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Thursday Jul 2 | KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Stimulus money funds fisheries projects

JUNEAU, ALASKA Fish as well as people are expected to benefit from another round of federal stimulus funding that's headed to Alaska.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Juneau Empire

DOT obligates $94M of stimulus funds

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has exceeded its mid-June deadline to obligate at least half of the $176 million provided to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the department announced Wednesday.

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Wed Jun 03, 2009

Juneau Empire

Juneau Sport Fishing Report

It was a beautiful weekend to be on the water and harvest rates improved for king salmon in the Juneau area, taking 31 rod hours to harvest a king last week.

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Sun May 31, 2009

Juneau Empire

Former Yakutat man elected president of Potlatch Fund

Jim Thomas, a Tlingit formerly of Yakutat, was recently elected president of the Potlatch Fund, an American Indian/Alaska Native philanthropic foundation headquartered in Seattle, Wash.

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Wed May 27, 2009

Juneau Empire

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Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 14, 2009, a son, Leland Randel Black, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces, to Alexandra Leslie Crider and Randel Dale Black, of Yakutat.

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Mon May 25, 2009

The Independent

The complete guide to the Arctic Circle

Why travel to a frozen landscape, rather than bask in a tropical paradise? Why travel to a frozen landscape, rather than bask in a tropical paradise? For the uplifting feeling of being at the northernmost extremity of the globe, of having reached somewhere otherworldly.

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Sun May 17, 2009

Juneau Empire

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Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On May 5, 2009, a son, Isaac Kent Hill, weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces, to Kendra B. and Trevor Tompeo Hill, of Hoonah.

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Thu May 14, 2009

Juneau Empire

ADF&G Juneau sport fishing report for week of May 4-10

King salmon have moved into local waters and are being caught at the traditional fishing spots.

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Tue May 12, 2009

Free Republic

Alaska's Hubbard Glacier is advancing at the rate of seven feet per day

This past week, I received a literally astounding report from Yakutat, Alaska's city manager, Skip Ryman, forwarded to me by Kerri Thoreson, concerning the rapid advancement of the Hubbard Glacier towards Gilbert Point near Yakutat at the astonishing rate of two meters per day! Skip gave me the Army Corp of Engineers special Web site for the ...

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Sat May 09, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Federal council acts to restrict Pacific cod fishery in Gulf of Alaska

Federal fisheries managers have approved new restrictions on who will be allowed to fish for Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska, action likely to be in place for the 2011 season.

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Sun May 03, 2009

Juneau Empire

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Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital: * On April 18, 2009, a daughter, Taylor Carol Renee Nelson, weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces, to Jessica Shaee Williams, of Juneau.

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Thu Apr 23, 2009

KRBD-FM Ketchikan

Northwest wave energy effort slows

Buoys mark a tidal energy farm built by Ocean Power Technologies. PORTLAND, OREGON Some coastal Alaska communities are looking at ocean energy to supplement or replace costly diesel-driven generators.

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Tue Apr 21, 2009

Juneau Empire

SEARHC announces Spring 2009 mobile mammograms

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Women's Health Program has announced the Spring 2009 schedule for the mobile mammogram program.

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Sun Apr 19, 2009

Juneau Empire

ADF&G announces lingcod and rockfish regulations

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday that the lingcod sport fishing seasons, bag and possession limits, annual limits and size limits have been established for the Northern Southeast Alaska and Yakutat areas.

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Sat Apr 11, 2009

Clarion Dispatch

Studded tire deadline looms

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities reminds motorists the studded tire season is about to end, and they should remove studded tires by the legal deadline.

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Thu Apr 09, 2009

Juneau Empire

Palin tries second pick for Juneau Senate seat

Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed Joe Nelson, an administrator at the University of Alaska Southeast, to Juneau's open Senate seat.

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Tue Apr 07, 2009

Free Republic

Palin picks Alaska Native (Nelson) to fill Senate seat

Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday made a little known college administrator her second choice to fill a vacant Juneau Senate seat, again bucking Senate Democrats.

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Sun Apr 05, 2009

Juneau Empire

Fish and Game announces 2009 sport fishing king salmon limits

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the 2009 sport fishing bag and possession limits for king salmon in Southeast Alaska and Yakutat Wednesday.

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Sun Mar 29, 2009

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Bumper run on pinks could spawn big fisheries boost

A bumper run of pinks could provide a 20 percent boost to Alaska's total salmon catch this year to 175 million fish.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

Capital City Weekly

Grant extends Tlingit language project

The University of Alaska Southeast is in line for a second National Science Foundation grant to help preserve Alaska Native Languages.

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