Deceased man found near downtown Anchorage
A fourth man in less than two weeks was found dead outside in Anchorage on Thursday late afternoon. The man, who has not been identified by the Anchorage Police Department, was near 3rd Avenue and Karluk Street close to where one man was found last week.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 23, 2015
Young Votes Yes, Meant No, On Bill Gutting GMO Labeling Laws; 2nd Murkowski Energy Bill Has Controversies Lacking in 1st; Gov. Walker Travels to Pentagon to Make Case for Alaska Troops; 5 Fires Threaten Tanana On the Yukon; Anchorage To 'Revisit' Knik Arm Bridge; Suspect Arrested for Threatening Calls To Arizona Schools, Which Were Similar to Alaska's; 4 Charged with Theft of Oysters from Kachemak Bay Farm; With Ever-Changing Restrictions, 2015 Marks a Summer of Flexibility on the Kuskokwim; Pains of Trooper Cuts Felt At Small Community Jails; Haines Climbers Likely First Women to Summit Cathedral Peaks
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Young Votes Yes, Meant No, on Bill Gutting GMO Labeling Laws
The U.S. House today passed a bill to gut state labeling laws for GMO foods. Alaska Congressman Don Young voted for the bill, which he says he did by mistake.
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2nd Murkowski Energy Bill Has Controversies Lacking in 1st
Yesterday Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced an energy bill that steered clear of hot-button issues to ensure Democratic support. Today, the Alaska Republican sponsored a separate energy bill of just hot buttons.
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Walker travels to Pentagon to make case for Alaska troops
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is in Washington, D.C., making the case with the military for restoring proposed personnel cuts.
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Five Fires Threaten Tanana On the Yukon
Recent rain slowed wildfire growth around the interior, but there are still nearly 2 hundred active blazes, and over twenty staffed fires. The largest response is to a half-million-acre complex of fires near Tanana. Managers expect suppression and demobilization to take weeks.
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Anchorage To ‘Revisit’ Knik Arm Bridge
AMATS adopts a resolution noting financial, environmental, and community concerns that could see project cut from transportation spending.
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Man arrested for threatening calls to Arizona schools similar to Alaska’s
A New York man was arrested last week for making threatening phone calls to Arizona schools that were motivated by online gaming on an Xbox, authorities say. Details of the calls sound similar to ones made to Alaska schools, though the FBI says the arrest hasn’t been connected.
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4 Charged with Theft of Oysters from Kachemak Bay Farm
Four local residents are being charged with criminal trespass and theft for stealing oysters from a farm on the south side of Kachemak Bay on 4th of July.
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With Ever-Changing Restrictions, 2015 Marks a Summer of Flexibility on the Kuskokwim
Subsistence fishing is open indefinitely on the Kuskokwim River. But that hasn’t been the norm this summer, as the river underwent two management regimes —state and federal—and strict closures for two species. Lower river fishermen are adjusting to the new reality of Kuskokwim subsistence—where conservative management is now the status quo.
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Pains of Trooper Cuts Felt At Small Community Jails
Budget cuts to state troopers are taking place all over Alaska. But in small Southeast communities, like Petersburg, it’s a double whammy. That’s because community jails are also taking a hit. And the two are inextricably linked.
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Haines climbers likely first women to summit Cathedral Peaks
Haines residents Jenn Walsh and Jessica Kayser Forster are likely the first women to summit the 6,400-foot Mount Emmerich in the Chilkat Valley, also known as Cathedral Peaks.
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Quidditch in the Last Frontier | INDIE ALASKA
Quidditch, the official sport of Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, has found a new home in Anchorage, Alaska. The magical game played in the Harry Potter books involves wearing capes and flying on enchanted brooms while trying to score a ball into the hoops.
Trial Begins For Wrangell Doc Accused of Distributing Porn
A Wrangell doctor is standing trial this week on child pornography charges.
Two Alaska Lodges Make National Geographic’s ‘Most Unique in the World’ List
Two remote Alaska lodges have been given an international nod with a listing from National Geographic as some of the most unique in the world.
Naknek Museum Opens: Fishing Nostalgia & Traditional Culture On Display
The collection, housed in a refurbished 77-year-old building in downtown Naknek, features relics of the Bristol Bay fishery and traditional culture.
Senators seek hearing on Walker’s Medicaid expansion plans
The chairman of the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee says he'll take under advisement requests to hold a hearing on Gov. Bill Walker's proposal to accept federal funds for Medicaid expansion.
Bankrupt oil company wants payments back
The city of Homer is filing a response to a request from an oil company seeking the return of thousands of dollars in previous payments to businesses.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Interior Dept. OKs Arctic Drilling—With Limits; Murkowski Unveils Her National Energy Policy Bill; Southeast Village Brings Its Subsistence Designation Battle To Capitol Hill; Murkowski Balks At Proposed Funding Source for Highway Plan; Dozens Testify Against Megaprojects In Anchorage; AMHS Looks To Dwindling Coffers As Southeast Leaders Plea for Restored Ferry Service; Chum Salmon Flood Western Alaska Waters As Buyers Struggle to Keep Up; As Chinook Cross Into Canada, Fall Chum Begin Running on the Yukon; BC Withholds Key Permit from Transboundary Mine
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Interior Dept. OKs Arctic Drilling—With Limits
The Obama administration approved Shell’s Oil’s plan for drilling in the Arctic Ocean on Wednesday. But for now, Shell is restricted on how deep it can drill.
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