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• Climate change could mean more wildfires in Alaska, northwest ... - UPI.com

  12-07-2017 23:24
  
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  Climate change could mean more wildfires in Alaska, northwest ...
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  Researchers speculate that climate change could lead to conditions favorable for wildfires in Alaska. Photo Courtesy Sherman Hogue/Fort Wainwright Public ...and more »
  
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• Smoke from northeast Alaska fires drifts into Fairbanks - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  12-07-2017 23:08
  
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  Smoke from northeast Alaska fires drifts into Fairbanks
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS - Smoke from a handful of fires in northeast Alaska and across the border in Canada drifted south to Fairbanks on Tuesday and is expected to linger through Wednesday night. On Wednesday, Fairbanks' air quality fluctuated between good and ...
  
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• Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone - Phys.Org

  12-07-2017 23:06
  
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  Slow earthquakes occur continuously in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone
  Phys.Org
  Image shows tremor sources and low frequency earthquake distribution in the study region and historic large earthquakes in the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone. Each red star represents the location of 1 min tremor signal determined by the …more.and more »
  
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• Alaska bride surprised by her late son's heart recipient - BBC News

  12-07-2017 22:53
  
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  Alaska bride surprised by her late son's heart recipient
  BBC News
  When Becky Turney's fiance, Kelly, halted their wedding for a very special gift, she was left speechless. Her late son, Triston, was not physically present at the Alaska ceremony on Friday, but his heart was. Triston died unexpectedly in 2015, aged 19.
  Alaska Mother Meets Late Son's Heart Recipient for First Time on ...PEOPLE.com
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• ExxonMobil working on plan for Point Thomson gas at Prudhoe - Alaskajournal.com

  12-07-2017 22:44
  ExxonMobil working on plan for Point Thomson gas at Prudhoe
  Alaskajournal.com
  ExxonMobil filed a plan of development for the Point Thomson field that proposes to build a gasline from the field to Prudhoe Bay 62 miles away to inject natural gas for enhanced oil recovery. (Photo/Courtesy/ExxonMobil). Previous; Next. With the ...
  
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• Clever Humpbacks Move In for a Meal at Salmon Hatcheries

  12-07-2017 22:33 via nytimes.com
  
  Researchers documented for the first time that the large mammals learned to feed on juvenile salmon released from hatcheries in southeast Alaska.
  
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• The Trump administration just saved Obamacare in Alaska - Vox

  12-07-2017 22:00
  
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  The Trump administration just saved Obamacare in Alaska
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  This is the web version of VoxCare, a daily newsletter from Vox on the latest twists and turns in America's health care debate. Like what you're reading? Sign up to get VoxCare in your inbox here. The Trump administration took a big step Tuesday to ...and more »
  
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• Public Consumption Gets Another Go in Alaska - Leafly

  12-07-2017 21:23
  
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  Public Consumption Gets Another Go in Alaska
  Leafly
  A proposal to allow open consumption at Alaska's retail cannabis dispensaries was narrowly rejected by state regulators in February. Now members of the Anchorage Assembly are urging lawmakers to pass a rule allowing social cannabis consumption.and more »
  
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• Alaska city rehires librarian after mayor resigns - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  12-07-2017 20:51
  
  Alaska city rehires librarian after mayor resigns
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  GUSTAVUS, Alaska (AP) — The resignation of the mayor of a small Alaska city has prompted its city council to rehire a longtime librarian whom the mayor fired. Mayor Connie Edwards' departure and librarian Kate Boesser's return are not Gustavus' only ...
  
