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• FISH FACTOR: Marine convention kicks off in Anchorage - Alaskajournal.com

  18-09-2017 23:27
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  FISH FACTOR: Marine convention kicks off in Anchorage
  Alaskajournal.com
  A growing cluster of entrepreneurs is seeding prospects for Alaska's new “blue economy” and it is attracting interest from around the world. Marine technology experts are meeting at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage this week as ...
  
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• Alaska to pay $2.5M to settle false claims in food program - Washington Post

  18-09-2017 23:18
  Alaska to pay $2.5M to settle false claims in food program
  Washington Post
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Department of Justice says Alaska will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations of inaccurate reporting in the administration of a federal food assistance program. The Justice Department says the Alaska Department of Health ...and more »
  
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• University of Alaska officials considering raising tuition - KFQD

  18-09-2017 22:45
  University of Alaska officials considering raising tuition
  KFQD
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – University of Alaska officials say they are considering increasing tuition by 5 percent annually for the next two years. KTOO-FM reports (http://bit.ly/2fdO1jX ) the university has been slowly raising its tuition since it lost ...and more »
  
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• How much would your PFD have been if Alaska weren't broke? About $2300. - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-09-2017 22:44
  Alaska Dispatch News
  How much would your PFD have been if Alaska weren't broke? About $2300.
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska residents line up to apply for the Permanent Fund dividend at the PFD division's Anchorage office. (BILL ROTH / ADN archive 2015). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on Tumblr Tumblr. Share on ...and more »
  
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• Body Found on Kenai Beach Was Missing Colorado Boater - U.S. News & World Report

  18-09-2017 22:23
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Body Found on Kenai Beach Was Missing Colorado Boater
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska authorities have confirmed a body found on a Kenai beach last week was that of a missing boater from Colorado. Sept. 18, 2017, at 4:09 p.m.. Body Found on Kenai Beach Was Missing Colorado Boater ...
  Body of Colorado fisherman found near mouth of Kenai RiverAlaska Dispatch News
  SME Identifies Remains at Mouth of Kenai as Missing Colorado ManAlaska Native Newsall 4 news articles&nbs
  
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• What can Kodiak teach the world about renewable energy? A lot. - Alaska Public Radio Network

  18-09-2017 22:01
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  What can Kodiak teach the world about renewable energy? A lot.
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Kodiak generates about 20 percent of its electricity from wind. The Kodiak Electric Association has installed six turbines on Pillar Mountain since 2009. (Photo by Eric Keto/Alaska's Energy Desk). Since 2007, Kodiak has transformed its grid so that it ...and more »
  
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• Trump admin wants to allow seismic study of Alaska refuge for oil drilling - Ars Technica

  18-09-2017 21:20
  Ars Technica
  Trump admin wants to allow seismic study of Alaska refuge for oil drilling
  Ars Technica
  But with oil prices so low, it's unclear if companies would see this as an opportunity. Megan Geuss - 9/18/2017, 12:20 PM. Enlarge / Alaska, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Brooks Range across Coastal Plain. (Photo by: Education Images/UIG via ...and more »
  
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• GUEST COMMENTARY: Wealth creation, not taxes, is the solution to state fiscal woes - Alaskajournal.com

  18-09-2017 21:01
  GUEST COMMENTARY: Wealth creation, not taxes, is the solution to state fiscal woes
  Alaskajournal.com
  Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, seen during his annual State of the State address Jan. 18, 2017, in Juneau, will call legislators back to the capital starting Oct. 23 to consider new revenue measures to deal with the state's annual budget deficits. Seated ...
  
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• More states within our state: The issue of Alaska Native lands into federal trust needs new attention - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-09-2017 19:22
  More states within our state: The issue of Alaska Native lands into federal trust needs new attention
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  News-Miner opinion: It may be that a feared stream of Alaska Native tribes putting some of their land into federal trust has begun. Five applications have been submitted this year under the Trump administration to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs ...
  
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• Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-09-2017 19:22
  Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Native interned with NASA this summer and was tasked with helping the administration get its next orbiter mission to Mars. Bethel resident Christopher Liu, an electrical engineering graduate student at Stanford ...
  
