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      <title>Judge sentences inmate three more years for failing to submit DNA sample</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kenai, Alaska (KINY) - Superior Court Judge Eric B. Smith found David Simmons guilty of five counts of violating an order to submit to DNA testing after hearing evidence at a court trial conducted on Mar. 22.]]></description>
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      <title>Official: Willow oil project holds promise, faces obstacles</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:31:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>National Alliance for Mental Illness Juneau to start a Family to Family educational group</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - NAMI Juneau came onto Capital Chat to talk about a variety of their mental health resources. ]]></description>
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      <title>Alaska looks to lead the way in youth employment outcomes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Mar. 13 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced they have selected a team from the State of Alaska to be one of nine teams from "communities" across the nation to participate in a five-month Youth Systems Building Academy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:57:38 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>AK Law’s Consumer Protection Section obtains restitution for Alaska consumers who were denied their rights to return products by Bellissima Cosmetics </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced on Thursday a settlement with Bellissima Cosmetics. ]]></description>
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      <title>Alaska House votes more funding to fix food-stamp crisis, prevent budget trouble</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - The Alaska House of Representatives voted 38-1 on Wednesday to approve a fast-moving budget bill that spends as much as $365 million to cover a shortfall in state revenue caused by lower-than-expected oil prices.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:02:45 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Kaine and Murkowski introduce bill to reduce maternal and infant mortality, address racial inequities in maternal health  </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Lisa Murkowski members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, reintroduced the Mothers and Newborns Success Act.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:57:56 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Public comment invited for environmental analysis on Hecla Greens Creek Mine extension project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - – The public can review a supplemental draft environmental impact statement and submit any comments during a 45-day comment period for the proposed North Extension Project at Hecla Greens Creek Mine.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:50:43 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Juneau Capitals win the State Championship in Kenai</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Capitals gave it their best shot at the 12 U A tournament. Meanwhile, in the 10 U A tournament, the Juneau Capitals won. (Updated with pictures and story about Juneau 10u A win in Kenai.)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:15:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Mining Association of British Columbia responds to Southeast Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Over the last month, a number of different articles and releases have come out that have been critical of the mining being done in British Columbia, Canada. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska legislators fail to block pay hike, but additional action is planned to stop it</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - A lengthy debate Wednesday resulted in no action by the Alaska Legislature to prevent a 67% salary increase approved by a state commission]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:14:39 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Juneau Douglas High School cheer team tumbles through another successful season </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Douglas High School cheer team coach Carlene Nore wrapped up how they performed at nationals, regions, and at state (where they're performing currently). ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:00:37 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Augustus Brown Pool 50th anniversary celebrations continue with free swims and children's art project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Augustus G. Brown Swimming Pool continues to celebrate 50 years as Juneau's community pool with upcoming events including free anniversary swim sessions and an ongoing children's community art project. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:43:02 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Dunleavy announces Energy Security Task Force members</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy revised the Alaska Energy Security Task Force and announced its members.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:34:14 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Testifiers support new Alaska housing anti-discrimination bill, sharing personal stories</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - To back House Bill 99, dozens of Alaskans shared stories about times they were threatened by violence or discrimination. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:25:43 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Hughes introduces bill to reject pay raises</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Senator Shelley Hughes introduced Senate Bill 111 disapproving recommendations of the State Officers Compensation Commission to raise legislators’ salaries by 67%. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:20:09 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Tornga selected as New Marine Director for Alaska Marine Highway System</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Mr. Craig Tornga has been appointed as the new Marine Director for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS). His first day will be Monday, April 3.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:30:38 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Two men charged in death of Klawock elder, investigation is ongoing</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Klawock, Alaska (KINY) - On Mar. 21, at approximately 1:30 am, the Alaska State Troopers were notified of an assault in progress at a residence in Klawock. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:34:03 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Bartlett Regional Hospital holds aphasia conversation groups</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Speech pathologists from the Aphasia Conversation Group at Bartlett Regional Hospital joined Capital Chat this week.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:37:15 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Businesses can propose recreation services at the Tongass National Forest's Pack Creek Bear Viewing Area</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The USDA Forest Service is inviting interested businesses to proposals to provide guided recreation services at the Tongass National Forest’s Pack Creek Bear Viewing Area for the dates of Apr. 1 to Jul. 4, and Aug. 26 to Sep. 30, annually.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:29:39 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Critical need continues for blood donors with blood types O Negative and O Positive</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Blood Bank of Alaska is in critical need of blood donors this week due to patient need.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:23:24 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lower oil price, production outlook impacts revenue forecast</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (AP) - Alaska lawmakers have nearly $680 million less in expected revenue for the upcoming budget year amid lower oil price and production outlooks, a report released Tuesday suggests.]]></description>
