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UAF mountaineering class recovers from avalanche
Members of a University of Alaska Fairbanks mountaineering class are recovering after being hit by an avalanche in the eastern Alaska Range. The incident has raised questions about the university...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2016
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Alaska’s unusual oil tax credit system poses daunting budget challenge
Alaska lawmakers have created a complex system of oil and gas tax credits, in part in an effort to bring new explorers into the state to fill the trans-Alaska pipeline. Photo: USGS vs Wikimedia Commons...
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Vision Zero Anchorage seeks ways to eliminate traffic-related fatalities
Anchorage is joining a global campaign to eliminate traffic-related deaths. The muni is gathering public comments from drivers, bikers, walkers, and everyone else to try to achieve Vision Zero. Vision...
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Study evaluates economic impact of ‘quiet recreation’ on BLM lands
(Photo by Josh Edge/APRN) Normally when we hear about the value of territory managed by the Bureau of Land Management, it’s in the context of how the land can be used for oil and gas development,...
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Tractor falls in Tuntutuliak River causing oil spill
Glen Daniel, an AVCP Regional Housing Authority mechanic, was walking 50 feet behind a construction vehicle on the frozen river when he saw the excavator suddenly break through the ice. Download Audio...
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Sanders fan vs. ‘superdelegate’: Re-enacting a 100-year feud
Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail in New Hampshire in 2015. (Photo: Marc Nozell, Creative Commons) A Facebook confrontation between an Alaska Democratic Party stalwart and a young Bernie Sanders...
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Legislative council meets to discuss fate of LIO building
The Legislative Council meets Thursday to decide what to do about the Anchorage Legislative Information Office. A judge recently ruled the state lease for the building is illegal, because the state...
View ArticlePetersburg schools testing down due to Kansas cable debacle
The state of Alaska has suspended a state-mandated test because of ongoing problems with the computer based assessment. Download Audio Students across Alaska started taking the online Alaska Measures...
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Alaska experiences second warmest winter in last 90 years
If you thought Alaska was pretty warm and dry this winter, you were right. In fact, it could come close to setting a record. Download Audio Average Alaska temperature rankings for this past winter....
View Article$50K for a pot permit. If you’re lucky.
Hundreds of people across Alaska are trying to figure out how to sell pot. Just over a month ago, the state opened up the permit process for businesses hoping to grow, process, and sell cannabis...
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Palmer’s Meat and Sausage fights to stay open
The state’s Board of Agriculture and Conservation (BAC) today Thursday heard public comments on a new proposal that could keep Palmer’s Mt. McKinley Meat and Sausage open. Download Audio Todd Pettit...
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Ex-EPA official Phil North returns to U.S. for lawsuit between EPA and Pebble
Former EPA official Phil North returned to the United States and is cooperating with a deposition in a lawsuit between the Pebble Partnership and the Environmental Protection Agency. KDLG’s Dave...
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New high-quality digital Alaska maps available to the public
Anyone from land managers to off-road enthusiasts will now have access to high-grade digital maps for Alaska. The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Department of Natural Resources partnered to...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Mar. 31, 2016
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Legislators offer $32.5 million for Anchorage LIO
The state government would buy the Legislative Information Office in downtown Anchorage for $32.5 million, under a recommendation made Thursday night by the Legislative Council. The sign outside the...
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AK: Sitka, one of the best kept secrets for surfers
Warmer winters have pushed Sitka snowboarders and other adventurers out of the mountains and into the water. The ocean swell and rock breaks right near the heart of town create prime wave conditions....
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Landslide suit raises questions about Benchlands liability
The August 18th landslide in Sitka was unprecedented, claiming the lives of three men and raising safety concerns about the Benchlands, a strip of land nestled between the mountains and the ocean. The...
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Bishop Burns: Church needs legal shield to deny same-sex services
A Catholic bishop in Juneau told the House Judiciary Committee that the church reversed a 75-year-old policy of allowing people of other faiths to get married in one of its landmark chapels after...
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House passes Indigenous Peoples Day bill
Rep. Harriet Drummond, D-Anchorage, during a House minority press availability, March 15, 2016. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North) The state House unanimously passed a bill Friday morning that would create...
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