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• The Senate health-care bill hands big costs to Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2017 19:06
  
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  The Senate health-care bill hands big costs to Alaska
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  People gathered on the Anchorage park strip Friday to protest the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Heath Care Act. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on ...and more »
  
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• Local students make final preparations for trip to Alaska - WWAY NewsChannel 3

  24-06-2017 18:26
  
  Local students make final preparations for trip to Alaska
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  WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Ten local high school students are finalizing their preparations for a three week adventure in Alaska this weekend. This is all part of the Education Without Walls program put on by the National Center for Outdoor and Adventure ...
  
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• Whither our Chugach Dall sheep? - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2017 17:13
  
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  Whither our Chugach Dall sheep?
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  For Dall sheep in the Chugach Mountains, winter used to be a real cliffhanger, the toughest of the four seasons to survive. Nowadays, surviving summer may be the more challenging life skill. Don't get me wrong. Winters can still be tough. Deep snow and ...
  
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• Secretary Seward Statue to Be Unveiled in Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  24-06-2017 17:05
  Secretary Seward Statue to Be Unveiled in Alaska
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  A statue of Secretary William Henry Seward is just days away from being installed in downtown Juneau. June 24, 2017, at 3:06 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Secretary Seward Statue to Be Unveiled in Alaska ...and more »
  
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• Library to Include Replica of Iowa Man's Wilderness Cabin - U.S. News & World Report

  24-06-2017 16:49
  Library to Include Replica of Iowa Man's Wilderness Cabin
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  A replica of an Iowa native's Alaska wilderness cabin is being built in a southeastern Iowa city. June 24, 2017, at 10:49 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Library to Include Replica of Iowa Man's Wilderness Cabin ...and more »
  
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• Trans-Alaska oil pipeline celebrates 40th anniversary - SFGate

  24-06-2017 16:04
  
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  Trans-Alaska oil pipeline celebrates 40th anniversary
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  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The work and effort put into completing the Trans Alaska Pipeline System and its constant maintenance is an embodiment of Alaska grit, Alyeska Pipeline President Tom Barrett said. On Tuesday, Alyeska Pipeline celebrated the ...
  A walk along Alaska's oil pipeline reveals a changed landscapeAlaska Dispatch Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Why Israel Is Testing Its Arrow 3 Interceptor Missile—in Alaska - The National Interest Online (blog)

  24-06-2017 15:54
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  Why Israel Is Testing Its Arrow 3 Interceptor Missile—in Alaska
  The National Interest Online (blog)
  Fearing an Iranian ballistic-missile strike, it's no surprise that Israel is planning another test of its Arrow 3 antimissile interceptor. However, the location of the test is a surprise. Rather than being tested in Israel, the Arrow 3 will be launched ...
  
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• Alaska's Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed The State's Economy ... - NPR

  24-06-2017 13:00
  
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  Alaska's Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed The State's Economy ...
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  Oil began flowing down the trans-Alaska pipeline in 1977, transforming Alaska into a wealthy state. But if it wasn't for one man, the Prudhoe Bay oil field may not ...and more »
  
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• Bald eagles, brown bears among attractions on Alaska vacation - MyStatesman.com

  24-06-2017 07:06
  
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  Bald eagles, brown bears among attractions on Alaska vacation
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  Mike Leggett American bald eagles are the most prominent birds in Alaska. This mature bird was fishing at the mouth of the Tazimina River, across Sixmile Lake ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage marijuana sales tax revenue continues steady climb - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2017 05:35
  
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  Anchorage marijuana sales tax revenue continues steady climb
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  Nine stores paid taxes to the city, wrote Blyss Cruz, manager of Program Taxes and Tax Collection with Anchorage's Treasury Department. Signup for our daily newsletter. For more newsletters click here. A marijuana sales tax of 5 percent was approved by ...
  
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• Alaska bear fears - craigmedred.news

  24-06-2017 05:19
  
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  Alaska bear fears
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  Two deaths in two days in two separate black bear attacks hundreds of miles apart in Alaska have left a lot of residents of the 49th state edgy and nervous about venturing into the woods. On Friday, organizers of the state's most popular wilderness ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 23, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-06-2017 04:29
  
  Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 23, 2017
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  The Legislature avoided a state government shutdown by passing an operating budget on Thursday, eight days before the deadline. But they haven't addressed the capital budget, or other important issues facing the state's future. Ombudsman reports show ...and more »
  
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• Conference draws hundreds of African-American teen leaders to Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-06-2017 04:21
  
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  Conference draws hundreds of African-American teen leaders to Anchorage
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  Conference delegates and participants, as well as adult leaders and chaperones, walk from UAA to Alaska Native Medical Center's campus to do volunteer work. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, June 23, 2017

  24-06-2017 04:20
  
  
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  What’s next for the legislature after narrowly avoiding a shutdown?
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  The Legislature avoided a state government shutdown by passing an operating budget on Thursday, eight days before the deadline. But they haven’t addressed the capital budget, or other important
  
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• Ombudsman reports show failures at OCS

  24-06-2017 04:12
  
  
  The state’s Ombudsman’s Office has released reports for two investigations into the Office of Children’s Services – both involving the same caseworker.
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  In the first investigation, a father who lived out of state was trying to gain custody of his daughter. According to the Ombudsman, the father called the caseworker more than 130 times to try to start a complicated interstate placement agreement. During that time, the 8-year-old girl was sexually abused by her f
  
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• What’s next for the legislature after narrowly avoiding a shutdown?

