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• Ask a Climatologist: Rainy…even by Ketchikan standards

  24-08-2017 23:06
  Flooding at Ketchikan’s Ward Lake Recreation Area, Aug. 22, 2017. (U.S. Forest Service photo by Paul Robbins Jr.)Alaska can be really rainy in August, but Ketchikan is going above and beyond in the wet weather category. The city had more than seven inches of rain in a 24-hour period earlier this week.
  Climatologist Brian Brettschneider said Ketchikan already boasts the distinction of being the rainiest city in the country.
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  Brian: For the first 22 days of August,
  
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• 7-10 Inches of Rain Damage Alaska Highway - U.S. News & World Report

  24-08-2017 15:35
  7-10 Inches of Rain Damage Alaska Highway
  U.S. News & World Report
  Excessive rainfall has caused road damage, flooded homes and prompted a visit from the State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to Alaska. Aug. 24, 2017, at 9:35 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. 7-10 Inches of Rain ...and more »
  
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• Why Alaska's vanishing permafrost worries researchers - Inhabitat

  24-08-2017 15:34
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  Why Alaska's vanishing permafrost worries researchers
  Inhabitat
  Permafrost is losing in the battle against climate change. Even as we attempt to mitigate climate change by reducing fossil fuel use, researchers say thawing permafrost could make our atmosphere 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit hotter over the next few centuries.and more »
  
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• Tardy Buses Again Plague Alaska School District - U.S. News & World Report

  24-08-2017 15:10
  Tardy Buses Again Plague Alaska School District
  U.S. News & World Report
  At least 26 of 137 public school bus routes were late for the first day of school in Fairbanks. Aug. 24, 2017, at 9:10 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Tardy Buses Again Plague Alaska School District ...and more »
  
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• Stunning Satellite Photo Reveals Volcanic Eruption Near Alaska - Space.com

  24-08-2017 13:47
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  Stunning Satellite Photo Reveals Volcanic Eruption Near Alaska
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  The ASTER satellite captured this vivid view of volcanic activity in Siberia, Russia. The home of these volcanoes is the Kamchatka Peninsula, an area that experiences frequent eruptions due to its location near the Eurasian, North American and Pacific ...
  
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• Pregnant and Far from Home, a Sisterhood of the Expecting

  24-08-2017 11:45 via nytimes.com
  At a prematernal home operated by a hospital in Alaska, caregivers try to avert the dangers of childbirth in a state whose medical resources are far-flung.
  
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• 2 Anchorage women die in separate rollover crashes on Parks Highway - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2017 05:22
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  2 Anchorage women die in separate rollover crashes on Parks Highway
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska State Troopers responded to two fatal rollover crashes on the Parks Highway on Tuesday sharing similar characteristics. Healy-based troopers were notified of the first crash at Mile 206 of the highway at about 7:35 p.m., according to an online ...
  Anchorage Woman Dies in Single-Truck Crash on Parks HighwayU.S. News & World Report
  Troopers arrest Anchorage woman after high-speed
  
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• Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget plan

  24-08-2017 04:04
  
  
  Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, and Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, stand in the Capitol in February. They both say the Legislature accomplished some good in the legislative session, but has more work to do. (Photo courtesy office of Rep. Sam Kito)Southeast Alaska lawmakers spent time during the legislative session working to protect regional interests, including the ferry system.
  The lack of agreement over a long-term plan to balance the state’s budget means there’s more work for them to
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-08-2017 04:00
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The state's tax division aims to have its interpretation of the newest oil and gas tax credit bill out by January. Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget plan. Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO – Juneau. Southeast Alaska lawmakers ...
  
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• New F-22 proposal could mean more noise for Mt. View

  24-08-2017 03:59
  
  
  F-22 Raptors taking off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as part of training exercises in 2015. (Photo: Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media)The Air Force is weighing a plan that could bring more noise to at least one Anchorage neighborhood.
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  At a meeting Wednesday evening, Air Force representatives will talk with community members at Clark Middle School in the Mountain View neighborhood, one of the most ethnically diverse and poorest parts of Anchorage.
  The forum is meant to hear
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017

  24-08-2017 03:55
  
  
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  State works to interpret its newest oil tax credit overhaul
  Rashah McChesney, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau
  The state’s tax division aims to have its interpretation of the newest oil and gas tax credit bill out by January.
  Juneau representatives disappointed with lack of progress on budget pla
  
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• Alaska Hearing Highlights Federal Management Needs for Recreational Fishing - Sport Fishing

