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• Traveling Music 8-27-17

  22-08-2017 23:47
  Traveling Music
  Shonti Elder
  8-27-17
   
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  People Get Ready (instrumental version)
  David Grisman & Marc Silber / Curtis Mayfield
  Out on the Rolling Sea:
  A Tribute to the Music of Joseph Spence
  Green Linnet Records
  2:58
   
  Speakeasy Man
  Rachel Baiman / Lucy Cochran
  Speakeasy Man
  www.rachelbaiman.com
  3:31
   
  I’ll Be Here in the Morning
  Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer / Townes Van Zandt
  10 String Symp
  
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• Judge Approves $1M Loan for Alaska Newspaper Amid Bankruptcy - U.S. News & World Report

  22-08-2017 23:18
  Judge Approves $1M Loan for Alaska Newspaper Amid Bankruptcy
  U.S. News & World Report
  A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a $1 million loan for the Alaska Dispatch News to keep it operating as negotiations continue with potential buyers. Aug. 22, 2017, at 6:03 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Judge Approves $1M ...and more »
  
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• In Alaska, One Man Fights To Save Oil Fund As Reserves Dry Up ... - NPR

  22-08-2017 22:39
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  In Alaska, One Man Fights To Save Oil Fund As Reserves Dry Up ...
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  For 40 years, Alaska has been putting its oil money into a giant savings account. But now the oil — and the money — are drying up.and more »
  
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• Sunday killing marks 2 dozen Anchorage homicides in 2017

  22-08-2017 22:33
  Anchorage police say the city has had its 24th homicide of the year, after a suspicious death Sunday.
  According to police, that’s only one fewer than this time last year — which had the most homicides on record for Alaska’s largest city.
  Police are releasing few details about the woman found dead recently in the city’s Government Hill neighborhood. Police say a family member discovered her body inside their home and called 911 about 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
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• Kodiak Island looks at internet solutions for island communities

  22-08-2017 22:00
  The City of Kodiak has easy access to internet compared to many other rural locations in the state, but Kodiak Island’s village communities are struggling. Village residents, local Native corporations and community partners are trying to figure out how to bridge the digital gap.
  Port Lions, on the North End of Kodiak Island, is home to a school, a library and a few lodges. It’s also home to Judith Clayton, who owns a bed-and-breakfast and has a background in education.
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• Alaska Airlines Will Finally Add Speedy Wi-Fi on All of Its Big Jets - Skift

  22-08-2017 22:00
  Skift
  Alaska Airlines Will Finally Add Speedy Wi-Fi on All of Its Big Jets
  Skift
  We know it takes a long time to retrofit airplanes. And we know airlines hate to remove planes from service. But we wish Alaska could work faster to add speedy Wi-Fi. Three years is a long time to wait. — Brian Sumers. Share. Tweet. Share. Post. Send.
  Gogo to outfit Alaska planes with 2KuFierceWireless
  Alaska Airlines Selects Gogo's 2Ku Inflight Connectivity Solution for its Entire Boeing and Airbus FleetMark
  
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• South Anchorage Rep. Birch files to run for Alaska Senate seat held by Meyer - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 19:50
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  South Anchorage Rep. Birch files to run for Alaska Senate seat held by Meyer
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  Rep. Chris Birch, R-Anchorage, outside his Juneau office in January. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Rep. Chris Birch, R-Anchorage, outside his Juneau office in January. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on ...
  
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• Never mind the rain, Sitkans take to the skies to view eclipse

  22-08-2017 19:33
  
  
  Fly him to the moon: Sitkan Brant Brantman takes in Monday’s eclipse from the air between Portland and Minneapolis — a trip that was set in motion by listening to the song “Why Does the Sun Shine?” as a child. (KCAW photo/Cindy Edwards)While millions of Americans went out of their way to travel somewhere to watch Monday’s eclipse for a few minutes, a few people took to the skies to watch it for hours.
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  Sitkans Cindy Edwards and Brant Brantman were on a reg
  
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• At Alaska Middle College School, students can earn a high school diploma and associate's degree at the same time - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 05:49
  Alaska Dispatch News
  At Alaska Middle College School, students can earn a high school diploma and associate's degree at the same time
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Zavier Alers, standing near center in a blue T-shirt, leads an icebreaker exercise for students of Alaska Middle College School on Aug. 21, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News). Zavier Alers, standing near center in a blue T-shirt, leads an ...
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• Alaska-based troops prepare for deployment to Afghanistan - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 04:43
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  Alaska-based troops prepare for deployment to Afghanistan
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  Paratroopers from 3-509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, compete in a small arms marksmanship competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in November 2014. (Bill Roth / ADN archive). Share on ...
  
