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Update News: Friday, May 3, 2013

In Friday’s news: Next legislative session may be focused on natural gas; Nome Community Center hosting community-wide conversation about racial equity this Saturday; Governor Sean Parnell expected to announce plans for political future; Alaska Governor Sean Parnell says billions of dollars more in new investment is expected under recent tax changes; Bear that attacked man [...]

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Update News: Friday, April 12, 2013

In Friday’s news: Anchorage man banished from Akiak after suspected of bringing alcohol into dry community; GCI’s TERRA-Northwest project underway; Elders and youth gathered yesterday to exchange traditional knowledge of marine mammal hunting; State House has passed legislation to help bring LNG to Interior Alaska; Kobuk 440 mushers on the trail.

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Update News: Tuesday, April 2, 2013

In Tuesday’s news: Persons in Alaska State Trooper helicopter crash have been identified; Alaska House passes legislation advancing pipeline to transport natural gas to Southcentral Alaska; Alaska Senate passes Governor Parnell’s omnibus crime bill; More than 25,000 Alaska voters may also be registered in another state; Six horses running along Anchorage streets have been recaptured.

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Update News: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

In Tuesday’s news: Alleged Kiana criminal Teddy Kyle Smith to face trial in May;Ā  NSHC moves patients to new hospital without a hitch; Teachers might have to wait longer for tenure, if House bill passes; State would take responsibility for dredge-and-fill permits, thanks to Senate bill; ConocoPhillips not extending natural gas export license for Nikiski [...]

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Update News: Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In Wednesday’s News: Chinook salmon research may get permanent funding from state; Voting identification bill explained by Representative Bob Lynn; Shell’s Kulluk leaves Kodiak Island for Dutch Harbor; Alaska promoting natural gas to buyers in Japan and South Korea; Senators Begich and Murkowski split votes on Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as Defense Secretary.

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Update News: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

In Tuesday’s news: Tapping into Norton Sound natural gas resource may not be worthwhile for Nome; Board Member for Bristol Bay Native Corporation charged with sexually assaulting female; Gambell residents still waiting to hear back from Coast Guard about oiled wildlife samples; Environmental group seeking endangered species protection for Pacific harbor seals.

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Update News: Thursday, August 9, 2012

In Thursday’s News: Gov. Parnell tells commissioners to use restraint when writing budgets; Sen. Murkowski to hold a forum on impacts on federal health care law; Helicopter pilot who died near Delta Junction identified; Oil containment and clean up to begin today after sheen spotted from sunken vessel near Sitka; First Chinese vessel – the [...]

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Update News: Wednesday, July 25, 2012

In Wednesday’s News: Troopers in Nome looking for missing 17-year-old Jared Wiggins; Pilgrim River may reopen next week for subsistence fishing, late runs in Norton Sound; AK lawmakers meet next week, talk about commercializing natural gas resources; Nome resident quietly fights in one-man crusade against Nome’s litter.

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Update News: Wednesday, June 27, 2012

In Wednesday’s news: Local and national groups meet in Nome to discuss ways the Bering Strait & other arctic environments can be protected; Two Shell vessels leave Seattle for exploratory drilling in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas; The Nome School Board considers expanding Anvil City Science Academy charter school; TriWest Healthcare and Norton Sound Health [...]

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