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• Medicaid's Role in Alaska | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Kaiser Family Foundation

  30-06-2017 23:57
  
  Medicaid's Role in Alaska | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
  Kaiser Family Foundation
  Over 184,000 people in Alaska are covered by Medicaid. While eight in ten (80%) enrollees are children and adults, more than half (55%) of the state's Medicaid ...and more »
  
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• Medicaid's Role in Alaska - Kaiser Family Foundation

  30-06-2017 23:57
  
  Medicaid's Role in Alaska
  Kaiser Family Foundation
  Over 184,000 people in Alaska are covered by Medicaid. While eight in ten (80%) enrollees are children and adults, more than half (55%) of the state's Medicaid spending is for the elderly and people with disabilities. 15,100 (21%) of Alaska's Medicare ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines to drop Yakima flights in August due to pilot shortage - Yakima Herald-Republic

  30-06-2017 23:33
  
  Yakima Herald-Republic
  Alaska Airlines to drop Yakima flights in August due to pilot shortage
  Yakima Herald-Republic
  Passengers wait for their luggage after landing at the Yakima Air Terminal on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle on the morning of Oct. 17, 2014. (KAITLYN BERNAUER/Yakima Herald-Republic file). prev. next. × ...and more »
  
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• No joke: A bear walks into a Juneau liquor store - Alaska Dispatch ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 22:39
  
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  No joke: A bear walks into a Juneau liquor store - Alaska Dispatch ...
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  In a video, the bear can be seen walking in the open front door, looking at the candy rack and standing upright while looking at his options.
  No joke: Bear wanders into Alaska liquor storeAtlanta Journal Constitutionall 8 news articles »
  
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• Q&A: Coin to Mark Alaska's Landmark 1945 Civil Rights Law - U.S. News & World Report

  30-06-2017 22:20
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  Q&A: Coin to Mark Alaska's Landmark 1945 Civil Rights Law
  U.S. News & World Report
  The U.S. Mint has proposed a new $1 coin with designs honoring a landmark anti-discrimination law that passed in territorial Alaska in 1945 and the Alaska Native woman influential in the law's passage. June 30, 2017, at 8:22 p.m.. MORE.and more »
  
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• Uber, Lyft Can Now Bring Jobs and Better Transportation to Alaska - Reason (blog)

  30-06-2017 22:01
  
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  Uber, Lyft Can Now Bring Jobs and Better Transportation to Alaska
  Reason (blog)
  RadioKAOS / Wikimedia CommonsAfter being forced out in 2015, transportation network companies (TNCs) like Uber and Lyft are back in Alaska. New legislation signed by the governor earlier this month will allow for ride-sharing in the final frontier ...and more »
  
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• Blue Chair presents Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar

  30-06-2017 21:53
  
  L-R Aaron Wiseman, John Parsi, Colby BleicherBlue Chair Productions presented their first play last summer, and this June 30 through July 9 at Cyrano’s Theatre Company, they will be mounting their second–Theresa Rebeck’s provocative comedy about four young writers who are taking a 10-week seminar with an international literary figure: Seminar. Listen to Stage Talk this week to hear actors Aaron Wiseman, Isaac Kumpula and actor/producer Colby Bleicher go into depth about their r
  
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• Two years out, Alaska marijuana criminal cases inch forward - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 21:22
  
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  Two years out, Alaska marijuana criminal cases inch forward
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  Charlo Greene stands outside the Alaska Cannabis Club headquarters in Anchorage in 2015 as Anchorage police conducted a raid. (Laurel Andrews / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email.
  
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• Mic Check in the Morning: Alaska Button Box Gang - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  30-06-2017 20:53
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Mic Check in the Morning: Alaska Button Box Gang
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The Alaska Button Box Gang is all about promoting the history and enjoyment of button box accordion music. The group plays traditional Slovenian, German and Polish accordion music, and they stopped by Daybreak Friday morning. The Alaska Button Box ...and more »
  
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• Understanding the Cold War's importance to Alaska relations - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  30-06-2017 20:52
  
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Understanding the Cold War's importance to Alaska relations
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Long-time Alaska Political Aide and Journalist David Ramseur joined Daybreak Friday morning to talk about his book, Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier. Ramseur said his book is about “a ...
  
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• Alaskan Independence

  30-06-2017 20:34
  
  “Alaska’s flag, may it mean to you,” goes the Alaska Flag Song. Well, that raises a question. Beyond the blue and the gold, just what does it mean to you to be an Alaskan? That’s the subject on the next state-wide radio call-in show Talk of Alaska. On a day celebrating independence, we’ll be looking at the what it might mean if the state of Alaska was independent – a nation of its own. How would we define ourselves?
  HOST: Steve Heimel
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• New survey by the Economic Security Project finds Alaska residents ... - Quartz

  30-06-2017 17:27
  
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  New survey by the Economic Security Project finds Alaska residents ...
  Quartz
  Low taxes are good, but a basic income is better, at least in Alaska. The Economic Security Project (ESP), a group backing efforts to collect data on unconditional ...and more »
  
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• Alaska City to Make Plans for Pilot Bus Project - U.S. News & World Report

