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• 15 Stops for the Ultimate Northern Road Trip on the Alaska Highway - Travel+Leisure

  15-07-2017 17:04
  
  Travel+Leisure
  15 Stops for the Ultimate Northern Road Trip on the Alaska Highway
  Travel+Leisure
  2017 year marks a significant milestone for one of North America's most prominent highway systems: The Alaska Highway, a historic corridor beginning at Mile 0 in British Columbia and snaking through the Yukon Territory to Delta Junction in Alaska, ...
  
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• JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Are Poised for Strong Profit Growth - Madison.com

  15-07-2017 16:50
  
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  JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Are Poised for Strong Profit Growth
  Madison.com
  The four largest U.S. airlines often steal the bulk of investors' attention. However, shares of Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) -- the No. 5 and No. 6 airlines in the country, respectively -- have also been strong performers ...and more »
  
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• Inside the Choate Mansion, 'The Fanciest Building in Alaska' - U.S. News & World Report

  15-07-2017 16:22
  U.S. News & World Report
  Inside the Choate Mansion, 'The Fanciest Building in Alaska'
  U.S. News & World Report
  ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND USE JULY 15, 2017 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, July 6, 2017 photo, Mark Choate, right, walks in the mansion's dining room in their renovated home in Juneau, Alaska. Choate expects his new house to last for 1,000 ...and more »
  
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• Night Music: July 14, 2017

  15-07-2017 08:00
  Here is the Night Music Playlist with Kirk Waldhaus.All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
  TitleArtist / Composer (if known or if blank artist or unknown)AlbumLabelSong Duration
  8:00 – 9:00
  Pete Kay BoogieCentral Avenue BoogiePete JohnsonDelmark DD-6562:58
  Central Avenue DragCentral Avenue BoogiePete JohnsonDelmark DD-6562:48
  MargieCentral Avenue BoogiePete JohnsonDelmark DD-6563:01
  In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the EveningPrudence Johnson / CarmichaelMoon CountrySleeper
  
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• Noisy nightmare? Or dreamy campout in Seward? - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 06:45
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Noisy nightmare? Or dreamy campout in Seward?
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  Seward Waterfront Park wakes up to a wet morning as seen from Resurrection Bay. (Erik Hill / ADN archive 2016). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on Reddit Reddit. Share on ...
  
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• Chitina's charms - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 06:45
  
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  Chitina's charms
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  June 29 sunrise on the Copper River where it meets the Chitina River near the town of Chitina, where the Edgerton Highway turns into the McCarthy Road at the Chitina-McCarthy Bridge. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook.
  
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• Bloodsucking, bloodthirsty, blood-crazed predators - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 06:41
  
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  Bloodsucking, bloodthirsty, blood-crazed predators
  Alaska Dispatch News
  JOHN RIVER — At these high latitudes, where a long tradition of Native storytelling attempts to explain the world — and alleviate the long nights of much of the year — people remember how mosquitoes first came to be. According to one Inupiaq myth, a ...
  
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• Alaska moves forward with plans for in-store marijuana use - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 05:58
  
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  Alaska moves forward with plans for in-store marijuana use
  Alaska Dispatch News
  In-store marijuana use at retail pot shops in Alaska is inching closer to becoming reality. At the Alaska Marijuana Control Board's meeting held Wednesday through Friday this week in Fairbanks, board members approved 3-2 a proposal to set up rules for ...
  The Latest: Alaska pot regulators seek onsite use commentsSTLtoday.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• With more than 150 Alaska communities excluded from jury service, can village residents get a fair trial? - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 04:49
  
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  With more than 150 Alaska communities excluded from jury service, can village residents get a fair trial?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Bethel's busy courthouse draws jurors from the hub and a dozen surrounding villages. The courthouse now has a juror assembly room to accommodate the masses of people who arrive during trial weeks. (Lisa Demer / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on ...
  
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• Alaska bonus in Senate bill creates health care distraction - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 04:48
  
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  Alaska bonus in Senate bill creates health care distraction
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Is that a $2 billion bonus or a $1 billion bonus for Alaska buried in the latest version of the secret Republican health care bill in the U.S. Senate? The lower figure is probably closer to reality, but neither one changes the math for Alaska, which ...
  The Kodiak Kickback: the quiet payoff for an Alaska senator in the Senate health billVox
  How extra money for Alaska could help the Senate healt
  
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• Alaska House members return to Juneau as hopes rise for an oil tax deal - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 03:55
  
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  Alaska House members return to Juneau as hopes rise for an oil tax deal
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska lawmakers were set to meet Saturday in Juneau to take up what legislative leaders described as an emerging deal on oil taxes — one that would end companies' cash incentive payments and replace them with tax deductions. The leaders of both the ...and more »
  
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• With hedging statements, Alaska lawmakers say they’re close on oil and gas compromise

  15-07-2017 03:43
  
  
  Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, at a Senate majority press availability in January. She says she believes she’s reached an agreement with Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, on a bill to end tax credits for oil and gas companies that can be traded for cash. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)State lawmakers say they’re close to an agreement on a bill to end tax credits for oil and gas companies that can be traded for cash.
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  Through Thursday, the House and Senate couldn’t agree
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 14, 2017

  15-07-2017 03:37
  
  
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  With hedging statements, Alaska lawmakers say they’re close on oil and gas compromise
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  State lawmakers say they’re close to an agreement on a bill to end tax credits for oil and gas companies that can be traded for cash.
  Moody’s downgrades state’s cr
  
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• About 150 firefighters sent Outside during Alaska's relatively quiet fire season - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 03:04
  
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  About 150 firefighters sent Outside during Alaska's relatively quiet fire season
  Alaska Dispatch News
  About 150 Alaska firefighters traveled south this week to help with wildfires burning in other states, their time freed up because of a relatively quiet fire season here, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. As of Friday afternoon ...
  
