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“The Traditional Foods Nourishment Act of 2013” would make it easier to serve Alaska Native foods in facilities like hospitals and schools. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch )
Society Society (USA) USA 

New effort to bring Native foods to plates across Alaska

Suzanna Caldwell, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, August 12, 2013 at 09:32
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For years, leaders in the Alaska Native community have tried to negotiate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission

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Clam Gulch, Alaska. (File / Al Grillo / AP)
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ANALYSIS: Wild web-full of Alaska stories offers little in way of reality

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 16:19
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What the hell? Was Monday, Aug. 5, the day the sky fell on Alaska? Consider all of what’s filtering up

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The historic Gold Dredge No. 3 caught fire on Saturday, Aug.3, 2013. Co-owners Jane Haigh and Patricia Peirsol bought the site in 1997 to preserve the dredge. (Courtesy Heather Moritz / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Historic Alaska gold dredge goes up in smoke

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013 at 11:35
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The historic Gold Dredge No. 3 north of Fairbanks went up in flames on Saturday afternoon and found no firefighters

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Photo by Daysha Eaton, KSKA – Anchorage
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Archaeologists uncover pre-contact Inupiat village near Kiana, Alaska

APRN
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 11:27
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A team of archaeologists from Brown University have uncovered a Native village site in Northwest Alaska that dates from just

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Clam Gulch, Alaska. (File / Al Grillo / AP)
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Alaska judge rejects setnetters’ bid for additional fishing time in Cook Inlet

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 09:41
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Demands for more salmon in the setnets of commercial fishermen working the east side of Cook Inlet have been thrown

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(Desiree Martin / AFP)
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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

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The Eklutna Water Treatment Facility provides the majority of Anchorage's drinking water, up to 35 million gallons per day. Because of the high quality water it receives from Eklutna lake, minimal treatment is required. Here, untreated water enters the facility in a 54 inch pipe. July 30, 2013. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Despite hot weather, Anchorage, Alaska has plenty of water

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 09:16
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Despite the long string of hot days bearing down on Anchorage this summer, Alaska’s largest city is flush with pristine,

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Eddie Rexford butchering a bowhead whale head on the beach in Kaktovik. September 6, 2012. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Fermented ‘stink whale’ lands in Barrow, Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 10:26
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The nation’s northernmost city got a burst of good news Tuesday during a slow season of spring whaling, when a

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Two F-16 from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks on a training flight. (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution / Alaska Dispatch)
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Moving F-16 squadron to Anchorage, Alaska could shutter elementary school, mayor says

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 14:37
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A proposed move of nearly two dozen F-16 fighter jets from the Fairbanks area to Southcentral could force an Anchorage

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A cabin stripped of its insulation following the devastating flood in Galena, June 20, 2013. (Laurel Andrews / Alaska Dispatch)
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Race against the clock: Rebuilding Galena, Alaska homes

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 15, 2013 at 11:09
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Even though it’s mid-July with temperatures regularly soaring into the 70s, residents of the flood-decimated town of Galena are worried

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

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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NTSB team at the Rediske Air crash site in Soldotna, Alaska. (NTSB)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Clues sought in deadly Alaska plane crash

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 09:51
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ANCHORAGE — During a final regularly-scheduled press briefing with media Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board Member Earl Weener ruled out

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Earl Weener, NTSB board member, talks to reportes outside the Soldotna airport on July 8, 2013. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)
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Phones, GPS may hold clues to Alaska plane crash

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 11:17
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SOLDOTNA — A major accident “go team” of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials from Washington D.C. arrived here shortly

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(Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch )
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10 people dead in Alaska plane crash

Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, July 8, 2013 at 10:09
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A Nikiski-based charter plane crashed at the Soldotna Municipal Airport in south Alaska Sunday morning, killing all 10 people aboard,

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Pediatric Resident Dr. Eric Foote meets with a family at LaTouche Pediatrics in Anchorage. (Annie Feidt / APRN – Anchorage)
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Program to recruit pediatricians to Alaska

APRN
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 10:18 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:38
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Four pediatric residents got their first taste of Alaskan style medicine this spring. It’s part of a new partnership based

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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