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      <title>Alaska Gov. Dunleavy passes over tribal advocate for fishery council post, fueling calls for change</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Criticism of Dunleavy’s nomination to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is a sign of the growing polarization and high stakes in Alaska fish politics amid historic crashes in salmon stocks]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 06:23:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Toolik station launches climate education program for underserved students</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Twelve high school students will visit Alaska’s remote Arctic during the summer of 2023 to learn about the effects of climate change on the region.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:30:08 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski recognizes Alaska Education Board’s selection of tribes for Native Education Pilot Program</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:21:59 -0800</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:59:58 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Palmer jury deliberates 10 days, finds dad guilty of criminally negligent homicide, not murder, nor manslaughter in toddler’s death</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Palmer, Alaska (KINY) - A Palmer jury spent 10 days reviewing evidence before deciding that Clayton Phillip Allison, 39, was guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of his daughter, 15-month-old Jocelynn Renee Allison. The jury acquitted him of second-degree murder and manslaughter. It was the second jury to weigh the evidence in the 2008 case]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:57:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>As pressure builds on Canada, state legislators and representatives urge B.C. to include Alaska Tribes of SEITC in Province’s mine permitting processes</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In a joint letter addressed to British Columbia (B.C.) Premier, Alaska state legislators and representatives urge B.C. to consult with Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) and its member Tribes during the province’s processes for permitting new mines]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:36:13 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Lawsuit accuses Alaska of unconstitutionally mismanaging Yukon, Kuskokwim salmon fisheries</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Bethel, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - In a Monday hearing, a state attorney sought to have the case thrown out of a Bethel courthouse]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:11:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>CBJ offering $25-30,000 hiring bonuses for new and experienced police officers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Effective immediately, the City and Borough of Juneau will offer a hiring bonus of $25,000 for entry-level police officer candidates and $30,000 for officers with at least one year of experience. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:42:59 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska homicide statistics detailed in new report show gender and ethnic disparities</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Twice as many males as females were homicide victims in Alaska from 2011 to 2020, according to a report released Monday by state health officials.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:20:25 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebrate spring by adopting a flower</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Every year, the City and Borough of Juneau relies on the generosity of local citizens to add beautiful flowers to Juneau's landscape through the Adopt-A-Flower program.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:25:47 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>The big problem for endangered orcas? Inbreeding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (AP) - People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from starvation, pollution, and the legacy of having many of their number captured for display in marine parks.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:07:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>74th Gold Medal basketball tournament began Sunday</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - After a three-year hiatus, the Juneau Lions club's biggest fundraiser has returned. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:05:43 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Biden-⁠Harris Administration provides communities resources to bolster resilience to wildfires in advance of 2023 fire season</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - Today, Vice President Harris, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and White House Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced $197 million in funding awards to make communities more resilient to wildfires and strengthen the federal, state and local response.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:51:06 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>DEC announces recall on branded organic strawberries</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) confirmed that Alaska received a recently recalled product. California Splendor, Inc is recalling certain lots of 4-lb. bags of Kirkland Signature Frozen Organic Strawberries due to an outbreak of Hepatitis A illnesses. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:17:03 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>New legislation could clear up confusion surrounding e-bikes in Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Alaska legislators are considering a bill that would set basic rules for how electric bikes may be used in the state. Despite e-bikes becoming more popular in Alaska, legislators have struggled to define what constitutes an electric bike. House Bill 8 seeks to change that by adding a clear legal definition of what an e-bike is and is not.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:08:54 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>World on 'thin ice' as UN climate report gives stark warning</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Berlin (AP) — Humanity still has a chance, close to the last, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top United Nations panel of scientists said Monday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:53:31 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Fix the Permanent Fund dividend? There’s no shortage of ideas in the Alaska Legislature</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - A crowded field of Permanent Fund dividend ideas became even more so on Friday as members of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee proposed a new formula for setting the amount of the annual Permanent Fund dividend. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:18:55 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Tlingit &amp; Haida selected for State-Tribal Education Compact Pilot Program </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced Sunday it was awarded funding under the State-Tribal Education Compacting Demonstration Tribal Partners Grant program. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 17:28:54 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Update: Sitka Police Department have taken armed robbery suspect into custody</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Sunday around midnight, SPD received a report of an armed robbery that occurred at Ernie's Old Time Saloon. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:42:08 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sterling, Alaska (KINY) - On Saturday, at 9:35 p.m., the Soldotna Alaska State Troopers stopped 48-year-old Jeremy Dawson from Ninilchik, for moving violations in Sterling.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:02:06 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Houston, Alaska (KINY) - Around 1:35 p.m. Saturday Alaska State Troopers responded to the area of Cheri Lake Dr. for a report of a head-on motor vehicle collision. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:55:42 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes off southcentral Alaska</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:44:53 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Running on a streak of luck: Juneau Trail and Road Runner's Flanagans Run</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Saturday morning, the Juneau Trail and Road Runners (JTRR) held an annual fun run to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:50:35 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Eaglecrest joined Capital Chat to talk about how they're wrapping up the season. