CNN To Spotlight Alaska’s High Rape Numbers
CNN will examine Alaska’s struggle with sexual assault and domestic violence in its Change The List project, propelling the issue to the national stage. The news agency sent a reporter to the state to start exploring the problem.
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5 Things To Know About The New Southeast Radiation Oncology Center
The new Southeast Radiation Oncology Center in Juneau celebrated its grand opening last week. The clinic near Bartlett Regional Hospital will treat cancer patients from Juneau and Southeast Alaska, who previously had to travel to Anchorage, Seattle or another large city to get radiation treatment.
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Japan Airlines Announces Flights To Fairbanks
Japan Airlines has announced a full schedule of flights to Fairbanks this winter. In its10th year offering winter service to Fairbanks, the carrier is planning 18 round trips beginning this Sunday, and running through April 3rd.
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Ketchikan Police Make Multiple Arrests For Alleged Meth, Heroin Sales
The Ketchikan Police Department announced multiple drug-related arrests Tuesday, with four arrests the result of one investigation into a group of Oregon residents who were suspected of selling methamphetamine and heroin in Ketchikan.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Updates Concussion Policy
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District school board is fine-tuning the concussion policy for all student athletes. Members have been discussing the slight changes since August and action from the board is expected next month.
Bethel Residents Struggle With GCI Smartphone Data
GCI is in the process of transitioning to 3G data service for smart phones in the Bethel area. But as many users know, the internet isn’t always the fastest or in some cases, available at all.
Greely Missile-Defense Base Prepares For More Interceptors
Fort Greely’s missile-defense base could get a big boost in spending this year if the U.S. Senate approves a measure worked out last week by a bipartisan group of lawmakers.
Greenpeace Fined for Maritime Violation Off Alaskan Shores
A state board has fined Greenpeace $15,000 for traveling through Alaskan waters without a marine pilot. The violation occurred during Greenpeace’s “Save the Arctic” tour to protest Shell’s oil exploration in July 2012.
Assembly Approves $4.4 Million for Rec Center, Tennis Courts
Last night the Anchorage Assembly finally decided the issue of a state-funded recreation center with tennis courts. Assembly members approved 4-point-4 million-dollars for the project.
Point Hope, Alaska School Holiday Program
The annual school Christmas program in Point Hope is a little different than in most communities.
Yes, there are seasonally popular songs and carols, but many of them are sung in Inupiaq, the language of the Tikigaqmuit.
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Is Alaska Ready To Move Past AGIA?
Is AGIA being put to bed? When the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act was first introduced in 2007, it was sold as the state's best hope of getting work started on a natural gas pipeline. But six years after the bill's passage, the Parnell administration thinks it's ready to go beyond that framework in an effort to get a LNG project built.
Congress Likely To Pass Budget
It looks like Congress will finally pass a budget. A two-year spending plan easily cleared a Senate hurdle today, and is headed for final passage tomorrow. Both Alaska senators supported it, but they’re not entirely happy.
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State Supreme Court Hears Pebble Mine Arguments
The state’s highest court heard oral arguments Tuesday in appeals related to lawsuits against the proposed Pebble Mine.
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Hunters May Get Tax Break For Game Donations
Congressman Don Young introduced a bill recently that would allow hunters to get a tax break for donating game to food based charities.
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BLM Taking Steps To Clean Up Red Devil Mine
The process of cleaning up the Red Devil mine will take the BLM years. But the agency is planning to move dirt this summer to prevent more tailings and their toxic metals from entering the Kuskokwim River.
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At Reopened Museum of the Aleutians, A Focus On Storytelling
The Museum of the Aleutians in Unalaska re-opened recently after five months of renovations. The space has been transformed in an effort to tell the whole story of the chain.
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Fairbanks Drag Racing Strip Application Approved
A controversial proposal to build Alaska’s second drag racing strip near North Pole is closer to becoming a reality. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Planning Commission approved an application last night by the Fairbanks Racing Lions for the half-mile track.
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Fairbanks Light Project Shines On
State Senators Question Anchorage Tennis Court Funds
The state's legislative affairs agency released an opinion on Tuesday saying state grant money shouldn't be used to build a recreation center with indoor tennis courts. The controversial proposal to build a new rec center is on the agenda again at the Anchorage Assembly meeting on Tuesday night.
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A Look at Moose Run Metals – Fritz Creek, Alaska
Tarri Thurman has been a metalsmith for 10 years. Originally a hairdresser from Ann Arbor, Michigan, she moved to Alaska in 1995, working a variety of jobs from back hoe operator to arborist to pizza maker.
She sold my first piece of artwork as an apprentice, off the bench, before it was completed.
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