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• Hilcorp reports another spill in Cook Inlet

  11-08-2017 23:55
  2017 has seen a number of spills and violations by oil and gas producer Hilcorp.Hilcorp has reported another spill this week. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed the spill happened Monday on the Steelhead platform the company operates in the Trading Bay oil field in Cook Inlet.
  DEC spokesperson Candice Bressler said two hundred gallons of an oil-based drilling mud was released from the platform, of which, two gallons ended up in Cook Inlet.
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• Alaska Airlines to let jersey-wearing Russell Wilson fans cut lines - seattlepi.com

  11-08-2017 23:08
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  Alaska Airlines to let jersey-wearing Russell Wilson fans cut lines
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  RENTON -- The secret to a speedier boarding process? Be a 12. But not just any 12, be a Russell-Wilson-jersey-wearing 12. For the second straight year Alaska Airlines is allowing Seahawks fans -- or anyone, really -- wearing the quarterback's No. 3 ...
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• From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations - RadioWest

  11-08-2017 23:06
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  From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations
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  Overdoses from heroin and other opioids have led six states to declare public health emergencies. Marianne Williams/Getty Images. Listen. Listening... /. Public health officials and others concerned about the nation's opioid crisis are hailing ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Leaders Say Military is Ready to Protect the State From North Korean Threats - Government Technology

  11-08-2017 22:38
  Government Technology
  Alaska Leaders Say Military is Ready to Protect the State From North Korean Threats
  Government Technology
  State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management recently urged Alaskans to prepare for natural and man-made disasters by creating an emergency supply kit and family emergency plan. by Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News, ...
  Alaska governor, senators respond to Korean missile threatFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 124 news articles »
  
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• Thomas More partners with Alaska university - Cincinnati.com

  11-08-2017 22:28
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  Thomas More partners with Alaska university
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  Thomas More College and the University of Alaska Fairbanks have entered into an exciting collaboration regarding their athletic training programs that affords unique educational opportunities for students and faculty at both institutions. As part of ...
  
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• This Lawsuit in Alaska Could Upend the Campaign Finance Landscape - Slate Magazine (blog)

  11-08-2017 22:08
  Slate Magazine (blog)
  This Lawsuit in Alaska Could Upend the Campaign Finance Landscape
  Slate Magazine (blog)
  A little-known court battle in Alaska could be the next big money-in-politics controversy. Thompson v. Hebdon concerns the state's campaign finance laws, which are some of the most stringent and progressive in the country. One of Alaska's most ...
  
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• EPA Acts to Close Alaska Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Well - U.S. News & World Report

  11-08-2017 21:50
  EPA Acts to Close Alaska Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Well
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  The Environmental Protection Agency says it has closed an illegal motor vehicle waste disposal well at a Fairbanks business. Aug. 11, 2017, at 3:41 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. EPA Acts to Close Alaska Motor Vehicle Waste ...and more »
  
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• Marine Highway Ferry Returns to Service in Gulf of Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  11-08-2017 21:31
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  Marine Highway Ferry Returns to Service in Gulf of Alaska
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  An Alaska marine highway ferry is ready to hit the water again after eroded steel found in a routine overhaul took it out of commission earlier this year. Aug. 11, 2017, at 5:45 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Marine Highway ...
  Alaska marine highway ferry Tustumena returns to serviceThe Heraldall 3 news articles »
  
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• Child abuse in Alaska, risk factors and consequences - Alaska Public Radio Network

  11-08-2017 21:17
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  Child abuse in Alaska, risk factors and consequences
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  On this edition of the Line One we discuss the data on child abuse and neglect in Alaska, including risk factors, consequences, and prevention. Included will be a discussion of the Adverse Childhood Experiences data on long term health consequences and ...
  
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• 2 dead after SWAT standoff in South Anchorage - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 21:06
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  2 dead after SWAT standoff in South Anchorage
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  Officers assemble at the scene near Lore Road and Rancho Drive on Friday. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on Reddit Reddit. Share on ...and more »
  
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• Child abuse in Alaska, risk factors and consequences

  11-08-2017 21:00
  Photo: Vladimir Pustovit, via FlickrOn this edition of the Line One we discuss the data on child abuse and neglect in Alaska, including risk factors, consequences, and prevention. Included will be a discussion of the Adverse Childhood Experiences data on long term health consequences and the work of Nobel Prize winning economist Dr James Heckman on the investment in early childhood education.
   