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cook Inlet, Alaska (KINY) - One closure sends a "ripple" effect, closing other fisheries around the same area. News of the North talked with ADF&G for more information. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:36:15 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - This year, the Innovation Summit explored how businesses and organizations can thrive by utilizing purpose-driven actions and shared value across industries.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:42:55 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City & Borough of Juneau is recruiting nine community members for a new Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:10:14 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska state school board supports barring transgender female students from participating in girls’ sports</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - On Thursday, the Alaska State Board of Education approved a resolution that supports barring transgender female students from participating in girls’ sports. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:04:44 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski marks one year without “The Dean”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - One year ago today, the Congressman for All Alaska, Don Young, passed away. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 12:00:39 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Threatened listing proposed for sunflower sea star after population devastated by wasting disease</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:38:20 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Clarity on Alaska Law and Mifepristone</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Law has received several inquiries from reporters and citizens on what’s become known as the mifepristone Walgreens letter. The following is an effort to provide clarity on what Alaska law is, what ongoing legal challenges to it there are, and why the Attorney General sent the letter.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:18:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Christopher Goins, P.E., appointed as DOT&amp;PF Southcoast Regional Director</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Mr. Christopher Goins, P.E., C.M. has accepted the Southcoast Regional Director position for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) effective Monday, Mar. 20.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:26:33 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>New public hours for CBJ Treasury (Cash and Sales Tax Offices)</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Starting Monday, Mar. 20, CBJ's Cash Office and Sales Tax Office in City Hall will return to regular public in-person services hours. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:48:11 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Fairbanks Police Department (FPD) announced that Fairbanks Safety Alerts, powered by Smart 911, is now available for residents and visitors of Fairbanks. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:19:54 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>State Board of Education selects five tribes to begin Tribal School Compacting, adopts resolution to preserve opportunity for student athletes and regulations for teacher certification</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Thursday the Alaska State Board of Education & Early Development selected five Tribal Partners to begin working on the State Tribal Education Compact Demonstration as passed in Senate Bill 34. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:59:49 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>New CBJ Parks &amp; Recreation Advisory Committee recruiting members</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City & Borough of Juneau is recruiting nine community members for a new Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee (PRAC).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:43:18 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski: Willow Project reapproval “Significant for Alaska”</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - Following the Biden administration’s decision to reapprove ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A), Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) spoke on the Senate Floor to mark the significant announcement.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:02:50 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Haaland criticized over ‘difficult’ choice on Willow project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (AP) — In early March, President Joe Biden met with members of Alaska's bipartisan congressional delegation as they implored him to approve a contentious oil drilling project in their state. Around the same time, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland held a very different meeting on the same topic.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:17:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Peltola, Murkowski warn that fixing fish crisis will be time-consuming and complex</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kodiak, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - In a forum at Kodiak’s ComFish Alaska gathering, they describe fishery problems as dire and multifaceted, and both want updates to research and management systems]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:06:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seattle, Washington (KINY) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) 2021 National Analysis, which summarizes TRI activities reported during calendar year 2021. The TRI contains data on toxic chemicals that are manufactured, processed, or managed at thousands of facilities in the U.S.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 06:58:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>City and Borough of Juneau experiencing area-wide street flooding conditions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Many areas in the Borough are currently experiencing flooding conditions.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:45:50 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Biden climate legacy tested by backlash over Willow project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington (AP) - President Joe Biden has made fighting climate change a core part of his agenda. But his recent decision to give the go-ahead to an oil drilling project in Alaska has infuriated environmental activists.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:32:13 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Diminished earthquake activity led authorities Thursday to reduce the warning levels at two volcanoes on an uninhabited island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain because of the decreased potential for eruptions.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:10:04 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>The Juneau Arts &amp; Humanities Council is now accepting exhibition proposals for the upcoming Gallery Season - Oct. 2023 through Sep. 2024</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Individuals, groups, and organizations are invited to apply; preference will be given to applicants currently living in Alaska, particularly JAHC members in good standing. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:54:27 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>'Airborne object’ response builds on UAF, military partnership</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Robert McCoy, director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, was driving to the movie theater in Fairbanks on a Saturday in mid-February when his cellphone showed an incoming call.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again published its annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[(KINY) The report summarizes the agency’s efforts to hear directly from tribal leaders, community members, advocates, and others about issues affecting their communities, and provides analysis of the FTC’s data from the Consumer Sentinel Network database.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:42:57 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Rep. Peltola selects Samantha Wanner as 2023 Alaska Cherry Blossom Princess</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - On Thursday, U.S. Representative Peltola announced her selection of Samantha Wanner to represent Alaska in the 2023 Cherry Blossom Princess Program.