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• City employees to see new health clinic in Anchorage

  09-08-2017 23:18
  The Anchorage Assembly chambers at the Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage. (Staff photo)In an effort to curb skyrocketing healthcare costs, Anchorage is testing a new clinic specifically for city employees.
  On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly approved a three-year contract with a company called Vera Whole Health to start in 2018. The move means access to primary and preventative care at a clinic for employees and family members enrolled in the Municipality’s health plan. It’s a
  
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• Feds seek comments on Alaska’s in-state natural gas pipeline

  09-08-2017 21:08
  The current route planned for the Alaska Standalone Pipeline — an in-state natural gas pipeline designed to bring gas from the North Slope to Alaska communities. (Map courtesy of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation)A federal agency is asking for input on an in-state natural gas pipeline.
  The Alaska Standalone Pipeline would bring gas from the North Slope to Wasilla.  It’s designed to deliver gas to communities like Fairbanks and throughout Southcentral Alaska.
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• Alaska Highway open after clean up of spilled oil from overturned tanker

  09-08-2017 21:05
  The Alaska Highway has reopened at milepost 686 near Swift River. Delays of 20-30 minutes expected. (http://www.511yukon.ca/en/)Canadian authorities reopened the Alaska Highway last night at a point near Swift River in the Yukon Territory, where a fuel tanker wrecked and overturned Monday night.
  The road is now open to single lane traffic assisted by pilot cars. Delays of 20 to 30 minutes are expected.
  The truck went off the road around milepost 686, about 77 miles west of Watson Lake. A Highway
  
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• Sweeping government climate report warns of rapid warming in Alaska, Arctic

  09-08-2017 20:57
  
  
  Winter sea ice locking in Nome for the winter. (Photo by Laura Collins/KNOM)A new government report warns that regions across the U.S. are feeling the effects of rapid climate change, with some of the greatest impacts in Alaska and the Arctic. And it states the evidence that human activity is driving climate change is stronger than ever.
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  A final draft of the assessment was posted online by the New York Times, which reported that scientists are worried the Trump Adm
  
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• How books and buses are fighting summer hunger in rural Alaska

  09-08-2017 20:34
  
  
  A volunteer distributes bags of food during the summer backpack meals program at the Talkeetna Public Library. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)Five-year-old Mira Kidd was attempting the perilous adventure of trying new foods.
  “It’s a cheese monster!” she screamed, holding a cheese stick dipped in red marinara sauce. “I’d better get away from that cheese monster before it bites me in the face!”
  Sitting outside the Talkeetna Public Library on a sunny summer afterno
  
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• Solutions for Food Insecurity

  09-08-2017 18:52
  Did you have enough to eat this month? Did your neighbor? About 15 percent of Alaskans are food insecure — many of them are children or elderly. But there are ways to help solve this problem.
  Join us on Talk of Alaska as we discuss the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other ways Alaskans are working together to get food on everyone’s tables. This program is part of Alaska Public Media’s new Solutions Desk, a look at what’s working to make Alaska’s comm
  
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• Alaska Tribes Form Provisional Government, Seek Sovereignty - U.S. News & World Report

  09-08-2017 15:49
  Alaska Tribes Form Provisional Government, Seek Sovereignty
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  Tribe leaders in western Alaska have set up a provisional government that might lead to a true governing body if a November ballot measure passes. Aug. 9, 2017, at 9:41 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Tribes Form ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Halts Southeast Commercial, Sport King Salmon Fishing - U.S. News & World Report

  09-08-2017 14:46
  Alaska Halts Southeast Commercial, Sport King Salmon Fishing
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  Alaska officials are shutting down commercial and salt-water sport chinook salmon fishing throughout Southeast Alaska. Aug. 9, 2017, at 8:33 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Halts Southeast Commercial, Sport King Salmon ...and more »
  
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• What American City Is Closest To North Korea? Anchorage, Alaska Is Just A Few Thousand Miles Away - Bustle