  24-06-2017 03:43
  
  
  The Alaska Capitol. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)The Legislature avoided a state government shutdown by passing an operating budget on Thursday, eight days before the deadline. But they haven’t addressed the capital budget, or other important issues facing the state’s future.
  To discuss this, Alaska Public Media’s Lori Townsend spoke with Andrew Kitchenman of Alaska Public Media and KTOO.
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  TOWNSEND: What paved the way for the budget?
  KITCHENMAN: Well, throughout
  
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• Breaking through the political divide - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-06-2017 03:06
  
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  Breaking through the political divide
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  Alaska lawmakers avoided a state government shut down by passing an operating budget, but the deal doesn't address long term stability and both Republicans and Democrats expressed disappointment over things they had to give up. The political divisions ...
  
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• Breaking through the political divide

  24-06-2017 03:02
  
  The sign outside the Anchorage Legislative Information Office, March 4, 2016. (Photo by Megan Ahleman)Alaska lawmakers avoided a state government shut down by passing an operating budget, but the deal doesn’t address long term stability and both Republicans and Democrats expressed disappointment over things they had to give up. The political divisions remain.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Mike Navarre – Kenai Borough mayor, former Democratic lawmaker
  Statewide callers 
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• 49 Voices: Nanne Boorgeart of Anchorage

  24-06-2017 01:10
  
  
  Nanne Boorgeart of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Nanne Boorgeart from Anchorage. Boorgeart is originally from the Netherlands and has lived in Alaska for five years.
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  BOORGEART: I went to study at Colorado School of Mines two years before that where I met a girl who graduated that year and then moved up to Alaska, so I followed her two years later.
  I’m a student nowadays again, since a month ago. Before
  
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• Travel and Fly Fishing

  24-06-2017 01:00
  
  Fly fishing is the art of catching fish with style. It’s about the journey, not the destination. But going to exotic destinations can be a big part of it. On the next Outdoor Explorer, we’re talking about traveling for fly fishing with some very accomplished anglers. We’ll have a guest who is a noted fishing author, talking about fishing stories and what makes a fly fishing trip great, and we have an experienced Alaskan guide with local details.
  HOST: Charles Wohlfor
  
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• Yukon salmon runs offering opportunities for harvest

  24-06-2017 00:55
  
  “Chinook salmon, Yukon Delta NWR.” (Photo: Craig Springer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)Yukon River king and summer chum salmon runs are shaping up to be some of the strongest in years.
  Fish and Game’s sonar project on the lower Yukon at Pilot Station estimated about 25,000 kings and 280,000 summer chum on Wednesday alone – some of the highest daily passage numbers seen over the past ten years.
  Fish and Game Yukon River Summer Season Manager Holly Carroll said that th
  
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• AK: How do you grow a zoo in Anchorage?

  24-06-2017 00:53
  
  
  A brown bear stretching out at the Alaska Zoo, June 20, 2017 (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)The Alaska Zoo has dramatically transformed over the last five decades. Its origins are with an Anchorage grocer who won a baby elephant in a contest sponsored by a paper company. The two-year-old elephant, Annabelle, was kept in a heated stall at a horse ranch in South Anchorage, and over the years a zoo grew up around her.
  That process of expanding a collection of rare animals isn’t
  
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• No answers for low Kuskokwim king run

  24-06-2017 00:31
  
  King salmon at a market in Seattle. (Creative Commons photo by Jill /Blue Moonbeam Studio)The driving question over the last several years, and the one that’s being asked again as biologists warn that 2017 could be the lowest king salmon run on record, is: why is the king run on the Kuskokwim River so low?
  “The simple answer is we really don’t know,” Zach Liller said. He’s the leading Kuskokwim researcher for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. &l
  
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• Paddler sought life off the beaten path, respite from ‘paying to live’

  24-06-2017 00:22
  
  Brandt Smith, 32, paddles his modified inflatable raft on June 7 in Gastineau Channel near Juneau. A Coast Guard boat crew intervened and took Smith and his dog Sam to Douglas harbor. (Photo courtesy Lt. Joey Schlosser/U.S. Coast Guard)As KTOO reported, the Coast Guard pulled a man, his dog and a makeshift raft out of Gastineau Channel on June 7. As is usually the case, there’s always more to the story.
  Coast Guard Lt. Joey Schlosser was standing in his kitchen on his day off.
  He has a nic
  
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