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• Putting on the show: A theatre conversation with Teresa Pond

  28-07-2017 23:00
  Theatre at Cyrano’s has a long and creative tradition, dating back to 1992 when Sandy and Jerry Harper began the Cyrano’s Off Center Playhouse. It featured independent productions, hosted other companies as well as the Harpers’ Eccentric Theatre Company, which evolved into Cyrano’s Theatre Company in 2005.
  Teresa PondIn December 2015, Cyrano’s named Alaska-born Teresa Pond as its new producing artistic director beginning January 1, 2016. Sandy Harper remained with C
  
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• The New NAFTA: Mexico-US Relations & Trade in the Trump Era

  28-07-2017 22:31
  This week we’re hearing from Ambassador Carlos García de Alba, the Consul General for Mexico in Los Angeles on “The New NAFTA: Mexico-US Relations & Trade in the Trump Era.” The ambassador shares his views on the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico. He also discusses what all of the North American countries have to gain by working together instead of moving apart.
   
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  Carlos García de Alba, served as Ambassador of Mexico to Irel
  
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• Startup Week 2017: Youth Entrepreneurship in Alaska - Alaskajournal.com

  28-07-2017 22:23
  Startup Week 2017: Youth Entrepreneurship in Alaska
  Alaskajournal.com
  When I was a girl, my family had many businesses: my grandmother had a dress store and then later a jewelry store; my parents owned a candy store and rental units. I spent many days folding dresses, helping with minor repairs, and my favorite ...
  
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• Ohio Pilot Dead After Crash in Alaska National Park - U.S. News & World Report

  28-07-2017 22:11
  Ohio Pilot Dead After Crash in Alaska National Park
  U.S. News & World Report
  The pilot whose downed aircraft was found burning within Alaska's Lake Clark National Park and Preserve has been identified as a 22-year-old man from Ohio. July 28, 2017, at 3:57 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Ohio Pilot Dead ...and more »
  
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• Grizzly killed after breaking into kitchens in Alaska town - ABC News

  28-07-2017 22:09
  Patch.com
  Grizzly killed after breaking into kitchens in Alaska town
  ABC News
  State game officials have killed a 10-year-old female grizzly bear after it began breaking into kitchens and food-storages areas in Deadhorse, a support enclave for the oil industry on Alaska's North Slope. The bear's two cubs were captured and will be ...
  Alaska's Well-known Grizzly 'Bear 147' Killed After Breaking Into KitchensPatch.comall 6 news articles »
  
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• Southeast Alaska couple charged with failure to pay more than $400000 in taxes - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2017 22:01
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Southeast Alaska couple charged with failure to pay more than $400000 in taxes
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Prosecutors say a Southeast Alaska couple failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in income taxes from their commercial fishing venture, and they're now facing criminal charges. The U.S. District Attorney's Office said Wednesday that Archie and ...
  
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• A new world emerges while hiking along the trans-Alaska oil pipeline - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  28-07-2017 21:18
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  A new world emerges while hiking along the trans-Alaska oil pipeline
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  On our summer-long hike along the path of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, this morning my dog Cora and I left the last tangle of boreal forest along America's highway system. We walked away from a campsite of white spruce and balsam poplar that shielded ...
  
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• After Suicide- Healing and Hope

  28-07-2017 21:00
  On a dark day in 1977 Iris Bolton, and her husband Jack, lost their son Mitch to suicide at the age of 20. Since that tragic day, Iris has devoted her life to finding meaning from that loss through her career helping people recover from the devastation that suicide leaves behind. Please join Line One co-host Prentiss Pemberton and his guest, Atlanta based therapist and suicidologist, Iris Bolton for a conversation about hope and healing after suicide.
   
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• Alaska Fish and Game Euthanizes Massive Black Bear - U.S. News & World Report

  28-07-2017 20:39
  Alaska Fish and Game Euthanizes Massive Black Bear
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska Fish and Game officials euthanized a massive black bear that had been causing problems in an Alaska mobile home park area for several years. July 28, 2017, at 2:29 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Fish and Game ...and more »
  
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• Legislature passes capital budget in one-day special session

  28-07-2017 20:37
  
  
  Rep. Neil Foster, D-Nome, and Rep. Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, talk before the vote on the capital budget on Thursday. The House voted for the budget, 27-13. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO)The Alaska Legislature passed the state’s capital budget on Thursday, allowing road projects and other construction to move forward.
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  It was the only piece of business for the third special session, which lawmakers called themselves. It came and went in about six hours on Thursday.
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• A look at cost of living data in Alaska - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

  28-07-2017 19:45
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  A look at cost of living data in Alaska
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
  WASILLA — It's no secret that living in Alaska is more expensive than most of the rest of the country. Everything from lumber and steel to a two-liter bottle of soda has to be shipped from Outside. While one may think it's expensive here in The Last ...
  
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• Pilot dies in plane crash in Lake Clark National Park - Alaska Dispatch - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2017 19:39
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Pilot dies in plane crash in Lake Clark National Park - Alaska Dispatch
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The pilot of the commercial flight left the Lake Hood Seaplane Base in Anchorage on Thursday, headed for a remote landing site in the Bristol Bay area, NTSB ...and more »
  
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• It’s Showtime! The Music Machine’s new musical revue is back!

