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• Before whining, Alaska hunters should recall this tough hombre - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2017 23:01
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Before whining, Alaska hunters should recall this tough hombre
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This is a typical tent encampment these day. Note the caribou hanging in the tarp-covered trailer in the back of the photo. (John Schandelmeier). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr.
  
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• Alaska's chances to see the solar eclipse - KTUU.com

  19-08-2017 21:25
  KTUU.com
  Alaska's chances to see the solar eclipse
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• Alaska Walrus Calf Found by Gold Miners Gets Inupiaq Name - U.S. News & World Report

  19-08-2017 16:52
  Alaska Walrus Calf Found by Gold Miners Gets Inupiaq Name
  U.S. News & World Report
  A walrus calf that was found aboard a gold-mining machine in Alaska was taken in by a sanctuary and has been given an Inupiaq name. Aug. 19, 2017, at 4:59 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Alaska Walrus Calf Found by Gold ...and more »
  
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• Social media, satellite TV, Amazon Prime: Is Alaska losing its frontier mojo? - The Bellingham Herald

  19-08-2017 14:58
  The Bellingham Herald
  Social media, satellite TV, Amazon Prime: Is Alaska losing its frontier mojo?
  The Bellingham Herald
  For years, pet owners in this Anchorage suburb of big homes and lawns have fretted over snares set in the local parks by fur-trappers going after fox, lynx and rabbits. But in a quiet revolution this spring, dog lovers got the upper hand, and after a ...
  
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• Where else can you watch log rolling, a herring toss and Fools on Spools? - Miami Herald

  19-08-2017 13:00
  Miami Herald
  Where else can you watch log rolling, a herring toss and Fools on Spools?
  Miami Herald
  Fancy-free summer travel can be so much fun when you meander as a stranger into one of America's lively small towns — especially when you encounter a festival or other special event. In many small towns, holidays and civic celebrations are special ...
  
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• NTSB's welcome Alaska hearing: Federal board looking for ways to make flying safer in our state - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  19-08-2017 08:03
  NTSB's welcome Alaska hearing: Federal board looking for ways to make flying safer in our state
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  That the National Transportation Safety Board held an investigatory hearing Thursday in Alaska is highly notable. It's the first time the board has held a hearing outside of Washington, D.C., in nearly two decades. The reason the board came to our ...and more »
  
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• PHOTOS: Bastrop pup's journey to adopted home in Alaska - KXAN.com

  19-08-2017 05:22
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  PHOTOS: Bastrop pup's journey to adopted home in Alaska
  KXAN.com
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — A Black Mouth Cur mix named Zoe traveled thousands of miles to reach her home sweet home, after being adopted from the Bastrop County Animal Shelter far north to Alaska. It all started when Zoe's adopter was in Seattle and ...
  
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• Critics reject meeting with proposed Alaska mine developer - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  19-08-2017 04:55
  Critics reject meeting with proposed Alaska mine developer
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  JUNEAU - Several groups critical of a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major Alaska salmon fishery have refused a meeting invitation from the project's developers and instead are planning a protest rally next week. Alannah Hurley ...and more »
  
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• Key piece of Alaska Dispatch News bankruptcy case delayed - Alaska Dispatch News

  19-08-2017 04:42
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Key piece of Alaska Dispatch News bankruptcy case delayed
  Alaska Dispatch News
  John Binkley leaves an Alaska Dispatch News bankruptcy hearing on Friday at the Old Federal Building downtown. In back at left Bob Kaufman chats with new co-publisher Ryan Binkley, John's son. (Erik Hill / Alaska Dispatch News). John Binkley leaves an ...
  No resultion in ADN bankruptcy as Northrim seeks more timeAlaskajournal.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Trump's streamlining order: You've seen its kind before - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-08-2017 03:58
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Trump's streamlining order: You've seen its kind before
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  President Trump signed an executive order this week to speed up environmental reviews of infrastructure projects. His announcement of it, in the lobby of Trump Tower, was eclipsed by what he said next, about blame for the violence at the White ...
  
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• Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act - KTOO

  19-08-2017 03:57
  KTOO
  Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act
  KTOO
  Marine highway employees tie up the Fairweather in Sitka Aug. 6, 2012. A federal lawsuit alleges the marine highway violates family medical leave rules. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News). The U.S. Department of Labor alleges the Alaska Marine ...and more »
  
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• Trump’s streamlining order: You’ve seen its kind before

  19-08-2017 03:55
  
  
  Donald Trump photo by Gage Skidmore/CC 2.0President Trump signed an executive order this week to speed up environmental reviews of infrastructure projects. His announcement of it, in the lobby of Trump Tower, was eclipsed by what he said next, about blame for the violence at the White nationalist march in Charlottesville, Va. But, back to that order: Can it really change things?
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  Developers — and, especially in Alaska, the oil industry — often argue environme
  
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• Oil company sues over Alaska's beleaguered cash-for-credits program - KTOO

  19-08-2017 03:53
  KTOO
  Oil company sues over Alaska's beleaguered cash-for-credits program
  KTOO
  Cook Inlet oil platforms are visible from shore near Kenai, Alaska. Cook Inlet Energy and its parent company, Miller Energy Resources, have sued the state after emerging from bankruptcy. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska's Energy Desk). An oil and gas ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Aug. 18, 2017