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:37:21 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Glacier Bay &amp; Icy Strait Humpback Whale Population Monitoring: 2022 Update</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Glacier Bay, Alaska (KINY) - Migratory humpback whales use the waters in and around Glacier Bay National Parkand Preserve (GBNPP) in southeastern Alaska (SEAK) as a spring, summer, and fall feeding habitat.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:41:43 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Rotary Club brings in springtime with food drives</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Saturday, the Juneau-Gastineau and Glacier Valley Rotary Clubs hosted food drives to help fill the shelves at the Southeast Alaska Food Bank. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 12:28:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska legislators are again on track to ignore the 90-day session law imposed by voters</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Leading Alaska state legislators said this week that they intend to wrap up the 2023 legislative session in mid-May, closer to the Alaska Constitution’s 121-day limit than the 90-day limit approved by voters in a 2006 ballot measure.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:21:05 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Major oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives' rift</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration’s approval this week of the biggest oil drilling project in Alaska in decades promises to widen a rift among Alaska Natives, with some saying that oil money can't counter the damages caused by climate change and others defending the project as economically vital.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:07:14 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>9th Circuit agrees with state: Federal District Court must address whether Congress authorized federal subsistence seasons suring state closed periods</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued its decision on a Federal Subsistence Board appeal today, in which the State of Alaska challenged the Board’s authority to open an emergency hunting season near Kake and to close portions of Unit 13 to non-federally-qualified hunters. The Court’s decision recognizes that Alaska can seek judicial review of federal overreach of game management on public lands.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:56:13 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Dunleavy Announces Susan McKenzie’s Decision to Decline DEED Commissioner Appointment</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Governor Mike Dunleavy has announced that Susan McKenzie has decided to not accept the position of Commissioner for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:58:24 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>The Alaska Chapter of the AFSP holds candle vigil at the Capitol building</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention held a candle vigil at the Capitol Building on Tuesday night.]]></description>
      <link>https://sitkaradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/the-alaska-chapter-of-the-afsp-holds-candle-vigil-at-the-capital-building/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:52:56 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Scientists assess future landslide risk in Alaska’s national parks</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - The Pretty Rocks landslide, spurred by greater warmth and rainfall, will force Denali National Park's main access road to close at the halfway point in 2023 for the second full summer. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:26:12 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>UAF scientist offers evidence that Venus is volcanically active</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Venus appears to have volcanic activity, according to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth’s sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows.]]></description>
      <link>https://sitkaradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/uaf-scientist-offers-evidence-that-venus-is-volcanically-active/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:17:15 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Washington man sentenced for combative behavior on flight to Anchorage</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - A Washington man was sentenced on Mar. 9, for putting a flight crew in fear of being assaulted during a commercial airline flight.]]></description>
      <link>https://sitkaradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/washington-man-sentenced-for-combative-behavior-on-flight-to-anchorage/</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:12:10 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Haaland wades into thorny land exchange fight in Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (AP) — A day after the Biden administration approved a major Alaska oil project, U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland waded into another thorny battle in the state — a long-simmering dispute over building a road through a national wildlife refuge to provide health care access for a remote, and largely Indigenous, community.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:27:04 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Palmer Jury Convicts Christiansen of Murder during Chase</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Palmer, Alaska (KINY) - Monday, a Palmer jury convicted Gavin Sullivan Christiansen, 41, of murder in the second degree, manslaughter, and misconduct involving weapons in the second degree, among other charges, related to a vehicle chase after a hit and run.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:22:20 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Conservation groups sue to stop the Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Western Arctic</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) — Earthjustice has filed a lawsuit on behalf of conservation groups, together with NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), to stop the Willow oil-drilling project in Alaska’s Western Arctic, which the Biden administration approved March 13. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:57:17 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Grandson of Iditarod co-founder wins Alaska sled dog race</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome’s main street.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:45:57 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>After years of contentious fights, Alaska’s state budget is advancing smoothly in the House</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - House subcommittees made few changes to a proposal authored by Gov. Mike Dunleavy]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:39:51 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Sullivan: Haaland’s Latest King Cove Road Decision Is a Disingenuous Purposeful Delay</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) released the following statement after Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced she would be withdrawing a land exchange between the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:18:52 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Dunleavy issues a statement on King Cove road</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland withdrew a land exchange that had been authorized in 2019 to build an 11-mile gravel road connecting the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:52:02 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska Wilderness League welcomes action to protect Izembek National Wildlife Refuge</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. (KINY) - Alaska Wilderness League welcomed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s announcement, withdrawing a land exchange between the Interior Department and King Cove Corporation authorized by former Secretary Bernhardt in July 2019. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 15:48:42 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska Region shares USDA and Forest Service awards with Southeast Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A redefinition of what federal business as usual means in Southeast Alaska and the breaking down of barriers with a focus on collaboration can now be called ‘award-winning.’]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:27:37 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Anchorage man charged with approximately $25 million dollar wire fraud scheme involving over 130 victims</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - An information was filed charging Garrett Elder, owner of
