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• Alaska's unique challenges in IT consolidation - GCN.com

  17-07-2017 23:24
  
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  Alaska's unique challenges in IT consolidation
  GCN.com
  The Last Frontier is centralizing IT operations under Alaska's newly created Office of Information Technology. But consolidating IT in a sprawling state like Alaska offers challenges not found in other environments, the state's new CIO Bill Vajda told GCN.
  
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• Is Alaska food 'exotic'? This international tour company thinks so. - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 22:27
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Is Alaska food 'exotic'? This international tour company thinks so.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Striking decor greets visitors to the dining room in the Widgeon II, which hosts cooking classes at the Tutka Bay Lodge. The beached vessel is a repurposed crabbing boat that was originally a World War II-era troop carrier. Owner Kirsten Dixon, center, ...
  
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• Chinese Spy Ship Was Snooping Off Alaska For the First Time During THAAD Test - The Drive

  17-07-2017 22:20
  
  The Drive
  Chinese Spy Ship Was Snooping Off Alaska For the First Time During THAAD Test
  The Drive
  The People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) significant and continued expansion, both in terms of advanced ships and vital infrastructure, is one of the best indicators of China's push to become an international military power. But, as most eyes were ...and more »
  
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• Healthy housing market shows Ketchikan’s resilience

  17-07-2017 21:50
  
  A view of Ketchikan from the top of the Edmonds Street stairs. (Photo courtesy of the state)Like many industries in the city, the story of Ketchikan’s housing market is closely tied to the shutdown of Ketchikan Pulp Company in 1997.
  Gateway City Realty broker Bill Bolling said the local market is quite healthy now. He said the robust local economy is in part due to the closing of the mill.
  “If there was any silver lining in the loss of our mill, it was the diversification of our econ
  
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• Dunleavy announces plans to run for governor in Alaska - KTOO

  17-07-2017 20:29
  
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  Dunleavy announces plans to run for governor in Alaska
  KTOO
  Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, during a Senate Finance Committee meeting on April 3, 2017. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North). JUNEAU — A Republican state senator has announced plans to run for governor in Alaska. State Sen. Mike Dunleavy of Wasilla ...
  Alaska Gov. Walker says he wants more progress in negotiations before he'll call lawmakers back to workAlaska Dispatch News
  Mike Dunleavy files for governorMust Read Alaska
  
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• Special session ends with compromise on oil and gas tax credits

  17-07-2017 20:12
  
  Senate President Pete Kelly and Sen. Anna MacKinnon meet with House majority leader Christ Tuck and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon just before adjourning the special session in Juneau on the night of July 15, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)State government would no longer provide tax credits that can be traded for cash to oil and gas companies under a bill the Legislature passed Saturday.
  Instead, companies would be able to reduce the taxes they pay in the future, based on the amount they spend t
  
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• Environmental legacy of the pipeline

  17-07-2017 19:55
  
  A group of 798 pipeliners welds a section of the Trans Alaska Pipeline. (Photo courtesy of Diane Schenker)Environmental groups lost their fight to stop the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. But along the way they brought to light an obscure bit of federal code that requires intense scrutiny of every major construction project.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Rick Steiner – Environmental Activist and consultant
  Art Davidson – Environmental Activist
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• Brown bear killed after eating Alaska homeowner's dog - KFQD

  17-07-2017 19:46
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  Brown bear killed after eating Alaska homeowner's dog
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  SITKA, Alaska (AP) – A brown bear that ate a homeowner's dog has been shot and killed by an Alaska State Trooper. KTVA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2u0XfmI ) the bear was killed Friday afternoon after Trooper Tim Hall and Sitka police arrived at the home ...
  Troopers in Sitka shoot brown bear after it killed a dogAlaska Dispatch Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Algo Nuevo July 16, 2017

  17-07-2017 19:43
  
  Here’s the Sunday, July 16, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something New with Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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  Samba Pa
  
