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• Let Alaska lead the way - Anchorage Press

  23-08-2017 22:25
  Anchorage Press
  Let Alaska lead the way
  Anchorage Press
  In the aftermath of the violence and hatred on display in Charlottesville recently, 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 back of ...
  
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• Drag Race's Alaska Thunderfuck Advises Taylor Swift on Reclaiming the Snake - Papermag

  23-08-2017 22:02
  Papermag
  Drag Race's Alaska Thunderfuck Advises Taylor Swift on Reclaiming the Snake
  Papermag
  After going radio silent for several months (and enacting a literal social media blackout a few days ago) following her disastrous feud with Kim and Kanye, Taylor Swift has come back biting, using spooky, Game of Thrones-y footage of snakes to promote ...
  
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• Man Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Death During Alaska Cruise - U.S. News & World Report

  23-08-2017 21:21
  U.S. News & World Report
  Man Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Death During Alaska Cruise
  U.S. News & World Report
  A Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a cruise ship trip to Alaska has pleaded not guilty. Aug. 23, 2017, at 5:37 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Man Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Death During ...
  Man accused of killing wife on cruise ship off Alaska pleads not guiltyAlaska Dispatch News
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• Alaska Troopers Use Battering Ram to Arrest Idaho Fugitive | Alaska ... - U.S. News & World Report

  23-08-2017 20:51
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Troopers Use Battering Ram to Arrest Idaho Fugitive | Alaska ...
  U.S. News & World Report
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers used a battering ram mounted on an armored vehicle to break into a Fairbanks home and arrest a man ...
  Eight-hour standoff in west Fairbanks resolvedFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Troopers Capture Idaho Fugitive from Justice During Traffic Accident InvestigationAlaska Native Newsall 8 news articles »
  
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• Global Warming Is Threatening Alaska's Prized Wedding Flower - The Atlantic

  23-08-2017 20:42
  The Atlantic
  Global Warming Is Threatening Alaska's Prized Wedding Flower
  The Atlantic
  Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. A little more than a decade ago, Ron Illingworth and his wife, Marji, planted 25 peony roots on their family farm in North Pole, Alaska. They did it on a whim ...
  
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• New study suggests dental therapists improving oral health in YK Delta

  23-08-2017 20:39
  Dental health aide therapist Renee Cheek shows a patient how to brush his teeth at the Emmonak YKHC Sub-Regional Clinic. (Photo courtesy Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation)Rural health aides have a long, successful history of improving access to health care in Alaska.
  Now, a dental program based on that model is improving oral care in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
  The Dental Health Aide Therapist program was controversial when it started a decade ago, but a new study suggests that smiles
  
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• Alaska to provide public voter data if records fee paid - KFQD

  23-08-2017 20:23
  KFQD
  Alaska to provide public voter data if records fee paid
  KFQD
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Alaska's lieutenant governor says the state will provide publicly available data to President Donald Trump's commission investigating alleged voter fraud – for $21. Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott says the standard fee to obtain a list ...and more »
  
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• Thawing Alaska permafrost alarms scientists - CNBC

  23-08-2017 18:38
  CNBC
  Thawing Alaska permafrost alarms scientists
  CNBC
  Mary Tom walks down a wooden sidewalk on July 3, 2015 in Newtok, Alaska. Newtok is one of several remote Alaskan villages that is being forced to relocate due to warming tempertures which is causing the melting of permafrost, widening of rivers and the ...
  Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing - The New York TimesNew York Times
  Alaska's thawing permafrost could be gone in decades – study ...RTall 7 news articles »
  
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• Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP - Alaska Public Radio Network

  23-08-2017 18:03
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  A sign outside of a store in midtown Anchorage announcing that they accept EBT Cards, the distribution method for SNAP benefits. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media). Researchers say one of the most effective ways to fight hunger in every state is also one of ...
  
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• Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP

  23-08-2017 18:00
  A sign outside of a store in midtown Anchorage announcing that they accept EBT Cards, the distribution method for SNAP benefits. (Hillman/Alaska Public Media)
  Researchers say one of the most effective ways to fight hunger in every state is also one of the oldest: the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
  “Any conversation about eradicating food insecurity in the United States, in my opinion, really has to begin and end with SNAP,” Craig Gunderson said. Gunderson is a professor o
  
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• Roskelley, Helander in Sandpoint to detail first ascent of Alaska's Huntington Ridge - The Spokesman-Review (blog)

  23-08-2017 16:12
  The Spokesman-Review (blog)
  Roskelley, Helander in Sandpoint to detail first ascent of Alaska's Huntington Ridge
  The Spokesman-Review (blog)
  In the spring of 2017, Jess Roskelley and Clint Helander made the first ascent of the "complete south ridge" of Mount Huntington in Alaska. (Clint Helander). MOUNTAINEERING -- Climbers Jess Roskelley of Spokane and Clint Helander of Alaska will detail ...
  
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• Alaska fishing group seeks executive director - SeafoodSource (blog)

  23-08-2017 15:51
  Alaska fishing group seeks executive director
  SeafoodSource (blog)
  United Fishermen of Alaska is seeking a new executive director – a position that pays up to USD 100,000 (EUR 85,023) annually. UFI is a commercial fishing trade association, representing 34 Alaska commercial fishing organizations throughout the state ...
  
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• Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas - Peninsula Daily News

  23-08-2017 12:18
  Peninsula Daily News
  Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas
  Peninsula Daily News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal officials are reviewing annual catch limits for 11 Alaska Native communities whose subsistence hunters are authorized to harvest bowhead whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the public has ...
  