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• Meet the machine handling Anchorage’s next election

  22-08-2017 04:36
  
  
  Anchorage’s newest piece of equipment to handle the upcoming Vote By Mail system arrived in several boxes and cost $610,599 to purchase (photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media)Though still a few months away, Anchorage is getting ready for its first election set to be conducted by mail. In April, as residents pick a mayor and weigh in on a controversial public bathroom measure, they won’t be heading to the usual polling locations. Instead, they’ll be sending envelop
  
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• Alaska students overcome near catastrophe in eclipse balloon launch - Corvallis Gazette Times

  22-08-2017 04:21
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  Alaska students overcome near catastrophe in eclipse balloon launch
  Corvallis Gazette Times
  Adonna Adams, junior, holds on as she and fellow students from Mount Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, ready a weather balloon for launch at Oregon State University's Peavy Field on Monday. Amanda Loman, Gazette-Times. Weather Balloon ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Aug. 21, 2017

  22-08-2017 04:06
  
  
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  Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in state law
  Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau
  While Congress has debated repealing the Affordable Care Act, some doctors want to make sure that at least parts of the law remain in place in Alaska. They’re sponsoring two initiati
  
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• Salmon habitat requires greater protection - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 04:03
  Salmon habitat requires greater protection
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Fishermen get ready to leave Dillingham's Kanakanak Beach for an early morning setnet opener in July 2016. (Molly Dischner / The Bristol Bay Times). Fishermen get ready to leave Dillingham's Kanakanak Beach for an early morning setnet opener in July ...
  
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• Naknek man killed after falling overboard on Lake Aleknagik

  22-08-2017 03:43
  A boating incident late Sunday on Lake Aleknagik claimed the life of 35-year-old Bryan Anderson of Naknek, the well-known boys varsity basketball coach at Bristol Bay.
  Anderson was on a skiff with Jack Savo of Dillingham and two others. They were crossing the lake back to the Aleknagik launch after a hunting trip when he fell overboard, said Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Luis Nieves.
  “One of the passengers actually witnessed him falling off of the boat,” Nieves said. “That passenge
  
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• Here's my Alaska fiscal prediction — and may events prove me wrong - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 03:16
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Here's my Alaska fiscal prediction — and may events prove me wrong
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This is my analysis of the fiscal mess we are in. What I am about to share with you is my prediction of what will come about next session. I feel like Cassandra, "being able to predict the future, but no one is listening." Here is what is going to ...
  
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• Here's my Alaska fiscal prediction — and may event prove me wrong - Alaska Dispatch News

  22-08-2017 03:16
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Here's my Alaska fiscal prediction — and may event prove me wrong
  Alaska Dispatch News
  This is my analysis of the fiscal mess we are in. What I am about to share with you is my prediction of what will come about next session. I feel like Cassandra, "being able to predict the future, but no one is listening." Here is what is going to ...
  
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• Oil company sues over Alaska's beleaguered cash-for-credits program - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-08-2017 03:00
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Oil company sues over Alaska's beleaguered cash-for-credits program
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  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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• Oil company sues over Alaska’s beleaguered cash-for-credits program

  22-08-2017 02:58
  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 company is suing the state over $5.3 million in unpaid cash credits. Miller Energy Resources wants anything that happened before it went bankrupt in 2015 to be off-limits to state tax auditors, according to the lawsuit and the company’s b
  
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• Gov. Walker and Lt. Gov. Mallott officially register for reelection run

  22-08-2017 02:50
  Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott (left) and Gov. Bill Walker. The two filed for reelection today for another unaffiliated ticket. Pictured April 20, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)Governor Bill Walker registered today as a candidate for next year’s election for governor. He’ll be joined again on an unaffiliated ticket by Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott.
  Walker said being unaffiliated has helped him and Mallott work on issues without concern about party politics. It will allow them to av
  
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• Quinhagak commercial fishermen struggle after two years without a buyer

  22-08-2017 02:44
  Warren Jones, the CEO of Qanirtuuq Inc., surveys Quinhagak’s defunct processing plant. (Teresa Cotsirilos/KYUK)Several weeks ago, the financing fell through on a plan to bring the “Akutan,” a floating fish processing vessel, to Kuskokwim Bay. For the second summer in a row, fishermen in the coastal community of Quinhagak have nowhere to sell their catch; many in the village are now struggling to make ends meet.
  Timothy “Johnny Boy” Matthews doesn’t rememb
  
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• Body Found in Outdoor Hot Tub in Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  22-08-2017 02:40
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Body Found in Outdoor Hot Tub in Alaska
  U.S. News & World Report
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police in Alaska's capital city are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in an outdoor residential hot tub. Juneau police say a man reported Monday morning that he found what appeared to be a human body ...
  JPD investigating body found in hot tubJuneau Empire (subscription)all 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilots protest amid contract dispute - KTUU.com

  22-08-2017 02:36
  KTUU.com
  Alaska Airlines pilots protest amid contract dispute
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE, (KTUU) - Alaska Airlines pilots stepped out of the cockpit on Monday and onto the curb outside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. They are protesting contract negotiations with the company amid its merger with Virgin America.
  Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiationsAlaska Public Radio Networkall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines pilots protest amid contract dispute - KTUU - KTUU.com

  22-08-2017 02:36
  KTUU.com
  Alaska Airlines pilots protest amid contract dispute - KTUU
  KTUU.com
  Alaska Airlines pilots say they need a better contract, one that holds up to the standards of the award-winning airline.
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• Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiations - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-08-2017 02:28
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiations
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Pilots picket in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in support of Alaska Airlines' pilots request for a new contract. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage). On Monday afternoon, more than 50 pilots and flight attendants ...
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• Alaska Airlines pilots picket at airport over contract negotiations

