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• Reading the North: 'Melting the Ice Curtain' - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-07-2017 19:22
  
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  Reading the North: 'Melting the Ice Curtain'
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  Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a summit at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, May 15, 2017. (Thomas Peter / Reuters). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Whatsapp Whatsapp.
  
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• 'Oh my God, it is Obama': Alaska mom, her baby meet ex-president ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  08-07-2017 18:52
  
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  'Oh my God, it is Obama': Alaska mom, her baby meet ex-president ...
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  An Alaska mother is cherishing cellphone photos she snapped of her wide-eyed 6-month-old baby in the arms of former President Barack Obama.
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• Watch: Alaska Zoo bids farewell to orphaned black bears - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-07-2017 18:17
  
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  Watch: Alaska Zoo bids farewell to orphaned black bears
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  The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage invited the public to bid farewell Friday to two orphaned black bear cubs. One is a male that was found near Valdez and was brought to the zoo in May. The other is a small female that weighed just 14.5 pounds after being ...and more »
  
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• 'Oh my God, it is Obama!' Alaska mom snaps photos of ex-president with baby - USA TODAY

  08-07-2017 17:44
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  'Oh my God, it is Obama!' Alaska mom snaps photos of ex-president with baby
  USA TODAY
  Heading home from his Asia trip, former President Obama took some time out for photos with a 6-month-old baby that are now lighting up the Internet. Alaska mom Jolene Jackinsky spotted Obama in a waiting area for private flights at Anchorage ...
  Alaska mother takes adorable photos of baby with former President ObamaAustin American-Statesman
  Obama takes selfie with mom, baby at Alaska airportThe Hill
  
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• Truck Carrying Groceries Rolls Over on Alaska Highway - U.S. News & World Report

  08-07-2017 17:28
  Truck Carrying Groceries Rolls Over on Alaska Highway
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  A semi-trailer carrying groceries crashed on the Alaska Highway, scattering groceries down a steep embankment along the road. July 8, 2017, at 11:28 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Truck Carrying Groceries Rolls Over on Alaska ...
  
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• Alaska Volcano Briefly Erupts, Sends Up Ash Cloud - WIBX AM 950

  08-07-2017 15:56
  
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  Alaska Volcano Briefly Erupts, Sends Up Ash Cloud
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 16-minute eruption by an Alaska volcano sent an ash cloud up to 36,000 feet (10,973 meters) in the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Bogoslof (BOH-gohs-lawf) Volcano erupted near 1 p.m. Sunday.
  
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• Alaska Air Joint Pilot Contract Talks Move To Arbitration After Mediation Fails - Forbes

  08-07-2017 15:37
  
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  Alaska Air Joint Pilot Contract Talks Move To Arbitration After Mediation Fails
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  Pilots for Alaska Airlines and Virgin America Airlines pilots say they couldn't get anywhere in mediated talks aimed at securing a joint contract, so the talks have ended. The next step is arbitration, which will begin August 28. The mediated talks ...
  
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• VA healthcare official Visits Alaska - webcenter11

  08-07-2017 08:30
  
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  VA healthcare official Visits Alaska
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  The director of the Veterans Administration healthcare system for Alaska was in Fairbanks to hear what area veterans have on their minds. In a listening session at the Fairbanks National Guard Armory, Dr. Timothy Ballard reported on what's been ...and more »
  
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• Robots are likely on their way into Alaska fish-processing plants - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-07-2017 04:33
  
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  Robots are likely on their way into Alaska fish-processing plants
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  Robots are cutting up snow crabs in Canada these days, a sign of things to come in the seafood processing industry. Overall, robots are less involved in seafood processing than other industries. Robots have yet to make it into any of Alaska's 176 fish ...and more »
  
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• US To Test Missile Defense In Alaska Amid Growing North Korean Threat - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

  08-07-2017 04:15
  
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  US To Test Missile Defense In Alaska Amid Growing North Korean Threat
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  The U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that it will within days test a sophisticated anti-ballistic-missile system, after North Korea this week launched a missile deemed capable of striking Alaska. The Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system ...
  North Korea can strike Alaska. What can the US do?MyAJC
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• Alaska lawmaker: 'Good nucleus of people' in Senate working on healthcare bill - The Hill

  08-07-2017 04:13
  
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  Alaska lawmaker: 'Good nucleus of people' in Senate working on healthcare bill
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  Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski · Lisa MurkowskiAlaska lawmaker: 'Good nucleus of people' in Senate working on healthcare bill AARP ads target Senate swing votes Republicans ask Dems: Where's your healthcare plan? MORE (R) said “there is a good ...and more »
  
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• We're working to improve how we cover Alaska. Help us by taking this survey. - Alaska Dispatch News

  08-07-2017 03:48
  
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  We recently asked readers of the print version of Alaska Dispatch News to participate in a survey to give us a better sense of what content they value most. The newspaper remains a key part of what we do, but as readership continues shifting from print ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 7, 2017