  28-07-2017 18:49
  The cast of The Music MachineFounded in 1982, The Music Machine has been showing off the talents of young performers on the stage every year as they sing and dance to popular musical theatre and pop songs. And along with it’s sister, Dance Machine, it’s back again this year for it’s 36th show with a cast of over 70. Co-founder and Director Janet Carr-Campbell brings along one of those talented performers Faith Clark to Stage Talk this week to talk about it. The Music Machine pe
  
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• Mule deer wandering north concern Alaska Fish and Game - Billings Gazette

  28-07-2017 18:03
  Billings Gazette
  Mule deer wandering north concern Alaska Fish and Game
  Billings Gazette
  Mule deer like this one seen in Eastern Montana, are migrating from the Yukon into areas of Alaska where they haven't been seen before. The fear is they may spread deadly ticks to moose. BRETT FRENCH, Gazette Staff. There's been no evidence that a ...and more »
  
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• Travel: Juneau, Alaska, offers glaciers, bald eagles, isolated beauty - Daily Commercial

  28-07-2017 17:47
  Daily Commercial
  Travel: Juneau, Alaska, offers glaciers, bald eagles, isolated beauty
  Daily Commercial
  There are plenty of souvenirs — of all sizes — to be found in Juneau, Alaska. [Steve Stephens]. Hide caption. Misty, rainy weather is a frequent visitor to downtown Juneau, Alaska. [Steve Stephens]. Hide caption. A statue of William Seward, who ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Fish and Game euthanizes 'massive' black bear | Alaska ... - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  28-07-2017 17:13
  Alaska Fish and Game euthanizes 'massive' black bear | Alaska ...
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska Fish and Game officials euthanized a massive black bear that had been causing problems in an Alaska mobile home park area ...and more »
  
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• Details emerge about woman killed on Alaska cruise - CBS News

  28-07-2017 14:13
  CBS News
  Details emerge about woman killed on Alaska cruise
  CBS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A Utah real estate agent killed on an Alaska cruise was remembered by her employer as a trusted adviser and valued sales associate. Kristy Manzanares was found dead Tuesday night as the cruise ship Emerald Princess traveled ...
  Man allegedly kills wife on Alaska cruiseCNN
  Utah woman killed on Alaska cruise was slain during murder mystery dinner showNew York Daily News
  FBI Arrests Suspect in Woman's De
  
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• Man allegedly kills wife on Alaska cruise - CNN

  28-07-2017 08:02
  CNN
  Man allegedly kills wife on Alaska cruise
  CNN
  (CNN) A Utah man allegedly killed his wife while on a cruise ship in Alaska, and told a witness he did it because she wouldn't stop laughing at him, the FBI said. Kenneth Ray Manzanares, 39, was charged Thursday in the killing of his wife Kristy ...
  Details emerge about woman killed on Alaska cruiseCBS News
  Utah man accused of killing wife on cruise ship appears in Alaska courtfox13now.com
  'She wouldn't stop laughing at me': Man killed wife on A
  
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• Door-to-door scammers in Alaska linked to the lower 48 - KTUU.com

  28-07-2017 04:36
  KTUU.com
  Door-to-door scammers in Alaska linked to the lower 48
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Door-to-door asphalt scammers have left a trail of angry customers across the western United States, and according to Alaska's Attorney General's office, there are at least two known companies currently operating in Alaska. According ...
  
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• Fish Creek opens for dipnetting, drawing crowds

  28-07-2017 04:11
  
  
  Dozens of fishermen dip their nets along the banks of Fish Creek. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media)Near Wasilla today, hundreds of salmon set to spawn in Fish Creek swam a gauntlet of dipnets after the Department of Fish and Game opened the sometimes sporadic personal-use dipnet fishery there.
  Early counts and projections for the near future indicate a strong enough sockeye run.
  For local fish biologists and dipnetters alike, Fish Creek is a hands on, full-spectrum salmon experience right in
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 27, 2017

  28-07-2017 04:09
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Alaskans weigh-in on Senator Murkowski’s role in the health care debate
  Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  The Alaska Dispatch News is reporting that the Trump Administration threatened to target Alaska as retribution for Senator Lisa Murkowski’s stand against Republican
  
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• Alaska capital budget passes with $7 million to study North Slope roads - Alaska Dispatch News

  28-07-2017 04:09
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska capital budget passes with $7 million to study North Slope roads
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Lawmakers on Thursday passed a capital budget that drives a knife deeper into two controversial megaprojects and then adjourned their third special session of the year. Even as they were all but killing the Knik Arm Bridge and the Juneau Access road ...
  Alaska Legislature releases $230 million capital budgetFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 12 news articles »
  
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• Controversial Anchorage bathroom bill will go on April ballot

  28-07-2017 03:44
  
  
  Anchorage voters will decide next spring how public bathrooms are going to be regulated. According to the municipal clerk’s office, a citizens’ initiative has gathered enough signatures from supporters to go before voters on the April 3rd ballot in 2018.
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  The measure seeks to regulate bathrooms, locker-rooms and other “intimate spaces” on the basis of biological sex rather than gender identity, as is the current policy. If a majority of voters approve the item,
  
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• Entomologist tracks the year in Alaska bugs - KTOO

  28-07-2017 03:18
  KTOO
  Entomologist tracks the year in Alaska bugs
  KTOO
  Bumblebee checks out a lupine at Eagle Beach State Recreation Area. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO). Bugs of various shapes and sizes are part of life in Alaska, and it can be easy for them to escape notice. Audio Player.
  
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• Aircraft downed on north side of Lake Clark, recovery efforts underway

  28-07-2017 03:07
  Recovery efforts are underway Thursday evening for what is believed to be a fatal aircraft accident in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.
  Spokesperson Megan Richotte said that an NPS aircraft with rangers was launched to search after an emergency locator beacon signal was picked up around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
  “They did locate the ELT and found a downed and still burning aircraft in Miller Creek which is on the north side of Lake Clark itself,” Richotte said.
  According to Richotte,
  
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