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web posted 4:57 pm November 6, 2009
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Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has declared a state disaster for storm damage last month on Kodiak Island.
web posted 10:44 am November 6, 2009
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is planning to provide free swine flu vaccines for any school-age children in the borough at a series of clinics scheduled to begin Nov. 19.
web posted 10:37 am November 6, 2009
A statewide survey has found the cost of living gap has widened between larger cities and remote small communities across rural Alaska.
web posted 10:37 am November 6, 2009
A federal judge in Anchorage has ordered a new public defender for former Wasilla Rep. Vic Kohring.
web posted 9:22 am November 6, 2009
President Barack Obama will visit Alaska next week, as he begins a longer trip to Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore.
The Juneau Police Department will be getting some new investigative gadgets in the near future, including a device that allows investigators to retrieve pre-crash data from some vehicles in accidents.
Two Native leaders from Southeast Alaska that attended Thursday's meeting in Washington, D.C., among President Obama, his administration and hundreds of tribal leaders reported feeling extremely optimistic about the direction federal-tribal relations are headed.
Juneau's cars, homes and office buildings will be churning out significantly less pollution by 2012, if the city meets its new goal.
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- Nov. 14 hearing set in Kott corruption case
- Coast Guard's blanket, coat and toy drive starts today
- Empire hosts cancer fundraiser Saturday
- Alaska Army posts stay open after Texas shootings
- Hydaburg man pleads not guilty in child porn case
- Alaska health officials report state's sixth swine flu death
- Preliminary hdropower project permit granted to city of Angoon
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STATE OF ALASKA AP NEWS
Updated 4:22 AM ET Island village hit by suspected swine flu
University upgrades navigation simulator
Flute player hopes to curtail pregnant drinking
Palin speaks in Milwaukee suburb Friday
Senator appointed by Palin will run for full term
AG says state's case strong in passenger tax case
Alaska-based soldier killed in Afghanistan
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Updated 4:23 AM ET Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims
Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash
Decision day for health care in the House
Police: Fla. shooting suspect was angry at company
Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
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Arts & Culture
Opera has the potential to intimidate those unfamiliar with the genre, conjuring images of stark, formal performances and long, dramatic arias in unintelligible languages.

Neighbors
Three hundred and fifty turkeys, 200 pairs of socks - that's what the Glory Hole needs for the winter holidays this year. Thankfully, these needs have not gone unnoticed; numerous community members have pulled together to organize the shelter's sock and turkey drives.
From the Capital City Weekly
Scattered across the beaches of Southeast Alaska, and indeed along the entire Northwest Pacific coast from Kodiak to the Columbia River, are intensely staring eyes, totemic animals and geometric patterns carved into boulders and bedrock. These mysterious petroglyphs, carvings in stone, raise questions that have perplexed archeologists and casual observers for well over a century. Most of those questions remain unanswered and may ultimately be unanswerable. Perhaps because of these mysteries, petroglyphs arouse fascination in anyone fortunate enough to see them, particularly if they are still embedded in their original location.
Weddings / Anniversaries
Layna M. Northern, of Juneau, and Shelton H. Gleaton, of Juneau, well be married November 15, 2009 at the Juneau Yacht Club in Juneau, with reception that will follow at the Juneau Yacht Club also.

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