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Study Of A Dying Glacier
Yakutat Glacier, near the Alaska town of the same name and flowing from the mountains near the Canada border, calves into a lake as deep as an ocean bay. The icefield that feeds Yakutat is large enough to cover the five boroughs of New York City....Tags: Landforms, Education, New York City, Glaciers
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Salazar Pitches Obama Energy Plan on Alaska Visit
KTUU.comU.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is on his third trip to Alaska. He met with business leaders in Anchorage Monday morning at CIRI, an Alaska Native corporation, to talk about the Obama administration's commitment to developing Alaska's offshore oil and...Tags: Anchorage, Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Petroleum Industry, Renewable Energy
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DOT Considers Fee Waivers at Anchorage, Fairbanks Airports
A new incentive program could mean more flights into Alaska's biggest airports.
The program by the Alaska Department of Transportation is out for public review. It will waive certain fees for airlines that expand or create new passenger or cargo...Tags: Anchorage, Alaska, Human Interest, Travel, Tourism and Leisure
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Crowd Packs In-State Gasline Hearing
Channel 2 NewsA plan to start building an in-state gasline in the next few years is attracting a lot of attention, but not everyone is sold on the proposal. Among the skeptics are key lawmakers who control how much money the state commits to the project, and who asked...Tags: Anchorage, Alaska, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, TransCanada Corporation
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Panel Focuses on Federal Land Management
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the arrest of a 71-year-old man on the Yukon River last September was the "tipping point" for relations between the state and federal land managers. Murkowski says the arrest of Jim Wilde of Central illustrates the need to...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Natural Resources, Land Resources
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Mat-Su Mayor Vetoes Assembly's Decision to Challenge Redistricting Plan
![<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span>The Mat-Su Borough will not legally challenge the state's new redistricting plan despite a unanimous vote from the assembly to do so.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/246949680-06192553.jpg "<span style="font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"></span></span>The Mat-Su Borough will not legally challenge the state's new redistricting plan despite a unanimous vote from the assembly to do so.")
Channel 2 NewsThe Mat-Su Borough will not legally challenge the state's new redistricting plan despite a unanimous vote from the assembly to do so. Borough Mayor Larry Devilbiss vetoed the assembly's decision. "I think it's a tragedy that Mat-Su isn't going to be...Tags: Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Trials, Regional Authority
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Chena Energy Fair Marked by Speakers, Surprises
Channel 2 NewsSunday's sixth annual Renewable Energy Fair in Chena Hot Springs, held a day after a similar fair in Anchorage, featured a few technologies ahead of their time, as well as a few speakers slightly behind schedule. A plane sent to Seward by Hot Springs...Tags: Anchorage, Energy Saving, Government, Alternative Energy, Bodies of Water
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Seawolves Picked Third In GNAC Volleyball Poll
Channel 2 SportsThe UAA Volleyball team will be among the favorites to win the Great Northwest Athletic Conference title in 2011; just not the singular favorite. The Seawolves, under fourth year head coach Chris Green, have been picked to finish third in the preseason...Tags: Anchorage, Volleyball, Human Interest, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Elections
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Richard L. Ramsburg, 78
![Mr. Richard Leon "Buck" Ramsburg, 78, formerly of Adamstown, Md., died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Baltimore. ](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/345870260-19145455.jpg "Mr. Richard Leon "Buck\" Ramsburg, 78, formerly of Adamstown, Md., died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Baltimore. ")
Mr. Richard Leon "Buck" Ramsburg, 78, formerly of Adamstown, Md., died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, in Baltimore.
He was born on May 14, 1933, in Utica, Md. He was the son of the late Henry and Thelma (Herdler) Ramsburg.
From 1953 to 1955, he served...Tags: American Heart Association, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Armed Forces, Alaska
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Maryland Symphony Orchestra names new executive director
A Middletown, Md., native who said she is interested in finding new Maryland Symphony Orchestra fans from a variety of age groups, economic backgrounds and regions has been hired as the organization’s new executive director, MSO officials said...Tags: Government, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC, Arturo Toscanini, Politics
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Cleveland Volcano Activity Could Threaten Trans-Pacific Aviation
![The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Friday afternoon that the eruption of a slowly growing lava dome at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands is continuing as it has since <span style="color: #800080;"><a href="http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-remote-alaska-volcano-begins-erupting-20110809,0,2293922.story" target="_blank">it began Tuesday night.</a></span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-08/348031400-12163013.jpg "The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Friday afternoon that the eruption of a slowly growing lava dome at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands is continuing as it has since <span style="color: #800080;\"><a href=\"http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-remote-alaska-volcano-begins-erupting-20110809,0,2293922.story\" target=\"_blank\">it began Tuesday night.</a></span>")
KTUU.comThe Alaska Volcano Observatory said Friday afternoon that the eruption of a slowly growing lava dome at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands is continuing as it has since it began Tuesday night. Officials on an August 8 National Oceanic and...Tags: Anchorage, Disasters and Accidents, Landforms, Boeing Co., Volcanic Eruptions
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Fairbanks Boy Struck by SUV Dies From Injuries
KTUU.comAlaska State Troopers say a Fairbanks sixth-grade student struck by an SUV driver who didn’t stop at a stop sign Tuesday morning has died from his injuries. Jamison Thrun, 11, was pronounced dead shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday at Fairbanks...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Health
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