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• Safi Kilima Tanzanite Sends Twenty, 100ct Plus Stones To Alaska - Markets Insider

  18-09-2017 18:35
  Markets Insider
  Safi Kilima Tanzanite Sends Twenty, 100ct Plus Stones To Alaska
  Markets Insider
  NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Safi Kilima Tanzanite, a premier collection within the Diamonds International brand portfolio, announced earlier this month that they will be shipping over twenty 100 ct plus stones to their stores in Alaska.and more »
  
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• Crew abandons ship off Alaska coast - KFQD

  18-09-2017 18:18
  KFQD
  Crew abandons ship off Alaska coast
  KFQD
  UNALASKA, Alaska (AP) – After a disastrous fishing season as a processor off the coast of Alaska in Bristol Bay, a vessel's owner went broke, the crew went unpaid. and now the ship is disabled and unable to move. Alaska's Energy Desk reports ...and more »
  
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• Kevin Durant is newest MVP for Alaska Airlines - PR Newswire (press release)

  18-09-2017 18:02
  PR Newswire (press release)
  Kevin Durant is newest MVP for Alaska Airlines
  PR Newswire (press release)
  SEATTLE, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Basketball superstar Kevin Durant is teaming up with Alaska Airlines to support youth and education programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. Between Durant's NBA championship win with the Golden State Warriors ...and more »
  
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• Suspect Charged in Fatal Shooting at Anchorage Paint Store - U.S. News & World Report

  18-09-2017 18:01
  Suspect Charged in Fatal Shooting at Anchorage Paint Store
  U.S. News & World Report
  A 27-year-old man has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in a Sept. 11 fatal shooting at an Anchorage paint store. Sept. 18, 2017, at 12:01 p.m.. Suspect Charged in Fatal Shooting at Anchorage Paint Store ...and more »
  
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• MAKE-A-WISH: Parker Rebel gets a trip to Alaska to fish - News3LV

  18-09-2017 17:07
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  MAKE-A-WISH: Parker Rebel gets a trip to Alaska to fish
  News3LV
  20-year-old Parker Rebel, a Silverado High School graduate, has Stage V Chronic Kidney disease. Before his kidney transplant in June 2015, he was on dialysis every day - sometimes up to nine hours per day. He spent his time playing X-box and dreaming ...
  
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• Conference will consider future of Alaska Marine Highway System - Juneau Empire (subscription)

  18-09-2017 16:06
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  Conference will consider future of Alaska Marine Highway System
  Juneau Empire (subscription)
  The cover of the draft Alaska Marine Highway System reform plan shows a rendering of an Alaska-class ferry. (Southeast Conference). Some of the top tribal, state and municipal and business leaders in Southeast will gather in Haines this week for a ...
  
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• Two DACAmented Dreamers, In Alaska And Texas, On Fighting To Stay Home - HuffPost

  18-09-2017 15:31
  HuffPost
  Two DACAmented Dreamers, In Alaska And Texas, On Fighting To Stay Home
  HuffPost
  Karla and Ana describe overcoming shame and risking it all for a chance at their American dream. By Carolina Moreno. Courtesy of Karla Perez. Karla Perez, as a child, with her dad at Christmastime.
  
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• Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Alaska, British Columbia - Quad-Cities Online

  18-09-2017 15:25
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  Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Alaska, British Columbia
  Quad-Cities Online
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook Alaska about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of the state's capital city Juneau. Coincidentally, the City and Borough of Juneau's Disaster Preparedness Expo was winding down as the ...
  5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near the Yukon, BC, Alaska border SaturdayCBC.caall 5 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Fish Factor: backing blue growth - TheFishSite.com

  18-09-2017 14:37
  Alaska Fish Factor: backing blue growth
  TheFishSite.com
  Marine technology experts are meeting at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage this week as part of the Oceans '17 conference, which will include considerable coverage of topics related to 'blue growth'. It's a first visit to Alaska for the global event ...
  
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• Fashion show displays historic styles of Alaska women - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

  18-09-2017 10:06
  Fashion show displays historic styles of Alaska women
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Community editor and columnist Kris Capps is a longtime resident of Fairbanks and Denali Park. Contact her at [email protected], in the office at 459-7546 or by cell at 322-6334. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMKris. Follow Kris Capps. Close ...
  
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• Farming in Alaska is increasingly possible - High Country News

  18-09-2017 09:13
  High Country News
  Farming in Alaska is increasingly possible
  High Country News
  “All right,” announces Jenni Medley, wiping her hands on her faded black Carhartts and consulting a clipboard. “The birds are bagged. Total number is 70.” It's 3 in the afternoon, and just outside a small commercial processing facility in Homer, Alaska ...
  