  22-08-2017 02:25
  Pilots picket in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in support of Alaska Airlines’ pilots request for a new contract. (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage)On Monday afternoon, more than 50 pilots and flight attendants picketed in front of Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage. Their goal was to call on Alaska Airlines management to give them what they view as fairer wages and benefits.
  While passengers were arriving to catch various flights at the
  
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• Watch: Alaska Airlines flight offers dramatic view of solar eclipse - The Seattle Times

  22-08-2017 01:44
  The Seattle Times
  Watch: Alaska Airlines flight offers dramatic view of solar eclipse
  The Seattle Times
  Totality is seen from 40,000 feet above the Pacific as a special Alaska Airlines charter jet is the first to experience Monday's solar eclipse. The flight took off from Portland, Ore., in pursuit of the eclipse. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times ...
  Alaska Airlines flight gets unique look at the eclipseKWQC-TV6
  #TotalityAwesome: Alaska Airlines Hosts Eclipse Viewing Party in the SkyNBC 7 San Die
  
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• Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in state law - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-08-2017 01:23
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in state law
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Supporters of Medicaid expansion express their views at the state Capitol in April 2015. Doctors are sponsoring two initiatives that may appear on the 2018 ballot, one of which would enshrine the expansion in state law. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North).
  
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• Potential initiatives would enshrine Medicaid expansion, ACA provisions in state law

  22-08-2017 01:21
  Supporters of Medicaid expansion express their views at the state Capitol in April 2015. Doctors are sponsoring two initiatives that may appear on the 2018 ballot, one of which would enshrine the expansion in state law. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)While Congress has debated repealing the Affordable Care Act, some doctors want to make sure that at least parts of the law remain in place in Alaska. They’re sponsoring two initiatives that could be on the ballot next
  
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• Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-08-2017 01:16
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in Sitka. It and other marine highway ships will sail less in the next budget year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska). The U.S. Department of Labor alleges the Alaska Marine Highway System violates ...
  
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• Feds say Alaska ferry system violates family leave act

  22-08-2017 01:15
  
  
  Crew members tie up the fast ferry Fairweather in Sitka. It and other marine highway ships will sail less in the next budget year. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska)The U.S. Department of Labor alleges the Alaska Marine Highway System violates federal leave laws.
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  A civil suit filed in U.S. District Court alleges the ferry system miscalculates time off mandated by the Family and Medical Leave Act.
  State officials deny that claim.
  The act requires large employers to provide 12 w
  
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• The economic future of Alaska

  22-08-2017 01:08
  Wikimedia commons photo by Pen WaggenerAlaska is an oil state, but will that be true forever? The state is confronting low oil prices and declining production. Several companies are betting on new production. Others think Alaska needs to grow a different kind of economy.
  HOST: Lori Townsend
  GUESTS:
  Jon Bittner, with the Alaska Small Business Development Center.
  Dan Robinson, Department of Labor
  David Houseknecht senior research geologist with USGS
  Statewide callers 
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• The economic future of Alaska - Alaska Public Radio Network

  22-08-2017 01:07
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The economic future of Alaska
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska is an oil state, but will that be true forever? The state is confronting low oil prices and declining production. Several companies are betting on new production. Others think Alaska needs to grow a different kind of economy. HOST: Lori Townsend.
  
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• Alaska governor makes official plans to seek re-election - Sacramento Bee

  22-08-2017 00:56
  Sacramento Bee
  Alaska governor makes official plans to seek re-election
  Sacramento Bee
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Monday announced plans to seek re-election as an independent, saying he's focused on a vision for the state and not on partisanship. He and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott filed candidate paperwork with the state Division of Elections.
  Alaska Gov. Walker files to run for re-election as an independentAlaska Dispatch News
  Walker, Mallott file for re-electionJuneau Empire (subscription)all 6 ne
  
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• Alaska governor makes official plans to seek re-election - News & Observer

  22-08-2017 00:56
  News & Observer
  Alaska governor makes official plans to seek re-election
  News & Observer
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Monday announced plans to seek re-election as an independent, saying he's focused on a vision for the state and not on partisanship. He and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott filed candidate paperwork with the state Division of Elections.
  Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Aug. 21, 2017Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska Gov. Walker files to run for re-election as an independent ...Alaska Di
  
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• A brief history of the Alaska Highway - KTUU.com

  22-08-2017 00:51
  KTUU.com
  A brief history of the Alaska Highway
  KTUU.com
  Alaska remained an isolated territory, until 1942. At this point, the 49th state experienced big changes, when it was suddenly connect and accessible to the rest of the United States. This year marks the 75th anniversary of construction, but the ...and more »
  
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• A brief history of the Alaska Highway - KTUU - KTUU.com

  22-08-2017 00:51
  KTUU.com
  A brief history of the Alaska Highway - KTUU
  KTUU.com
  The condensed story of how the highway came to be, along with historical stops along the drive.and more »
  
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