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• Building burns north of Grayling, investigation underway

  30-08-2017 21:20
  
  
  Another remote property along the middle Yukon River has burned. Alaska State Troopers report that several structures at an unoccupied compound about 40 miles north of the village of Grayling, were damaged by fire Sunday.
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  Grayling resident Douglas Deacon said the structures belonged to the Thurmond family, but were used by locals for emergency shelter. Deacon says he and other members of a village wildfire crew were flying to Galena Sunday and spotted the cabins, which appeared to had
  
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• Going further than Food Stamps in rural Alaska

  30-08-2017 20:56
  Marcia Anderson (l) and Karolyn Ceron (r) demonstrate how to make fruity salmon salad at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. (Hillman/Alaska Public)
  For most of the United States, the most effective way to get food to people who need it is through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called Food Stamps. But what happens if you live in a place where stores are limited and expensive? Hunting, fishing, and gathering don’t provide everything that people are accu
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017

  30-08-2017 20:15
  
  
  Stories are posted on the APRN news page. You can subscribe to APRN’s newsfeeds via email, podcast and RSS. Follow us on Facebook at alaskapublic.org and on Twitter @aprn
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  Appeals Court: FCC right in denying Dish-Doyon bidding discounts
  Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission was right to deny bidding discounts worth billions of dollars to a subsidiar
  
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• Bristol Bay wrapping up unexpectedly good fall silver fishery

  30-08-2017 19:49
  
  
  A bin full of Ekuk Beach silvers, chilling in refrigerated seawater prior to delivery. Ekuk fishermen say they had solid, steady action, and were glad to have a market with Alaska’s Best Seafood. (Lance Spencer)Bristol Bay’s coho fishery is often little more than icing on the cake for some sockeye fishermen who keep their nets wet through August. Due probably to the lack of participation, the catch is typically topped in the Southeast, Alaska Peninsula, Prince William Sound, Upper Co
  
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• In Aniak, community works to recover after shooting spree

  30-08-2017 19:31
  
  
  Bruce “Gotor” Morgan, age 24, was shot and killed in his truck in Aniak on Sunday morning. (Courtesy of Audrey Leary)The community of Aniak is struggling to recover from a recent shooting spree that saw bullets flying though town and left one resident dead and several wounded.
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  Aniak resident Joseph Yaska, age 29, is accused of shooting a woman twice in a domestic violence incident as she fled from a home in the early hours of Sunday morning. He then allegedly armed himself
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: The mind boggling rain of tropical storm Harvey

  30-08-2017 19:01
  
  
  (Graphic courtesy of Brian Brettschneider)Lots of Alaskans have ties to the Houston area. Including climate expert Brian Brettschneider from our Ask a Climatologist segment.
  We asked him to help us understand the magnitude of the rainfall event from tropical storm Harvey and to clarify how much climate change may be contributing to the disaster.
  Brettschneider says he was living in Houston in 2001, when tropical storm Allison dumped 15 – 35 inches of rain on the city in five days.
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• Summit emphasizes how people in recovery are fighting Alaska’s opioid epidemic

  30-08-2017 16:59
  Panelists get ready to address the crowd at the Recovery Summit at the Glenn Massay Theater in Palmer. (Henry Leasia / Alaska Public Media)Support groups from Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough met on Friday to discuss addiction in Alaska.
  The Recovery Summit was held in Palmer and addressed efforts that had been made over the past year to improve the state’s opioid epidemic.
  Inside an auditorium filled with people whose lives have been touched by addiction, the state’s Chie
  
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• Alaska Democrats seek chance for independents to run in party primaries

  30-08-2017 03:49
  The Alaska Democratic Party voted last year to change its rules to allow independents to run for its nomination for office. But state officials blocked the move.
  Now both sides are in court over the issue.
  The proposed change would allow the party to support a candidate without having the word “Democratic” appear on the ballot by the candidate’s name.
  Alaska Democratic Party Executive Director Jay Parmley said there have been multiple times when local Democr
  
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• Appeals Court: FCC right in denying Dish-Doyon bidding discounts

  30-08-2017 03:19
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission was right to deny bidding discounts worth billions of dollars to a subsidiary of Doyon Limited, the Alaska Native Regional Corporation for Interior Alaska.
  The subsidiary is called Northstar Wireless. The Appeals Court ruling says Doyon’s partner, a massive telecom giant, cannot hide behind an affiliate to claim benefits intended to help small and minority-owned businesse
  
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• Alaska National Guard members helping with Harvey rescues

  30-08-2017 03:12
  Airmen fuel a C-17 Globemaster III, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 28, 2017, preparing to leave for Texas to provide humanitarian support after Hurricane Harvey. The Air National Guard 176th Wing sent personnel from the 212th Rescue Squadron to provide search-and-rescue, and support aeromedical evacuation and humanitarian relief. (U.S Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher R. Morales)The Alaska National Guard is sending personnel and equipment to help with on-going res
  
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