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Fort Wainwright memorial walk honors soldiers wounded in war
by Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (ERIC ENGMAN)19 May 2012 at 2:21pm
Thirty-five wounded warriors, accompanied by friends and family members, participanted in a memorial walk at Fort Wainwright on Thursday. The walk capped a week of events held to honor the…
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Partial solar eclipse will be darken Alaska skies
by Anchorage Daily News (MIKE DUNHAM)19 May 2012 at 2:12pm
A partial eclipse of the sun will darken Alaska skies on Sunday afternoon, although the weather forecast in Anchorage isn't promising.
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Mine could hurt Alaska salmon, EPA warns
by Daily News staff and wire reports (BECKY BOHRER)19 May 2012 at 2:02am
The federal Environmental Protection Agency says a failure of the huge Pebble mine, planned near the headwaters of one of the world's premier salmon fisheries, could wipe out or degrade…
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Flawed decisions blamed in fatal 2011 Mount McKinley climb
by Anchorage Daily News (CASEY GROVE)18 May 2012 at 11:56pm
A guide's decision to make a final push up Mount McKinley with minimal gear was faulted in a National Park Service report on the May 2011 climb that left one…
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Copper River salmon hit Anchorage, Seattle
by ()19 May 2012 at 12:57am
The annual first air shipment of Copper River salmon were delivered early Friday morning in Seattle. Copper River salmon are valued for their high oil content and flavor. They typically…
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DNR terminates North Slope unit after long delays
by Petroleum News (ERIC LIDJI)19 May 2012 at 2:09pm
After an Superior Court ruling in its favor last fall, the Department of Natural Resources is terminating the Arctic Fortitude oil exploration unit on the North Slope.
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Trooper testifies militia leader threatened him at home
by Anchorage Daily News (RICHARD MAUER)19 May 2012 at 1:30am
Though trooper Lt. Ronald Wall had a personal relationship with Schaeffer Cox going back to 1999, that didn't stop him from drawing his weapon in fear 11 years later when…
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Alaska unemployment drops to lowest level since 2008
by Associated Press ()18 May 2012 at 11:52am
Alaska's unemployment rate last month dropped to 6.9 percent in April, its lowest level since December 2008 and well below the U.S. unemployment rate for April of 8.1 percent.
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Seasonal air carriers contribute to beefed-up summer schedule
by The Associated Press ()18 May 2012 at 10:42pm
It is starting to feel a lot like summer in Fairbanks, with more flights landing at Fairbanks International Airport.
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Washington man collapses, dies on fish processor near Togiak
by Associated Press ()18 May 2012 at 10:50am
Alaska State Troopers say a 43-year-old Washington state man died Thursday on board a commercial fishing vessel anchored 10 miles off Togiak.
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School District superintendent reflects on career, retirement
by Anchorage Daily News (ROSEMARY SHINOHARA)18 May 2012 at 1:06am
Retiring schools Superintendent Carol Comeau on Thursday attended her last official day of class ever, returning to schools where she worked 38 years ago. In this Q&A, Comeau reflects on…
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Alaska's notorious birch pollen tough on people with allergies
by Anchorage Daily News (MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS)18 May 2012 at 12:00am
Alaska has some of the highest birch pollen counts in the world, experts say, and dry weather this spring may make the problem worse for Anchorage allergy sufferers.
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Former Army Corps employee pleads guilty in fraud scheme
by Associated Press ()17 May 2012 at 11:09pm
A former Army Corps of Engineers employee has pleaded guilty to his role in a $30 million bribery and kickback scheme involving the awarding of government contracts to a subsidiary…
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Anchorage restaurant races Seattle for first salmon
by Associated Press (RACHEL D'ORO)18 May 2012 at 10:54pm
An Anchorage seafood restaurant heralded its grand opening Friday by mimicking Alaska Airlines' splashy salmon show in Seattle.
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First of season's Copper River salmon arrive in Seattle
by Associated Press ()18 May 2012 at 6:54pm
The first shipment of Alaska's Copper River salmon arrived Friday morning at Sea-Tac Airport aboard an Alaska Airlines cargo flight from Cordova.
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EPA Warns Pebble Mine Could Affect Sustainability of Bristol Bay Fishery
by AKMuckraker19 May 2012 at 11:31am
~Image by Alaskan artist Ray Troll On Friday, the EPA released the results of their long-awaited draft environmental impact statement on potential large scale mining operations in the Bristol Bay watershed. Their conclusion was not a surprise to anyone who has gone beyond a superficial look at the controversial issue of mining in this sensitive [...]