  09-08-2017 10:17
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  What American City Is Closest To North Korea? Anchorage, Alaska Is Just A Few Thousand Miles Away
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  North Korea announced on Tuesday that it is "carefully examining" launching a missile strike at the U.S. territory of Guam in the western Pacific Ocean, but that is far from the country's first act of agression towards the United States. The Kim Jong ...and more »
  
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• Alaska International Senior Games start Friday - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  09-08-2017 10:06
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  Alaska International Senior Games start Friday
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  FAIRBANKS — More than 350 people ranging in ages from 50 to 102 are scheduled to compete in the 15th annual Alaska International Senior Games that start Friday and end Aug. 20 in Fairbanks and North Pole. The opening ceremonies and gala games ...
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• Following North Korea's latest threat, Alaska lawmakers concerned about a possible strike - ABC News

  09-08-2017 08:27
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  Following North Korea's latest threat, Alaska lawmakers concerned about a possible strike
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  Following North Korea's announcement that it is "carefully examining" plans to launch a missile attack on Guam, lawmakers in Alaska -- which is closer to the rogue nation than other parts of the U.S. -- are expressing concern about an attack on their ...
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• Report: Alaska warming twice as fast as global average - KTUU.com

  09-08-2017 07:18
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  Report: Alaska warming twice as fast as global average
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  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - A federal report, gaining attention after a recent New York Times story, outlines the devastating effects of climate change in Alaska. According to the report, more than a dozen federal agencies and nearly 50 authors used scientific ...
  
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• Alaska International Senior Games return August 11th - webcenter11

  09-08-2017 07:05
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  Alaska International Senior Games return August 11th
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  The Alaska International Senior Games are set to take place on August 11th through the 20th. This competition is for athletes aged 50 and up and will have 65 events in 20 sports, along with three social events. This Friday will mark the 15th annual ...
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in South Anchorage collision - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 06:15
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  Motorcyclist dies in South Anchorage collision
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  A motorcyclist died in a collision Tuesday evening at the intersection of Dowling Road and Old Seward Highway. Officers responded to the scene at 7:28 p.m. after a report of a collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle, police spokeswoman Renee ...and more »
  
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• Dan Simpson: Big, cold, isolated Alaska - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  09-08-2017 06:02
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  Dan Simpson: Big, cold, isolated Alaska
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  My wife, daughter Holly and I just returned from a trip there. The boat wanted an outrageous $35 a day for Wi-Fi so we had a break from that, and, in general, from the boorish, boring fare that life in America in 2017 tends to dish out. Alaska is ...
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in South Anchorage vehicle accident, police say - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 06:01
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  Motorcyclist dies in South Anchorage vehicle accident, police say
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  Anchorage police are investigating a collision that killed a motorcyclist at the intersection of Dowling Road and Old Seward Highway. Officers responded to the intersection at 7:28 p.m. due to a report of an accident involving a vehicle and a ...and more »
  
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• Agencies weigh sending personnel out of Alaska amid increased fire risk - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 04:52
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  Agencies weigh sending personnel out of Alaska amid increased fire risk
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  The Chistochina River Fire on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, as firefighters worked to put a containment line around the blaze. (Zack Horner / Alaska Division of Forestry). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on ...and more »
  
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• Agencies weigh sending firefighters south amid increasing risk in ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 04:52
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  Agencies weigh sending firefighters south amid increasing risk in ...
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  The Chistochina River Fire on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, as firefighters worked to put a containment line around the blaze. (Zack Horner / Alaska Division of ...and more »
  
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• Video: Life after the spill

  09-08-2017 04:17
  Shrimp fisherman Gordon Scott has seen plenty of changes in his thirty-plus years on the water in Prince William Sound. His personal history has been intertwined with the trans-Alaska pipeline since he arrived in the state.
  