  19-08-2017 03:51
  
  
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  Fairbanks protesters organize against the state wolf control program
  Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
  The state’s largest wolf control program was the target of a protest outside Alaska Department of Fish and Game Fairbanks headquarters on Thursday.
  Anchorage man beaten, bound and put in dog kennel, poli
  
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• Fairbanks protesters organize against the state wolf control program

  19-08-2017 02:21
  Denali wolf (Photo courtesy of National Park service)The state’s largest wolf control program was the target of a protest outside Alaska Department of Fish and Game Fairbanks headquarters on Thursday. The protesters organized by Alaskans for Wildlife want Fish and Game to immediately halt the long running aerial wolf kill in the Forty Mile River region, east of Fairbanks.
  A group of about 50 protesters howled and chanted outside the Fish and Game office, expressing dismay with the annual F
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilots plan picket over lack of compensation - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-08-2017 02:06
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Airlines pilots plan picket over lack of compensation
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Airlines pilots have reached a breaking point in negotiations with the company, and now have plans to picket outside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Listen now. Their union, the largest in North America, said the pilots are not ...
  Alaska Airlines Gives Eclipse Chasers A View From Above | Here ...Here And Nowall 6 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilots plan picket over lack of compensation

  19-08-2017 02:01
  Alaska Airlines pilots have reached a breaking point in negotiations with the company, and now have plans to picket outside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
  Their union, the largest in North America, said the pilots are not being compensated as well as their peers at other successful airline companies.
  Alaska Airlines said its pilots will be getting a significant wage increase, but the company is trying to stay competitive and offer the lowest fares possible.
  But the union isn’
  
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• How oyster milkshakes and teamwork are getting Alaska’s shellfish safely to market

  19-08-2017 01:59
  A lab technician blends up oysters for testing at the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation lab in Anchorage. (Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media)Places like Washington state have a long history of commercial oyster farming, and that means a long record of testing for deadly shellfish toxins. Alaska’s industry, by comparison, is relatively new. But that hasn’t stopped a growing number of people from becoming interested in cultivating oysters.
  Alaskans are working tog
  
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• How oyster milkshakes and teamwork are getting Alaska's shellfish safely to market - Alaska Public Radio Network

  19-08-2017 01:57
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  How oyster milkshakes and teamwork are getting Alaska's shellfish safely to market
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A lab technician blends up oysters for testing at the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation lab in Anchorage. (Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media). Places like Washington state have a long history of commercial oyster farming, and that ...and more »
  
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• 49 Voices: William “Pops” Wilson of Wasilla

  19-08-2017 01:42
  
  
  William “Pops” Wilson (right) poses for a photo with his grandkids. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media)This week we’re hearing from William “Pops” Wilson in Wasilla. Wilson has been fishing in the Wasilla area his whole life.
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  WILSON: Look at the creek right now. It’s crystal clear. I mean you can see the fish. I mean that’s the kind of rivers I go — I’ll go up to a creek and I’ll look in it, “Hey there’s a fish!
  
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• AK: Cyclists support the fight against cancer while riding from Texas to Alaska

  19-08-2017 01:33
  
  
  The Texas 4000 riders pedal towards the finish line at UAA. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media)On a rainy Friday afternoon, hundreds of people lined up along a road at the University of Alaska Anchorage. They waved orange longhorn flags and shook cowbells. Yeah, that’s right — symbols from the state’s arch rival, Texas. They anxiously awaited the arrival of 70 bicyclists.
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  “You have the hot coffee?” Michele Hauser asked her husband. “It&rs
  
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• Critics Reject Meeting With Proposed Alaska Mine Developer - U.S. News & World Report

  19-08-2017 01:20
  Critics Reject Meeting With Proposed Alaska Mine Developer
  U.S. News & World Report
  Several groups critical of a proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of a major Alaska salmon fishery are refusing a meeting invitation from the project's developers and planning a protest rally instead next week. Aug. 18, 2017, at 7:50 p.m ...and more »
  
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• Hunting and writing

  19-08-2017 01:00
  Christine’s caribou antlers taken on the eastern slopes of the north side of the Brooks Range. Photo: Steve MeyerAs fans of great writing, and lovers of Alaska’s outdoors, we’re always fascinated when we read something that captures what’s really special and important about our state, and activities like hunting and fishing, that connect us to it’s wild places. It’s not easy to do in words, because these are physical activities that provide meaning, and i
  
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• Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority moves to clear Juneau homeless camp - KTOO

  19-08-2017 00:59
  KTOO
  Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority moves to clear Juneau homeless camp
  KTOO
  Campers gather near a small group of tents about noon Thursday, June 8, 2017, near the 300 block of Egan Drive in Juneau. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO). Residents in a homeless encampment in Juneau are facing a new deadline to vacate a downtown ...
  Homeless at Gold Creek being forced to vacateJuneau Empire (subscription)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Class ferry Tazlina on track at Ketchikan shipyard - KRBD

  19-08-2017 00:32
  KRBD
  Alaska Class ferry Tazlina on track at Ketchikan shipyard
  KRBD
  Vigor Alaska Director of Shipyard Development Doug Ward talks with Marine Transportation Advisory Board Member Greg Wakefield inside the not-quite-finished Alaska Class ferry Tazlina. (KRBD Photo by Leila Kheiry). The Tazlina is the first of two new ...and more »
  
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