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Anchorage Daily News

• JULIA O'MALLEY: On the trailside, a sign of a troubled life

  Anchorage Daily News – Sun Nov 15, 2:40 am ET  

  You could miss the worn cross along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, just on the other side of the tunnel near Westchester Lagoon. I did for years even though it's on my running route. Full Story »

• Assemblywoman cited for training program

  Anchorage Daily News – Sun Nov 15, 1:34 am ET  

  Anchorage Assemblywoman Elvi Gray-Jackson is one of 51 elected officials recognized at a National League of Cities conference as having reached the highest level of the organization's leadership training program. Full Story »

• Begich, Boggs center to open on weekends

  Anchorage Daily News – Sun Nov 15, 1:33 am ET  

  After being shuttered all winter the last two years, the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center in Portage Valley will be open weekends this season until its summer season begins May 23. Full Story »

• Homeless addicts can wait months for help

  Anchorage Daily News – Sun Nov 15, 12:41 am ET  

  At the city sleep-off center next to the jail on Fourth Avenue, a young guy shakes uncontrollably. His alcohol level tested out above .30, enough to put most people into a coma if not kill them. Full Story »

• South Anchorage power out

  Anchorage Daily News – Sun Nov 15, 12:05 am ET  

  Thousands of Chugach Electric Association’s South Anchorage customers were without power this evening because of problems that crews are still investigating, a spokeswoman said. Full Story »

Alaska Public Radio Network

• Fairbanks Faces Air Traffic Controller Shortage

  Alaska Public Radio Network – Fri Nov 13, 11:28 pm ET  

  The Federal Aviation Administration is beefing up the air traffic control staff at Fairbanks International Airport. The number of controllers at Fairbanks has been below standard and resulted in some nighttime operations being turned over to Anchorage. Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Download Audio (MP3) Full Story »

• Sci-Fi Space Launcher in the Works for Adak

  Alaska Public Radio Network – Fri Nov 13, 11:28 pm ET  

  Adak may eventually be home to a new massive gas-powered gun used for launching things into space. The new technology is being developed by physicist John Hunter and his colleagues at Quicklaunch Inc. Anne Hillman, KUCB – Unalaska Download Audio (MP3) Full Story »

• Bringing Attention to Global Warming Human Rights Issues

  Alaska Public Radio Network – Fri Nov 13, 11:28 pm ET  

  Sixth graders Megan and Illa are singing a song about salmon in their Ahtna Athabascan dialect. But some Alaska Native leaders fear that the salmon – and the Alaska Native way of life – may disappear by the time the girls grow up. Ellen Lockyer, APRN – Anchorage Download Audio (MP3) Full Story »

• Police Train for Shooting Scenario in Fairbanks

  Alaska Public Radio Network – Fri Nov 13, 11:27 pm ET  

  Police training taking place at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week includes simulated violence. U.A.F. Police Chief Sean McGee says the on campus drills are aimed at playing out a shooting incident. Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks Download Audio (MP3) Full Story »

• Native Leaders Work to Help Develop Federal Energy Policies

  Alaska Public Radio Network – Fri Nov 13, 11:27 pm ET  

  Sealaska hopes a new tribal energy organization will play a significant role in the development of federal energy policies. The Southeast regional Native corporation is part of the Indian Country Renewable Energy Consortium, a nationwide group. Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau Download Audio (MP3) Full Story »

ABC Alaska News

• Mat-Su Hospital Bans Child Visitors Due to Flu

  ABC Alaska News – Fri Nov 13, 6:40 pm ET  

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - To help prevent the spread of swine flu, the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center says no one under age 12 may visit patients this flu season. Full Story »

• Coast Guard Rescues Two of It's Own

  ABC Alaska News – Thu Nov 12, 6:56 pm ET  

  According to the Coast Guard, Chief Petty Officer Michael Scales and Petty Officer 1st Class Steffen Frazier went on a hunting trip to Lincoln Island in Auke Bay. Their skiff took on water during their return trip to Juneau Wednesday and became grounded on a rock. Full Story »

• Alaska Boot Camp is Helping People Shed Pounds for the Holidays

  ABC Alaska News – Thu Nov 12, 6:40 pm ET  

  Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. Just in time for the winter weather, the Alaska Boot Camp is starting up a new indoor series! We wanted to test out the circuits to see what the program really had to offer. Full Story »

• UPDATE President Obama Has Landed in Anchorage

  ABC Alaska News – Thu Nov 12, 5:10 pm ET  

  ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AP) - President Barack Obama has landed in Alaska for his first - and very short - visit to the state. Full Story »