Tycoon Trading LLC, The Daily Bread Fund LLC, and other entities with executing an investment
scheme that resulted in approximately $25 million in losses to over 130 victims.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:56:59 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Augustus Brown Pool to host four dog day sessions April 2</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Augustus G. Brown Swimming Pool will host four sessions of Dog Day canine swims on Sunday, April 2. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 13:25:30 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Pandemic Stress, Gangs, and Utter Fear Fueled a Rise in Teen Shootings</title>
      <description><![CDATA[(Alaska Beacon) - Teens who carry firearms might never plan to use them. But guns and developing brains can be a volatile mix.]]></description>
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      <title>US District Court orders IBLA to look at evidence of Alaska’s withheld 20,000 acres in ANWR boundary error</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 06:32:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Indigenous language council, citing broad work, seeks name change and other updates</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - What’s in a name? For the council given the responsibility of safeguarding Alaska’s Indigenous languages, a name change could reflect a broader purpose.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:57:44 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (AP) - The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:52:23 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Sullivan welcomes AUKUS Nuclear Sub Agreement, calls for further congressional briefings</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), welcomed an agreement between the leaders of AUKUS—the trilateral security pact between the U.S., Australia and the United Kingdom—to provide Australia with three American Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, and to deploy U.S. and British submarines in rotations through Western Australia in the coming years.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:47:58 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>AFN praises President Biden’s decision to approve the Willow Project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) thanked President Biden for his Administration’s decision to approve ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA).]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:11:36 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Southeast and Coastal legislators call for immediate federal action on British Columbia transboundary mining</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In a joint press conference, Southeast and Coastal members of the Alaska House Coalition stood in unity with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes, Sealaska, and Salmon Beyond Borders to call for immediate federal action on British Columbia’s (B.C.) ongoing transboundary mining.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:02:41 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Advancement of Willow Project an important step for Alaska, Alaska Natives, and American Energy Security</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (KINY) - Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat (“VOICE”), released a statement on the Willow Project decision.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:51:38 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for drug trafficking and firearms possession</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Cristina Lynn Rifredi was sentenced on March 9, 2023, to 10 years in prison for federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:28:06 -0800</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:23:42 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Dunleavy welcomes approval of the Willow Project, but new oil and Gas restrictions in NPR-A will harm Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management issued a Record of Decision approving an alternative for ConocoPhillips' Willow Project on the North Slope that permits three drill pads. In a separate move, the Biden administration announced that it will lock up millions more acres in Alaska that were specifically set aside for oil production and development. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:22:18 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Coast Guard aircrew medevacs Canadian crewmember from vessel near Graham Island, British Columbia</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) -  A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew medically evacuated a 24-year-old crewmember from a Canadian vessel located northwest of Graham Island in British Columbia on Friday.]]></description>
      <link>https://sitkaradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/coast-guard-aircrew-medevacs-canadian-crewmember-from-vessel-near-graham-island-british-columbia/</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:07:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>USDA Forest Service invites proposals for guiding services at Pack Creek</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Starting Friday, interested businesses can submit proposals to provide guided recreation services at the Tongass National Forest’s Pack Creek Bear Viewing Area for the dates of April 1 to July 4, and August 26 to September 30, 2023.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:19:50 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska's Willow oil project is controversial. Here's why.</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska  (AP) - The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden's climate goals.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:08:52 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Biden OKs major Willow oil drilling in Alaska over protests</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. (AP) - The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the major Willow oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, one of President Joe Biden’s most consequential climate choices that is drawing condemnation from environmentalists who say it flies in the face of the Democratic president’s pledges.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:00:48 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Delegation: Willow Reapproval is Monumental for Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) and Representative Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed the Biden administration’s decision to reapprove ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA). ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:24:15 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Climate groups issue a response to Willow Project Decision</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (KINY) - Following the Biden Administration's decision to move forward with the willow project, multiple environmentalist groups have released a statement regarding the decision.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:18:02 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Seaweed farming inspires high hopes in Alaska for economic and environmental benefits</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - It is seen as a bright spot in a troubled coastal economy, but seaweed cultivation must overcome many obstacles before it can become big business in the state]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:04:06 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Wilderness League issued statements regarding the Willow Project as well as on the new regulations in the National Petroleum Reserve. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 18:57:08 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Update: As Biden weighs Willow, he blocks other Alaska oil drilling</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington (AP) - President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.]]></description>
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      <title>Springing forward into daylight saving time is a step back for health – a neurologist explains the medical evidence, and why this shift is worse than the fall time change</title>