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• Walker receives national attention as example for politico independents

  09-08-2017 04:07
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck, and Budget Director Pat Pitney give a news conference in June 2016 in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is getting some national recognition.
  Walker praised President Donald Trump’s administration’s approach to energy issues in a recent interview with the news organization Politico.
  Politico followed the interview with a story on Tuesday saying that Walker is an example for “
  
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• Walker receives national attention as example for political independents

  09-08-2017 04:07
  
  
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Revenue Commissioner Randall Hoffbeck, and Budget Director Pat Pitney give a news conference in June 2016 in Juneau. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is getting some national recognition.
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  Walker praised President Donald Trump’s administration’s approach to energy issues in a recent interview with the news organization Politico.
  Politico followed the interview with a story on Tuesday saying that Walker is an example
  
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• 2 more Alaska schools close due to shrinking enrollments - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 04:07
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  2 more Alaska schools close due to shrinking enrollments
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  Ruby Oatman stands in front of St. George School, where she used to teach. (Pribilof School District ). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on Reddit Reddit. Share on LinkedIn ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017

  09-08-2017 04:00
  
  
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  Leaked climate report warns of rapid warming in Alaska, Arctic
  Rachel Waldholz, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage
  A new government report warns that regions across the U.S. are feeling the effects of rapid climate change, with some of the greatest affects in Alaska and the Arctic. The report states t
  
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• US Senate passes marine debris bill

  09-08-2017 03:39
  
  
  Crushed plastic debris on beach at Patton Bay, Montague Island. (Photo courtesy Chris Pallister)A bill targeting plastic waste in the ocean and other marine debris cleared the U.S. Senate last week. Alaska’s junior Senator, Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sponsored the legislation.
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  “What is particularly troubling about the marine debris challenge and crisis … is that the majority of marine debris in the world’s oceans come from five countries in Asia: China,
  
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• GCI launches cell tower near Coldfoot

  09-08-2017 02:54
  
  
  For the first time ever, there’s some cell service along the Dalton Highway. GCI launched coverage late last month in the Coldfoot area.
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  Company spokeswoman Heather Handyside said service is available in the vicinity of a tower constructed near mile 175 of the Dalton.
  ”We just completed a $5,000 cellular tower, and our customers on that area of the highway, probably about a 15-mile stretch around the tower, will be able to access calls, texts, and also 3G data service
  
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• Fish and Game to shut down Southeast commercial and sport king fishing

  09-08-2017 02:52
  
  
  The Alaska Department of Fish & Game is shutting down all commercial and sport fishing for king salmon in Southeast Alaska.
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  The dual emergency order is unprecedented in recent memory. As of 12:01 a.m. August 10, all commercial fishing boats, guided charter boats and resident recreational fishermen must release any king salmon unharmed.
  The order will be reevaluated at the end of September, when the Department could either extend it, or lift it.
  Commercial trollers wrapped up their
  
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• Vaccine program wipes out Hepatitis B in Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  09-08-2017 02:35
  Vaccine program wipes out Hepatitis B in Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  New research shows the universal Hepatitis B vaccine program has wiped out infections of the disease in Alaska. It's one of the studies being discussed at the 2nd annual “World Indigenous People's Conference on Viral Hepatitis” going on in Anchorage.and more »
  
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• Interior temperatures to drop this weekend

  09-08-2017 02:35
  A forecast weather shift is expected to cool interior temperatures this weekend. National Weather Service meteorologist Christopher Cox said high pressure system that’s resulting in warmer than normal conditions is forecast to be pushed out later in the week.
  ”Friday and into Saturday, we’re expecting a strong cold front to sweep down from the high Arctic, and move over the North Slope and over the Brooks Range, and move into the Interior,” Cox said. “It’ll be
  
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• Feds seek comments on Alaska's in-state natural gas pipeline - KTOO