• Fairbanks Chamber Backs Mat-Su Rail Plan

  ABC Alaska News – Wed Nov 11, 7:55 pm ET  

  The Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce has endorsed a plan by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Alaska Railroad to extend track to industrial land near Anchorage. Full Story »

KTVA Anchorage

• Palin book roils former McCain aides

  KTVA Anchorage – 16 mins ago  

  As Sarah Palin tells her side of the story in her new book, "Going Rogue", some former McCain campaign aides are already crying foul. This is going to be a big week for former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as her highly anticipated book hits the shelves. Full Story »

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  KTVA Anchorage – 1 hr 46 mins ago  

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• Landslide displaces more than 70 Juneau residents

  KTVA Anchorage – Sun Nov 15, 3:56 am ET  

  An early morning mudslide has forced 80 downtown Juneau residents out of their homes, Nov. 14. Full Story »

• Woman killed by Troopers

  KTVA Anchorage – Sun Nov 15, 3:55 am ET  

  (WASILLA, Alaska) - At 1:45 a.m. on Nov. 14, Mat-Com dispatch received a 911 call from a male reporting that Nora J. York, 58, of Wasilla was suicidal and threatening him with a shotgun. Full Story »

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  KTVA Anchorage – Sat Nov 14, 5:16 pm ET  

  Welcome to the updated KTVA weather page! Click HERE for more forecast details. Full Story »

Peninsula Clarion

• Presidential visit makes impression

  Peninsula Clarion – Sun Nov 15, 3:52 pm ET  

  Q: What do you think about the president coming here today? A: I think it was a great experience. It was great to take time out of his schedule and good that he met with some of the families of injured soldiers, even (families of) soldiers that have died from the war. He was laid back. Full Story »

• City helps T-200: Soldotna votes to support sled dog race

  Peninsula Clarion – Sun Nov 15, 3:07 pm ET  

  On an evening when the Soldotna City Council's scheduled business passed unanimously, a $2,000 funding request spurred the most debate at City Hall Thursday night. Full Story »

• HEA tables deregulation issue

  Peninsula Clarion – Sun Nov 15, 2:52 pm ET  

  The Homer Electric Board at its Tuesday night meeting tabled the idea of removing the energy cooperative from oversight by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. Full Story »

• RCA OKs Enstar contract

  Peninsula Clarion – Sun Nov 15, 2:52 pm ET  

  The Regulatory Commission of Alaska has approved a contract for Enstar Natural Gas Co. to purchase new natural gas from the small North Fork field east of Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula. Full Story »

• Open season: Annual Tsalteshi Trails event rings in winter

  Peninsula Clarion – Sun Nov 15, 2:52 pm ET  

  On the Wolf Run at Tsalteshi Trails early Friday evening, Jeff Fox and 12-year-old daughter Sadie were certain they were close. They were trying to find marker No. 3 during the annual Tsalteshi Winter Kickoff race. Full Story »

The Alaska Star

• Soldier's impressions of President Obama's speach

  The Alaska Star – Fri Nov 13, 3:02 pm ET  

  INTRO: Alaska Star contributor Nina Peacock joined dozens of reporters and writers from across Alaska Thursday inside Hanger 1 at Elmendorf Air Force Base to observe President Barack Obama's arrival in Alaska. Full Story »

• Obama greeted with hearty welcome at Elmendorf Air Force Base

  The Alaska Star – Fri Nov 13, 3:01 pm ET  

  ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE - President Barack Obama received a rousing welcome at Elmendorf Air Force Base on Nov. 12. Some 2,000 military troops and their families cheered as he saluted their service to their country and promised them the nation's support. Full Story »

• Man behind initiative calls it a 'civil rights issue'

  The Alaska Star – Thu Nov 12, 1:03 am ET  

  What is a person? Or when is a person a person? There are no easy answers to these questions, but one Eagle River man hopes to change how the state defines a "person" and in turn circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling, which provides women with access to abortions. Full Story »

• Clinics begin in Eagle River, Chugiak to vaccinate against flu

  The Alaska Star – Thu Nov 12, 1:03 am ET  

  The Anchorage School District is postponing some vaccination clinics because of a shortage of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine. The district says clinics began Nov. 2 at all elementary schools as scheduled. Full Story »

• Effort under way to memorialize library pioneers

  The Alaska Star – Thu Nov 12, 1:03 am ET  

  The initial push to name the remodeled and relocated Chugiak-Eagle River Library after its founders Billy Moore and Polly Kallenberg is no longer being considered. Full Story »

Anchorage Press

• The cormorant hunter's granddaughter

  Anchorage Press – Fri Nov 13, 3:57 pm ET  

  At first, Joan Kane thought the phone call was a prank. Full Story »

• Dear Mr. President

  Anchorage Press – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET  

  Welcome to Alaska. We’re sorry about the weather. We know that just the other week at the White House Tribal Nations Conference you told Bill Martin you wanted to come to Alaska in the summer. To be honest, we’ve had an unseasonably warm fall, so we’re still adjusting to the cold ourselves. Just be thankful your logistics guys didn’t decide to refuel and rally the troops at Eielson instead. Full Story »

• If a campaign falls in Wasilla...

