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• Catching food security in a dipnet

  16-08-2017 23:08
  Bradley Fredrickson cleans his salmon on the shores of the Kasilof River. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  Throughout July, dense streams of vehicles head down to the Kenai Peninsula with large, awkward dipnets strapped to the roof or hanging out the back. One weekend, Dawn McAlpin’s aging RV was one of them. It broke down on the three-hour long journey from Anchorage to the Kasilof River, but eventually, she made it to the gull-filled beach where I met her.
  “Cost-wise, does it make sen
  
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• Catching food security in a dipnet - Alaska Public Radio Network

  16-08-2017 23:07
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  Catching food security in a dipnet
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Bradley Fredrickson cleans his salmon on the shores of the Kasilof River. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media). Throughout July, dense streams of vehicles head down to the Kenai Peninsula with large, awkward dipnets strapped to the roof or hanging out the back.
  
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• Penn. man fined over false residency claim in Alaska bear hunts - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  16-08-2017 22:52
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  Penn. man fined over false residency claim in Alaska bear hunts
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  A man from Pennsylvania will pay a steep fine over two illegal Alaska bear kills, after Alaska Wildlife Troopers say he falsely claimed to be an Alaska resident when he applied to hunt them near the Brooks Range. Brian Schoenly, 53, was ordered to pay ...
  
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• Movers and Shakers for Aug. 20 - Alaskajournal.com

  16-08-2017 22:35
  Movers and Shakers for Aug. 20
  Alaskajournal.com
  The Department of Law announced the appointment of Gustaf Olson as the new Kodiak District Attorney starting Sept. 1. Olson replaces Steve Wallace who became the Bethel District Attorney earlier this summer. Olson began his career in 2004 as an ...
  
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• FISH FACTOR: Alaskan seafood has opening in home meal kits - Alaskajournal.com

  16-08-2017 22:30
  FISH FACTOR: Alaskan seafood has opening in home meal kits
  Alaskajournal.com
  Alaska aims to get in on the growing popularity of Home Meal kits that will deliver seafood directly to American kitchens. The kits typically offer a subscription service where customers order weekly meals based on how many people they plan to feed and ...
  
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• App makes Alaska coastal data available offline - Alaskajournal.com

  16-08-2017 22:30
  App makes Alaska coastal data available offline
  Alaskajournal.com
  Uyak Bay in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is seen in this ShoreZone image. The app CoastView allows users to explore Alaska's coast with images, narration and history while offline. (Photo/Courtesy/ShoreZone). Tigalda Island in the eastern ...
  
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• Teacher shortages loom even after layoffs rescinded - Alaskajournal.com

  16-08-2017 22:29
  Teacher shortages loom even after layoffs rescinded
  Alaskajournal.com
  Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop is dealing with dozens of job openings as the school year commences on Aug. 21. Despite rescinding layoff notices after school funding was settled by the Legislature, not everyone who received one ...
  
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• Peter Pan Seafoods Port Moller plant devastated in overnight fire

  16-08-2017 22:21
  The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller, which suffered heavy damage during a fire that continued to burn into Wednesday, Aug. 16.
  (Peter Pan Seafoods)The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller has been devastated by a massive fire that burned through Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning.
  So far no one has been reported injured, but power, running water and most phone and internet connections are down in remote community.
  Bob Murphy is the ADF&G area manag
  
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• 'Alaska Dispatch News' Site Goes Bankrupt, Gets New Owners - MediaPost Communications

  16-08-2017 21:55
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  'Alaska Dispatch News' Site Goes Bankrupt, Gets New Owners
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  Alaska Dispatch News is filing for Chapter 11 protection under federal bankruptcy law. Publisher Alice Rogoff is handing over the reigns to “a group of lifelong Alaskans who have come together to save the ADN during this interim time,” according to a ...
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• Driver sues ex-Alaska corrections officer over Fairbanks road incident - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  16-08-2017 21:41
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  Driver sues ex-Alaska corrections officer over Fairbanks road incident
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS—A Fairbanks man who was accosted by an off-duty corrections officer while riding an ATV is suing the man for unspecified damages.
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• Alaska and Washington govs push back on Sessions' marijuana enforcement letters - The Cannabist

  16-08-2017 21:29
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  Alaska and Washington govs push back on Sessions' marijuana enforcement letters
  The Cannabist
  The governors of Alaska and Washington are questioning the data cited by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in recent letters he sent to their states regarding the efficacy of their respective marijuana regulatory regimes. Governors of four Western ...
  Governors of 2 Pot States Push Back on Trump AdministrationU.S. News & World Reportall 14 news articles »
  
