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• 112(r)/Air Enforcement: US Environmental Protection Agency and Ketchikan, Alaska Facility Enter into Expedited ... - JD Supra (press release)

  09-09-2017 23:21 via jdsupra.com
  112(r)/Air Enforcement: US Environmental Protection Agency and Ketchikan, Alaska Facility Enter into Expedited ...
  JD Supra (press release)
  The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and E.C. Phillips and Son, Inc. (“E.C. Phillips”) entered into an August 17th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of regulations implementing Section 112(r) of ...
  
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• North Korea's nuclear bomb test lit up seismometers in Alaska - Alaska Dispatch News

  09-09-2017 18:40 via adn.com
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  North Korea's nuclear bomb test lit up seismometers in Alaska
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  On Saturday night, Matt Gardine was at home outside Fairbanks playing with his daughter when his phone beeped. As the seismologist on call with the Alaska Earthquake Center, Gardine's duty was to get information out about detectable earthquakes right ...
  
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• Alaska Native Tribes' Sovereign Immunity Upheld in Ruling - U.S. News & World Report

  09-09-2017 18:04 via usnews.com
  Alaska Native Tribes' Sovereign Immunity Upheld in Ruling
  U.S. News & World Report
  The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld Alaska Native tribes' sovereign immunity from state courts in a recently released decision. Sept. 9, 2017, at 4:02 p.m.. Alaska Native Tribes' Sovereign Immunity Upheld in Ruling ...and more »
  
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• Redoubt Lake, Bay Yield Historic Artifacts - U.S. News & World Report

  09-09-2017 16:56 via usnews.com
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  Redoubt Lake, Bay Yield Historic Artifacts
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  Sitka Maritime Heritage Society has taken a plunge into exploring the underwater history of the Sitka area with an organized dive project at Reboubt Bay and in Redoubt Lake, south of town. Sept. 9, 2017, at 10:45 a.m.. Redoubt Lake, Bay Yield Historic ...and more »
  
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• 23 charged in Bethel bootlegging ring - Alaska Public Radio Network

  09-09-2017 08:32 via alaskapublic.org
  23 charged in Bethel bootlegging ring
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  A two-year-long investigation culminated today with the charging of 23 Bethel residents, most of them cab drivers, for allegedly selling alcohol without a license. Listen now. The State of Alaska is charging 18 cab drivers, coming from all four Bethel ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sep. 8, 2017 - Alaska Public Radio Network

  09-09-2017 03:58 via alaskapublic.org
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  Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sep. 8, 2017
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  The Army in Alaska is sending more than two thousand troops to Afghanistan. And they've already started deploying. New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions. Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.. The EPA is ...and more »
  
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• Alaska News Nightly: Friday, Sep. 8, 2017

  09-09-2017 03:58
  
  
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  Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment
  Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage
  The Army in Alaska is sending more than two thousand troops to Afghanistan. And they’ve already started deploying.
  New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions
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• Uncle names girls killed in Butte fire, says trailer needed repairs

  09-09-2017 03:29
  
  
  The uncle of five girls who died in a trailer fire in the Butte community near Palmer Thursday said Friday that they were all members of the same family.
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  Armando Astorga identified the fire victims as Jaelynn Flores, 3, Sofia Flores, 6, Lillyanna Flores, 7, Nevaeh Flores, 8, and Alexis Quackenbush, 12.
  Astorga lives in Los Angeles and spoke by phone while in Seattle about to board a plane to Anchorage.
  “They were always together, they were always happy,” Astorga said.
  
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• New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions - Alaska Public Radio Network

  09-09-2017 03:26 via alaskapublic.org
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  New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  The Washington Post reported this week that the Environmental Protection Agency has started funneling all grant money through a single political appointee in the nation's capital. The Post also said EPA staff were told this summer to block all grants ...
  
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• New EPA vetting adds uncertainty for Alaska grants worth millions

  09-09-2017 03:23
  
  
  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (EPA)The Washington Post reported this week that the Environmental Protection Agency has started funneling all grant money through a single political appointee in the nation’s capital. The Post also said EPA staff were told this summer to block all grants to Alaska, a state that has a lot riding on how EPA grants are awarded.
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  The order came in July, on the same day Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted against a health care reform bill, according to the Post.
  