  09-08-2017 02:35
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  Feds seek comments on Alaska's in-state natural gas pipeline
  KTOO
  The current route planned for the Alaska Standalone Pipeline — an in-state natural gas pipeline designed to bring gas from the North Slope to Alaska communities. (Map courtesy of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation). A federal agency is asking ...and more »
  
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• Sen. Dan Sullivan urges bipartisan approach in Congress to domestic violence - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 02:24
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  Sen. Dan Sullivan urges bipartisan approach in Congress to domestic violence
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  Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks at a town hall meeting at Bartlett High School in Anchorage on May 20, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on ...
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• Douglas Indian Association tours T’aaḵu Kwáan territory

  09-08-2017 02:17
  Members of the Yaaw Tei Yi Tlingit Dancers sing during a July 28, 2107, tour of the Taku Tlingits’ traditional territory. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)It’s important to know where you come from. But when others make assumptions that are wrong, it’s hard to maintain your identity.
  A Southeast Alaska Tlingit tribal government is letting its neighbors know its members come from a vast territory that still bears their names.
  The tour boat St. Peter sails around Douglas
  
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• YK Delta tribes sign treaty, forming Nunavut provisional government

  09-08-2017 02:07
  A provisional government was formed last Thursday at the Bethel Cultural Center. Over the last three days, and many long discussions, a treaty was signed to form the Provisional Nunavut Alaska Government to unite the 56 village tribes in the region. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)A provisional government was formed last Thursday at the Bethel Cultural Center. Over the last three days, and many long discussions, a treaty was signed to form the Provisional Nunavut Alaska Government to unite the
  
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• 'Frankenfish' spawns exaggerated rhetoric as sales start in Canada - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 01:50
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  'Frankenfish' spawns exaggerated rhetoric as sales start in Canada
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Canadian customers have purchased the first 4.5 tons of genetically engineered salmon fillets, a product more than a quarter-century in the making, that the fishing industry in Alaska will have to get used to. The fish grown at a plant in Panama are ...and more »
  
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• An Alaska hunting dog's delight: Opening day - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 01:50
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  An Alaska hunting dog's delight: Opening day
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  Christine Cunningham and Winchester, in the best place they can be during opening day of the upland bird season in 2016. (Photo by Steve Meyer). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr.
  
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• Alaska governor 'concerned' about missile hitting state - POLITICO - Politico

  09-08-2017 00:55
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  Alaska governor 'concerned' about missile hitting state - POLITICO
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  No one's hiding under the desk that I know of at this point.”and more »
  
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• Alaska senior students test better on ACT than SAT - KTUU.com

  09-08-2017 00:50
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  Alaska senior students test better on ACT than SAT
  KTUU.com
  According to the study, the ACT sources 2016 graduating senior totals from Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates, 8th edition, by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). After taking the ACT, the ...
  
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• Alaska Municipal League summer conference comes to Haines next week - KHNS Radio

  09-08-2017 00:44
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  Alaska Municipal League summer conference comes to Haines next week
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  The municipal league is a nonprofit, statewide organization that advocates for local governments' interests and provides training. AML holds a summer legislative conference each year to reflect on the most recent legislative session and plan for the ...
  
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• Family of missing Colorado man gathers in Alaska to help find him - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-08-2017 00:34
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  Family of missing Colorado man gathers in Alaska to help find him
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Almost a dozen family members have flown thousands of miles to help find a man who went missing on the Kenai River on Friday. The relatives of Phillip Keltner, 63, have been mobilizing in Soldotna since the Colorado man went missing in an accident ...
  
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• In Angoon, a rural water system gets help from beavers

  09-08-2017 00:09
  
  
  Auk’Tah Lake became Angoon’s water source in the early 1990s. Before that, the village relied on a muskeg for its drinking water. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk)The village of Angoon’s drinking water comes from a lake held up by a beaver dam. That might sound sketchy, but the beavers are one of reasons the city has public water. Not all Alaska towns do.
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  For about the past seven years, the federal dollars for Alaska’s water and sewer proj
  
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