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1 hr ago | 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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5 hrs ago | 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

Anchorage Daily News

Norwegians moving dogs to Alaska for Iditarod

It took some planning to figure out what to do with 21 Siberian huskies and one Shiba Inu upon arrival at Sea-Tac Airport Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Norway, Europe, Iditarod, AK, Ford F-150, Ford, Truck, Fairbanks, AK

AlertNet

Second Alaska volcano belching ash and steam

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

Wed May 15, 2013

KTNA

Su Valley Voice 5-15-2013-Abuse of vulnerable adults

On this edition of Su Valley Voice, KTNA's public affairs program, the topic is the abuse of vulnerable adults: the elderly and mentally ill.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government

Live Science

The Biggest and Weirdest Maars on Earth

In Alaska, where the winter runs colder, the sun shines longer and the mountains rise taller than any other state, the Land of the Midnight Sun can claim another superlative: The biggest and strangest maars ever found on Earth.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, University of Alaska Fairbanks, US National Parks, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

NorCalBlogs

The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg takes a fossil fueled trip to ...

The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg takes a fossil fueled trip to a remote Alaskan village to tell us recent global warming caused it to sink - but that's not the cause "America's First Climate Refugees" are actually a victim of a poorly executed previous government relocation program in 1959 and a change in ocean patterns in 1976.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government

Tue May 14, 2013

KESQ-TV Palm Desert

2 Alaska volcanoes on alert as lava flows

Lava flowed Tuesday from two Alaskan volcanoes, with authorities placing both on the second-highest alert levels because "sudden explosions ... are possible with little or no warning." The volcanoes are Pavlof and Cleveland, both in the Aleutian Island range southwest of mainland Alaska.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science

4029TV.com

2 Alaska volcanoes on alert as lava flows

Lava flowed Tuesday from two Alaskan volcanoes, with authorities placing both on the second-highest alert levels because "sudden explosions ... are possible with little or no warning." The volcanoes are Pavlof and Cleveland, both in the Aleutian Island range southwest of mainland Alaska.

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Related Topix: Volcanic Eruption, Natural Disasters, Geology, Science

Peninsula Clarion

UAA hockey coach Shyiak accused of hitting player

A former player for the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves says former hockey coach Dave Shyiak violently struck a player with his hockey stick.

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Related Topix: University of Alaska Anchorage

The Guardian

Politics and climate change go hand-in-hand

The largest US state by total area, Alaska has an extremely varied topography ranging from volcanic islands to lakes and marshland, glaciers, rugged mountain ranges and flat tundra.

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Related Topix: Alaska Government, US Politics, US News, Al Gore, US Governors, Sarah Palin, John McCain

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