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• Washington boy becomes honorary rescue swimmer in Alaska - KOMO News

  12-07-2017 20:47
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  Washington boy becomes honorary rescue swimmer in Alaska
  KOMO News
  Petty Officer 1st Class Keola Marfil, Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Dickey and honorary Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Bishop prepare to hoist a hiker with simulated injuries, Kodiak, Alaska, July 8, 2017. Bishop, an 8-year-old boy from Woodland, Wash ...and more »
  
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• ACA Round-Up: CMS Approves Alaska 1332 Reinsurance Waiver, Ceases Premium Outlier Reviews - Health Affairs (blog)

  12-07-2017 19:54
  
  Health Affairs (blog)
  ACA Round-Up: CMS Approves Alaska 1332 Reinsurance Waiver, Ceases Premium Outlier Reviews
  Health Affairs (blog)
  On July 11, 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that the Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury have approved Alaska's application for a 1332 state innovation waiver for its reinsurance program. (fact sheet).
  Feds approve Alaska waiver to the Affordable Care Act for high-risk ...Healthcare Finance News
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• Missile Defense Agency announces successful Alaska intercept - KFQD

  12-07-2017 19:31
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  Missile Defense Agency announces successful Alaska intercept
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The U.S. Missile Defense Agency says it has conducted a successful test from Alaska of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, part of the nation's ballistic missile defense system. A target in the form of an intermediate ...
  US conducts successful missile defense test in AlaskaThe Hill
  US says test of THAAD missile defense system in Alaska hits targetCNBC
  US Intercepts, Destroys Missile off C
  
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• Hungry Whales Pillage Alaska's Salmon Hatcheries | Food & Wine - Food & Wine

  12-07-2017 18:18
  
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  Hungry Whales Pillage Alaska's Salmon Hatcheries | Food & Wine
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  Humpback whales with big appetites may causing trouble for Alaska's fishing industry.and more »
  
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• Hungry Whales Pillage Alaska's Salmon Hatcheries - Food & Wine

  12-07-2017 18:18
  
  Food & Wine
  Hungry Whales Pillage Alaska's Salmon Hatcheries
  Food & Wine
  Alaska's humpback whales have found a way to use human encroachment on their ocean homes to their advantage: The clever cetaceans are sneaking into salmon hatcheries in Southeastern Alaska and helping themselves to the fish. But their clever tactics ...and more »
  
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• Facebook takes down pages of some legal Alaska pot shops - WDRB

  12-07-2017 17:14
  
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  Facebook takes down pages of some legal Alaska pot shops
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  (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer). James Barrett, a co-owner of Rainforest Farms, poses in his retail marijuana shop in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer). A sign stands outside Rainforest Farms, a retail marijuana shop in downtown Juneau, Alaska, ...and more »
  
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• Alaska City Rehires Librarian After Mayor Resigns - U.S. News & World Report

  12-07-2017 15:46
  Alaska City Rehires Librarian After Mayor Resigns
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  The mayor of a small Alaska city's resignation has prompted its city council to rehire a longtime librarian who the mayor fired. July 12, 2017, at 9:46 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska City Rehires Librarian After Mayor ...and more »
  
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• Study Shows Alaska Hospital How to Become Profitable - U.S. News & World Report

  12-07-2017 14:53
  Study Shows Alaska Hospital How to Become Profitable
  U.S. News & World Report
  A study shows an Alaska hospital could become profitable if it discontinues obstetrics, provides surgery by appointment only, changes the way it reports Medicare and Medicaid costs, and transitions its long-term care beds to swing beds. July 12, 2017 ...and more »
  
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• Anchorage Assembly asks state to permit marijuana consumption in ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-07-2017 07:06
  
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  Anchorage Assembly asks state to permit marijuana consumption in ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday urged state marijuana regulators to pass laws allowing tourists and locals to smoke or consume marijuana in retail shops, ...and more »
  
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• Assembly covers Sullivan Arena deficit, supports on-site consumption

  12-07-2017 06:14
  
  The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo)Anchorage is scrambling to cover hefty financial loses at the Sullivan Arena that are only expected to get worse. The sports complex ran a large deficit 2016, even before news came earlier this year that the Alaska Aces franchise would be shutting down.
  During it’s Tuesday night meeting, the Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to spend $588,999 to cover an operating deficit and reimbursing &ldqu
  
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• Murkowski remains unhappy about GOP negotiations for the Senate ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  12-07-2017 05:05
  
