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• Alaska Sets Sales Record, Still Lags Behind Projections - Leafly

  03-08-2017 23:46
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  Alaska Sets Sales Record, Still Lags Behind Projections
  Leafly
  Summer tourism appears to be giving a big boost to Alaska's newly legal cannabis market. As after starting out at a snail's pace, adult-use sales are catching on with locals and tourists alike—and finally bringing in tax revenue for the state ...
  
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• In its fifth month, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline hike nears its end - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  03-08-2017 21:58
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  In its fifth month, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline hike nears its end
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  SAGANAVIRKTOK RIVER — August, here so soon. And we just passed mile 100 of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, which means that distance remains on our summer hike from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay. My dog, Cora, and I started walking on April 30, which ...and more »
  
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• No cops, no problem: Alaska town loses police, but not order - The Seattle Times

  03-08-2017 21:45
  No cops, no problem: Alaska town loses police, but not order
  The Seattle Times
  This June 7, 2016 photo provided by Andy Varner, city administrator for Sand Point, Alaska, shows the city's harbor. The small, isolated town at the edge of Alaska's Aleutian Islands had no police oversight... (Andy Varner/City of Sand Point via AP ...and more »
  
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• Alaska governor grants optometry board autonomy - Healio

  03-08-2017 21:31
  Alaska governor grants optometry board autonomy
  Healio
  Alaska's HB 103 was signed into law by Gov. Bill Walker on July 26, granting the Alaska Board of Examiners in Optometry the authority to write regulations, eliminating the requirement for optometry to petition the Alaska State Legislature with advances ...
  
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• Alaska's North Slope snow-free season is lengthening - Science Daily

  03-08-2017 21:06
  Alaska's North Slope snow-free season is lengthening
  Science Daily
  Date: August 3, 2017; Source: University of Colorado at Boulder; Summary: On the North Slope of Alaska, snow is melting earlier in the spring and the snow-in date is happening later in the fall, according to a new study. Share: FULL STORY ...and more »
  
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• GoFundMe campaigns created to help cruise ship murder victim’s family

  03-08-2017 19:56
  
  
  Dana Nicholls, a family friend and neighbor of the Utah woman who was killed aboard a cruise ship off Alaska’s coast last week, is raising money for her three daughters.
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  Nicholls said the family appeared happy, and that he’s trying to help the children with a GoFundMe campaign.
  Nicholls’ family lived across the street from the Manzanareses in Santa Clara, Utah. His six children, ages 12 to 22, grew up alongside Kenneth and Kristy Manzanares’ three daughter
  
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• Officials Ask for Help in Alaska Plane Crash Investigation - U.S. News & World Report

  03-08-2017 18:41
  Officials Ask for Help in Alaska Plane Crash Investigation
  U.S. News & World Report
  Federal officials have asked anyone who was near the remote southern Alaska area where a small plane crashed into woods last week to contact them with information that could help them determine the cause. Aug. 3, 2017, at 12:36 p.m.. MORE.and more »
  
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• After falling to historic lows, Alaska commercial fishing deaths on the rise - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2017 15:28
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  After falling to historic lows, Alaska commercial fishing deaths on the rise
  Alaska Dispatch News
  After a recent historic year of no recorded deaths in Alaska's commercial fishing industry, fatalities in the sector known for its dangers have once again spiked. There have been 10 commercial fishing deaths in Alaska so far in 2017. A large portion of ...
  
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• New research offers window into Alaska's high rate of gun deaths - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2017 05:29
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  New research offers window into Alaska's high rate of gun deaths
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Sheila Lopez keeps small memorial to her daughter in her Eagle River home. Brittany-Mae Haag died in April when she was struck by a bullet during her boyfriend's failed suicide attempt. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook.
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017

  03-08-2017 03:56
  
  
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  Closed process on capital budget draws criticism
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  In five and a half hours on July 27, the two chambers met, formed a conference committee and passed the $1.4 billion capital budget.
  GoFundMe campaigns created to help cruise ship murder victim’s family
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• Nunapitchuk VPO shot in Napaskiak

