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Walruses gather in Alaska at earliest date ever recorded

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, August 18, 2017 at 18:13
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Several hundred Pacific walruses have started to gather on an island off the northwest coast of Alaska — the earliest

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Alaska governor issues disaster declaration for series of Bering Sea storms

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 16:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 17:08
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Gov. Bill Walker has issued a disaster declaration for a series of Bering Sea storms over the New Year holiday

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4 Point Hope residents charged in Alaska walrus kills

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 14:06
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Four Point Hope residents are facing federal charges alleging they shot and killed at least six walruses for their ivory tusks

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A beachcomber did a ‘happy dance’ after this unusual discovery in Anchor Point

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 00:55
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Ginger Frizzell was walking along the beach Wednesday in Anchor Point with camera in hand, as she does several times a

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Alaska’s criminal justice system to be reviewed

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015 at 15:35
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Alaska’s prisons are filling up so fast state lawmakers have warned that despite the opening of a new facility in

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Police militarization scrutinized in U.S. — including Alaska

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 18:26 — Last Updated: Friday, August 29, 2014 at 21:43
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Images of armored, rifle-toting officers and tear gas canisters dispersing late-night protestors in Ferguson, Missouri, which followed the shooting death

The Southeast Island School District on Alaska’s Panhandle switched to a four-day school weeks, including picturesque Thorne Bay, but not at the request of kids hoping for three-day weekends. Instead, parents were behind the push for the compact schedule. (Ryan Miller / Southeast Island School District / Alaska Dispatch)

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Southeast Alaska school district shifts to 4-day school week

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 09:20
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Ask most Alaska or Outside grade-school students if they would choose modestly longer school days in exchange for perpetual three-day

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Arctic police seize pot in Kaktovik, Alaska

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 14:06
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North Slope Borough police and postal service inspectors seized nearly a pound of marijuana Tuesday, which was being shipped from

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Sanchez and Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Matthews, prepare to deploy sensors from a Hercules airplane in the Alaskan Arctic. (Sara Mooers / USCG / Alaska Dispatch )

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Gathering Arctic data with the U.S. Coast Guard

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 10:15
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The U.S. Coast Guard flew above the Arctic Circle last week, dropping sensors to take air and water measurements during

Alaska State Troopers' new search-and-rescue helicopter touched down in Anchorage last week. (Courtesy American Eurocopter / Alaska Dispatch)

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Alaska State Troopers show off new whirlybird

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 11:19
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With an audible click, the red taillight of the Alaska State Troopers’ newly purchased American Eurocopter A-Star 350B3e began to

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Officers intercept whiskey shipments to Togiak, Alaska

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 09:42
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It was two for the price of one for drug and alcohol enforcement officers in Southwest Alaska, as they thwarted

An American architect has won first place in a design journal’s competition for a building plan that’s intended to reverse the melting of Arctic ice caps. This summer, so far, the region's ice extant is declining at a near-average rate. (Derek Pirozzi design courtesy Evolo, Alaska Dispatch)

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Giant ‘polar umbrella’ wins design competition

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 09:49
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An American architect has won first place in a design journal’s competition for a building plan that’s intended to reverse

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New study finds Alaska wetlands shrinking

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 09:13
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A team of geoscientists based out of Texas have added to the growing number of studies pointing to a warming

An illustration of the what the Susitna Dam may look like, if ever built. The proposed project received $95.2 million in Alaska's capital budget, which totaled $2.2 billion, down nearly $1 billion from the previous year. (State of Alaska illustration / Alaska Dispatch)

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Alaska mega-dam project advances

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 10:01
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Fresh funding will allow a state agency to continue moving forward with plans to build what would be the second-tallest

In 2012, sea ice extent reached a new all-time low in the Arctic, with some researchers now estimating that the Arctic could be ice-free by 2050. Meanwhile, shipping and development companies are expected to increasingly eye the Arctic as an alternative to other, already better-developed regions of the world. The Arctic Circle hopes to address issues like these. (Aaron Jansen illustration / Alaska Dispatch)

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Arctic shrubs to spread amid climate change

Jerzy Shedlock, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 10:34
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A new study suggests the shift in Arctic vegetation due to climate change is underestimated. The study’s lead author used