  HOST: Dr. Thad WoodardGUESTS:
  Jared Parrish, PhD, is the senior epidemiologist with the Alas
  
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• 2 Change Pleas, Sentenced in North Pole Puppy Abuse Case - U.S. News & World Report

  11-08-2017 19:39
  2 Change Pleas, Sentenced in North Pole Puppy Abuse Case
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  An North Pole couple charged with starving and beating a 6-month-old puppy reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Aug. 11, 2017, at 5:11 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. 2 Change Pleas, Sentenced in North Pole Puppy ...and more »
  
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• Oil company works to contain leak in Alaska's North Slope - KFQD

  11-08-2017 19:19
  Oil company works to contain leak in Alaska's North Slope
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  PRUDHOE BAY, Alaska (AP) – A Texas-based oil and gas company that last year said it discovered at least 6 billion barrels of oil under its land in northern Alaska is cleaning up more than 7,000 gallons of oil that leaked from a well. Alaska's Energy ...and more »
  
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• A new Mat-Su map shows a special, hidden place - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 18:50
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  A new Mat-Su map shows a special, hidden place
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  James DePasquale presents his Mat-Su map at a 2016 conference in San Diego, Calif. (Courtesy James DePasquale). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on Reddit Reddit.
  
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• Another mine opens close to the Alaska border - KRBD

  11-08-2017 18:35
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  Another mine opens close to the Alaska border
  KRBD
  Seabridge Gold's Brent Murphy points to a valley to be dammed to hold tailings from the KSM mine during a 2014 tour. The tailings dam was granted a key federal permit needed for development this summer. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News).
  
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• Dead whale found stuck to bow of Princess cruise ship entering Alaska port - Fox News

  11-08-2017 17:43
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  Dead whale found stuck to bow of Princess cruise ship entering Alaska port
  Fox News
  A cruise ship reached an Alaska port with a surprise on its bow: the carcass of a humpback whale. The Grand Princess, a 949-foot (290-meter) ship in the Princess Cruises fleet, on Wednesday morning pulled into Ketchikan with the marine mammal lodged on ...and more »
  
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• Concerns from Competitors, Rural Customers Raised Over Broadband Pricing in Alaska - Government Technology

  11-08-2017 17:07
  Government Technology
  Concerns from Competitors, Rural Customers Raised Over Broadband Pricing in Alaska
  Government Technology
  (TNS) -- Old grievances between Alaska's telecoms have resurfaced with allegations that GCI holds a monopoly over the state's broadband internet services, and after benefiting from the public pot with $50 million to help build the system, it is now ...
  
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• How To Buy Legal Weed In Alaska - Green Rush Daily

  11-08-2017 16:37
  Green Rush Daily
  How To Buy Legal Weed In Alaska
  Green Rush Daily
  This complete guide gives you all the advice you'll need on where to find dispensaries and how to buy legal weed in Alaska. Adam Drury. By. Adam Drury. Published on 08/11/2017. Share; Tweet. Alaska has had legal recreational marijuana since 2014.and more »
  
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• Alaska Officials Proceed With Hydroelectric Plant Expansion - U.S. News & World Report

  11-08-2017 16:28
  Alaska Officials Proceed With Hydroelectric Plant Expansion
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  The Alaska Energy Authority will continue with its plans for a $46.4 million expansion at its Bradley Lake hydroelectric plant near Homer following the approval from its board of directors. Aug. 11, 2017, at 4:51 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon ...and more »
  
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• Alaska officials proceed with hydroelectric plant expansion - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  11-08-2017 16:12
  Alaska officials proceed with hydroelectric plant expansion
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Energy Authority will continue with its plans for a $46.4 million expansion at its Bradley Lake hydroelectric plant near Homer following the approval from its board of directors. The Alaska Journal of Commerce ...and more »
  
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• Rare whale spotted by scientists off of Alaska - Press Herald

  11-08-2017 15:07
  Press Herald
  Rare whale spotted by scientists off of Alaska
  Press Herald
  The North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea west of Bristol Bay. NOAA Fisheries via Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Federal researchers studying critically endangered North Pacific right whales sometimes go years without finding their ...and more »
  
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• Checking sports equipment on Alaska Airlines just got cheaper - Los Angeles Times

  11-08-2017 14:02
  Los Angeles Times
  Checking sports equipment on Alaska Airlines just got cheaper
  Los Angeles Times
  In the last year alone, the nation's biggest airlines have collected more than $4 billion in fees to check bags and other personal items. So, it may come as a surprise that one airline is giving up at least some of that revenue. Alaska Airlines has cut ...
  