  03-08-2017 03:47
  
  
  Alcohol appears to be at the center of the shooting death of an off-duty Nunapitchuk Village Police Officer (VPO) in Napaskiak.
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  Court documents indicate that a Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) was called to the scene of a shooting on Sunday morning. When VPSO Greg Larson arrived at the house, a nine-year-old boy came out, saying that his older brother had shot a man. When Larson went inside, he found Kyle Wassillie, a 26-year-old off-duty Nunapitchuk VPO, lying in the entrywa
  
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• Alaska senior students ranked 47th lowest in 2016 SAT scores - KTUU.com

  03-08-2017 03:35
  KTUU.com
  Alaska senior students ranked 47th lowest in 2016 SAT scores
  KTUU.com
  Methodology: Data is sourced from The College Board, otherwise known as the official SAT test administrators. To adjust and recenter the scale for different tests and total possible points to be scored over the years, the College Board left this cliff ...
  
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• After falling to historic lows, Alaska commercial fishing deaths spike again - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2017 03:15
  Alaska Dispatch News
  After falling to historic lows, Alaska commercial fishing deaths spike again
  Alaska Dispatch News
  After a recent historic year of no recorded deaths in Alaska's commercial fishing industry, fatalities in the sector known for its dangers have once again spiked. There have been 10 commercial fishing deaths in Alaska so far in 2017. A large portion of ...
  
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• Mat-Su sales tax ordinance postponed indefinitely - Alaska Public Radio Network

  03-08-2017 03:05
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Mat-Su sales tax ordinance postponed indefinitely
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  After hearing from more than forty people in a packed chamber, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly has indefinitely postponed an ordinance to place a two-percent sales tax before borough voters. Listen now. The sales tax proposal before the borough assembly ...and more »
  
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• Mat-Su sales tax ordinance postponed indefinitely

  03-08-2017 03:02
  
  
  After hearing from more than forty people in a packed chamber, the Mat-Su Borough Assembly has indefinitely postponed an ordinance to place a two-percent sales tax before borough voters.
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  The sales tax proposal before the borough assembly on Tuesday came from a request by the Mat-Su Borough School Board. With continuing uncertainty around state funding, and with flat funding from the borough, the district hopes to use a sales tax to boost education funding in the Mat-Su. The assembly u
  
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• How to see the solar eclipse in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  03-08-2017 02:49
  Alaska Dispatch News
  How to see the solar eclipse in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Students Ana Lambrano, Chris Peter, Ian Schacht and Jordan Couture look at the partial solar eclipse at UAA on Oct. 23, 2014. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on ...
  
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• Gelvin’s air strip being restored with tons of gravel

  03-08-2017 02:14
  A hundred tons of gravel have restored a remote runway in Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve. The Gelvin’s 700-foot-long air strip along the Charley River was damaged by a 2012 flood. Preserve spokeswoman Kris Fister said the landing strip was out of service until National Park Service personnel teamed with volunteers from Alaska Backcountry Hunters and Anglers in June to rebuild the severely eroded runway.
  ”There were deep indentations and gaps in the coverage of the strip, so i
  
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• Tsunami zone update gets pushback from Oregon Coast legislators

  03-08-2017 02:08
  DERIN ALLARD / FLICKR – TINYURL.COM/Y89YOJZGWhen a massive tsunami hit the northeast coast of Japan in 2011, waves of water overtopped sea walls, swallowed buildings and surged higher than anticipated. One thing those images prompted was a reexamination of the tsunami risk in the Pacific Northwest.
  Sooner or later the offshore Cascadia fault zone is going to unleash a monster earthquake and tsunami. When that day comes, the hope is that coastal schools, fire and police stations and ho
  
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• Water restored to all New Stuyahok homes

  03-08-2017 01:29
  A street level view of New Stuyahok in winter. (Wikimedia commons image)Homes in New Stuyahok were plagued with low or no water pressure from mid-June to mid-July. At the peak of the problem, more than 30 homes were affected. Now the city water system is back online.
  Mayor Randall Hastings said the problem was exacerbated because the sensor that could have alerted the city to a problem in the well house sooner is broken.
  “The sensor that’s on the water tank and in the water plant has
  
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• Chances of warmer-than-usual months ahead for Alaska - youralaskalink

  03-08-2017 01:05
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  Chances of warmer-than-usual months ahead for Alaska
  youralaskalink
  The end of summer and beginning of fall months in Alaska could see above-normal temperatures across the state. NOAA's temperature outlook for the months of August through October shows the highest probability for warmer-than-usual temperatures for ...
  
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