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Alaska politicians pledge to oppose military base cutbacks
by Associated Press (DAN JOLING)27 Jan 2012 at 2:57pm
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's announcement that the Pentagon will seek new rounds of military base closures drew a swift response from Alaskans who watched a similar process nearly gut Eielson…
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Soldotna house explosion burns 2 men making repairs
by Associated Press ()27 Jan 2012 at 2:53pm
Two Soldotna men suffered burns and were flown to Seattle for treatment Thursday after the house they were trying to repair exploded. The home had been damaged by flooding earlier…
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Commission cuts most Alaska commercial halibut catch limits
by Associated Press ()27 Jan 2012 at 1:30pm
Commercial fisherman in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Southwest Alaska will see substantial cuts in the commercial halibut catch this year, though Southeast got an increase.
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O'Malley: There will always be prayers at 30,000 feet
by Julia O'Malley (JULIA O'MALLEY)27 Jan 2012 at 3:17pm
If nothing else, the Bible is literature that contemplates essential human themes: creation and death, loss and forgiveness. I don't mind thinking about those when I'm 30,000 feet above the…
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State, plaintiffs settle rural education lawsuit
by Associated Press (BECKY BOHRER)27 Jan 2012 at 9:04am
The state agreed Thursday to settle an eight-year case over rural education quality. Plaintiffs in the case claimed Alaska failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide an education to…
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Anchorage port expansion gets a new dose of scrutiny
by Anchorage Daily News (LISA DEMER)26 Jan 2012 at 11:36pm
The troubled and expensive re-do of the Port of Anchorage expansion is getting new scrutiny, including an examination of the "design suitability" of the project and an audit of the…
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Man directs pit bull to attack girlfriend in fight, police say
by Anchorage Daily News (CASEY GROVE)27 Jan 2012 at 2:18am
Police say an Anchorage man has been charged with assault after commanding his pit bull to attack a woman Wednesday in Midtown.
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Alaskan's view: Set aside literal truth of whale rescue and just enjoy 'Big M...
by ()26 Jan 2012 at 6:06pm
Michelle Sparck of Bethel was a high school freshman when the rescue of three gray whales near Barrow became a worldwide spectacle. She was among the first to see "Big…
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Woman charged with firing gun outside ex-boyfriend's home
by Associated Press ()27 Jan 2012 at 9:45am
Alaska State Troopers say a North Pole area woman is accused of firing a pistol outside her former boyfriend's home and trying to kick down the door.
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Minor earthquake felt in Willow
by Associated Press ()27 Jan 2012 at 1:57pm
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a 3.0 earthquake was recorded just after 8 a.m. Friday northwest of Willow in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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Natural resources department begins reducing permit backlog
by Associated Press ()27 Jan 2012 at 9:56am
The Department of Natural Resources says it has reduced a backlog of permits by 20 percent in six months.
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Municipality puts out a call for hundreds of election workers
by Associated Press ()26 Jan 2012 at 5:08pm
Anchorage Deputy Clerk Jacqueline Duke, facing an April 3 election, says cities across the nation face a shortage of election workers and Anchorage, with 119 polling places, is among them.
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UAA debaters second among US schools in international event
by Anchorage Daily News (MIKE DUNHAM)26 Jan 2012 at 11:23pm
A UAA Seawolves debate squad ranked among the top finishers at the World Universities Debating Championships at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines from Dec. 27 to Jan. 4.
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Help sought for rural electric bills
by The Associated Press ()26 Jan 2012 at 11:09pm
A Dillingham Democrat wants to expand a program that helps rural Alaskans pay for the cost of electricity.
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Bill proposes retirement system changes
by Associated Press (BECKY BOHRER)27 Jan 2012 at 12:25am
Union leaders on Thursday voiced support for a measure that would allow public employees to choose between a retirement account, like a 401(k), or earning a traditional pension.
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The Mudflats
Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics
The Casualty in Alaska?s Culture War
by AKMuckraker27 Jan 2012 at 10:23am
By Elstun Lauesen There is a culture war going on. And the epicenter of that culture war is right here in Alaska. It is outrageous in its brazenness and tragic in its effect. It is political in its tactic and economic in its objective. It is a classic tale of western frontier conquest. I [...]