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• Alaska and Washington govs dispute marijuana data in Sessions' letters - The Cannabist

  16-08-2017 21:29
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  Alaska and Washington govs dispute marijuana data in Sessions' letters
  The Cannabist
  The governors of Alaska and Washington are questioning the data cited by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in recent letters he sent to their states regarding the efficacy of their respective marijuana regulatory regimes. Governors of four Western ...
  Governors of in Alaska, Washington push back on Trump administration's view on potThe Spokesman-Review
  Wednesday's "Morris Alaska Report" Confers
  
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• Back to Bomb Shelters? North Korea Threats Revive Nuke Fears - U.S. News & World Report

  16-08-2017 21:16
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  Back to Bomb Shelters? North Korea Threats Revive Nuke Fears
  U.S. News & World Report
  North Korea's nuclear advances and President Donald Trump's bellicose response have prompted flashbacks to the Cold War for some baby boomers. Aug. 16, 2017, at 3:07 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Back to Bomb Shelters?and more »
  
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• Peter Pan Seafoods plant on Alaska Peninsula devastated in overnight fire - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 21:11
  Peter Pan Seafoods plant on Alaska Peninsula devastated in overnight fire
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  The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller, which suffered heavy damage during a fire that continued to burn into Wednesday, Aug. 16. (Peter Pan Seafoods via KDLG). The Peter Pan Seafoods processing plant in Port Moller, which suffered ...
  
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• What's Happening the week of Aug. 16-22 - Capital city weekly

  16-08-2017 20:58
  What's Happening the week of Aug. 16-22
  Capital city weekly
  Juneau Reentry Coalition Meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 6-7:30 p.m., Northern Light United Church. This meeting will focus on tools for employers and the post incarcerated applicant/employee. A Presentation and a community question, answer, and ...
  
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• Driver Sues Ex-Alaska Corrections Officer Over Road Incident - U.S. News & World Report

  16-08-2017 20:31
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  Driver Sues Ex-Alaska Corrections Officer Over Road Incident
  U.S. News & World Report
  A driver is suing a former Alaska Department of Corrections officer who drew a handgun and ordered him to the ground during a confrontation along a road. Aug. 16, 2017, at 3:27 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Driver Sues ...
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• Fairbanks Area Residents Getting Notices on Wood Moisture - U.S. News & World Report

  16-08-2017 18:16
  Fairbanks Area Residents Getting Notices on Wood Moisture
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  Fairbanks area residents buying firewood from commercial wood cutters should receive a notice stating the wood's moisture content. Aug. 16, 2017, at 12:04 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Fairbanks Area Residents Getting Notices ...and more »
  
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• Alaska's losing battle against farmed salmon - Must Read Alaska (blog)

  16-08-2017 18:00
  Must Read Alaska (blog)
  Alaska's losing battle against farmed salmon
  Must Read Alaska (blog)
  Bristol Bay – Alaska's highest profile salmon fishery – had a banner year, and yet everywhere in the global market Alaska salmon fisheries look to be in more and more trouble over the long-term. A $2 to $3 dollar per pound commodity in the 1980s ($4 to ...
  
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• Greek Festival celebrates Hellenic culture in Alaska - KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska

  16-08-2017 17:35
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  Greek Festival celebrates Hellenic culture in Alaska
  KTVA.com - Anchorage, Alaska
  The celebration highlights the people, culture, and spirit of Alaska's Greek community. There will be activities for the whole family including dancing, an auction, and even a bounce house for the kids. The annual tradition will feature all of the ...and more »
  
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• Alaska can lead the way on racial issues - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  16-08-2017 16:12
  Alaska can lead the way on racial issues
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  In the aftermath of the violence and hatred on display in Charlottesville this weekend, I found myself in deep reflection. As a child growing up in the South, I knew that life was different for those who were black. For them it meant sitting in the ...
  
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• Murkowski: Flexibility Needed for Trump's 'Buy America' Plan - U.S. News & World Report

  16-08-2017 15:16
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  Murkowski: Flexibility Needed for Trump's 'Buy America' Plan
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has said that flexibility is needed for President Donald Trump's Buy America plan. Aug. 16, 2017, at 12:37 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Murkowski: Flexibility Needed for Trump's 'Buy America' Plan ...
  Senator supports Buy America, needs flexibility for ferryFairbanks Daily News-Minerall 5 news articles »
  
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• RCA looks into Alaska's broadband coverage - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  16-08-2017 11:03
  RCA looks into Alaska's broadband coverage
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  FAIRBANKS — The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has requested broadband providers across the state to provide information on official coverage areas and plans to expand such areas. Legislation creating the state government's budget for fiscal 2018 ...
  
