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Critic challenges removal of Denali wolf buffer zone
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – An opponent of an Alaska Board of Game decision to eliminate a wolf protective buffer zone outside Denali National Park and Preserve wants the tie-breaking vote invalid...
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Coast Guard searches for 2 men overboard in North Pacific
JUNEAU , Alaska – The Coast Guard is searching for two men reported overboard from a Liberian-flagged container ship in the north Pacific. The search for two crewmen began Thursday night. T...
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Galvin: Tread cautiously on Alaska gas tax
JUNEAU — State Revenue Commissioner Pat Galvin this morning expressed concern about a major oil and gas tax change that he said could harm market decisions by potential customers of a natural ga...
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Houston, Alaska, City Council fires police sergeant
Updated 10:06 a.m. 3/12/10 HOUSTON , Alaska – Houston Police Sgt. Charlie Seidl was fired after the city council voted to accept an evaluation calling for his termination. The Mat-Su Vall...
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Anchorage seeks to be 'Googified'
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Anchorage has joined the list of cities seeking to become a test site for Google’s ultra-fast broadband network. The city has launched a campaign called “Go...
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King leads Iditarod mushers into Ruby
Updated 9:39 a.m. 3/12/10 • Click here for current Iditarod standings ANCHORAGE , Alaska (AP) – Four-time winner Jeff King is the first musher to reach the frozen Yukon River in the 1...
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2 killed, 1 wounded in Anchorage shooting
Updated 10:05 a.m. 3/12/10 ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Two men in their 20s have been killed and a woman wounded in a shooting early Friday in south Anchorage. Police told KTUU the shooting to...
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Rep. Don Young pledges to keep earmarks coming to Alaska
FAIRBANKS — Congressional House Republicans announced Thursday they will halt the insertion of earmarks into legislation for one year, but Alaska Rep. Don Young said he will not abide by the dec...
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Fairbanks lawmaker wants to open up Dalton to snowmachines
JUNEAU , Alaska – Rep. Mike Kelly wants to open up the 414-mile Dalton Highway and the public land around it to snowmachining. The House Transportation Committee began hearings Thursday on...
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Alaska's unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
JUNEAU , Alaska – Alaska’s unemployment rate hit 8.5 percent in January. That’s an improvement from December when unemployment stood at 8.8 percent, but the state labor departme...
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Teacher in Alaska was likely killed by wolves
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – A teacher jogging along a rural Alaska road was killed in an animal attack and authorities say wolves are the chief suspects. The body of Candice Berner, 32, was found ...
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Linwood Fiedler visits with his sled dogs Jeff, front, and Rigger at the McGrath, Alaska, checkpoint on the Kuskokwim River on Wednesday morning, March 10, 2010, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily New, Bob Hallinen) From Thai to Twinkies: Iditarod racers go gourmet on trail
• Click here for current Iditarod standings ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race take care of their dogs first when they stop to rest, massaging sore paws an...
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Alaska House passes spending plan
Updated 5:23 p.m. 3/11/10 JUNEAU—The Interior delegation split along party lines on small, last-minute changes to university and natural gas development spending plans in the state budget Thursd...
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Alaska wildlife division gets new director
FAIRBANKS – The state’s wildlife conservation division will get a new boss next week, an assistant commissioner who was hired last year to focus on “abundance-based management” of wildlife...
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Anchorage Republican Sen. Bunde won't seek re-election
JUNEAU , Alaska – Senate Minority Leader Con Bunde will not seek re-election. The Anchorage Republican made the announcement Thursday. Bunde, a retired commercial pilot, has served in the A...
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