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  Murkowski remains unhappy about GOP negotiations for the Senate ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, asks a question during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2017.and more »
  
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• Wrangell, workers reach new contract agreement

  12-07-2017 04:21
  
  
  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers representative Julius Matthew walked the picket line with Wrangell municipal workers Lorne Cook, Dwight Yancey and Andrew Scambler before the strike ended. (Photo courtesy IBEW)Wrangell has a new agreement with its unionized workers.
  If approved by the Borough Assembly, it will end three years of sometimes acrimonious talks over wages and benefits.
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  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members went on strike June 22. That came
  
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• Sport fishermen frustrated by king salmon management amidst banner sockeye run

  12-07-2017 04:17
  
  
  (Allison Mollenkamp / KDLG)The Nushagak River is having a near record return of sockeye salmon. Normally, the river is more famous for the strength of its king return, where many other Alaska rivers have struggled. This year, though the king run has struggled or at least run late, to the frustration of the anglers who line the river’s banks in June and July. Some sportfish operators say they would like to see some changes in the commercial sockeye fishery downstream to help protect the kin
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 11, 2017

  12-07-2017 04:15
  
  
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  Feds agree to shore up Alaska’s insurance market
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  The U.S. Health & Human Services Department has agreed to send federal money to the State of Alaska for reinsurance, which lowers costs for people who buy their own health insurance. Some see it as
  
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• White House's election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information - Alaska Public Radio Network

  12-07-2017 03:55
  
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  White House's election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Secrecy folders for ballots and “I Voted” stickers at a polling place in the State Office Building for early and absentee voting, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO). Alaska will not be providing voter information to the White House for the ...and more »
  
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• White House’s election fraud commission suspends request for Alaska voter information

  12-07-2017 03:54
  
  Secrecy folders for ballots and “I Voted” stickers at a polling place in the State Office Building for early and absentee voting, Aug. 15, 2016. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)Alaska will not be providing voter information to the White House for the time being.
  The Trump administration’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity has suspended its request for voter information from the Alaska Division of Elections. The commission’s nationwide voter fraud inv
  
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• Feds agree to shore up Alaska’s insurance market

  12-07-2017 03:52
  
  Alaska’s U.S. senators with Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, center, in the office of Sen. Dan Sullivan. (Photo by Liz Ruskin)The U.S. Health & Human Services Department has given the green light to the State of Alaska’s reinsurance program, which lowers costs for people who buy their own health insurance.
  The head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Seema Verma, who administers the Obama-era health care law for the T
  
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• EPA takes step toward ending ‘pre-emptive veto’ of Pebble Mine

  12-07-2017 03:50
  
  Activists hold anti-Pebble Mine posters at an EPA meeting in 2012. Photo by Daysha Eaton.The EPA has announced its intention to reverse course on an action that would have thwarted the proposed Pebble mine in the Bristol Bay watershed.
  The Obama administration’s Clean Water Act restrictions, if finalized, would have made it hard for Pebble Limited Partnership to develop a major gold and copper deposit in Southwest Alaska. President Trump’s EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt, has sa
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: Remembering the record breaking July snow

  12-07-2017 03:01
  
  The Climate log from the July 19, 1970 record snow event at the Summit weather station.When it comes to weather in Alaska, anything is possible — including snow in July.
  According to Brian Brettschneider with our Ask a Climatologist segment, Alaska holds the North American record for most snow on a single day in July. Back in 1970 on July 19, it snowed 9.7 inches at the Summit weather station just south of Cantwell on the Parks Highway.
  Brettschneider said 16 stations in Alaska have record
  
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• Some Alaska firefighters head to Lower 48 to assist combating blazes

  12-07-2017 02:58
  
  Some of Alaska’s firefighters are headed to the Lower 48 to help with blazes ranging from Washington to New Mexico. The state’s Division of Forestry said they are retaining enough resources to respond to any fires in Alaska.
  So far this year, the fire season has been quiet. On average, 1.2 million acres burn every year. As of Tuesday morning, fewer than 340,000 have seen wildfire damage. Most of the current fires are in remote, drier parts of northeast Alaska.
  