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• Alaska's Towns are Sinking and Trump Still Doesn't Get It - Mother Jones

  11-08-2017 12:00
  Mother Jones
  Alaska's Towns are Sinking and Trump Still Doesn't Get It
  Mother Jones
  This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US government's withdrawal from dealing with, or even acknowledging, climate change may have provoked widespread opprobrium, but for ...and more »
  
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• Wild Alaska salmon not on menus in China…yet - Alaska Public Radio Network

  11-08-2017 04:02
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  Wild Alaska salmon not on menus in China…yet
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Salmon displayed in China. Qiujie “Angie” Zheng says a recent consumer study found that Chinese shoppers are interested in buying wild Alaska salmon bones and skin for fish broth and stocks. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Sea Grant). About a third of the ...
  Here's how to celebrate Alaska Wild Salmon DayKING5.com
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• Wild Alaska salmon not on menus in China…yet

  11-08-2017 03:59
  
  
  Salmon displayed in China. Qiujie “Angie” Zheng says a recent consumer study found that Chinese shoppers are interested in buying wild Alaska salmon bones and skin for fish broth and stocks. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Sea Grant)About a third of the salmon caught in Alaska gets shipped to China for processing. But a recent consumer study suggests that at least some of that wild salmon should stay in the Chinese markets.
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  Qiujie “Angie” Zheng didn’t
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  11-08-2017 03:56
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  Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017
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  The missile defense system based at Fort Greely has a spotty test record, but Sen. Dan Sullivan says he has confidence it can shield the nation. He is one of the Senate's biggest boosters of missile defense and says Congress should add more ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017

  11-08-2017 03:53
  
  
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  Sullivan wants 28 more interceptors at Ft. Greely
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  The missile defense system based at Fort Greely has a spotty test record, but Sen. Dan Sullivan says he has confidence it can shield the nation. He is one of the Senate’s biggest boosters of missile d
  
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• The final steps to Mile 0 of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline summer hike - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  11-08-2017 03:43
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  The final steps to Mile 0 of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline summer hike
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FRANKLIN BLUFFS, Alaska — I said goodbye to my final hiking partner today outside a van on the side of a gravel highway. For the remaining 40 miles in my summer hike along the path of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, it will be just Cora and me.
  A postcard from where Alaska's oil industry and wilderness meet - PBSPBS NewsHourall 4 news articles »
  
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• Sullivan wants 28 more interceptors at Ft. Greely

  11-08-2017 03:40
  
  
  A ground-based missile interceptor is lowered into its silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, in 2007. (Photo: U.S. Army)Day by day, the leaders of the U.S. and North Korea are ratcheting up the threats of fiery destruction. The missile defense system based at Fort Greely, southeast of Fairbanks, is intended to shield the entire nation from attack. The system has had a spotty test record, but U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he has confidence in it. In fact, Sullivan wants Congress to invest in more anti-
  
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• Standoff ends peacefully near Lake Otis Parkway and Tudor Road - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 03:26
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  Standoff ends peacefully near Lake Otis Parkway and Tudor Road
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  Anchorage police and other emergency personnel work the scene of a shooting and a possible barricaded subject in the 2300 block of Waldron Drive this afternoon. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter ...and more »
  
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• A postcard from where Alaska's oil industry and wilderness meet - PBS - PBS NewsHour

  11-08-2017 03:16
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  A postcard from where Alaska's oil industry and wilderness meet - PBS
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  In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, oil started flowing down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline 40 years ago. Every summer, thousands of workers file through ...
  The final steps to Mile 0 of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline summer hikeFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 4 news articles »
  
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• Two murders occur within two hours; Anchorage police say they’re unrelated

  11-08-2017 03:05
  
  
  Anchorage logged its 17th and 18th homicides of the year in less than two hours Wednesday night.
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  One victim, a woman, was shot in Spenard. The other, a man, was stabbed in Midtown.
  Police say they believe the two deaths were unrelated and – though there have been no arrests in either killing – Anchorage residents should not be alarmed.
  MJ Thim is a police spokesperson.
  “We understand their concerns, but we want to reassure that we are working to close these cases, bu
  
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• What’s next for Nunavut Alaska? A vote

  11-08-2017 02:48
  
  
  Chariton Epchook is the Chairman of the Nunavut Alaska Provisional Government, which formed last week. (Christine Trudeau / KYUK)After last week’s Nunavut Alaska Constitutional Convention, concerns were raised in the community about what comes next.
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  What a group of representatives from roughly 13 of the 56 Yukon-Kuskokwim tribal villages were able to do when they convened was agree to hold a vote on November 7.
  In the provisional government’s first press release, they say
  
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• Those Alaska junkets can make a difference - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 02:35
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Those Alaska junkets can make a difference
  Alaska Dispatch News
  President Dwight Eisenhower, Alaska Territorial Gov. Mike Stepovich and Interior Secretary Fred Seaton at the signing of the Alaska statehood bill, July 7, 1958. (The New York Times). President Dwight Eisenhower, Alaska Territorial Gov. Mike Stepovich ...
  
