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Alaska's Remote Rat Island Gets a New Name
(AP)With the rats dead and gone from Rat Island, the Alaska island has a new name. The U.S. Geological Survey's Board on Geographic Names approved a new moniker for the remote, uninhabited island after area residents lobbied for something that would...Tags: Natural Resources, Politics, Environmental Issues, Lobbying, Wildlife
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Fairbanks Students Take Action to Remove Racist Names on Map
Mary Beth Smetzer, Fairbanks Daily News-MinerEighth-graders at a Fairbanks middle school made a startling discovery - racist names on an Alaska topographic map. One of the places near Minto on the U.S. Geological Survey map was named, "Negrohead Creek." The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...Tags: Racism
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Katmai National Park Volcano's Blast Still Biggest in Nearly 2 Centuries
Channel 2 NewsA Katmai National Park's eruption happened a century ago Wednesday -- but it is still the largest volcanic blast in nearly 200 years, easily loud enough to have been audible 290 miles away where Anchorage now stands. On June 6, 1912, the Novarupta...Tags: Volcanic Eruptions, Volcanoes, Indonesia, Landforms, National Parks
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Senate Committee Approves 'Reverse' Gas Pipeline to Fairbanks
Channel 2 NewsIn Juneau, the horse race has begun Monday on whether a natural gas pipeline bill can make it through the Legislature before this year's session ends in less than two weeks. The Senate's pipeline measure, Senate Bill 215, would provide funding for the...Tags: Elections, Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Politics, Rentals
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Governor Calls Special Session, Lawmakers Prepare for More Work
Gov. Sean Parnell's call for a special session has stopped Legislature staffers who were packing boxes inside the State Capitol Monday. Instead, they're now settling in for what could be a long, contentious 30 days. After watching three important...
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Moderate Quake Hits Bering Strait Area
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a moderate earthquake early Tuesday morning rocked the Bering Strait region off Alaska's northwest coast. The information center says the quake began at 4:50 a.m. and registered a preliminary magnitude of... -
USGS Releases Shale Oil Assessment for Alaska
Dan JolingFederal estimates of Alaska's oil and gas resources are taking a leap upward. The U.S. Geological Survey on Friday released estimates of undiscovered, technically recoverable onshore shale oil and natural gas on Alaska's North Slope. The...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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As Lawmakers Consider In-State Gas Line, Canadians Offer Alternative
Channel 2 NewsOn the eve of what's expected to be an intense state House debate on a proposed in-state natural gas pipeline, a group of Canadians visited Juneau to remind state officials that they're standing by to help with an alternate route through Canada. The...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Natural Gas, Justice System
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Dueling Pipelines: The Debate Over In-State Natural Gas
Channel 2 NewsIn Juneau, a debate is raging about an in-state natural gas pipeline. In fact, that debate is raging not just about one pipeline, but two. And neither of them exists yet. For much of the week, representatives have been taking public testimony on House...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Natural Gas, Super Bowl, Energy Resources
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Alaska Earthquake: Magnitude 3.9 in Southcentral
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Earthquake Information Center reports a minor earthquake occurred about 26 miles north of Anchorage on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at 11:42 a.m. Thursday and had a preliminary magnitude of 3.9. It struck at a depth of about 19 miles. ...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Earthquake: 3.9 Magnitude in Southern Alaska
Channel 2 NewsA magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded in Southern Alaska at 8:22 a.m. on Friday, according to USGS. A seismologist reviewed the data and and the info was updated on the United States Geological Survey's site. The quake initially registered at 4.0...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Denali National Park Eliminates $20 Vehicle Entrance Fee
KTUU.comDenali National Park visitors will see a change in fees to enter the park effective Jan. 1, as the park eliminates a $20 per vehicle fee and instead charges an entrance fee of $10 per person over 16. Park spokesperson Kris Fister says the park is...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, National Parks, Tourism and Leisure
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