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• Hungry polar bears look for food at Alaska airport - CBS News

  15-12-2017 23:50
  CBS News
  Hungry polar bears look for food at Alaska airport
  CBS News
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Scott Babcock was wrapping up an early morning runway inspection at America's farthest north airport when he saw what he thought were a couple of wolves. He took a closer look through his headlights Thursday and saw something ...
  A bird, a plane, a polar bear? Wild guests at Alaska airportABC Newsall 6 news articles »
  
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• The Latest: GOP tax bill opens Alaska refuge to oil drilling - Northern Star Online

  15-12-2017 23:45
  U.S. News & World Report
  The Latest: GOP tax bill opens Alaska refuge to oil drilling
  Northern Star Online
  A tax bill moving forward in Congress would open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose. The 19.6-million-acre refuge in northeastern Alaska is one of the ...
  The Latest: GOP Tax Bill Eliminates Commuter IncentivesU.S. News & World Reportall 2,912 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Lawmaker Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Resigning - U.S. News & World Report

  15-12-2017 23:42
  Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Lawmaker Accused of Inappropriate Behavior Resigning
  U.S. News & World Report
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska lawmaker who was accused by several women of inappropriate behavior announced Friday that he will resign. Staff for state Rep. Dean Westlake hand-delivered his resignation letter to the House speaker's office. The ...
  Alaska lawmaker accused of inappropriate behavior resignsFairbanks Daily News-Miner
  Alaska Rep. Dean Westlake resigns from offi
  
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• Alaska settles long-running dispute with major oil companies over ... - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-12-2017 23:20
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Alaska settles long-running dispute with major oil companies over ...
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The agreement is said to be worth billions of dollars and ends an epic battle between the state and owners of the trans-Alaska pipeline.
  Alaska oil companies settle dispute over Trans-Alaska Pipeline tariff chargesReutersall 3 news articles »
  
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• History: Alaska's rough and tumble territorial lawyers and judges - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-12-2017 23:07
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  History: Alaska's rough and tumble territorial lawyers and judges
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska writer and lawyer Pamela Cravez this year published “The Biggest Damned Hat,” a colorful judicial history of the Last Frontier. She interviewed more than 50 lawyers who arrived in the state and practiced law before statehood in 1959. From ...
  
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• Minimum wage in Alaska to increase by 4 cents in 2018 - KTUU.com

  15-12-2017 22:23
  KTUU.com
  Minimum wage in Alaska to increase by 4 cents in 2018
  KTUU.com
  ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - The minimum wage in Alaska is set to increase effective the first day of 2018. The amount by which it will increase, however, isn't a large jump but rather a small incremental rise, designed only to offset the cost of inflation ...and more »
  
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• Even Santa Needs Help Getting to Some Places: Remote Alaska - U.S. News & World Report

  15-12-2017 19:16
  U.S. News & World Report
  Even Santa Needs Help Getting to Some Places: Remote Alaska
  U.S. News & World Report
  It's not easy to get to remote Saint Michael, Alaska, but luckily Santa Claus could hitch a ride on a military transport plane. Dec. 15, 2017, at 1:14 p.m.. Even Santa Needs Help Getting to Some Places: Remote Alaska. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post ...and more »
  
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• Alaska Airlines launches new Hawaii service - Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

  15-12-2017 18:27
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Airlines launches new Hawaii service
  Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
  Alaska Airlines has launched a new nonstop service connecting California's Bay Area with Hawaii's Big Island. The airline's new daily service between San Francisco International Airport and Kailua-Kona International Airport started on Thursday. The ...
  Alaska Airlines launches SFO-Kona flightsTravel Weeklyall 2 news articles »
  
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• State Accuses Frozen Budz of Selling Moldy Marijuana Edibles - U.S. News & World Report

  15-12-2017 15:03
  State Accuses Frozen Budz of Selling Moldy Marijuana Edibles
  U.S. News & World Report
  Alaska's marijuana control agency has expanded allegations against a Fairbanks marijuana edibles manufacturer, accusing it of selling moldy products among other violations. Dec. 15, 2017, at 9:06 a.m.. State Accuses Frozen Budz of Selling Moldy ...and more »
  
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• New revenue forecast shrinks Alaska's budget deficit a bit - Juneau Empire

  15-12-2017 14:47
  Juneau Empire
  New revenue forecast shrinks Alaska's budget deficit a bit
  Juneau Empire
  Gov. Bill Walker will release his budget proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1, and when he does, the state's fiscal picture will be slightly better than it was last week. On Tuesday, the Alaska Department of Revenue announced the state is ...and more »
  