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• Protected Wolves in Alaska Face Peril From Beyond Their Preserve

  15-07-2017 02:49 via nytimes.com
  
  New research suggests controlling the animals outside a preserve can affect those living within it, with implications for wildlife management programs elsewhere.
  
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• Wrangell Borough, union reach amended contract agreement

  15-07-2017 02:36
  
  
  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)The Wrangell Borough Assembly approved an amended contract with union employees during a special meeting Thursday, ending what have been contentious negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
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  Union members went on strike June 22 after t
  
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• Where are Koliganek’s king salmon?

  15-07-2017 02:25
  
  
  Christian Mulipola reaches for king salmon strips his grandmother, Diane Ishnook, has hung up to dry. Her king salmon were caught far downriver from Koliganek. (Photo: Avery Lill/ KDLG)More than 2.5 million sockeye have returned to spawn in the Nushagak River this year, one of the highest counts on record. They have filled pools and creeks, jumping and swimming their way to their spawning grounds.
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  “I’ve seen a lot of red salmon this year. There was so much salmon in the ri
  
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• Audiogram: How Alaska decided to give its oil wealth to everyone in the state

  15-07-2017 02:22
  
  In Alaska, we don’t pay income tax. We don’t pay sales tax. But once a year every man, woman and child gets a cut of the state’s oil wealth. There are plenty of other oil states in the world, but Alaska is the only one that treats residents like shareholders and sends them dividend checks every year.
  
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• Moody’s downgrades state’s credit rating

  15-07-2017 02:06
  
  Moody’s has downgraded the state’s credit rating again and said the state has a negative outlook.
  A report from the credit agency cited multiple reasons for the change, including the state’s $2.5 billion draw from its reserves to cover the budget, its large pension obligation and its continued lack of a long-term fiscal plan. The agency also notes that while the economy of the United States as a whole is growing, Alaska’s economy is shrinking and the state has the highest
  
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• As low Nushagak River restricts barge travel, New Stuyahok limits heating fuel

  15-07-2017 02:01
  
  The Nushagak River trickles down the main channel past Koliganek on July 10, 2017. (Photo: Avery Lill/ KDLG)Low water levels on the Nushagak River are still thwarting barges efforts to travel upriver. Russ Rolf’s freight company, Dun Dreamin, made it as far as Ekwok. Vitus Energy has not made it past Portage Creek. Koliganek and New Stuyahok have yet to see a barge this year.
  “We’re in a holding pattern, and it’s a wait and see,” Mike Poston, director of sales at Vi
  
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• Protected Wolves in Alaska Face Peril From Beyond Their Preserve - New York Times

  15-07-2017 01:49
  
  New York Times
  Protected Wolves in Alaska Face Peril From Beyond Their Preserve
  New York Times
  A wolf from a den within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska. A study found that limiting the population of wolves outside the preserve affected those within its boundaries. Credit Drew Rush/National Park Service. Within the 2.5 million ...
  
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• 49 Voices: Doreen Cooper of Skagway

  15-07-2017 01:43
  
  
  Doreen Cooper in Coldfoot. She lives in Skagway. (Photo by Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk)This week we’re hearing from Doreen Cooper from Skagway. She’s working as a volunteer at the Arctic Inter-agency Visitor Center in Coldfoot.
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  COOPER: I came to Alaska in 1992 to work for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park as an archaeologist. And that was kind of my midlife crisis. I had visited Alaska once in 1986 and I was just like, “Yeah. I’m
  
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• Moody's downgrades Alaska's credit rating again - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-07-2017 01:39
  
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  Moody's downgrades Alaska's credit rating again
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A top credit rating agency this week downgraded Alaska's credit, the latest drop the state has seen as its financial problems drag on. Moody's Investors Service downgraded Alaska's general obligation debt one notch, from Aa2 to Aa3, the agency said ...
  Credit agency downgrades AlaskaAlaskajournal.com
  Alaska only better than Illinois and New Jersey in new credit ratingKTUU.comall 4 news articles &
  
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• AK: Mod Carousel brings boylesque world premiere to Juneau

  15-07-2017 01:15
  
  
  Moscato Extatique performs “Small Death” in Seattle boylesque collective Mod Carousel’s new show “Gilded,” premiering Friday, July 14, 2017, in Juneau. (Photo courtesy Meneldor Photography)Under a purple ethereal light, a figure cloaked in black sheer fabric floats across stage and slinks around a folding chair.
  Personifying the angel of death, Moscato Extatique begins peeling away layers of clothing, blurring the lines of gender expression.
  It’
  
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• An interview with Dr. Mikhail Malakhov

  15-07-2017 01:00
  
  Dr. Malakhov (center) and companions in Russian Mission at the end of their journey in 2012. (Courtesy Tim Troll)The main guest for this show is one of the world’s greatest polar explorers. Dr. Mikhail Malakhov has skied to the North Pole 16 times, including an expedition in 1995 when he made it there and back unsupported. He received Russia’s highest award for such an accomplishment, as a Hero of the Russian Federation. But he’s done much more than that, and is in Alaska
  
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