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• Someone may want to buy the ferry Taku, but they need more time

  12-07-2017 02:25
  
  The ferry Taku sails into the Wrangell Narrows on its way south in 2014. It’s since been pulled out of service and is being stored until it can be sold. (Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News – Juneau)Someone is interested in buying the retired ferry Taku.
  As a result, the Alaska Marine Highway System is giving interested parties an extra week and a half to submit bids.
  The 54-year-old ship has been out of service for two years. It’s been put out to bid twice before, f
  
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• Former head of Alaska railroad workers union sentenced for felony embezzlement

  12-07-2017 02:20
  The former head of Alaska’s railroad workers union has been sentenced to a year in jail for felony embezzlement.
  According to the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Anchorage, Jeffrey Davies of Wasilla pleaded guilty to the charges last year, admitting he took $90,000 of the union’s money for personal gain over a three-year period. The case followed an investigation by the FBI.
  When handing down the sentence, District Judge Sharon Gleason said that “Davies had grossly abu
  
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• Enstar Natural Gas asks for permission to boost residential rates

  12-07-2017 02:09
  
  
  ENSTAR Natural Gas Company provides natural gas to more than 142,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in and around the Anchorage and Cook Inlet area. (Photo courtesy ENSTAR)For three weeks in June, about two dozen attorneys and witnesses crowded into a hearing room at the Regulatory Commission of Alaska’s offices in downtown Anchorage to discuss the minute details of Enstar Natural Gas Company’s request for a rate increase. Southcentral Alaska’s only
  
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• Peratrovich dollar coin will either have her likeness or a symbolic Tlingit raven

  12-07-2017 02:02
  
  Ryan Strickland, a security and information specialist for the state of Alaska, works the front desk of the Alaska Capitol on Tuesday in downtown Juneau. In the front lobby a bust of Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich greets capitol visitors. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)The 2020 dollar coin honoring Elizabeth Peratrovich will either have a literal image of the Alaska Native civil rights leader on it, or a Raven holding a key — a symbol of her Tlingit Raven moiety and
  
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• Fast times and fat wallets – how Alaska got its pipeline | MIDNIGHT OIL: Episode 04

  12-07-2017 01:44
  
  The trans-Alaska pipeline was the largest privately-funded construction project in the world, built across the biggest U.S. state and faced with unprecedented natural obstacles. It came with an $8 billion price tag, but true costs and benefits of the pipeline are still being calculated.
  
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• Deep-release puts the pressure on rockfish survival

  12-07-2017 01:33
  
  Take your pick: Whether homemade or a commercial design, every sport fishing boat in Southeast Alaska must have a deep-release mechanism on board beginning August 1. (Photo by Robert Woolsey/KCAW)For sport anglers in Southeast Alaska having a slow day trying for salmon or halibut this August there will be no “plan B” for bottom-dwelling rockfish.
  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing all sportfishing for nonpelagic rockfish in outside waters from Yakutat to Ketchikan for
  
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• Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex participates in missile defense test

  12-07-2017 01:06
  
  A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak during flight test on July 11, 2017. The THAAD weapon system successfully intercepted an air-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile target. (Public domain photo by Leah Garton/Missile Defense Agency)Kodiak Island’s rocket launch facility was one of the players in a missile defense test this week.
  The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is in a multi-year agreement with the U.S.
  
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• 8-year-old boy becomes honorary rescue swimmer in Alaska - KHQ Right Now

  12-07-2017 00:53
  
  KHQ Right Now
  8-year-old boy becomes honorary rescue swimmer in Alaska
  KHQ Right Now
  An 8-year-old boy from Washington has become an honorary rescue swimmer with the U.S. Coast Guard. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports Andrew Bishop went through his training at Air Station Kodiak on Friday. Andrew has a life-threatening medical condition ...and more »
  
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