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Municipal Elections Held Across State
Municipalities across the state held elections Tuesday. Homer’s ban on lightweight plastic shopping bags went into effect January 1st but nine months later, the ban appears to be history. Homer residents voted to repeal the ban in yesterday’s municipal election.
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Boater Finds Body Of Southeast Alaska Hunter
The body of a Craig man missing since Sept. 15 has been found in ocean water east of Ketchikan.
Man Dies After Being Struck Many Times With Road Sign
A 50-year-old man died after being beaten with a road sign, punched and kicked outside the Anchorage Community Mental Health Services building, and four people are in custody.
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Anchorage Police Investigating Man’s Death
Anchorage police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday morning. Police in a statement say the man was found just before 7 a.m. outside the Anchorage Community Mental Health Services building in East Anchorage.
BLM Confirms Strategy For Old Alaska Well Cleanup
The Bureau of Land Management says its strategy for cleaning up old oil wells in the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska will focus initially on 16 high priority sites.
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Search On For Missing Alaska Man; Companion Found
The Coast Guard is searching Behm Canal for a southeast Alaska man last seen heading to a pleasure boat aboard a 7-foot skiff loaded with fresh game.
Alaska Personnel Board Makes Same-Sex Partners ‘Family’
The Alaska State Personnel Board has voted to include the same-sex partners of state employees in the definition of "immediate family" for purposes of leave.
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Walrus Move To Shore In Northwest Alaska
Pacific walrus are gathering on the northwest coast of Alaska and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun procedures to keep airplanes out of the area.
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Court Denies Vic Kohring Appeal
A former lawmaker caught in a federal corruption probe of Alaska politicians has lost a chance to have his bribery conviction overturned.
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ConocoPhillips Evaluating Request To Reopen Kenai Peninsula LNG Facility
The state of Alaska is asking ConocoPhillips to reopen its liquefied natural gas plant on the Kenai Peninsula.
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Public Safety Commissioner Resigning
Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Joe Masters is resigning. Masters has held his current position since 2008. Masters said in his resignation letter that he plans to return to the private sector. His resignation will be effective Oct. 15.
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Shots From Other Hunters Halted Grizzly Attack
An Alaska grizzly bear wounded by a Rhode Island hunter survived more than 90 minutes before attacking the man and slashing his head. Alaska State Troopers say John Matson sustained injuries Monday to his head and body. The wounds were not considered life-threatening.
Contracting Issues Delay Cleanup Work At Reserve
A U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman says contracting issues have delayed the start of cleanup work around abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic.
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Cal Worthington Dead At 92
Cal Worthington, who built a fortune from a series of West Coast car dealerships and became a TV fixture thanks to commercials urging customers to "go see Cal," has died. He was 92.
Grand Jury Indicts Driver in Deaths of Two Girls
A 31-year-old Anchorage man accused of driving drunk and killing two teenage girls walking along a street has been indicted by a grand jury. The state Department of Law said today in a statement that Stacey Graham was indicted on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of manslaughter. He also was earlier charged by the state with driving under the influence.
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Memo Cites Concerns with Proposed Abortion Regulations
A legislative attorney says a proposed new regulation that would further define what constitutes a "medically necessary" abortion for purposes of receiving Medicaid funding would likely be found unconstitutional.
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State Considers New Same Sex Partner Benefits
The Alaska State Personnel Board is considering including Same-sex partners in the definition of "immediate family." The proposed change in rules would allow state employees to take family leave due to a serious health condition of a same-sex partner.
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Man Suspected of Shooting at Police Arrested
A 31-year-old man suspected of shooting at an Anchorage police officer has been arrested. James John Nick was arrested on a warrant this morning.
Anchorage Police Search For Man Who Shot At Officer
A man fired several shots at an Anchorage police officer today, but the officer was not hit. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro says the suspect fled on foot, and police have set up a perimeter in the midtown area to search for the man.
Anchorage Teachers Reach Agreement With District
The Anchorage School District says it had reached a tentative agreement with the Anchorage Education Association on a three-year labor contract through June 2016.
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