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• Global warming makes expedition to ice-locked North Pole possible

  11-08-2017 02:35
  
  
  Arctic Mission’s crew hails from Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States. From left to right: Jaap van Rijckevorsel, Tim Gordon, Pen Hadow, Nick Carter, Frances Brann, Heather Bauscher, Erik de Jong, Krystina Scheller, Fukimi, Tegid Cartwright and Conor McDonnell. (Photo by Conor McDonnell)Two specially-equipped sailboats are attempting a voyage that’s never been done before – a trip to the North Pole. Led by a British explorer, the international crew has moved the boat
  
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• There's still time to stop invasive plants from harming Alaska — if we act now - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 02:04
  Alaska Dispatch News
  There's still time to stop invasive plants from harming Alaska — if we act now
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The loyal reader knows I am having a crisis of conscience with regard to the proliferation of invasive, non-native plants into our Alaska yards. It stems from the fact that Alaska might be able to preserve its ecosystem if we act now. If we wait much ...
  
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• Nenana blaze nipped in the bud

  11-08-2017 01:56
  Alaska Division of Forestry Firefighters Carlton Story, on left, and Eugene Lee, prepare to cut up white spruce trees that have fallen onto the fire to prevent flames from hiding under the trees. (Alaska Division of Forestry photo)Nenana residents teamed with state and federal firefighters to snuff a wildfire near the community. The Alaska Fire Service reports that the Nenana River Fire was halted at less than an acre after being discovered Tuesday night, about a mile west of Nenana.
  AFS said fi
  
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• As Fairbanks police deal with spike in violent crime, low pay complicates filling vacancies

  11-08-2017 01:52
  Police Chief Eric Jewkes urged the City Council to boost pay for officers to retain those on staff and to help attract new recruits. (KUAC file photo)The Fairbanks Police Department remains understaffed, despite a recently approved hiring bonus. Police Chief Eric Jewkes told City Council members this week the substandard pay is driving high turnover and making recruiting difficult. And while a new labor contract is being contested in court, Jewkes said the short-staffed department must deal with
  
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• Early season storm will bring snow and high surf to northern Alaska - KTUU.com

  11-08-2017 01:37
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  Early season storm will bring snow and high surf to northern Alaska
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - An early season storm developing over the Siberian Arctic will bring cold, wet and windy conditions to the north and northwest areas of the state. As the storm moves through, snow will fall in the Brooks Range. It will begin Friday ...
  
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• Delta Junction state parks user fees to stay the same this year

  11-08-2017 01:33
  Quartz Lake State Recreation Area, along with the Clearwater facility, generate the most revenue of all Delta-area parks. (Karla Brown/Flickr)User fees at Delta Junction area state parks will stay the same this summer as the facilities transition to private management.
  The state announced the award of permits this week to K&K Operations to run the Big Delta State Historical Park, and to Big Dipper Adventures to operate campgrounds, boat launches and other facilities at Quartz Lake, Clearwate
  
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• Alaska unemployment insurance claims are low despite job losses - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 01:29
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska unemployment insurance claims are low despite job losses
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Though Alaska is grappling with a recession, unemployment insurance claims here remain at low levels. For this time of the year, in fact, unemployment insurance claims are among the lowest they have ever been despite job losses across the economy.
  
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• Another mine opens close to the Alaska border

  11-08-2017 00:34
  Seabridge Gold’s Brent Murphy points to a valley to be dammed to hold tailings from the KSM mine during a 2014 tour. The tailings dam was granted a key federal permit needed for development this summer. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)A new gold mine has gone into production near British Columbia’s border with Southeast Alaska, one of several prospects under exploration near creeks or rivers that flow into the region.
  The Brucejack Mine had what’s called its
  
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• Alaska leaders say military is ready to protect the state from North Korean threats - Alaska Dispatch News

  11-08-2017 00:23
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  Alaska leaders say military is ready to protect the state from North Korean threats
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak during a test on July 11. (Leah Garton/Missile Defense Agency via Reuters). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter ...
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• Nearly 30 people hurt in Skagway tour accident

  11-08-2017 00:01
  Nearly 30 people were injured Wednesday on a tour in Skagway.
  According to a news release from the city, a Unimog touring vehicle went off the road about 11 a.m. at the Alaska Excursions Dog Camp.
  The Skagway company offers tours of a musher’s camp in Dyea.
  The fire department and EMS volunteers responded to the scene of the accident at 10-mile Dyea Road.
  25 of 28 people transported to the local Dahl Memorial Clinic were treated and released. Three were medevaced to rec
  
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