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1 hr ago | The Miami Herald

Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city

Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash and steam skyward Sunday but not enough to raise the aviation threat for international air carriers.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Nelson Lagoon, AK

1 hr ago | Inventor Spot

Cool Inspiration From Previous Arctic Innovation Competition Winners

If you're planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition , it wouldn't hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to 2012 for extra inspiration: Not only did these extremely durable inflatable snowshoes impress AIC's judges, but they also caught the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Alaska Government

5 hrs ago | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

State Agency Databases Activity Report 5/19/2013

The past two weeks have been active ones at the State Agency Databases Project .

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Related Topix: Alaska Government

9 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Pebble, foes play high-dollar hardball

Four years ago, a disgruntled contractor for opponents of a proposed Pebble mine sold insider emails, donor lists, bank records and other information to the Pebble Partnership for $50,000, an arbitrator found -- setting in motion a chain of upheaval in the epic political war over the huge gold and copper prospect.

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13 hrs ago | Anchorage Daily News

Alaska gold miners optimistic despite dropping prices

The price of gold has been dropping for about a week, but KTUU-TV reports local miners are still enthusiastically teaching the next generation how to pan for gold.

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14 hrs ago | BroadwayWorld.com

Nat Geo Premieres New Series Life Below Zero Tonight

Isolated. Dark. Cold. Combating minus 60-degree days. Your only neighbors are bears, wolves and foxes.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Alaska Native corporation launches tourism service

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska Native village corporation that operates a popular cruise ship destination has launched a commercial consulting service for others seeking help developing their own cultural tourism ventures.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK

KIMO

Snow in the Forecast for Mid-May

Snow in mid-May? It's not unheard of, but it has a lot of Alaskans saying enough is enough.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, Weather

WBNS

Psychiatrist retires commuted to Ketchikan

After 34 years of working at Ketchikan's Gateway Center for Human Services, including 10 years as medical director, Wandal William Winn is calling it a day.

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Related Topix: Anchorage, AK, Point MacKenzie, AK, Brigham Young University, University of New Mexico, University of Washington

Petroleum News

Interior plays spar on service areas

Fairbanks Natural Gas, Interior Alaska Natural Gas Utility each tell the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to be wary of the other The battle over bringing liquefied natural gas to the Interior is getting testy.

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Peninsula Clarion

Archaeology curator applicant to give talk

An anthropologist seeking a job as archaeology curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will speak at a public seminar on prehistoric subsistence next week.

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Related Topix: Science, Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fri May 17, 2013

The Northwestern in Oshkosh

Alaska volcano shoots huge ash plumes into the air

In this photo provided by the Alaskan Volcano Observatory, the Pavlof volcano erupts Thursday.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Anchorage, AK, Cold Bay, AK

The Las Vegas Sun

States to get initial money from Japanese gift

The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government

Anchorage Daily News

Rapper Kendrick Lamar and rocker Bret Michaels to perform Alaska State Fair

The Alaska State Fair announced two more concerts to round out the 2013 concert series at the Borealis Theatre in Palmer, with tickets for rising rap star Kendrick Lamar and Poison front man Bret Michaels on sale now on the fair's website.

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Related Topix: Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Rock of Love, Hip-Hop, Kendrick Lamar, Pop/Rock, Poison, Dr. Dre, Rap, Black Entertainment

The Guardian

Arctic strategy sets off climate timebomb

Shell's drilling rig Kulluk aground on the southeast shore of Sitkalidak Island about 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, January 4, 2013.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science

Seward City News

Executive Chef Eric Slater of Seward Windsong Lodge and Kenai Fjords...

Executive Chef Erik Slater, of Resurrection Roadhouse Restaurant, Seward Windsong Lodge and Kenai Fjords Wilderness Lodge, has been honored as one of the country's top culinary talents in the inaugural edition of Best Chefs America.

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel, Life, Food, Recipes, Anchorage, AK, Talkeetna, AK

Thu May 16, 2013

Alaska Journal of Commerce

BLM to tackle four high-risk abandoned wells this year

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released a plan May 8 identifying 50 abandoned wells in the Alaska Arctic that it believes require clean-up by the agency.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Lisa Murkowski, US Military, US Navy, Barrow, AK, Sean Parnell, US Governors

Inhabitat

America's First Climate Refugees are Native Alaskan Communities

For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees .

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, US News, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Global Warming

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Road work begins as snow finally recedes

Josh Holly, of Specialty Excavators, shows Konstantin Reutov, a 16-year-old Kachemak-Selo student, around an excavator on April 30 during the Alaska Construction Career Day at the Soldotna Sports Center in Soldotna.

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Related Topix: Kachemak, AK, Soldotna, AK, Anchorage, AK, Kenai, AK

Dansville-Genesee Country Expres

Travel and Adventure: Working, learning, cruising in Alaska

HAINES, Alaska -- If I bend over any farther, I will be swimming with the tadpoles.

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Related Topix: Haines, AK, Saxman, AK, Ketchikan, AK

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