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• Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing - The New York Times - New York Times

  23-08-2017 11:36
  CNBC
  Alaska's Permafrost Is Thawing - The New York Times
  New York Times
  The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.
  Thawing Alaska permafrost alarms scientistsCNBCall 7 news articles »
  
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• When Alaska’s Permafrost Isn’t Permanent

  23-08-2017 11:26 via nytimes.com
  Scientists in Alaska are drilling into the permafrost in an attempt to determine how much greenhouse gas could be released if rising temperatures cause the permafrost to thaw.
  
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• Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing

  23-08-2017 11:26 via nytimes.com
  The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result of climate change. And it is also a cause of more warming to come.
  
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• Feds review whaling quotas for Alaska Native hunters - The Register-Guard

  23-08-2017 08:13
  The Register-Guard
  Feds review whaling quotas for Alaska Native hunters
  The Register-Guard
  FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2014 file photo, family members and friends of the Anagi whaling crew celebrate the capture of a bowhead whale after it was brought ashore near Utqiagvik, then known as Barrow, Alaska. Federal officials are reviewing annual ...
  Feds review annual whaling quotas for Alaska Native hunters ...Miami Heraldall 4 news articles »
  
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• Trump Administration's Pressure On Alaska Senators Investigated - HuffPost

  23-08-2017 07:06
  HuffPost
  Trump Administration's Pressure On Alaska Senators Investigated
  HuffPost
  The U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed it launched a preliminary investigation into reports that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke attempted to pressure Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan of Alaska following their votes on health care ...
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017

  23-08-2017 04:04
  
  
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  Sunday killing marks 2 dozen Anchorage homicides in 2017
  Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  Anchorage police say the city has had its 24th homicide of the year, after a suspicious death Sunday.
  Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority moves to clear Juneau homeless camp
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• How could getting rid of for-profit medical insurance save the country money?

  23-08-2017 03:54
  
  
  Congress has so far been unsuccessful in attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. There’s a lot of debate about how to best contain spiraling health care costs and some Americans say it’s time for a national health care plan. The idea isn’t new but understanding how it would work and what it would cost may be difficult to grasp, but Dr. Carol Paris, the President of Physicians for a National Health Program says getting rid of the insurance industry and pharmaceutical lobby w
  
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• New Pebble advisory committee meets indoors, while mine protesters gather outside

  23-08-2017 02:16
  
  
  Opponents of the Pebble mine project rallied in Anchorage Monday, August 21, 2017, while a new advisory committee for the company behind the mine held its first meeting inside the Hotel Captain Cook. (Photo by Henry Leasia/Alaska Public Media)While the new advisory committee for the Pebble Partnership met for the first-time in Anchorage on Monday, opponents of the Pebble Mine gathered outside for a rally.
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  Some opponents of the mine, were invited to the meeting. But many, like Alannah
  
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• Staffers at This Alaska Agency Led by Women Do Some of Their Best Work Outside the Office - Adweek

  23-08-2017 01:35
  Adweek
  Staffers at This Alaska Agency Led by Women Do Some of Their Best Work Outside the Office
  Adweek
  (L. to r.): Mike Weed, vp, creative director; Kathy Norford, vp, media director; and Karen King, CEO, president. J Martin Pictures. Share. By Sami Main. |. 18 hours ago. Share. Spawn Ideas, an employee-owned and female-led creative shop based in ...
  
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• Alaska man tattoos northern lights on his head - KWQC-TV6

  23-08-2017 01:19
  KWQC-TV6
  Alaska man tattoos northern lights on his head
  KWQC-TV6
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -- It's a rare sight. The Aurora Borealis attracts its fair share of winter astrologers. Some take pictures, others paint portraits, but after gazing up at the night sky, one man chose a unique way to express his newfound love ...and more »
  
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• Ketchikan floods cause some damage, have fish swimming on roads

  23-08-2017 01:16
  Flooding at Ketchikan’s Ward Lake Recreation Area. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Paul Robbins)It’s rained enough in Ketchikan the past couple of days that fish are swimming across the road.
  “We stopped our truck and watched a salmon swim across the road in front of us at Signal Creek Campground,” Paul Robbins, a Tongass National Forest spokesman, said. “We were not fast enough to get a photo, unfortunately.”
  Robbins said he and Ketchikan-Misty Fiords District
  
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• PenAir requests subsidy to sustain market in Pribilof Islands

  23-08-2017 01:12
  (Pipa Escalante/KUCB)The only air carrier for the Pribilof Islands is asking for financial support to keep its remote market afloat.
  PenAir has requested the U.S. Department of Transportation subsidize flights to St. Paul and St. George Islands, which are guaranteed Essential Air Service.
  Spokesperson Missy Roberts said PenAir wants to continue serving the Pribilofs, which it’s done for almost 60 years. But she said the company needs help after filing for bankruptcy protection&nb
  
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• Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority moves to clear Juneau homeless camp

  23-08-2017 00:48
  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 property.
  The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority has notified the city that it wants its property cleared of trespassers in two weeks.
  About a dozen campsites sprang up this summer at the former sub-port property off Egan Drive. The T
  
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• Haines’ Mud Bay spring water tests positive for E. coli

  23-08-2017 00:35
  A Haines resident fills up buckets of water at the Mud Bay spring to use for drinking and cleaning. (Photo by Abbey Collins/KHNS)A popular but unregulated and untreated drinking water source in Haines has tested positive for E. coli.
  KHNS had a sample of the Mud Bay spring water tested as part of a series focused on answering listener questions.
  Juneau-based water testing company Admiralty Environmental said preliminary results show E. coli is present in the water.
  E. coli is a type of fecal col
  
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