Parnell?s Contemptible Appointment
by Shannyn Moore18 May 2012 at 2:28pm
In a recess appointment, Governor Sean Parnell has named Dianne Blumer to be Alaska’s new Labor Commissioner. Always interested in Parnell appointments to such important jobs, I checked her facebook page. Ah…ironic on the day Facebook went public, Mrs. Blumer hasn’t figured out her privacy settings. See, her facebook is listed under “Dianne Kiesel-Blumer”. Kiesel, [...]
Cox Trial: Insider Turned State?s Witness is Full of Surprises
by AKMuckraker17 May 2012 at 12:00am
Michael Orion Anderson is on the stand when I arrive in court at the 2-4-1 Militia Trial, also known as the US vs. Scheaffer Cox, Coleman Barney and Lonnie Vernon. Anderson is the ?insider? that the prosecution promised to produce for the jury in their opening statement. But what we learn from Anderson doesn’t quite [...]
Open Thread ? Brenda!
by AKMuckraker16 May 2012 at 10:07pm
It’s been a long, snowy, mooseless winter. Our hooved friends all headed for lower elevations where navigation was easier and roads were more plentiful. But all that’s over now, and we’re starting to see the reappearance of moose up here at Mudflats Central. I stood out on the porch taking pictures of a beautiful girl [...]
The Latest from the Election Hand Count ? A Flipped Race & Other Anomalies
by AKMuckraker16 May 2012 at 1:11pm
Hand Recount Leads To Flipped Race in One Precinct, Other Anomalies. Municipal Clerk’s Office Forced To Count Again Hand Counting Plagued with Rampant Errors, No Clear Procedures, Security Breaches; Still Not Following Municipal Code Anchorage, AK ? The Municipal Clerk?s office announced in Media Advisory 15 that the hand count will continue Wednesday at 1:00 [...]
Cox Trial: Day 5 ? Toilet Paper, Green Beans, and a Call for Mistrial
by AKMuckraker15 May 2012 at 10:06am
I walked in to the trial already in progress this morning. We’re now seeing evidence obtained from the search of defendant Lonnie Vernon’s house and truck. There was a lot of wrangling going on about what evidence to admit or not, before the jury came in. There are documents in question and MJ Hayden, Lonnie [...]
Cox Trial: Day 4 ? The Militia Handbook
by AKMuckraker13 May 2012 at 8:16pm
Due to the fact that Judge Bryan will be flying out on Thursday evenings to take care of business back home in Washington state on Fridays, we had a few days off from the trial. Here’s a brief recap of the portion of the trial that happened after I left Wednesday, to catch you up [...]
Open Thread ? The Visitor?
by AKMuckraker13 May 2012 at 4:21pm
Linda Kellen Biegel, who usually puts up a Sunday gardening post has been a little busy lately, to say the least. Between being an official watcher at the hand count of selected precincts from the Anchorage Municipal election, to being a delegate to the Alaska Democratic convention in Fairbanks, sh’e s been a little stretched [...]
Becoming Mom
by AKMuckraker13 May 2012 at 11:02am
By Shannyn Moore My mom liked her schedule. Every day had regular chores, but a few had special tasks. Wednesdays we made bread. On a snowy, wood stove-cranking sort of day, I would sit on the kitchen counter. As she measured ingredients, I put them in the bowl. Our 1970s wallpaper had strawberries. I was [...]
BREAKING: Alaska Democratic Party Chair Steps Down to Challenge Millett in No...
by AKMuckraker12 May 2012 at 12:13pm
~Patti Higgins, announcing her retirement as Democratic Party Chair Linda Kellen Biegel who is at the Alaska Democratic Convention in Fairbanks this weekend, reports that Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins has just announced she’ll be stepping down to run against incumbent Republican State Representative Charisse Millett this November. “I will be passing the gavel,” said [...]
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Why is hotly debated 8(a) program such a mixed blessing for Alaska Natives? -...
18 May 2012 at 12:07pmWhy is hotly debated 8(a) program such a mixed blessing for Alaska Natives?
Alaska Dispatch
Twenty American Indian and Alaska Native companies receiving special benefits under a controversial federal contracting program returned more than $100 million to their communities in 2010. That's the good news. The not-so-good?