      <description><![CDATA[(The Conversation) - About one-third of Americans say they don’t look forward to these twice-yearly time changes. And nearly two-thirds would like to eliminate them completely, compared to 21% who aren’t sure and 16% who would like to keep moving their clocks back and forth.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:22:16 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title>Tlingit &amp; Haida purchases Driftwood Lodge Property</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced Saturday it has closed on and acquired the Driftwood Lodge property located in the Aak’w Village District in Juneau.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:51:36 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Juneau Police Department addresses staffing shortages, officer wellness at Chamber luncheon</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Police Department's Deputy Chief, David Campbell, was the guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce's weekly luncheon on Mar. 9. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:21:11 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Defending champion leaves Iditarod race over health concerns</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Brent Sass, the defending Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion, withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hooper Bay, Alaska (KINY) - On Thursday, Alaska State Troopers were notified of a fire at a residence in Hooper Bay. ]]></description>
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      <title>A statement on the Willow Project from Nagruk Harcharek, President of the Voice of Arctic Iñupiat </title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 11:57:17 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - This week, the Alaska Broadband Office (ABO) began a series of listening sessions to hear from the public about the many challenges faced by inaccessible or limited internet service. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 11:42:12 -0900</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 11:13:31 -0900</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 11:05:30 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>In rift with Biden, Manchin vows to block oil, gas nominee</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington (AP) - In a sign of a deepening rift among Democrats on energy issues, conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:49:13 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Tickets available for Juneau Jazz &amp; Classics 37th annual Spring Festival</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Jazz & Classics (JJC) prepares for its 37th annual Spring Festival to take place May 5-13. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:09:11 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>University of Alaska announces passing of Regent Darroll R. Hargraves</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - It is with deep sadness that the University of Alaska announces the passing of Regent Darroll R. Hargraves on Mar. 8, after a period of illness, surrounded by family. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:58:21 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Senator Bill Wielechowski (D-Anchorage) introduced Senate Bill 99, which directs school districts to offer a financial literacy course for high school students. School districts will have the flexibility to choose the curriculum approved by the Department of Education and Early Development. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:38:53 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Coast Guard Station Ketchikan boat crew rescues two stranded individuals on Annette Island, Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Kodiak, Alaska (KINY) - A Coast Guard Station Ketchikan boat crew rescued two individuals who were stranded on shore on Annette Island, Tuesday night.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:31:55 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska DOT&amp;PF &amp; Goldbelt pursue feasibility of Cascade Point Ferry Terminal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Alaskans traveling in Northern Lynn Canal could see more frequent sailings if evaluations show that building an Alaska Marine Highway ferry terminal at Cascade Point, is feasible. Sailings from Cascade Point would increase service in N. Lynn Canal. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:09:53 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Federal judge rules in favor of ConocoPhillips to keep Willow drilling data secret</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - A federal judge has blocked the public release of exploration data from five oil wells drilled in the National Petroleum Reserve as part of ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Willow project.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:59:27 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski, Hassan, Marshall, Rosen reintroduce bipartisan bill to provide patients with transparent and safe access to treatments</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), along with 14 of their colleagues, introduced the Safe Step Act of 2023, a bill that places reasonable limits on the use of “step therapy,” and works to improve access to safer and more transparent treatments for patients.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:39:39 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Robert Marley Chapas was sentenced on March 8, 2023, to 60 months in prison for bank robbery.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:22:16 -0900</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:14:47 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington this week supporting Southeast Alaska troll fishermen in a case that threatens to shut down their small boat troll fishery on the pretense that their salmon harvest is a primary contributor to the population decline of Southern resident killer whales hundreds of miles away in Puget Sound. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 07:08:08 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY)- The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced the release of draft microreactor siting permit regulations for public notice and comment.]]></description>
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      <title>CBJ wastewater tracking data shows upward trend in COVID virus presence</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau has participated since September 2022 in a voluntary tracking program, in partnership with the CDC, to monitor wastewater for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. As of March 9, the data obtained through this program is trending relatively high. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:51:37 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>New anti-discrimination bill proposes housing protections for more Alaskans</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - A proposal from Rep. Jennie Armstrong, D-Anchorage, would ban discrimination based on sex or gender identity]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:48:22 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — A second volcano in remote Alaska is experiencing elevated earthquake activity this week, signaling an increased potential for eruption, officials said.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 06:38:29 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Update: Douglas Island Wastewater Lift Station Returns to Normal Operation</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - A CBJ Utility wastewater lift station located at the base of the Juneau Douglas bridge on the Douglas side experienced pump failure resulting in discharge outside the system. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:32:31 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ketchikan, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Hummingbird Festival will begin on Apr. 7, celebrating the return of the Rufous hummingbirds to the Tongass National Forest. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:56:32 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Heat takes toll as Iditarod mushers trek across Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Mushers and their dogs in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race face plenty of variables in the Alaska wilderness. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Joshua Kane Wehnes was sentenced on Mar. 7, to 90 months in prison and five years of supervised release for federal drug trafficking and firearm charges.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:29:02 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Sullivan, Daines &amp; Nehls reintroduce RED Tape Act</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:45:27 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - The shift in GOP support for postpartum Medicaid coverage is occurring in some states that have severely limited or outlawed abortion access since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion last June, and in Alaska, where abortion is still legal.