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Archive | September, 2012

Sounding Board: Gun Safety

This Thursday on Sounding Board (September 13, 2012 at 10am), we’re talking aboutĀ gun safety. While two fatalities involving hunting rifles on the road system were reported last week, stories like this have been told in Western Alaska, too. Let’s be sure they are never told again. What’s a gun safety tip you learned that’s saved [...]

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Update News: Friday, September 7, 2012

In Friday’s News: Emmonak Tribal Council considers reopening tribal court; Statoil delays exploration plans for 2015 after Shell’s delay this season; Woman fatally shot by hunting partner identified as Tarsicia Heath; Gov. Parnell’s staff says text messaging not public information, legislative attorney disagrees; NTSB investigates a 5,000-foot drop during an Era Alaska flight; Alaska PFD [...]

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Update News: Thursday, September 6, 2012

In Thursday’s News: Nome residents urge the ABC board to help combat scourge of alcoholism in Nome; Body of missing Marshall man, Paul Tinker, found in Yukon River; Two hunting fatalities occur within a week on road system; Power restored to most residents in Anchorage after wind storm; Nome residents give ideas to Nome Common [...]

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Update News: Wednesday, September 5, 2012

In Wednesday’s News: Anchorage windstorm causes extensive damage, schools closed; Crews in Kivalina race winter freeze up to repair water lines; North Pole man to perform community service work for PFD fraud; Sec. of State Hilary Clinton to sign Memorandum of Understanding with Russia aimed to preserve Shared Beringian Heritage; US House Rep. Young holds [...]

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Update News: Tuesday, September 4, 2012

In Tuesday’s News: August storms delay start of school year in Kivalina; State Attorney General asks that the Red Devil mine site be placed on National Priorities List; 61-year-old man dies in ATV crash in Mat-Su Borough; UAA Assistant Professor to study how many birds migrate to and from AK every year.

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Update News: Monday, September 3, 2012

In Monday’s news: Shell’s drilling rig Nobel Discoverer arrives in the Chukchi amid uncertain weather; telecommunication problems in Wales trouble residents, organizations for more than a month; Coast Guard suspends search for crewmen missing after fishing vessel sinks near Kodiak Island; strong Yukon River chum salmon runs sees a single pulse of over 200,000 fish two weeks ago; 66-year-old pilot George Vonderheide killed in single-engine plane crash near Homer; and Sitka’s “Brewery Bandit,” Carl Liberty, charged with burglary and theft from Baranof Island Brewery.

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