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Supreme Court bans tanker blamed for Alaska oil spill from entering India for...
9 May 2012 at 1:21amSupreme Court bans tanker blamed for Alaska oil spill from entering India for ...
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On March 24, 1989, millions of gallons of crude oil spewed into Alaska's ecologically sensitive Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez dashed against rocks, coating the shoreline with petroleum sludge and killing nearly 40000 birds.
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Lewis: Tax man makes it hard to be American - Denver Post
18 May 2012 at 5:50pmLewis: Tax man makes it hard to be American
Denver Post
Dunn grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of a physician. He studied in Seattle and went on to Cambridge University to earn a Ph.D. in divinity. Along the way, he married a Canadian who works in her family's business. "I owe everything to her and the ...
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Insurance costs and wages in Alaska - The Alaska News
12 May 2012 at 10:57pmThe Alaska News
Insurance costs and wages in Alaska
The Alaska News
This has created a controversy which has made the headlines within the insurance community of Alaska. The National Economic Council (NEC) recently published a report which clearly showed that policy holders in Alaska are among one of the states ...
Tax man makes it hard to be an American - MarketWatch
18 May 2012 at 6:08amTax man makes it hard to be an American
MarketWatch
Dunn grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of a physician. He studied in Seattle and went on to Cambridge University to earn a Ph.D. in divinity. Along the way, he married a Canadian who works in her family's business. ?I owe everything to her and the ...
Why This Alaska Heavy Rare Earth Mine Is Unique - Daily Markets
3 May 2012 at 11:47amWhy This Alaska Heavy Rare Earth Mine Is Unique
Daily Markets
Recent headlines inform us that the Obama Administration has finally decided to increase pressures on China in the rare earth quandary by joining Japan and the EU in the case before the World Trade Organization. This may be a move motivated by the ...
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Video on Demand Report: Now With 100 Percent More Arctic Wolves! - Grantland ...
18 May 2012 at 7:43amVideo on Demand Report: Now With 100 Percent More Arctic Wolves!
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By Molly Lambert on May 18, 2012 10:30 AM ET Perhaps, but Liam Neeson is no ordinary human, and this Alaska-set battle between man and nature is no ordinary B-movie. I love everything about The Grey; the solemnity and silliness, the characters' lack of ...
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SC bars former US vessel from anchoring at Gujarat port - The Day After
14 May 2012 at 9:33pmSC bars former US vessel from anchoring at Gujarat port
The Day After
Exxon Valdez hit the headlines in 1989 when it ran aground, resulting in the oil spill running into hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska. It was billed as the second largest oil spill in the history of America.
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Alaska GOP's new chair: 'God prevailed' in victory by Ron Paul supporters - A...
30 Apr 2012 at 8:18amAlaska Dispatch
Alaska GOP's new chair: 'God prevailed' in victory by Ron Paul supporters
Alaska Dispatch
... 2012 - 11:33am That wasn't the original headline. This article seems to be updated at random just to satisfy various complaints. by Mae | April 30, 2012 - 2:49pm What a total mess the Alaska Republican Party has become. by Matt West | April 30, ...
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Tohoku tsunami debris hits Alaska coast - Tundra Drums
11 May 2012 at 12:43pmTohoku tsunami debris hits Alaska coast
Tundra Drums
Just days ago, an enormous amount of floating debris was spotted off the southern reaches of Prince William Sound, making national headlines. But the worst is yet to come. ?Next year is when we expect the larger debris that is driven by currents rather ...
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Huge Alaska mine could impact premier salmon fishery, EPA says - msnbc.com
18 May 2012 at 6:59pmThe proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska has stirred passions for and against, with fishermen and native tribes in the Bristol Bay watershed generally against the project. If the tailings dam were to break, the draft report stated, some 20 miles "of ...
Guide pleads guilty to stealing mammoth tusk - MySanAntonio
19 May 2012 at 2:11pmKaren Jettmar is author of "The Alaska River Guide" and the director of Equinox Wilderness Expeditions. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/KCmMUY) that she pleaded guilty on Friday to theft of government property, a misdemeanor.
In Alaska, militia members accused of murder plot - Houston Chronicle
18 May 2012 at 1:15pmAlaska law requires people who come in contact with a law enforcement ... as reported by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. "There's a lot of people that would just as soon come and kill you in the night than come in your courtroom and argue during the ...
