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Senate Passes Marketplace Fairness Act without Alaskan Senators Vote
The Marketplace Fairness Act sailed through the Senate on Monday evening on a 69-27 vote and now goes to the House for consideration. The bill opens the door to collection of a sales tax on Internet sales. ... Full story
Kawasaki to Present Citation to Honor Senior Citizen’s Recognition Day May 9
Fairbanks – Representative Scott Kawasaki will help celebrate Senior Citizen’s Recognition Day in Fairbanks this Thursday, May 9th. Today, approximately 85,100 citizens aged 60 and older live in Alaska. ... Full story
Ice Classic Tripod Still Standing Firm on the Frozen River
Ice measurements for the Nenana Ice Classic continue and a new measurement will be taken again on Thursday as the Tanana River's ice stubbornly persists. ... Full story
Coast Guard, Good Samaritan Assist Mariner in Prince William Sound, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew, forward-deployed to Cordova, and a good Samaritan research vessel crew assisted a vessel taking on water in Prince William Sound about 40 miles west of Cordova, May 5, 2013. ... Full story
Integrated Management Strategy Called For in Changing Arctic
A federal interagency working group led by the Interior Department says an integrated management strategy is called for in the rapidly changing Arctic. ... Full story
Opposition Grows to Genetically Engineered Salmon
As the US Food and Drug Administration considers allowing the sale of genetically engineered salmon for human consumption, opposition organized by the Center for Food Safety, Natural Resources Defense Council and others is growing. ... Full story
New Wave of Seismic Modeling: Using Supercomputers to Study Earthquakes
Red and blue waves triggered by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake rippled outward from the Anchorage area and fizzled out after 45 seconds. Except in Cook Inlet basin, where the waves were trapped for another half-minute, bouncing back and forth, up and down, within the 7.5-kilometer-thick sedimentary basin. ... Full story
Hageland Aviation Cessna 207 Crashes Outside of Newtok
A Cessna 207 aircraft operated by Hageland Aviation crashed outside of Newtok on Saturday afternoon. The aircraft was carrying four passengers plus the pilot when it experienced its mishap. ... Full story
Aniak Man Arraigned After Attempting to Strangle Girlfriend
On Sunday night at approximately 8:50 pm, the Alaska State Troopers received a report form an Aniak woman that she had been assaulted by her boyfriend. ... Full story
Santa Clara Man Found on Akutan Beach Near Trident Seafood Plant
On Saturday mid-morning, at 10:21 am, the Fish and Wildlife troopers in Dutch Harbor were notified by the VPSO of Akutan that an unresponsive male had been discovered on the beach near the Trident cannery that morning. ... Full story
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NASA Releases Image of 'Comet of the Century' as it Barrels Toward the Sun
The comet that will make its closest approach to the sun on November 28th, had its picture taken by the Hubble telescope on April 10th. ... Full story