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Senate Finance to take up education funding bill
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to hear a bill that would guarantee increases to education funding each of the next three years. SB171 was advanced out of t...
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Point Thomson lease case on tap for Alaska Supreme Court
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - State attorneys will appear before the Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue that a lower court judge incorrectly interpreted state law on how the Department of Natural Res...
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Alaska won't have state firearm anytime soon
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska won't have an official state firearm anytime soon. Sen. Charlie Huggins, who last year proposed making the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 .30-06 caliber rifle, has withdrawn ...
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Wasilla voters say councilman should be recalled
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Wasilla residents have voted to recall City Councilman Steve Menard after he trashed a motel room in Sitka last summer. Unofficial election results showed 70 percent of those w...
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Trooper: North Pole man's attempted extortion case involved threats
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska man accused of attempted extortion told Alaska State Troopers he would shut down government and commercial entities and teach "crackheads" to make devices that could b...
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Sitka man dies in accidental shooting at gun range
SITKA, Alaska - A 50-year-old Sitka man has died in an accidental shooting at a gun range. KCAW reports (http://bit.ly/AaNIOA) the gun went off accidentally when Tony DelMoral was putting his hand...
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Alaska Senate plans generic oil tax bill, at first
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Senate is planning to unveil a generic oil tax bill this week, leaving to the committee process the job of finding problems in the proposal and working out solutions. S...
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Alaska redistricting board plans appeal
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Redistricting Board on Tuesday decided on a partial appeal of a judge's decision that they redraw four House districts. The board decided to challenge state court Judge...
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Mother arrested in beating death of Barrow child
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The mother of a Barrow child who died after being beaten has been arrested. Anchorage police say 28-year-old Esther Edwards-Gust was arrested on a warrant issued from Barrow on...
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Anchorage police say woman's death was homicide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Police have now classified the death of a 67-year-old Anchorage woman as homicide. The woman's body was found in an apartment in midtown Anchorage on Monday afternoon after bei...
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DNR mission statement gets Alaska House committee hearing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A handful of lawmakers and conservation groups are concerned by proposed changes to the mission statement of the Department of Natural Resources. The House Natural Resources Fin...
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Agencies pledge science-based Arctic decisions
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The federal government will make a renewed commitment to incorporate science into Arctic energy decisions, the Interior Department's deputy secretary said Tuesday, including the...
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Ex-Murkowski aide gets 5 months jail in fish case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A man who sat on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council and violated fishing regulations while a member was sentenced Friday to five months in federal prison. Arne Fugl...
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Anchorage lawmaker proposes extended Thanksgiving holiday
JUNEAU, Alaska - An Anchorage lawmaker is proposing a two-day Thanksgiving holiday as a way to conserve energy in state office buildings. Rep. Les Gara says using a four-day weekend as a "teachabl...
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A missing poster featuring 18-year-old Samantha Koenig is posted on the window of Common Grounds Espresso in midtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Police say Koenig was abducted from the coffee stand by a man on foot, late in the evening of Feb. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Anchorage police want to hear from public in barista abduction case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Anchorage police investigating the abduction of a barista are asking for the public's help. Police ask anyone who was in the parking lot of the midtown Alaska Club on Tudor Roa...
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