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Alaska's 2013 Mount Marathon. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)

Alaska Mount Marathon ends on high note

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 09:36
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SEWARD — On a day when records were set, the Seward Mount Marathon race ended with a 20-year veteran finishing

Members of a specialized investigative team from the Join POW/MIA Accounting Command wait as a UH - 60 Blackhawk from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson comes in for a landing to transport them back after a day of assessing a historic aircraft crash site. The mission of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting command is to conduct global search, recovey and laboratory operations to identify unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts in order to support hte Department of Defense's personnel accounting efforts. (Clifford Bailey / US Navy)

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Crews unearth military history on Alaska Glacier

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 09:23
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Colony Glacier, about 50 miles from Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, may look calm on the surface, but it’s a

Homes and other buildings shown flooded in Galena, Alaska in 2013. (Ed Plumb / National Weather Service / AP)

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Residents from Galena, Alaska return after flooding

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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 at 10:59 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:38
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It’s been nearly a month since an ice choked Yukon River overflowed its banks and flooded Galena, Alaska. The ice

Rep. Kevin Killer listens to testimony during the Indian Child Welfare Act summit Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in South Dakota. (Benjamin Brayfield / Rapid City Journal / AP)

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U.S. Supreme Court issues decision on Indian Child Welfare Act

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 15:33 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:38
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The U.S Supreme court released another decision on Tuesday that has implications for tribes in Alaska. The Indian Child Welfare

Flattop is billed as the most-climbed peak in the state, with around 135,000 visitors in the last ten years. But sometimes the hike doesn't go as planned. ( Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)

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Alaska’s Flattop Mountain: Popular, treacherous, or both?

Loren Holmes, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 11:11
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Three hikers have been rescued in as many weeks from the trail up Anchorage, Alaska’s popular Flattop Mountain, which over

The Firewise program helps homeowners protect their property from fire damage. (Sara Bernard, APRN-Anchorage)

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Anchorage, Alaska homeowners prepare for wildfires

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Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 11:27 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:39
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It’s been hot and dry for the past few weeks, and red flag warnings for extreme fire danger are in

Military personnel recovering the remains of a C-124 air plane that crashed on Colony glacier in 1952. July 12, 2012 (Loren Homes / Alaska Dispatch)

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Search resumes on Alaska glacier for remains of 1952 plane crash victims

Ben Anderson, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Friday, June 21, 2013 at 10:42
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The hot weather in Alaska that has driven folks to lakes and ice cream stands has had an altogether different

The pleasure craft harbour at Skagway, Alaska, where many Yukoners moor their boats. Photo courtesy of Erin Deacon, CBC.ca)

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Boat rules eased for Yukoners docking in Alaska

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Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 09:31
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Yukon boat owners who dock their boats in Alaska are relieved the American government has backed off enforcement of a

Fort Knox gold mine core samples at the Geologic Materials Center in Eagle River. June 7, 2013. (Sean Doogan / Alaska Dispatch)

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Alaska’s hardest-rocking library: Curating the past on behalf of the future

Sean Doogan, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 11:51
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Tucked away inside a little-known state repository are tens of thousands of boxes filled with rocks that chart the history

John Smith the 3rd dances with protest signs at the Idle No More rally at Marine Park. (Heather Bryant / KTOO)

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‘Idle No More’ rallies in Juneau, Alaska

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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 11:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:39
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By Lisa Phu, KTOO – Juneau About 30 adults and children called for equality and greater subsistence fishery protection Wednesday

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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

Firewood cut and stacked outside a Bethel home (May 22, 2013). Bethel community leaders are searching for creative ways to solve a housing shortage, and long-term plans are in the works. But short-term needs are real in the Southwest Alaska regional hub. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch)

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Crowded Bethel, Alaska domestic violence shelter pulls double duty

Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at 09:24
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Four months have passed since Christina David fled an abusive relationship and found herself and her granddaughter under the auspices

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Progress in Galena, Alaska flood cleanup

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Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 11:46 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 13:39
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By Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks The state is reporting progress in Galena, as the community cleans up from major flooding.

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

Tim Meyers has been farming in Bethel for a decade. This year he opened a farmers market, where he sells his own produce and organic fruits adn vegetables from outside. May 22, 2013. (Loren Holmes, Alaska Dispatch)

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Farm flourishes on Alaska tundra

Craig Medred, Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 11:08
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BETHEL, Alaska — The red barn on the barren, windswept plain along the Kuskokwim River outside of this village-cum-regional-hub in