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• 24 arrested in Bethel bootlegging ring

  09-09-2017 03:06
  A two-year-long investigation culminated today with the arrest of 24 Bethel residents, most of them cab drivers, for allegedly selling alcohol without a license.
  The State of Alaska is charging 18 cab drivers, coming from all five Bethel taxi companies, plus the owner of one company and others accused of helping to illegally sell alcohol. Friday’s arrests follow a raid of the cab companies more than a year ago by the FBI, Bethel Police and State Troopers that uncovered tens of thousands of
  
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• 23 charged in Bethel bootlegging ring

  09-09-2017 03:06
  
  
  A two-year-long investigation culminated today with the charging of 23 Bethel residents, most of them cab drivers, for allegedly selling alcohol without a license.
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  The State of Alaska is charging 18 cab drivers, coming from all four Bethel taxi companies, plus the owner of one company and others accused of helping to illegally sell alcohol. Friday’s arrests follow a raid of the cab companies more than a year ago by the FBI, Bethel Police and State Troopers that uncovered tens of
  
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• NOAA Fisheries hosts first citizen beluga count this weekend

  09-09-2017 02:02
  On Saturday, NOAA Fisheries Alaska is organizing its first ever citizen beluga count in Cook Inlet.
  There will be a dozen viewing spots along Knik and Turnagain arms. Each will have NOAA staff or volunteers with binoculars and spotting scopes for the public to use.
  Julie Speegle of NOAA’s Juneau headquarters is in Anchorage coordinating the event.
  “It’s part of our recovery plan,” Speegle said. “One of the actions in our recovery plan is to have a citizen science co
  
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• Alaska Supreme Court reaffirms tribal immunity from lawsuits

  09-09-2017 01:58
  The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed that Alaska Native tribes have sovereign immunity from state courts in a decision released Friday.
  The 19-page ruling upheld a lower court’s decision involving a legal fight between two Juneau-based tribal governments over federal funds.
  The Douglas Indian Association claimed it was owed its share of federal transportation money after it left a tribal consortium set up by Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
  In 2015, the ass
  
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• Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  09-09-2017 01:44 via alaskapublic.org
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  Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment ...
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  Soldiers with the Army's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division at a deployment ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept.and more »
  
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• Alaska airborne/infantry unit begins Afghanistan deployment

  09-09-2017 01:43
  Soldiers with the Army’s 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division at a deployment ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Sept. 8th, 2017 (Photo: Zachariah Hughes – Alaska Public Media)The Army in Alaska is sending more than two thousand troops to Afghanistan. And they’ve already started deploying.
  At a ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Friday, Colonel Mark Colbrook told soldiers and families the unit is well-equipped to advise and assist mili
  
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• 49 Voices: Carlos Godfrey of Anchorage

  09-09-2017 01:13
  
  
  Carlos Godfrey in McGrath (Photo by Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media)Today we’re hearing from Carlos Godfrey in McGrath. Godfrey works for the National Weather Service and is based in Anchorage.
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  GODFREY: They call us the MOBIUs (Mobile Immersion Unit), so our job is to go out and keep the station running smoothly. We replace people that go on vacation, people that quit, retire whatever. And my job is to work with them, and then when they get a new employee, train them, get them
  
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• Backcountry babies

  09-09-2017 01:00
  How young can you take your kids outdoors? For some Alaska parents, there isn’t much of a limit, and they are taking babies backpacking, boating and camping. It makes sense. Babies are more portable that bigger kids, and they are constantly amused by the passing world from a backpack. But there are cautions to be aware of, and on our next show we’ll talk to a pediatrician as well as an adventurer to learn about taking babies to the backcountry.
   
  HOST: Charles WohlforthGUE
  
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• That Atlantic salmon farm was on its last legs — and Washington state knew it

  09-09-2017 00:58
  A wild Pacific salmon, left, next to an escaped farm-raised Atlantic salmon, right, on Aug. 22 at Home Port Seafoods in Bellingham. (Photo by Megan Farmer/ KUOW)More information is coming to light about the failure of a fish farm operation in Puget Sound that led to the escape of thousands of Atlantic salmon.
  Washington state officials knew at least six months ago that the salmon farm that collapsed last month was on its last legs.
  Corrosion and metal fatigue had weakened the floating steel stru
  
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• AK: Archaeologists shed light on Tlingit culture near Petersburg, before Europeans

  09-09-2017 00:44
  
  
  This pictograph of canoes and sun is located near Petersburg. The exact location is kept secret for fear of public vandalism. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)The small island town of Petersburg in Southeast, Alaska is known for its Norwegian heritage. It’s celebrated throughout the year with events like the Little Norway Festival in May and Julebukking in December. The current town site was established around 1900 by Norwegians looking for a good spot to process fish commercially. B
  
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