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• Special Olympics Alaska Plans on Expanding Local Facility - youralaskalink

  16-08-2017 10:44
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  Special Olympics Alaska Plans on Expanding Local Facility
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  Special Olympics Alaska is getting set to welcome athletes from across the state to participate in their annual Bocce and Golf tournament. Bocce will take at the organizations facility in Anchorage, while athletes will hit the lynx at the Anchorage ...and more »
  
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• Department of Homeland Security launches anti-trafficking initiative ... - KTUU.com

  16-08-2017 06:14
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  Department of Homeland Security launches anti-trafficking initiative ...
  KTUU.com
  Local, state, and federal government agencies are working together in an attempt to curb human trafficking in Alaska.
  Anchorage partners with DHS on human trafficking | Alaska Public ...Alaska Public Radio Networkall 3 news articles »
  
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• Department of Homeland Security launches anti-trafficking initiative in Alaska - KTUU.com

  16-08-2017 06:14
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  Department of Homeland Security launches anti-trafficking initiative in Alaska
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) Local, state, and federal government agencies are working together in an attempt to curb human trafficking in Alaska. Those efforts will ramp up under a new partnership between the federal Department of Homeland Security, the ...
  Anchorage partners with DHS on human traffickingAlaska Public Radio Networkall 3 news articles »
  
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• New Alaska ballot propositions would put Obamacare insurance provisions in state law - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 06:05
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  New Alaska ballot propositions would put Obamacare insurance provisions in state law
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A group of Alaska doctors, with help from a union-backed organization in Washington, D.C., is proposing a pair of ballot initiatives to establish state-level health insurance requirements like those in the federal Affordable Care Act. With the ...
  
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• Let Alaska lead the way to a nation without prejudice - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 05:11
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  Let Alaska lead the way to a nation without prejudice
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Bridge Builders of Alaska lead in the annual Pledge of Mutual Respect at the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemoration at West High in Anchorage on Jan. 21, 2013. (ERIK HILL / ADN archive 2013). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter.
  
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• Anchorage partners with DHS on human trafficking

  16-08-2017 04:17
  
  
  Officials in Anchorage are trying to get a better handle on human trafficking. And to do that, they’re partnering with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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  Nora Morse is with the Anchorage Police Department. She said the partnership means three separate trainings this month that fit within a national Homeland Security campaign to educate police and healthcare workers who may be on the front lines of identifying trafficking victims.
  “We all know that human trafficking
  
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• NTSB hearing will investigate Alaska crashes that shouldn't be happening - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 04:14
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  NTSB hearing will investigate Alaska crashes that shouldn't be happening
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a rare investigative hearing in Anchorage on Thursday to learn more about the fatal crash of a Ravn Connect plane last fall and its relation to what one board member called 35 other "eminently ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  16-08-2017 04:12
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  Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The events in Charlottesville continued to ripple across the country, with protests to condemn racism and to mourn the counter-protester who was killed on Saturday. About 50 people gathered over the weekend in Homer, and some 300 came out Sunday in ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017

  16-08-2017 04:09
  
  
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  100+ Sitkans attend candlelight vigil for Charlottesville
  Emily Kwong, KCAW – Sitka
  The events in Charlottesville continued to ripple across the country, with protests to condemn racism and to mourn the counter-protester who was killed on Saturday. About 50 people gathered over the weekend in Homer, and s
  
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• Can Alaska Native villagers in the YK Delta get a fair trial? - Alaska Public Radio Network

  16-08-2017 03:29
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  Can Alaska Native villagers in the YK Delta get a fair trial?
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A new court case argues that the way in which state juries are selected in Alaska discriminates against rural, Native communities. The case could significantly impact the Delta's court system if it's successful. Listen now. This story started about ...
  
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• Can Alaska Native villagers in the YK Delta get a fair trial?

  16-08-2017 03:24
  The Alaska courthouse in Bethel (Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)A new court case argues that the way in which state juries are selected in Alaska discriminates against rural, Native communities. The case could significantly impact the Delta’s court system if it’s successful.
  This story started about five years ago outside of Kiana, when Teddy Smith swore he saw an enukin – one of the legendary little people. Smith is Inupiat and a small-time TV actor. At the time, hi
  
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• Gearing up for another bird-hunting season in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 03:19
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  Gearing up for another bird-hunting season in Alaska
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Author Christine Cunningham with her dog Winchester and the white-tailed ptarmigan they took on opening day of the bird hunting season last week (August 10, 2017). (Steve Meyer). Author Christine Cunningham with her dog Winchester and the white-tailed ...
  