Open ?Thread?
by AKMuckraker27 Jan 2012 at 9:49am
Yesterday, I was able to capture a second-degree felony assault of quotation marks. The perpetrator is still being sought for “questioning.”
It Can?t Happen Here ? The Costa Concordia
by AKMuckraker26 Jan 2012 at 8:41am
By Wickersham’s Conscience The Costa Concordia still lies on her side off the Tuscan coast, with 16 confirmed dead and many still missing. Alaskans know, to their sorrow, that not all ship?s captains are scrupulously careful, not all crew members fully qualified, and not all accidents truly accidents. A Dutch salvage company is struggling to [...]
Open Thread ? I Like Ike
by AKMuckraker26 Jan 2012 at 1:10am
Remember when THIS was a Republican President, and former General? Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:It Can’t Happen Here – The Costa ConcordiaOpen Thread – Political CloudsA Fool’s Errand – Brought to You by Rep. Kyle JohansenPowered by Where did they go from here?
A Fool?s Errand ? Brought to You by Rep. Kyle Johansen
by admin25 Jan 2012 at 3:22pm
By Carl Johnson While preparing to head off alone into the bowels of the Death Star to disable the tractor beam holding theMillenium Falcon captive, Obi Wan Kenobi rhetorically asked of Han Solo, ?Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?? I think of such questions sometimes when my legislators act foolishly. [...]
Open Thread ? Political Clouds
by AKMuckraker25 Jan 2012 at 1:30am
Here are two interesting and very different word clouds. The first is from President Obama’s state of the union address. The second is from the official Republican response delivered by Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. The more often a word is repeated in the speech, the larger the word will appear in the cloud. h/t The [...]
Kids Under the Bus, and What You Can Do About it.
by AKMuckraker24 Jan 2012 at 3:53pm
There’s no doubt about it. Alaska is blessed. Just ask Governor Sean Parnell. These are golden oily days indeed. In his state of the state address last week, he told us that financially, we’re doing just fine, thankyouverymuch But what if… What if some day we aren’t? We should really start cutting the budget just [...]
APOC Ruling Assigns Large Penalty to Bob Griffin for Multiple Campaign Violat...
by Linda Kellen Biegel24 Jan 2012 at 2:59am
by Linda Kellen Biegel Last week, I listened-in on an Alaska Public Offices Commission hearing regarding an old friend of ours here at Mudflats, Mr. Bob Griffin. You remember Bob: – In April 2011, he ran on his status as a veteran and a pilot in order to win a seat the Anchorage School Board [...]
In Parnell?s Administration, Cronyism Rules the Day
by AKMuckraker23 Jan 2012 at 7:55am
By Shannyn Moore The war on science is winning. And I’m not talking about those who confuse weather and climate. Nope. I’m frustrated with the continual election of candidates with a faith-based bias when it comes to policy that should rely on science. In a letter this week, Ed Fogels, deputy commissioner of the Alaska [...]
Open Thread ? Dying Light
by AKMuckraker23 Jan 2012 at 1:10am
This was one of those sunsets where each minute you thought to yourself that this must be the absolute peak of color and light. And then another minute would go by and it would get better. Ultimately, though, I went with the shot from the last bit of dying light. It looks as quiet and [...]
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'Bering Sea Gold': Nome gold miners take spotlight in new reality TV show - A...
26 Jan 2012 at 8:11pmAlaska Dispatch
'Bering Sea Gold': Nome gold miners take spotlight in new reality TV show
Alaska Dispatch
"Bering Sea Gold," which takes place in Nome -- a Western Alaska town that made national headlines earlier this month -- debuts on Discovery at 9 pm Alaska time (channel 56 on GCI Cable in Anchorage). Imagine "Deadliest Catch," but replace crab ...
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Belief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Friday, January 27 - CNN (blog)
27 Jan 2012 at 1:29amBelief Blog's Morning Speed Read for Friday, January 27
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Click the headlines for the full stories. In a recent conference call with conservatives across the country, Mitt Romney expounded upon subjects he usually doesn't talk much about: Jesus and eternity. Alaska Airlines distributed prayer cards like these ...
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Alaska News Nightly: January 25, 2012 - Alaska Public Radio Network
25 Jan 2012 at 7:10pmAlaska News Nightly: January 25, 2012
Alaska Public Radio Network
This month a team of British scientists made headlines when they announced the discovery of a whole world of new species that live in total darkness around underwater volcanic vents in Antarctica ? seaweeds, crabs and even an octopus.