  30-06-2017 15:42
  Alaska City to Make Plans for Pilot Bus Project
  U.S. News & World Report
  The city of Sitka will consider a free downtown bus service this summer on a trial basis. June 30, 2017, at 12:54 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska City to Make Plans for Pilot Bus Project ...and more »
  
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• Alaska’s largest needle exchange is rushing to keep up with demand

  30-06-2017 08:00
  
  Volunteer Zane Davis restocking alcohol swabs and other supplies at the Alaska AIDS Assistance Association’s Anchorage office (Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media).There is an abundance of jaw-dropping numbers when it comes to opioids in Alaska. 74 percent of the state’s drug overdose deaths last year are attributed to prescription painkillers or heroin. Blood-born viruses like Hepatitis C are exploding, and so are healthcare costs. One calculation estimated that to tre
  
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• Be your own bees, Alaska gardeners - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 05:19
  
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  Be your own bees, Alaska gardeners
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  Even if your yard or garden has bees and other pollinating insects, pollinating by hand is easy, and will help ensure the best results. (Getty). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Whatsapp Whatsapp.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 29, 2017

  30-06-2017 04:06
  
  
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  Interior starts process for new offshore leasing plan
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  The Trump administration announced an initial step toward a new offshore leasing plan that could mean new drilling rights in federal waters of the Arctic.
  Senate to return to Juneau on July 10 to focus
  
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• Senate to return to Juneau to focus on oil and gas tax credits

  30-06-2017 03:59
  
  
  Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in April. She would like to see the end of oil and gas tax credits for which companies receive cash payments. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The Senate plans to reconvene in Juneau on July 10 to try to overhaul oil and gas credits. But it’s not clear if there’s room for compromise with the House, which has different goals.
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• Senate to return to Juneau on July 10 to focus on oil and gas tax credits

  30-06-2017 03:59
  
  
  Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in April. She would like to see the end of oil and gas tax credits for which companies receive cash payments. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)The Senate plans to reconvene in Juneau on July 10 to try to overhaul oil and gas credits. But it’s not clear if there’s room for compromise with the House, which has different goals.
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• When camping in Alaska gets a little annoying - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 03:57
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  When camping in Alaska gets a little annoying
  Alaska Dispatch News
  To all outward appearances, the Alaska night is peaceful. I'm in my tent after a full day of backpacking, tucked in and ready to sleep. Camp is situated at the base of a beautiful unnamed mountain, and a stream trickles nearby. Birds flit around near ...
  
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• Alaska Regional Hospital temporarily closes new Mountain View clinic - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 02:40
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Regional Hospital temporarily closes new Mountain View clinic
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Regional Hospital announced Thursday that it had temporarily closed its new primary care clinic in Mountain View because of larger-than-expected financial losses driven by a patient base that had more complex health needs than it anticipated.
  Alaska Regional closes down the Mountain View Community ClinicKTUU.comall 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Regional Hospital temporarily closes new Mountain View ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  30-06-2017 02:40
  
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  Alaska Regional Hospital temporarily closes new Mountain View ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Regional Hospital announced Thursday that it had temporarily closed its new primary care clinic in Mountain View because of larger-than-expected ...and more »
  
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• Interior starts process for new offshore leasing plan

  30-06-2017 02:05
  
  Shell’s Polar Pioneer leaving Dutch Harbor in 2015. (Photo by John Ryan, KUCB – Unalaska)The Trump administration announced an initial step toward a new offshore leasing plan that could mean new drilling rights in federal waters of the Arctic.
  On Monday the Interior Department will open a public comment period for a rewrite of the five-year plan.
  In April, President Trump lifted the ban his predecessor imposed on new Arctic lease sales. A group of environmentalists filed suit, s
  
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• Report: Senate health reform cuts $3.1b from Alaska’s Medicaid

  30-06-2017 02:03
  
  Protestors at the U.S. Capitol in May. Photo by Liz Ruskin.A new state-commissioned analysis of the U.S. Senate health care bill said it would lower Medicaid payments to the Alaska by $3.1 billion over six years. That’s an even bigger cut than in the bill the House passed.
  The report by Manatt Health said the 34,000 Alaskans now covered by Medicaid expansion could lose coverage after 2020, and the state may have to make cuts elsewhere, too.
  In Washington this week, Senate leaders post
  
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• Kings remain low on Kuskokwim; chum and reds running strong

  30-06-2017 01:07
  
  Salmon caught during the June 24, 2017 gillnet opening on the Kuskokwim. (Teresa Cotsirilos / KYUK Public Media)Anyone hoping to hear good news about the king salmon run on the Kuskokwim is going to be disappointed; the numbers are just not there. No decision on another opening is likely until Friday.
  Let’s start with the good news: chum and red salmon are running strong. Both are in the beginning of their run and healthy so far.
  However the number of kings remains very low. State fishery
  
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• Unalaska is the nation’s eagle attack capital. Why?

  30-06-2017 00:16
  
  A juvenile bald eagle goes for a stroll on Front Beach in Unalaska.
  (Berett Wilber/KUCB)Unalaska is the national hot spot for bald eagle attacks. Biologists and law enforcement officials agree: You’re more likely to be attacked by a bald eagle here than anywhere else in the country.
  You are most likely to be attacked by a bald eagle in the post office parking lot.
  Wildlife trooper Damian Lopez Plancarte has just escorted the first eagle victim of the season to the medical clinic. He pointe
  
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