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• Algo Nuevo July 9, 2017

  17-07-2017 19:00
  
  Here’s the Sunday, July 09, 2017 edition of Algo Nuevo con Dave Luera —Something Newwith Dave Luera.
  If you have questions, comments or music requests for host Dave Luera, send email to [email protected] or post your comment at the bottom of this post.
  All tracks played are listed below in the following format:
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  Europ
  
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• Eagle River Man Stabbed, Killed in Southwest Alaska Village - U.S. News & World Report

  17-07-2017 18:27
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  Eagle River Man Stabbed, Killed in Southwest Alaska Village
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  Alaska State Troopers are investigating the stabbing death of a 37-year-old man in the village of Levelock in southwest Alaska. July 17, 2017, at 12:14 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Eagle River Man Stabbed, Killed in Southwest ...
  Levelock stabbing under investigation as a homicideAlaska Public Radio Network
  Eagle River killed in apparent Bristol Bay st
  
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• Anchorage Pilot Dies in Plane Crash Near Yentna River - U.S. News & World Report

  17-07-2017 17:37
  Anchorage Pilot Dies in Plane Crash Near Yentna River
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  ANCHRORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage man died in a weekend plane crash near the Yentna River. Alaska State Troopers say the pilot and only occupant of the plane was 75-year-old Donald Frantz. Troopers took a report on the crash early Saturday ...and more »
  
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• Study: Protected wolves in Alaska face peril from beyond their preserve - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 16:26
  
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  Study: Protected wolves in Alaska face peril from beyond their preserve
  Alaska Dispatch News
  FILE — In an undated handout photo, a wolf from a den within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska. A study found that limiting the population of wolves outside this preserve also adversely affected those within its boundaries.
  
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• Doctor finds 27 contact lenses lost in woman's eye - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 15:47
  
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  Doctor finds 27 contact lenses lost in woman's eye
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A brief write-up in the British Medical Journal claims that doctors found 27 contact lenses in a 67-year-old patient's eye when she was being prepped for surgery at England's Solihull Hospital. The piece was authored by Rupal Morjaria, a specialist ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Legislature passes last-minute oil tax deal, but capital budget is still pending - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 15:12
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska Legislature passes last-minute oil tax deal, but capital budget is still pending
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The Alaska Legislature passed a late-night deal Saturday to end cash payments to oil companies, beating a midnight deadline to end its special session with an hour to spare. The House vote was 33-6 and the Senate's was 18-0, in actions that both came ...
  Alaska lawmakers vote to cut oil, gas drilling subsidiesThe News Tribuneall 9 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Pioneers salute Felix Pedro in rededication ceremony - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-07-2017 09:59
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Pioneers salute Felix Pedro in rededication ceremony
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — For 70 years, a small ceremony has happened every summer on a wayside north of Fairbanks near where Felix Pedro struck gold in 1902 — a discovery that put the Golden Heart City on the map. This year's ceremony took place Sunday and ...
  
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• Kunst, Chaumette lift Goldpanners over Alaska Stars - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  17-07-2017 09:18
  
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Kunst, Chaumette lift Goldpanners over Alaska Stars
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska's Paul Kunst, right, slides safely into second base as he beats the throw to San Diego's Ross Messina during the Midnight Sun Baseball Game between the Goldpanners and the Waves on June 21 at Growden Memorial Park. Eric Engman/.
  
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• Days and nights baby-sitting a fitful Alaska volcano - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 03:22
  
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Days and nights baby-sitting a fitful Alaska volcano
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Remote sensing geophysicist Dave Schneider monitors volcano, weather and air traffic data from the Alaska Volcano Observatory operations room. Scientists at AVO monitor dozens of volcanoes in Alaska and work with the Federal Aviation Administration, ...
  
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• Anchorage man dies when floatplane crashes near Yentna River - Alaska Dispatch News

  17-07-2017 01:53
  
  Anchorage man dies when floatplane crashes near Yentna River
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A 75-year-old Anchorage man died Saturday when his plane crashed near the mouth of the Yentna River in the Valley, Alaska State Troopers and federal aviation officials said. Pilot Donald Wayne Frantz had flown passengers in his Aeronca 15AC Sedan to a ...and more »
  
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