Anti-Marijuana Group Asks Muni To Pull Pro-Initiative Advertising
The group Big Marijuana Big Mistake is taking issue with pro-marijuana initiative bus ads, and they're asking the Municipality of Anchorage to intervene.
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Sarah Palin Channel Kicks Off With Pro-Oil Tax Referendum Message
Less than a week after launching her own online subscription channel, former Gov. Sarah Palin is using the platform to call for the repeal of her successor's oil tax law.
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Dan Sullivan Gets Negative On Mead Treadwell
In the campaign for the U.S. Senate, the Republican primary has taken a turn for the negative. Dan Sullivan has sent mailers to voters in Anchorage and Fairbanks bashing rival Republican Mead Treadwell.
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Troopers Investigate Inmate Overdose at Juneau Prison
Two male inmates at Juneau’s Lemon Creek Correctional Center overdosed on drugs last week. Both men survived and are still in custody.
Now, the Department of Corrections and the Alaska State Troopers are investigating what happened.
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Former Creamery Executive Convicted in Fraud Case
A former executive of the now-defunct Alaska Creamery has been found guilty by a federal jury of making false statements to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Alaska Man Missing in Costa Rica
The son of a noted Alaska outdoorsman is lost in a Central American jungle.
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Human Remains Found Believed to be Missing Brevig Mission Man
Alaska State Troopers say human remains found in western Alaska are believed to be those of a missing 21-year-old Brevig Mission man.
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Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch
While salmon is still the main species that pollock fishermen are trying to avoid taking as bycatch this summer, there’s another creature that’s been causing problems in the Bering Sea.
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Homer Chef to Represent Alaska at Alaska at National Seafood Cook-Off
A chef from Homer will be representing Alaska at the 2014 Great American Seafood Cook-Off Saturday. 19 chefs from around the country are heading to New Orleans to compete.
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AK: Moving On
The director of the largest refugee assistance program in Alaska is leaving after more than a decade, just as the program is being threatened by a federal budget crisis in Washington.
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300 Villages: Cantwell
This week we’re heading to Cantwell, near Denali National Park. Caitlin Santos lives in Cantwell, Alaska.
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DOC Releases New Information Policy
After a string of prisoner deaths this year, the state Department of Corrections has posted on its website its policy regarding the release of information to the public in the event of an inmate death.
Linc Energy Seeks Tyonek Coal Permit
Australian - based Linc Energy seeks to further exploration activities in Cook Inlet.
Anchorage labor law battle nearing an end…maybe
The Anchorage Assembly and municipal unions might be close to a compromise on the city's labor laws. The groups met for their final work session on Friday to discuss Assembly member Jennifer Johnston's proposed labor ordinance. But the unions say there are still three major sticking points.
Alaska News Nightly: August 1, 2014
Former Governor Sarah Palin Calls For Oil Tax Repeal; Dan Sullivan’s Mailers Target Opponent Mead Treadwell; Troopers Investigate Inmate Overdose at Juneau Prison; Former Creamery Executive Convicted in Fraud Case; Search Underway for Alaskan Missing in Costa Rica; Human Remains Found Believed to be Missing Man; Pollock Fleet Sees Spike in Squid Bycatch; Homer Chef to Represent Alaska at Alaska at National Seafood Cook-Off; AK: Moving On; 300 Villages: Cantwell
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Ballot Measure 1
It’s a serious matter for the voters to overturn an action by the state Legislature, but that’s what’s on the Aug. 19 ballot. Should favorable tax terms for the oil and gas industry be given a chance to work toward raising production or should the Legislature be told it gave too much away, at the expense of future revenues?
APRN: Tuesday, 8/1 at 10:00am
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Cameras Catch Rep. Young Twisting Arm in Capitol
Politics often involves a bit of arm-twisting, but footage of Alaska Congressman Don Young today shows him literally twisting the arm of a young man in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol. Young says he shouldn't have done it.
ASRC Gets Option To Buy Into Offshore Chukchi Drilling Operations
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and a handful of North Slope village corporations now have the option to buy into offshore drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea. It’s part of a new agreement with Shell Oil. But with the future of that company’s Arctic operations up in the air, the deal raises more questions than answers.
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Gold Miners Push Back Against Nome Over ‘Negative Social Impacts’
A vocal show of frustration from Nome’s mining community took center stage at this week’s City Council meeting. The miners were angry about a letter the city sent to the State Department of Natural Resources complaining about impacts from the recent gold mining boom.
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NOAA Investigating Ferry, Humpback Collision
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration law enforcement officials are investigating a collision between the state ferry Kennicott and a humpback whale near Kodiak. The incident brought a multi-agency team of scientists to the island to help determine whether the collision caused the death of the sub-adult humpback whale.
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