  08-07-2017 03:25
  
  
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  House and Senate look to compromise on oil and gas tax credits
  Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau
  After five months of back and forth, the legislature may be close to compromising on changes to the state’s oil and gas tax credit system.
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• Silver salmon buyer coming to Kuskokwim Bay

  08-07-2017 03:07
  
  
  Silver salmon fills the bottom of a boat during a subsistence opening in August 2016 near Bethel. (Photo: Katie Basile / KYUK)It looks like there will be a commercial fishery for silver salmon on the Kuskokwim coast this year. A buyer is coming to Kuskokwim Bay next month with his floating processor vessel, Akutan. It’s 180 feet long, can process up to 100-gross-weight pounds of salmon a day. That’s 100,000 pounds of salmon. The ship will anchor in either Eek
  
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• As Cape Greig walruses draw “flightseers,” pilots urge caution

  08-07-2017 03:03
  
  
  A few of the couple thousand walrus hauled out at Cape Greig in 2016. They are back again this year. (KDLG photo)On a trip to southwest Alaska, some tourists are willing to pay hefty prices for the chance to view large animals in pristine, natural habitat. For years, lodges and air taxis have flown visitors to Round and Hagemeister Islands and Capes Peirce, Newenham and Seniavin to see thousands of walruses resting on beaches. Last April, walruses migrating through Bristol Bay did something unus
  
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• New Anchorage power plant improves efficiency and reliability while increasing rates

  08-07-2017 02:54
  
  
  Plant Superintendent Nat Lewis shows off one of Plant 2A’s new turbines. (Photo by Henry Leasia/ Alaska Public Media)Last year, Municipal Light & Power completed a $300 million overhaul of their power plant in East Anchorage. The expansion aims to increase efficiency, reliability and environmental quality by replacing old technology.
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  During a recent media tour of the new facility, Plant 2A Superintendent Nat Lewis showed off the new Siemens SST-400 turbine. It runs on steam
  
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• Anchorage exhibit highlights ‘unseen’ exploits of combat medics

  08-07-2017 01:48
  
  
  One of the photos featured in the Unseen exhibit by Joe Yelverton (Courtesy of Joe Yelverton)An exhibit opening Friday, July 7th, at an Anchorage art gallery takes a look at a reality most of us hope to avoid — the world of combat medics. The photographs feature Alaska National Guard members jumping out of aircraft, training exercises for recovering casualties in combat zones, as well as for Search and Rescue missions state-side.
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  Ahead of it’s opening, photographer Joe Yel
  
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• Scientists find strange sea creatures in Alaska for the first time - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  08-07-2017 01:40
  
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  Scientists find strange sea creatures in Alaska for the first time
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Odd, pink, “thimble-like” creatures are showing up along the southeast Alaskan coastline for the first time, according to the Associated Press; the multi-celled creatures have made their way north along the West Coast over the last few years ...and more »
  
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• Fairbanks health care rally draws diverse crowd

  08-07-2017 01:16
  
  
  North Pole city council member Santa Claus at a health care rally outside Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office Thursday evening. (Dan Bross / KUAC)Alaskans concerned about the effects of a US Senate health care bill have been contacting Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and staging events at their local offices. One such Fairbanks rally took place outside Senator Murkowski’s Fairbanks office on Thursday evening.
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• Non-profit bike programs

  08-07-2017 01:00
  
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  Slowly but surely, Anchorage has grown a remarkable cycling community, including commuters, racers, winter bikers, and now inventors and manufacturers. Today, we’re learning about a couple of promising sprouts growing from that tree, programs started by leaders in the cycling world to help young people become fit, confident cyclists. In the first half of the show, Lael Wilcox, an amazing athlete of world caliber, will be talkin
  
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• Black bear that attacked workers near Pogo Mine was behaving like a predator

  08-07-2017 00:54
  
  The adult male black bear on June 19 attacked two workers conducting field work near the Pogo Mine, located in a remote spot in the upper Goodpaster River valley about 38 miles northeast of Delta Junction. (CBC/Google Maps)Experts with the state Department of Fish and Game say the black bear that attacked two workers last month near the Pogo Mine was hungry and showing predator-like behavior.“It was a healthy adult male that hadn’t eaten in some time,” Doree
  
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• 49 Voices: Merridy Littell of Anchorage

  08-07-2017 00:36
  
  
  Merridy Littell of Anchorage (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)This week we’re hearing from Merridy Littell in Anchorage. Littell is nine years old and originally from Seattle. She’s organizing a children’s bike race on July 15th.
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  LITTELL: It’s a fundraiser for Not On Tobacco, an organization that helps teens quit smoking. And instead of racing other kids, kids will bike loops and blow up a balloon at the end of each lap to signify h
  
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• AK: ANSEP students get an inside look on the world of sharks

  08-07-2017 00:18
  
  
  Dr. Cheryl Wilga gives ANSEP students a presentation on shark myths (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)Last week, more than 50 students from the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program participated in a Career Exploration program, delving into the realm of marine science. The week-long program was designed to introduce the students to marine biology.
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  Students from 22 communities across the state — from Scammon Bay to Soldotna — have spent t
  
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