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Emirates, Alaska Air hope to make a trip home to India easier - TechFlash
19 Jan 2012 at 2:26pmEmirates, Alaska Air hope to make a trip home to India easier
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Connect with TechFlash on our Facebook page for all the latest technology news headlines and commentary, plus information and access to special events, photos from events, promotions and more. by Steve Wilhelm on Thursday, January 19, 2012, ...
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Vets' advocate has key role in whale rescue film - Fox News
24 Jan 2012 at 10:21amKansas City Star
Vets' advocate has key role in whale rescue film
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But it was her involvement nearly 25 years ago in a high-seas effort to rescue three gray whales stranded off Alaska that is now receiving Hollywood treatment. Carroll and her late husband Tom are prominent characters in the upcoming "Big Miracle," a ...
'Big Miracle' screens this week at DC fundraiserTheNewsTribune.com
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Price Disclosure Needs Improving - The Ledger
26 Jan 2012 at 8:26pmPrice Disclosure Needs Improving
The Ledger
No longer can the airline print a footnote, in tiny type, about the possibility of such fees, but those extra charges ? like those for the first and second suitcases checked aboard ? must be prominently mentioned in the pricing headlines for such ...
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Extreme Weather - KOLO
10 Jan 2012 at 7:36ammsnbc.com
Extreme Weather
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Snow in Alaska doesn't usually make headlines, there there are extremes. The fishing town of Cordova is buried under eighteen feet of snow. The snowfall set a new record. Several buildings have collapsed under the wight of the snow, but no homes have ...
The Top 8 Videos From Alaska's Massive, Record SnowTheBlaze.com
Alaska Town Digs Out Of 18 Feet Of SnowWISN Milwaukee
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Cold snap causes fuel to run low in Noatak, Kobuk - The Arctic Sounder
13 Jan 2012 at 12:41pmCold snap causes fuel to run low in Noatak, Kobuk
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Access to fuel has created some of Alaska's most interesting headlines this winter, especially as the Russian ship Renda broke through pack ice on a unique voyage to Nome this week. But Nome isn't the only Northwest community having to get creative in ...
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Scientists New Species Living Around Underwater Volcanic Vents - Alaska Publi...
25 Jan 2012 at 7:10pmScientists New Species Living Around Underwater Volcanic Vents
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By Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage | January 25, 2012 - 5:46 pm This month a team of British scientists made headlines when they announced the discovery of a whole world of new species that live in total darkness around underwater volcanic vents in ...
Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner - The Coloradoan
27 Jan 2012 at 8:09amTop things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner
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They are The Grey, an R-rated drama/action/adventure film starring Liam Neeson as one of a group of oil-rig roughnecks whose plane crashes in remote Alaska and they must find ways to survive and fend off a pack of wolves; Man on a Ledge, a PG-13 drama ...
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Alaska Air Group Reports Record Adjusted Full-Year Results - PR Newswire
26 Jan 2012 at 5:11amHowever, the Company has historically had two primary operating and reporting segments, consisting of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, for which separate financial information is available and regularly evaluated by our chief operating decision maker in ...
Alaska's Congressional Delegation Opposes Base Closures - KTUU
27 Jan 2012 at 1:02pmAlaska's congressional delegation and Gov. Sean Parnell will oppose U.S. Department of Defense plans to seek additional military base closures in the state. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Thursday the size of the Army will be reduced ...
Alaska Air Ends 30-Year Tradition of Prayer Cards With Meals - ABC News
26 Jan 2012 at 10:47am?Some customers were comforted by the cards and some didn?t feel religion was appropriate on the plane and preferred not to receive one,? an Alaska Airlines spokeswoman told the Associated Press. Twitter was buzzing today about the news, with the ...
Alaska pilot navigates wild skies on ?Alaska Wing Men? - Fairbanks Daily News...
27 Jan 2012 at 1:45pmFAIRBANKS - With networks like TLC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic making Alaska programming a priority, it seems every other Alaskan has participated in a reality TV show. Count Kiana resident Zaz Staheli as one of them. She is the only part ...
Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition - YAHOO!