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• Dam protects Fairbanks from another ’67 flood

  16-08-2017 03:03
  Chena Flood Control project manager Tim Feavel stands inside the “gallery”, from where giant gates can be lowered to divert flow of the Chena River. (Dan Bross / KUAC)Water from rain swollen Chena River flooded Fairbanks 50 years ago this week, displacing thousands and causing $80 million in damage. The epic flood also had broader implications. It inspired creation of the national flood insurance program, and prompted federal construction of the Chena Flood Control project. The dam a
  
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• With F-35 squads set for Eielson, thousands of people may come up with them

  16-08-2017 02:40
  The economic benefits that will come with two squadrons of F-35s scheduled to be based at Eielson beginning in 2021 are now expected to draw more than 5,000 people to the area, a consultant said Monday. (DVIDS/U.S. Air Force)More than 5,000 people may come to the Fairbanks area over the next four years as part of the move to base two squadrons of F-35 fighters at Eielson Air Force Base. The latest estimate announced Monday is well above the previous estimate of 3,500. The bigger population incre
  
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• 100+ Sitkans attend candlelight vigil for Charlottesville

  16-08-2017 02:27
  Raised in Charlottesville, Elizabeth Herendeen talked about how the violent clash beween “Unite the Right” marchers and counter-protestors has affected her hometown. (Emily Kwong/KCAW photo)President Trump said again today the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia weren’t solely to blame for the violence there. As he did this weekend, Trump suggested the left-wing counter-demonstrators were also culpable.
  “You had a group on one side that was bad and
  
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• Prominent musher Joee Redington passes away at 74

  16-08-2017 02:12
  Joe Redington, Brent Sass and Pam Redington (Photo courtesy of Brent Sass’ Wild and Free Mushing Facebook)Alaska’s dog mushing community lost a prominent member today. Joee Redington passed away at a hospital in Fairbanks at age 74.
  Redington was the son of Joe Redington Senior, often called the “father of the Iditarod.” And though the younger Joee Redington competed in some of the earliest Iditarod races, he and his wife Pam were better known as champion sprint mushers.
  
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• Can sea stars make a comeback in Kachemak Bay?

  16-08-2017 01:56
  A researcher examines an ochre star with whitened arms — a symptom of sea star wasting syndrome. So far, about 20 different species along the Pacific Coast appear to be vulnerable to the disease. (Photo courtesy Greg Davis)Sea star wasting syndrome, or disease as it has become known, hit Kachemak Bay hard in 2016, killing about 90 percent of sunflower and true star populations.
  Researchers eagerly waited for spring to roll around in hopes their numbers would rebound.
  As the days got l
  
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• Scary video shows a bear charging a dog in Alaska - Mashable

  16-08-2017 01:55
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  Scary video shows a bear charging a dog in Alaska
  Mashable
  A mama black bear was caught on camera charging a Siberian husky at a campground in Alaska. The recently released clip, from a campground in Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, shows a bear and her three cubs approaching a trailer from the ...
  
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• Emperor goose hunt opens again after 30 years

  16-08-2017 01:41
  Three emperor geese flying at the Yukon Delta Wildlife Refuge. The geese will be open for harvesting for the first time in 30 years. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters)Alaska resident waterfowl hunters will have the opportunity to harvest emperor geese this fall for the first time in 30 years.
  Federal regulations for the 2017–2018 waterfowl hunting season allow a statewide harvest of 1,000 emperor geese. Registration permits are available now for seven hunt areas; the
  
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• Southeast summer Dungeness harvest the worst in decades

  16-08-2017 01:03
  Dungeness crab. (Photo/Alaska Department of Fish & Game)The commercial harvest for Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska this summer was the lowest in several decades. But it might not be a complete bust. The harvest numbers only tell part of the story.
  The summer season for Dungies closed three weeks early in Southeast.
  The thing is Dungeness crab in Southeast are tricky because state managers don’t know a lot about them. The crab are on a four-to-five-year life cycle and the commercial
  
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• Video: Bystander saves kayaker's life in daring whitewater rescue near Hope - Alaska Dispatch News

  16-08-2017 00:14
  Video: Bystander saves kayaker's life in daring whitewater rescue near Hope
  Alaska Dispatch News
  HOPE — Homer resident Obadiah Jenkins had no intention of paddling during the 10th edition of the Six-Mile Creek Whitewater and Bluegrass Festival here on Saturday. "I didn't bring a kayak, paddle or spray deck and I haven't done much boating lately ...
  
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