  Anchorage Press – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET  

  Flashlight can’t wait to dig into Sarah From Alaska, the campaign-trail exposé about Alaska’s First Quitter and her life on the 2008 campaign trail with (still-employed) Senator John McCain. Full Story »

• Those meddling kids (and their lawyers)

  Anchorage Press – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET  

  Alaska’s foster children just scored a victory in their court battle to get the state’s Medicaid program to pay for braces for their teeth. Full Story »

• He's apologetic; she thinks you're nobody

  Anchorage Press – Fri Nov 13, 3:56 pm ET  

  The writer for Disney’s summer comedy The Proposal wants the people of Sitka to know he’s sorry. Full Story »

KTUU Anchorage

• HI governor's plan would end teacher furlough days

  KTUU Anchorage – 2 mins ago  

  Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has proposed a plan to end the state's hotly disputed teacher furloughs and cancel a planned 10 percent reduction in school days. Full Story »

• Authorities acting on tip search for missing girl

  KTUU Anchorage – 1 hr 47 mins ago  

  Authorities acted on a tip Sunday and searched a wide area in south-central North Carolina trying to find a 5-year-old girl reported missing by her mother, who has been charged with human trafficking and child abuse... Full Story »

• Idaho boy kills bear that wouldn't leave porch

  KTUU Anchorage – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  

  An 11-year-old Idaho boy fatally shot a black bear on his family's front porch after he said it wouldn't leave. Full Story »

• Fla. suspect in Mo. child sex case 'devastated'

  KTUU Anchorage – 2 hrs 2 mins ago  

  A sixth member of a family facing multiple child sex abuse charges in western Missouri said he is "devastated" and had "no idea" about the rape allegations against him. Full Story »

• Juneau road reopens following mudslides

  KTUU Anchorage – Sun Nov 15, 7:25 pm ET  

  Associated Press - November 15, 2009 7:14 PM ET JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A road in Juneau has been reopened and residents allowed to return home after mudslides closed down the roadway. Full Story »

Juneau Empire

• Senior menu for the week of Nov. 16-20

  Juneau Empire – Sun Nov 15, 4:05 pm ET  

  Monday, Nov. 16 Full Story »

• Want to learn how to change a tire? Turn to page 12

  Juneau Empire – Sun Nov 15, 4:04 pm ET  

  "Auto is a hands-on class, but they hand you a book and say 'Good luck.'" Full Story »

• Real food in the recipe box

  Juneau Empire – Sun Nov 15, 4:04 pm ET  

  I am a bit of a food freak. I love to cook, I love to go pick up my Full Circle Farm box. I love to look at cookbooks. And really I love to read about food on the Internet. Really. Any recipe I want, with any ingredients, from any corner of the world, at the touch of a button. It is a far cry from how my grandmother cooked. Full Story »

• Google knows who you are; if you care, use Dashboard

  Juneau Empire – Sun Nov 15, 4:04 pm ET  

  Google knows more about you than even you would want to know about you. Full Story »

• Around Town

  Juneau Empire – Sun Nov 15, 4:04 pm ET  

  Today, Nov. 15 Full Story »

Petersburg Pilot

• FERC allows Angoon to study Ruth Lake hydro feasibility Lisa Phu November 12, 2009.

  Petersburg Pilot – Fri Nov 13, 10:43 pm ET  

  November 12, 2009. Last Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a preliminary permit to the City of Angoon to study the feasibility of a hydroelectric project at Ruth Lake, which is located on the mainland near Petersburg. Full Story »

• Petersburg City Council to appeal FERC ruling November 12, 2009.

  Petersburg Pilot – Fri Nov 13, 10:43 pm ET  

  November 12, 2009. Full Story »

• Havrileck named to council seat November 12, 2009.

  Petersburg Pilot – Fri Nov 13, 10:42 pm ET  

  November 12, 2009. Former city councilman John Havrilek was named to fill the council seat left vacant with the recall of Lee Corrao last month. Full Story »