25 Jan 2012 at 6:27pmSEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals. The prayer cards, which the Seattle ...
Alaska Airlines To Stop Handing Out Prayer Cards - NPR News
25 Jan 2012 at 1:40pm"After more than 30 years of handing prayer cards to customers aboard its planes, Alaska Airlines has decided the practice is outdated and will stop doing it on Feb. 1," The Seattle Times reports. A few things struck us about this news.
More Alaska Natives claim mixed heritage - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
26 Jan 2012 at 1:07amFAIRBANKS ? A rapidly growing number of Alaska Natives list heritage that includes multiple races, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Census, which helped fuel a rapid climb in the state?s Native population during the past decade.
Commission cuts most allowable halibut catches - Kenai Peninsula Clarion
27 Jan 2012 at 3:11pmKODIAK (AP) ? Parts of Alaska will see substantial cuts in the allowable halibut catch. KMXT reports (http://bit.ly/15KdoW) the International Pacific Halibut Commission released its catch limits Friday. Overall, it's down 18 percent from last ...
Alaska Air Group Reports Record Adjusted -2- - Smart Money
26 Jan 2012 at 5:54amFor more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at alaska1d0kkjhjjfjhkopkhjuh/\gchgf6yy67809hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimkmkjuuhuhidhfufifhuifruhfrurmm ufgufy7fy7f78y7fhhhjjjhjjjnjjjjgii9jjjfj01011111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111air.com/newsroom. NM - Not Meaningful (a) See page 8 for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure and Note A on page 10 for a discussion of why these ...
Siddharth confident about the success of 'AK 56' - in.com
27 Jan 2012 at 12:16amNew Delhi: Meet Siddharth who is quite confident about the success of his forthcoming flick 'AK 56'. Siddarth, who made his debut in Sandalwood with 'Minchu', a re-make of Tamil movie 'Thimiru', expects 'AK 56' to become a huge hit at the box ...
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Alaska Airlines ditching prayer cards
27 Jan 2012 at 4:09amAlaska Airlines ditching prayer cards Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:42 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Study shows low college graduation rates
25 Jan 2012 at 11:16pmBrief news items from the Alaska Legislature.
Alaska Air Group to Webcast Presentation at Raymond James 2012 Global Airline...
25 Jan 2012 at 12:31pmSEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE: ALK - News), the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Horizon Air Industries, Inc., today announced it will webcast a presentation ...
Prayer Cards by Alaska Airlines Discontinued
27 Jan 2012 at 5:10amPrayer Cards Image Credit: Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines has stopped the issuance of prayer cards with their meals in respect to the diverse religious beliefs and culture of all their passengers, according to reports by several international news sites on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The removal of the prayer cards was made after the airline [...]
Alaska Air Ends Prayer Card Tradition
26 Jan 2012 at 9:41amAfter 30 years of giving passengers prayer cards with their meals, Alaska Airlines notified customers via email they would end the practice next week. ?Religious beliefs are deeply personal and sharing them with others is an individual choice,? according to Wednesday?s email, signed by airline CEO...
Alaska leaders criticize call for base closings
27 Jan 2012 at 12:34amFAIRBANKS - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta?s announcement that the administration of President Obama will seek two new rounds of base closings drew quick reaction from Alaska?s congressional delega...
Alaska pilot navigates wild skies on ?Alaska Wing Men?
27 Jan 2012 at 1:59pmFAIRBANKS - With networks like TLC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic making Alaska programming a priority, it seems every other Alaskan has participated in a reality TV show. Count Kiana r...
19-year-old convicted in Ketchikan death
26 Jan 2012 at 6:34pmKETCHIKAN, Alaska - A jury in Ketchikan has found a 19-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder. The Ketchikan Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/ymcmK2) the jury returned its verdict Tuesday ag...
Alaska Communications to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2011 Financial Re...
25 Jan 2012 at 1:05pmAlaska Communications , today announced it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end 2011 shortly after markets close Thursday, March 1, 2012. The company will host a conference call and live webcast at 5:00 p.m.
Officials in southeast Alaska town ask customers to conserve water
25 Jan 2012 at 8:34amKETCHIKAN, Alaska - Craig officials are asking residents to conserve water for a few days as the city works to refill its 835,000-gallon storage tank. The Ketchikan Daily News (http://bit.ly/zuBjx...
