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Murkowski: USPS to resume North Pole Santa letters
The U.S. Postal Service found its Christmas spirit. A spokesman confirmed Friday that a program in which volunteers respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in North Pole, Alaska, will resume but w...
The U.S. Postal Service found its Christmas spirit. A spokesman confirmed Friday that a program in which volunteers respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in North Pole, Alaska, will resume but w...
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Blood Bank of Alaska closing 2 donation centers
WASILLA , Alaska – The Blood Bank of Alaska is closing its donation centers in Wasilla and Soldotna because of a lack of demand. Spokesman David Large said statewide demand for blood has dr...
WASILLA , Alaska – The Blood Bank of Alaska is closing its donation centers in Wasilla and Soldotna because of a lack of demand. Spokesman David Large said statewide demand for blood has dr...
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Alaska U.S. Marshals' bomb-sniffing dog is MacDuff
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – The U.S. Marshals in Alaska have a new bomb-sniffing dog. His trainer, says the yellow lab named MacDuff can detect numerous types of explosives and firearms, even shel...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – The U.S. Marshals in Alaska have a new bomb-sniffing dog. His trainer, says the yellow lab named MacDuff can detect numerous types of explosives and firearms, even shel...
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Emergency landing smooth after plane's engine failed over the Alaska tundra
BETHEL , Alaska – An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the single engine failed on a flight from Bethel to Kipnuk, near the Bering Sea coast. Passen...
BETHEL , Alaska – An air taxi with eight people aboard made an emergency landing on tundra when the single engine failed on a flight from Bethel to Kipnuk, near the Bering Sea coast. Passen...
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Alaska observes National Adoption DayFAIRBANKS — Ashley Loaiza has reason to thank parents who foster and adopt children. It was her adoptive parents who helped foster Loaiza into her first healthy relationships. On Thursday, Loai...
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Alaska volunteers strive to save Santa letter serviceANCHORAGE , Alaska – A group of volunteer Santa Claus “elves” in Alaska’s frigid interior is determined to save a popular holiday letter service featuring the North Pole&#...
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Alaska's jobless rate jumps to 8.9 percent
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Alaska’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month. State labor officials on Thursday said that’s a six-tenths of a percentage point increase over ...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Alaska’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.9 percent last month. State labor officials on Thursday said that’s a six-tenths of a percentage point increase over ...
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Alaska's high court hears predator control case
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Opponents of Alaska’s predator control program argued Thursday before the Alaska Supreme Court that the program violates the state constitution. The hearing was a...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Opponents of Alaska’s predator control program argued Thursday before the Alaska Supreme Court that the program violates the state constitution. The hearing was a...
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Anchorage men accused of setting boy's hair afire
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Police say two Anchorage men who were baby-sitting a girlfriend’s children set a 5-year-old boy’s hair on fire with what they called a “redneck flamet...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Police say two Anchorage men who were baby-sitting a girlfriend’s children set a 5-year-old boy’s hair on fire with what they called a “redneck flamet...
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Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound across nation
ATLANTA – When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right. The program has ...
ATLANTA – When the nation’s swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be “messy.” They were right. The program has ...
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Shell Oil denies asking for delay in Chukchi drilling plan
WASHINGTON – The president of Shell Oil Co. says the company did not ask a federal agency to delay a decision on the company’s request to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s Chuk...
WASHINGTON – The president of Shell Oil Co. says the company did not ask a federal agency to delay a decision on the company’s request to drill for oil and gas in Alaska’s Chuk...
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Alaska woman linked to mother's death seeks to reschedule second trial
KETCHIKAN , Alaska – A young woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother five years ago is seeking to delay the start of her second trial. Rachelle Waterman’s lawyer, Steve Wells, ...
KETCHIKAN , Alaska – A young woman accused of conspiring to kill her mother five years ago is seeking to delay the start of her second trial. Rachelle Waterman’s lawyer, Steve Wells, ...
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Oil companies plan to curtail work on North Slope
ANCHORGE , Alaska – Two oil and gas companies plan to cut back their investment in Alaska next year, but another is expanding. ConocoPhillips said it won’t drill a new exploration wel...
ANCHORGE , Alaska – Two oil and gas companies plan to cut back their investment in Alaska next year, but another is expanding. ConocoPhillips said it won’t drill a new exploration wel...
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7 of 10 Alaska swine flu deaths hit Fairbanks
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – A Fairbanks man who died Saturday is the tenth death in Alaska from swine flu. Seven of the deaths have been Fairbanks-related. The state Health Department says it̵...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – A Fairbanks man who died Saturday is the tenth death in Alaska from swine flu. Seven of the deaths have been Fairbanks-related. The state Health Department says it̵...
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Alaska State Troopers name officers who shot armed Wasilla woman
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Alaska State Troopers have released the names of the officers who shot and killed a woman who they say pointed a gun at them last weekend. The organization says troope...
ANCHORAGE , Alaska – Alaska State Troopers have released the names of the officers who shot and killed a woman who they say pointed a gun at them last weekend. The organization says troope...
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