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:37:42 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Washington (KINY) - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, sent a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland last week urging her to withdraw the National Park Service’s (NPS) proposed rule, released in January, with new restrictions on hunting and trapping in National Preserves in Alaska. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:25:11 -0900</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:45:48 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Proposal that would restrict transgender students’ rights lacks support in Alaska Senate</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposal was formally introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 06:20:10 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>"A New Start, a New Home" GoFundMe supports the family of Joel Walker, the Juneau man who died in a house fire</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The family needs a new home and other support after their mobile home tragically burnt down on Friday, Mar. 3. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 14:28:39 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - A swarm of earthquakes occurring over the past few weeks has intensified at a remote Alaska volcano dormant for over a century, a possible indication of an impending eruption.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:37:26 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Drug seizure in Sitka leads to four arrests</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - Sitka Police Department officers recently conducted an investigation on a residence in Sitka regarding drug distribution.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:16:09 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>United Way of Southeast Alaska Board of Directors welcomes new members </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - United Way of Southeast Alaska Board of Directors welcomes new members and thanks past members. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:03:57 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Two charged with two counts of murder in the first degree after months-long investigation </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Fairbanks, Alaska (KINY) - Kapri Raymond Saleem Willis and Joshua Marquez Bell have been charged with two counts of murder in the first degree for the murders of Ricardo James Duperior and Rachel Elizabeth Wright that occurred on Aug. 7, 2022, in Fairbanks. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:00:19 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski announces staff hires, promotions</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski announced new staff members in her Washington, DC and Juneau, Alaska offices on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:05:12 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Rosanne Cash Residency uses songwriting as therapy </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Anchorage Concert Association, in partnership with Creative Forces and Rosanne Cash, is creating connections through a creative residency program-a new project that will benefit veterans and military members exposed to Traumatic Brain Injury. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:05:57 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Coast Guard Cutter Munro returns from multi-month Alaska Patrol</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alameda, California (KINY) - The Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) and crew returned home to Alameda, Monday, following a 105-day, 10,000-nautical mile Alaska patrol.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:11:23 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>UA President Pat Pitney selects Dr. Aparna Palmer as next UAS Chancellor</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - University of Alaska President Pat Pitney announced Wednesday that she has selected Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer, Ph.D., to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast. Dr. Palmer succeeds UAS Chancellor Karen Carey, who is retiring on Jun. 30. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:38:29 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>House Ways and Means Committee introduces and conducts hearing on constitutional amendments to answer the permanent fund dividend question</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In an effort to positively impact the wallets of Alaskans for years to come, the House Ways and Means Committee has sponsored and introduced not one, but two constitutional amendments to establish a plan of action for the Permanent Fund Dividend.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 07:15:25 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>TikTok campaign targets Biden on proposed Alaska oil project</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — A social media campaign urging President Joe Biden to reject an oil development project on Alaska's remote North Slope has rapidly gained steam on TikTok and other platforms, reflecting the unease many young Americans feel about climate change.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:15:42 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Proponents of Alaska Long Trail pitch 14 projects as steps toward ambitious 500-mile goal</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - An ambitious project to create a 500-mile network of connected Alaska trails would move a few steps closer to reality if state lawmakers approve funding for selected pieces of it, advocates say.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:10:15 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>UAS Designated as 2023-2024 Military Friendly School Silver Status</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The University of Alaska Southeast announced today that it has earned the 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School designation Silver award status.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:14:59 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>AMHS 2023 summer schedule now available for booking</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has released its Summer 2023 schedule, allowing bookings for travel this summer. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:03:00 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Governor Dunleavy announces bills to pay teachers recruitment and retention incentive, ensure parental rights in schools</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - On Tuesday, Governor Mike Dunleavy announced two education bills which will be filed this week. One bill is a teacher recruitment and retention incentive that will provide full-time, certified classroom teachers a cash payment each July for a period of three years. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:56:55 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title> Tribes, fishermen, businesses, conservation groups respond to new potential mineral exploration in Bristol Bay watershed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, AK — Bristol Bay Tribes, fishermen, businesses, and allies again reiterated their opposition to mining that jeopardizes Bristol Bay’s cultures and economies in response to the latest mineral exploration efforts in the region.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:58:33 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Senators urge administration to rally support for U.S. LNG exports to allies</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) - U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and John Kennedy (R-La.) sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel yesterday urging the Biden administration to publicly support the export of abundant U.S. natural gas to America’s allies in Europe and Asia, particularly Japan, which has prioritized energy security in its term leading the G7. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:45:51 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (KINY) – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation that would ensure public sector workers and their families can receive full Social Security benefits after two previous statutes reduced them. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:23:13 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>New seafood donation inquiry form available as part of seafood donation network's efforts to meet food insecurity</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Sitka, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA) and Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT) are inviting community and tribal leaders, organizations, fishermen, and others to share via a new Seafood Donation Network Inquiry online form, whether they are struggling with access to local seafood or have seafood that they would be willing to contribute to families in need. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:08:03 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - The Alaska Legislature has voted unanimously to block raises for the state’s governor, lieutenant governor, and the commissioners in charge of state departments.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:49:36 -0900</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's human rights commission has reversed an earlier policy and now is only investigating LGBTQ discrimination complaints related to workplace discrimination and not for other categories like housing and financing.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:46:23 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Becoming "AWARE" about Women of Distinction </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Saturday night was AWARE's 26th annual Women of Distinction gala honoring Susan Bell, Jeni Brown, LaRae Jones, and Kate Wolfe for their accomplishments serving Juneau's community.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:41:38 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Art of the Skateboard stamps to be released Mar. 24 - Crystal Worl is a featured artist</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Art of the Skateboard Forever stamps will be released Mar. 24. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 18:56:33 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Senator Claman introduces legislation expanding telehealth providers and services</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) -  Senator Matt Claman (D – Anchorage) introduced Senate Bill 91, legislation that expands telehealth providers and services available to Alaskans. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:38:57 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>JPD investigated possible threat</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Mar. 4, JPD received a report from a business in the 8700 block of Glacier Highway, regarding a customer within the store who made some concerning comments to an employee, while shopping for firearm accessories.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:30:44 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>2023 CBJ Property Assessments continue to reflect aggressive Juneau real estate market</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau sent 2023 property assessment notices to Juneau property owners on Friday, March 3. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:03:52 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Alaska school bus strike ends with new agreement ratified</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (AP) — A strike that disrupted school bus service for Alaska's second largest district for more than a month has ended, with union members ratifying a new contract.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:08:59 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski helps introduce bipartisan legislation to extend federal support for local fire departments</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, DC (KINY) – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:41:23 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Southeast Alaska Land Trust unveils new logo and branding</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Southeast Alaska Land Trust (SEALT) has adopted a new logo that reflects its legacy of protecting Southeast Alaska’s watersheds]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:32:20 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Kaxdigoowu Héen Dei (Brotherhood Bridge Trail) Montana Creek Pedestrian Bridge closed</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The pedestrian bridge over Montana Creek on the Kaxdigoowu Héen Dei (Brotherhood Bridge Trail) is closed due to continued erosion of the banks supporting the bridge abutment.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:23:33 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Opioid education program for grades 6 to 12 considered by Alaska lawmakers</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Alaska (Alaska Beacon) - Who should warn children about the dangers of opioids? Some state lawmakers believe that Alaska’s public schools have a role in ensuring that children avoid the drugs that are causing an epidemic of overdose deaths.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:16:36 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>AMCO Consumer Advisory: Recall of Marijuana Concentrate and other Marijuana Products</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) -  The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO) has seized marijuana concentrate and related products manufactured at Will’s World Extract, a marijuana concentrate manufacturing facility located in Palmer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 17:48:08 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>The Executive Board of the Juneau Chapter Alaska State Employees Association Local 52 is seeking donations to benefit Southeast Alaska Food Bank</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Executive Board of the Juneau Chapter Alaska State Employees Association Local 52 heard the news in January that Alaskan residents applying for food stamps were facing a months-long backlog as a result of staffing shortages in the Division of Public Assistance. They felt compelled to take action. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 11:58:22 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across Alaska</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Willow, Alaska (AP) - The race to Nome starts Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 11:20:39 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>With Arctic oil decision possibly days away, Alaska’s congressional delegation meets Biden</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Washington, DC (Alaska Beacon) - The Biden administration is expected to rule on the long-awaited Willow project as soon as Monday.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:33:51 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Update: Toaster is found to be cause of fatal fire</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - On Friday, Mar. 3 Capital City Fire Rescue responded to a fire at Glacier View Trailer Court resulting in one fatality, one injury, and total structural loss. The investigation is now complete. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:33:28 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Anan Bay Cabin destroyed by falling tree</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Wrangell, Alaska (KINY) - The Anan Bay Cabin is closed until further notice after a large spruce tree fell on the structure and caused severe damage two weeks ago. The tree took down a side wall and caved in the cabin’s roof.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 12:52:53 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Juneau Animal Rescue plans to celebrate 60th anniversary with 'Paws for Applause'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Samantha Blankenship, Executive Director of Juneau Animal Rescue, talked with Dano on Capital Chat about JAR celebrating 60 years. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:39:23 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Murkowski slams Interior for deliberately cutting Cook Inlet gas production</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Senator Lisa Murkowski issued the following statement Friday after reviewing an internal memo on Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258 that the Department of the Interior briefly posted online before quickly removing it from public view. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:03:24 -0900</pubDate>
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      <title>Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Tok, Alaska (AP) - Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus.]]></description>
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