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    The sunrise reflects off of downtown Juneau windows on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Fleeing the 49th state: Alaska’s population declines again
    By Kevin Baird Juneau Empire • January 16, 2019 8:11 pm

    The exodus continues.

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    7.0 magnitude earthquake rocks buildings in Kenai and Anchorage
    7.0 magnitude earthquake rocks buildings in Kenai and...
    By • Associated Press • November 30, 2018 9:30 am

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked buildings Friday morning in Anchorage and Kenai. It caused lamp posts…

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    AIDEA loan aids state’s first Krispy Kreme
    AIDEA loan aids state’s first Krispy Kreme
    By Elwood Brehmer • September 30, 2015 12:38 pm

    It looks like Southcentral Alaskans will have a new way to get their sugar fix, thanks in part to the…

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    Heath Smith
    Smith: Wants families represented on council
    By Michael Armstrong • September 17, 2015 10:12 am

    Lifelong Alaskan Heath Smith, 50, comes with a multigenerational political pedigree. Though Smith is running for political office for the…

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    Donna Aderhold
    Aderhold: Can see multiple sides of big issues
    By Michael Armstrong • September 17, 2015 10:08 am

    Editor’s note: The names of Donna Aderhold’s two stepchildren have been corrected. The daughter of a civil engineer who moved…

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    Engagement
    Engagement
    September 10, 2015 9:53 am

    Phil Celtic and Faith Schade-Celtic of Homer announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Schade, to Kellen Davenport of Eagle…

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    At Bear Glacier near Seward, President Barack Obama talks about the rapid retreat of the ice and the large pieces calving off of the main body of ice during a tour of Kenai Fjords National Park on Tuesday.-Morris News Service - Alaska
    Seward trip provides close-up view of climate change...
    September 3, 2015 9:33 am

    Standing at the bow of the Viewfinder, President Barack Obama gripped the steel railing as the boat cut through the…

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    Despite state’s financial uncertainty, Anchorage’s economy performing well
    Despite state’s financial uncertainty, Anchorage’s economy performing well
    By Elwood Brehmer • August 13, 2015 11:33 am

    Anchorage’s economy is doing better than expected based on job growth reported by Anchorage Economic Development Corp. CEO Bill Popp….

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    Members of the 1967 Homer Nordic ski team pose in front of Homer High School. In front row, from left, are Milli Morawitz, Sally Calhoun, Gayle Gregory and Sally Barnett; in back row, from left, are Lynn Cason, Robbie Hoedel, Larry Martin and Dave Schroer, who was recently inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame.-Photo provided by the Schroer family
    Homer’s Schroer inducted into Hall of Fame
    By Joey Klecka • August 13, 2015 10:17 am

    When the state inducted a new class of luminaries into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame, the Kenai Peninsula…

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    Joanne Joy Hart
    Joanne Joy Hart

    Joanne Joy Hart, 79, died peacefully July 25, 2015, in Anchorage at her home  surrounded by her family.  A memorial…

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    Patricia Ann Arnold

    Patricia Ann Arnold, 70, died July 26, 2015, in Anchorage of natural causes. Services are at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug….

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    Kathleen Margaret Patsch Walls

    Devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Kathleen Walls, 66, peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family on July 24, 2015,…

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    ConocoPhillips’ inlet gas fields up for sale
    ConocoPhillips’ inlet gas fields up for sale
    By Tim Bradner • July 30, 2015 10:40 am

    ConocoPhillips is getting out of the natural gas production business in Cook Inlet. The company has put its inlet gas…

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    Births
    Births
    July 16, 2015 10:52 am

    Susan Aria Anahonak was born July 1, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Brittney Anahonak. She weighed 8 pounds, 5.5…

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    Merle Walter Johnson, M.D

    Merle Walter Johnson, M.D., pioneer Alaska physician known to many as the father of the Community Health Aide Program, died…

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    Gordon M. Layel
    Gordon M. Layel

    Longtime Alaskan and Homer resident Gordon M. Layel, 67, died June 2, 2015, at home from heart failure. Memorial services…

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