  24-08-2017 03:38
  Sport Fishing
  Alaska Hearing Highlights Federal Management Needs for Recreational Fishing
  Sport Fishing
  About 100 people gathered to watch a Senate subcommittee hearing on reauthorizing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska. Chris Woodward. Proper research, adequate funding ...and more »
  
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• Akiak attempts to banish former VPO, alleged bootlegger

  24-08-2017 03:00
  
  
  Akiak residents confront Jacques Cooper, a former VPO who multiple community members claim sold alcohol and marijuana illegally. The confrontation was live streamed on Facebook.(Photo courtesy Mike Williams)On August 10th, Akiak’s Tribal Council banished a former Village Police Officer from their community. The trouble is, he still hasn’t left. 43-year-old Jacques Cooper is accused of bootlegging and selling marijuana to both adults and minors in the village. Cooper denies all of the
  
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• Dash and body cam footage of Fairbanks police-involved shooting backs up department’s account

  24-08-2017 02:49
  
  
  Dash and body camera video of Fairbanks Police shooting of a suspect backs law enforcement accounts of what happened. The video released at a press conference shows a high speed chase and fatal shooting of 23-year-old Shawn Buck on May 25th.
  The video footage follows Fairbanks Police and Alaska State Troopers chasing Shawn Buck on the Richardson Highway. The video concludes as law enforcement closes in, and Buck is seen holding a pistol to his head, ramming surrounding patrol vehicles with his t
  
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• Is 'Alaskan Bush People' leaving Alaska for good? - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2017 02:40
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Is 'Alaskan Bush People' leaving Alaska for good?
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Since airing in 2014, "Alaskan Bush People" has been surrounded by controversy. First, there was the intrigue of why a family of nine (including five adult children) were still living together and speaking in strange accents. Viewers were perplexed as ...and more »
  
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• New UAF project hopes to enlist citizen scientists to monitor Alaska berries - Alaska Dispatch News

  24-08-2017 02:35
  Alaska Dispatch News
  New UAF project hopes to enlist citizen scientists to monitor Alaska berries
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Blueberries and crowberries ripen on the slopes of Mt. Baldy on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Eagle River. July 28, 2015. (Erik Hill / ADN archive). Blueberries and crowberries ripen on the slopes of Mt. Baldy on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Eagle River ...
  
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• 6-year sentence for heroin dealer nabbed in 2016 Dillingham bust

  24-08-2017 01:54
  Joshua G. Rivera, 38, pictured at the time of his Jan. 2016 arrest. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and was sentenced to six years after being caught dealing heroin in Dillingham. (DPD photo)On January 9, 2016, a carefully crafted operation to send a confidential informant to buy heroin from a suspected dealer proved successful. After their buyer made a purchase, Dillingham Police obtained a warrant to search the Wallona home on Nerka Loop, where then-37-year-old Joshua Gerrit Rivera had s
  
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• In Alaska, a new life for old bones - Salon

  24-08-2017 01:20
  Salon
  In Alaska, a new life for old bones
  Salon
  Walking along a riverbank one day towards the end of fishing season in her small coastal Alaska town, artist Cynthia Gibson came across a pile of fish carcasses — and saw something beautiful. “I've always thought that was really pretty,” Gibson said ...
  
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• Bradley Lake hydro expansion moves forward

  24-08-2017 00:21
  Bradley Lake Dam.(Photo by Quinton Chandler/KBBI)An expansion of the state’s largest hydroelectric facility is one step closer to becoming a reality. The Alaska Energy Authority’s Board of Directors approved a $46.6 million expansion of Bradley Lake at its meeting earlier this month.
  The Battle Creek project, as it’s known, will divert runoff from the Battle Glacier via a 1.7-mile pipeline, just upstream of the Bradley Lake dam.
  The state-owned facility serves about 70 percent
  
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• State works to interpret its newest oil tax credit overhaul - Alaska Public Radio Network

  24-08-2017 00:13
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  State works to interpret its newest oil tax credit overhaul
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Ken Alper, Director of the Tax Division at the Department of Revenue, gives an overview of a bill to the House Resources Committee on Feb. 3, 2016, in Juneau. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North). A group of oil industry representatives, tax experts ...and more »
  
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• State works to interpret its newest oil tax credit overhaul

  24-08-2017 00:13
  Ken Alper, Director of the Tax Division at the Department of Revenue, gives an overview of a bill to the House Resources Committee on Feb. 3, 2016, in Juneau. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)A group of oil industry representatives, tax experts, lawmakers and state employees met on August 22, to start the process of decoding a controversial new oil and gas tax credit law.
  It took just over five months for the Alaska legislature to settle on the key components of the latest oil and gas tax revision;
  
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