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• Squid fishery proposed for Southeast - Juneau Empire

  15-12-2017 14:43
  Juneau Empire
  Squid fishery proposed for Southeast
  Juneau Empire
  Following warmer waters to Alaska, market squid may be here to stay and at least four Southeast fishermen think there's enough here to begin catching and marketing them. A proposal to create a squid fishery in Southeast is slated for the Alaska Board ...and more »
  
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• 'Edibles' scandal hits Alaska's marijuana board - Juneau Empire

  15-12-2017 14:43
  Juneau Empire
  'Edibles' scandal hits Alaska's marijuana board
  Juneau Empire
  Frozen Budz, the company awarded the first retail marijuana license in Alaska, is accused of manufacturing almost 115,000 marijuana edibles that violated state regulations and may have been contaminated with mold. (Alaska Marijuana Control Office photo ...
  Alaska says Frozen Budz sold moldy marijuana ediblesThe Cannabistall 5 news articles »
  
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• Alaska Airlines: Early boarding today for ugly holiday sweaters - WBIR-TV

  15-12-2017 13:32
  Alaska Airlines: Early boarding today for ugly holiday sweaters
  WBIR-TV
  Be prepared for a lot of ugly holiday sweaters if you're flying Alaska Airlines Friday (Dec. 15). The carrier is celebrating what it's calling “National Ugly Holiday Sweater Day” by offering early boarding to customers wearing “festive holiday sweaters ...and more »
  
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• Credit rating agency sees a 'clear path,' as Alaska tries to balance its budget - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-12-2017 12:59
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Credit rating agency sees a 'clear path,' as Alaska tries to balance its budget
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  An Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. sign in the office in Juneau. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North). Up until 2016, Alaska had the highest credit rating Moody's Investment Service had to offer. But, global oil prices crashed, and Alaska's budget followed suit ...
  
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• Here’s What Oil Drilling Looks Like in the Arctic Refuge, 30 Years Later

  15-12-2017 12:55 via nytimes.com
  Satellite images of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge show the effects of an oil well that operated there in the mid-1980s.
  
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• Alaska Jails Want More Flexibility to Grant Inmate Furloughs - U.S. News & World Report

  15-12-2017 08:07
  Alaska Jails Want More Flexibility to Grant Inmate Furloughs
  U.S. News & World Report
  The Alaska Department of Corrections wants more flexibility in deciding whether a prisoner can be released on furlough. Dec. 15, 2017, at 9:08 a.m.. Alaska Jails Want More Flexibility to Grant Inmate Furloughs. Share. ×. Share on Facebook · Post on ...and more »
  
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• Alaska investigators nab 3 in botnet attacks, 'click fraud' scam - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-12-2017 03:45
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Alaska investigators nab 3 in botnet attacks, 'click fraud' scam
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Three young men have pleaded guilty in Alaska to writing malicious computer software that infected and took control of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, including common household routers. Listen now. That created a botnet the men ...and more »
  
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• Four Alaska firefighters dispatched to battle California blazes ... - Alaska Public Radio Network

  15-12-2017 03:00
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Four Alaska firefighters dispatched to battle California blazes ...
  Alaska Public Radio Network
  Homes and palm trees burn in the Creek Fire outside of Los Angeles, California on December 5, 2017. (Los Angeles Fire Department). Four Alaska wild fire professionals are working on blazes in southern California. Listen now. Alaska Division of Forestry ...and more »
  
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• These Alaska women are carving out a niche in the age-old taxidermy industry - Alaska Dispatch News

  15-12-2017 01:44
  Alaska Dispatch News
  These Alaska women are carving out a niche in the age-old taxidermy industry
  Alaska Dispatch News
  Flesh-eating beetles, unicorns and mice with mohawks: There's a lot going on in taxidermy right now that may surprise you. pencil Author: Tegan Hanlon. calendar Published 14 hours ago. Share on Facebook Facebook. Share on Twitter Twitter. Share via ...
  
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• Alaska pilot misled authorities about details in fatal crash, NTSB says - KTUU.com

  15-12-2017 00:27
  KTUU.com
  Alaska pilot misled authorities about details in fatal crash, NTSB says
  KTUU.com
  An Alaska pilot has been indicted by a federal grand jury, dating back to a fatal plane crash near Atigun Pass in 2014. According to authorities, he lied to them about details of the deadly crash.and more »
  
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