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• Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

  18-09-2017 08:55
  Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission
  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
  An Alaska Native interned with NASA this summer and was tasked with helping the administration get its next orbiter mission to Mars. KYUK-FM reports (http://bit.ly/2fdYpbC ) that Bethel resident Christopher Liu, an electrical engineering graduate ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission | News ... - News & Observer

  18-09-2017 08:54
  Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission | News ...
  News & Observer
  An Alaska Native interned with NASA this summer and was tasked with helping the administration get its next orbiter mission to Mars.
  Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars missionWest Plains Daily Quillall 2 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission - News & Observer

  18-09-2017 08:54
  Alaska Native interns with NASA, helps with Mars mission
  News & Observer
  An Alaska Native interned with NASA this summer and was tasked with helping the administration get its next orbiter mission to Mars. KYUK-FM reports (http://bit.ly/2fdYpbC ) that Bethel resident Christopher Liu, an electrical engineering graduate ...and more »
  
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• Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, British Columbia - U.S. News & World Report

  18-09-2017 08:39
  CBC.ca
  Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Shakes Alaska, British Columbia
  U.S. News & World Report
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook Alaska about 135 miles (217 kilometers) northwest of the state's capital city Juneau. Coincidentally, the City and Borough of Juneau's Disaster Preparedness Expo was winding down as the ...
  5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near the Yukon, BC, Alaska border SaturdayCBC.caall 5 news articles »
  
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• In Alaska’s Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix

  18-09-2017 03:59 via nytimes.com
  The store-bought box, one of the few dependable food items in a place of scarcity, is tricked out for dinners and fund-raisers by many a “cake lady.”
  
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• LA Premiere of NAKED IN ALASKA Opens in Bootleg Theater's Solo Queens Fest - Broadway World

  18-09-2017 03:15
  LA Premiere of NAKED IN ALASKA Opens in Bootleg Theater's Solo Queens Fest
  Broadway World
  After three sold-out, award-winning runs in international Fringe Festivals (New York City, Edinburgh, and Chicago), a critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway run, and a featured performance at the The Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, Alaska ...
  
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• In Alaska's Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix - The New ... - New York Times

  18-09-2017 03:12
  New York Times
  In Alaska's Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix - The New ...
  New York Times
  The store-bought box, one of the few dependable food items in a place of scarcity, is tricked out for dinners and fund-raisers by many a “cake lady.”and more »
  
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• In Alaska's Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix - New York Times

  18-09-2017 03:11
  New York Times
  In Alaska's Far-Flung Villages, Happiness Is a Cake Mix
  New York Times
  At her home in Tanana, Alaska, Cynthia Erickson and some young volunteers decorate a lemon-blueberry cake from a mix that she jazzes up. Credit Ruth Fremson/The New York Times. GAMBELL, Alaska — In a modest boardinghouse on an Alaskan island ...
  
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• Study: 'Unprecedented' rain, warmth for Alaska by end of century - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-09-2017 02:06
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Study: 'Unprecedented' rain, warmth for Alaska by end of century
  Alaska Dispatch News
  If current carbon emissions and climate trends hold, the Far North can join the hurricane-soaked South as a place of wet-weather extremes, new research shows. Climate warming is likely to bring more episodes of heavy rain, above-freezing winter thaws ...and more »
  
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• Long-term analysis predicts 'unprecedented' rain, warmth for Alaska by end of century - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-09-2017 02:06
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Long-term analysis predicts 'unprecedented' rain, warmth for Alaska by end of century
  Alaska Dispatch News
  If current carbon emissions and climate trends hold, the Far North can join the hurricane-soaked South as a place of wet-weather extremes, new research shows. Climate warming is likely to bring more episodes of heavy rain, above-freezing winter thaws ...
  
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• Why a glacier in Interior Alaska is being used as testing ground for equipment intended for outer space - Alaska Dispatch News

  18-09-2017 01:48
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Why a glacier in Interior Alaska is being used as testing ground for equipment intended for outer space
  Alaska Dispatch News
  A collaborative team of scientists puts seismic equipment on Gulkana Glacier to see if a lander will work on icy Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. (Meghan Murphy). Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via Email Email. Share on ...
  
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• 2 Mexican Men Killed in Pre-Dawn Fire House in Juneau - U.S. News & World Report

  18-09-2017 01:48
  2 Mexican Men Killed in Pre-Dawn Fire House in Juneau
  U.S. News & World Report
  Authorities said two Mexican men were killed in a pre-dawn house fire in Juneau. Sept. 17, 2017, at 7:34 p.m.. 2 Mexican Men Killed in Pre-Dawn Fire House in Juneau. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on Twitter · Post to Reddit. Email. Share in LinkedIn.and more »
  
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