Alaska Airlines Announces New Hawaii Flying from Portland, Ore., to Kauai - Y...
19 May 2012 at 6:40am"Alaska Airlines' seasonal expansion of direct service to Kaua'i from Portland is outstanding news for Hawai'i's tourism economy," said Mike McCartney, president and chief executive officer of the Hawai'i Tourism Authority. "The four weekly ...
SpaceX launch fizzles: What's next? - Alaska Dispatch
19 May 2012 at 11:27amSpaceX's first attempt to send its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station ended abruptly Saturday morning when computers aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket shut off the craft's engines just after ignition. The control system for the ...
Class warfare: Obama?s new campaign tactic - Alaska Dispatch
19 May 2012 at 1:35pmBOSTON, Mass. ? A little birdie must have been sitting nearby during my lunch with a prominent Boston lawyer on Friday. We were discussing ? what else? ? the presidential elections, and the candidates? relative chances of success. My lunch partner ...
Alaska Air Cargo Delivers Season's First Copper River Salmon to Seattle - Yah...
18 May 2012 at 7:17amSEATTLE, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Cargo delivered the season's first shipment of Copper River salmon today to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The arrival of Copper River salmon marks the start of the summer salmon season ...
Alaska restaurant battles Seattle for first fish - Seattle Times
18 May 2012 at 10:05pmAn Anchorage seafood restaurant heralded its grand opening Friday by mimicking Alaska Airlines' splashy salmon show in Seattle. The Seattle-based airline makes a big production each year of delivering the first-of-the-season Copper River king ...
Medicare Study Shows Costs Lowest In Alaska, Highest In Nevada - RTT News
19 May 2012 at 10:08amAlaska spends just $15,550 per Medicare patient ... The study is based on federal Medicare data and was conducted by Kaiser Health News. The state with the highest average of Medicare costs was Nevada. The Silver State had a cost of $19,075 per patient ...
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Craig superintendent leaves for Oregon post
19 May 2012 at 11:00amKETCHIKAN, Alaska - The superintendent of the Craig School District is taking a job in Oregon. The Ketchikan Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/J7YwtX) Jim Thomas is leaving to work as the superint...
News for travelers: Alaska adds flights between PDX, Kauai
19 May 2012 at 7:32amAlso, a whale and shark museum opening in Depoe Bay and an African American contributions to aviation exhibition will be at the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville
Business Plans: May 18
18 May 2012 at 4:53pmAlaska's weekly small business news roundup
In Alaska, militia members accused of murder plot
18 May 2012 at 1:25pmSchaeffer Cox carries himself with youthful swagger as he spreads a message to his many admirers of an out-of-control federal government bulldozing individual freedoms.
Alaska militia members accused of murder plot
18 May 2012 at 1:13pmSchaeffer Cox carries himself with youthful swagger as he spreads a message to his many admirers of an out-of-control federal government bulldozing individual freedoms.
Locals react to big oil news: ND surpassed Alaska in oil production and is no...
17 May 2012 at 8:56amOil continues to boom in the state of North Dakota. As reported in Tuesday?s edition of the Williston Herald, North Dakota surpassed Alaska in oil production and is now No. 2 in the country for oil pr
Trapper Creek man convicted of murder, assault
17 May 2012 at 7:46pmANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Trapper Creek man has been convicted of killing his neighbor and injuring that man's wife. The Anchorage Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/Jnkt6u) that a jury in Palmer on Th...
Alaska state GOP leadership sets focus on elections, says Republicans played ...
19 May 2012 at 2:38amFAIRBANKS ? After a dramatic change-up in the Alaska Republican Party?s leadership, chairman-elect Russ Millette is meeting with Republicans in Fairbanks this weekend to settle concerns and answer ...
Boat sinks for second time in Ketchikan harbor
17 May 2012 at 6:45pmKETCHIKAN, Alaska - A 96-year-old boat sank in Ketchikan's Ward Cove Harbor for the second time in three years. The Ketchikan Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/KldxIu) the Diehless slowly sank, st...
In Alaska, militia members accused of amassing weapons, plotting murder of go...
18 May 2012 at 1:55pmSchaeffer Cox carries himself with youthful swagger as he spreads a message to his many admirers of an out-of-control federal government bulldozing individual freedoms.
