  University of Alaska budget cut by $8 million in legislative ...
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  The state Legislature's conference committee cut $8 million from the University of Alaska's budget on Wednesday, a softer blow than the nearly $22 million ...
  Budget deal imminent | Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City Online ...Juneau Empire (subscription)all 6 news articles »
  
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• State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan - KTOO

  22-06-2017 05:13
  
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  State eyes Alaska Permanent Fund earnings draw without plan
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  The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.'s exterior sign. Fund earnings could be spent for state government without a plan. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North). Lawmakers have proposed drawing money from the Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to pay for state ...
  
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• Officials ID worker who died in construction accident near North Pole - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 04:48
  
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  Officials ID worker who died in construction accident near North Pole
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  An equipment operator died Monday afternoon in a rollover accident near North Pole, according to police and federal officials. The victim, Melvin C. McLaurin of Chicago, was an Army Corps of Engineers employee, Corps spokeswoman Dena O'Dell said in a ...
  Army Corps worker dies in Alaska construction accidentKFQDall 2 news articles »
  
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• Borough Assembly approves funding for Port Mac repairs

  22-06-2017 04:21
  
  
  Ship unloads at Port MacKenzie. Courtesy of Mat Su Borough.On Tuesday, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly approved the transfer of over half-a-million dollars from existing funds to pay for repairs to the Port Mackenzie barge dock, although some expressed reservations about the port’s continuing costs.
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  With its vote on Tuesday, the Mat-Su Borough assembly took money from funds dedicated to Port Mackenzie and the MV Susitna to pay for repairs to the port’s barge dock. The vote com
  
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• Advocates opposed to mining in Bristol Bay region ramp up summer outreach

  22-06-2017 04:21
  
  
  Nick Harvey is a deckhand from Seattle. This is his first season fishing in Bristol Bay.
  (Avery Lill/ KDLG)Kristina Andrew greets Nick Harvey as he steps into the Sustaining Bristol Bay Fisheries booth at the Dillingham harbor. He’s hoping to buy a “No Pebble Mine” flag for his boat to fly. Andrew, the director of Sustaining Bristol Bay Fisheries, is out of flags, but Harvey agrees to sign a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency instead.
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• Documents portray abusive marriage before 2015 Denali Highway double homicide - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 04:03
  
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  Documents portray abusive marriage before 2015 Denali Highway double homicide
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  Bruce Floyd Dowd Butler is arraigned telephonically Wednesday at the Palmer courthouse for a 2015 double homicide along the Denali Highway. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). PALMER — Lynn Butler was in the midst of a divorce in July 2015 ...and more »
  
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• On eve of bill reveal, Alaska's senators draw health care speculation - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 04:02
  
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  On eve of bill reveal, Alaska's senators draw health care speculation
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  Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer on Aug. 4, 2016. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive 2016). WASHINGTON — Alaska's senators are caught square in the middle of the Senate GOP's will-they-or-won't-they dance on ...and more »
  
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• Ahead of health care bill release, Alaska's senators draw speculation - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-06-2017 04:02
  
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  Ahead of health care bill release, Alaska's senators draw speculation
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  Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer on Aug. 4, 2016. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive 2016). WASHINGTON — Alaska's senators are caught square in the middle of the Senate GOP's will-they-or-won't-they dance on ...
  Alaska senators criticize lack of hearings on health care overhaulFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 2,067 news articles »
  
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• Hilcorp picks up more acreage in Cook Inlet for oil and gas development

  22-06-2017 04:01
  
  
  Hilcorp’s Anna Platform in Upper Cook Inlet. The company is looking to further expand its operations in the Inlet after buying up additional acreage at federal and state lease sales. (Photo courtesy Cook Inletkeeper)Hilcorp snapped up more than 100,000 acres in Cook Inlet for additional oil and gas development at federal and state lease sales held Wednesday.
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  The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management offered over 1 million acres in the Inlet for lease. The agency’s last
  
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• Assembly member wants to turn fallow land into an urban farm

  22-06-2017 03:51
  
  
  Officials in Anchorage are taking the first steps to convert a blighted downtown property into an urban farm.
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  The move comes as an amendment to a five-year management plan for the Heritage Land Bank that’s set to go before the Assembly next week at its June 27th meeting. The 15-acre property in question is the former site of the Alaska Native Hospital, located between Ingra Street and 3rd Avenue. Under the proposal from downtown Assembly member Christopher Constant, th
  
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• Bear in Fatal Alaska Mauling Killed - U.S. News & World Report

  22-06-2017 03:13
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  Bear in Fatal Alaska Mauling Killed
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  Alaska wildlife officials say a black bear believed to have fatally mauled a 16-year-old during a weekend mountain race has been shot and killed along with three other black bears. June 21, 2017, at 9:02 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google + ...
  Alaska bear attacks kill two in two days in 'fluke' eventSacramento Bee
  Two bear attacks, two deaths over two days in AlaskaWISN Milwaukee
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• Alaska trail advocates warn Governor Walker of transportation funding lapses - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-06-2017 02:01
  
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  Alaska trail advocates warn Governor Walker of transportation funding lapses
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  Advocacy group Alaska Trails sent a letter to let Governor Bill Walker know that transportation funds are at risk. Last September, Alaska returned $2.6 million to the US Department of Transportation. The Transportation Alternatives Program, or TAP ...
  
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• Alaska trail advocates warn Governor Walker of transportation funding lapses

  22-06-2017 02:00
  
  Logo for Alaska Department of TransportationAdvocacy group Alaska Trails sent a letter to let Governor Bill Walker know that transportation funds are at risk. Last September, Alaska returned $2.6 million to the US Department of Transportation.
  The Transportation Alternatives Program, or TAP, provides federal funding for smaller-scale transportation projects such as pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
  Each year the federal government authorizes TAP funds for every state that must be obligated to l
  
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• Chicago Man Dies in Army Corps Industrial Accident in Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  22-06-2017 01:05
  Chicago Man Dies in Army Corps Industrial Accident in Alaska
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  The Army Corps of Engineers has identified the man killed on an Alaska construction project as a Chicago employee on temporary assignment. June 21, 2017, at 7:00 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Chicago Man Dies in Army Corps ...and more »
  
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• Business as usual for marine mammal deterrence

  22-06-2017 00:24
  
  Sea lions nap on a buoy in Frederick sound. (Nora Saks, KFSK – Petersburg)In Southeast Alaska, populations of some marine mammals, like humpback whales and Stellar sea lions, are on the rise. Some subgroups of these species have recently been removed from the Endangered Species list, leaving many commercial fisherman wondering what this means for them.
  But it’s still business as usual when it comes to dealing with protected marine mammals in Southeast waters.
  On June 7, NOAA Fisherie
  
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