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Anchorage Computer Company Expands
Channel 2 NewsA local computer designer is working overtime these days, getting ready to ship a new kind of laptop. Customers have not seen anything like it and most are surprised to learn it was invented right here in Alaska. It’s called the gScreen Spacebook,...Tags: Alaska, Elections, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics
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Apple Store to Open in 5th Avenue Mall Saturday
KTUU.comApple has officially unveiled Alaska’s first Apple Store in Anchorage’s 5th Avenue Mall -- as well as its grand opening Saturday at 10 a.m. The Tuesday press release from the iPhone and iPad maker follows months of online speculation on...Tags: Alaska, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Computer Hardware
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Six Rural Alaska Weekly Newspapers To Close
KTUU.comSix weekly newspapers serving rural Alaska communities from Dutch Harbor to Barrow will shut down, after their parent company voted to liquidate them. Alaska Newspapers, Inc., which publishes the (Bethel) Tundra Times, (Barrow) Arctic Sounder,...Tags: Alaska, Elections, Politics, Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations
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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: Tourism and Leisure, Alaska, Travel, Elections, Human Interest
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State, Anchorage Schools' Progress Statistics Fall
KTUU.comMore than half of Alaska schools failed to achieve a crucial progress benchmark required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to statistics released by the state Friday -- and the Anchorage School District says it did worse than the...Tags: Alaska
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Trips Help Elders Continue To Gather Traditional Foods, For Health And Soul Alike
Thirty Alaska Native elders from every region of the state disembark a bus and stand in a parking lot in Portage hugged by mountains. Small blue plastic pails are handed out.
Soon, before the trip leader has stopped talking, they are off and into the...Tags: Alaska, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Health, Diabetes
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Parnell Hosts Annual Governor's Picnic in Anchorage
Governor Sean Parnell (R-Alaska) donned an apron, and spent his Saturday serving Alaskans hamburgers on the Park Strip in Anchorage for the annual Governor's Family Picnic.
First lady Sandy Parnell, as well as Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Regional Authority, Alaska, Elections, Government
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Alaskans Welcome State's 1st Apple Store
Channel 2 NewsThe first official Apple Store in Alaska opened in Downtown Anchorage Saturday morning, and hundreds of the iPhone, iPad and Macintosh computer maker's eager fans were waiting outside its door at the 5th Avenue Mall. "We showed up at 4:45 a.m," the first...Tags: Alaska, Apple iPad, Apple iPhone
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Wash. Hiker Rescued After 200-Foot Fall
Channel 2 NewsState troopers say a man who fell 200 feet down a rocky face near Heney Ridge and lived to tell about it was rescued Friday. Officials say Paul Rohweder from Bellingham, Wash. was hiking with three others at about 5:20 p.m. when he slipped and fell,...Tags: Alaska, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Fires
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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: Justice System, Alaska, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Politics
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Florida Man Sentenced for Illegal Brown Bear Hunts
KTUU.comA Florida man convicted of federal felonies committed during Alaska hunts has been ordered to pay more than $66,000 in fines and restitution after killing three bears, two of them illegally -- and then complaining that the last one wasn’t just...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice System, Alaska, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man Rescued After Snowmachine Sinks
Alaska State Troopers say a man had to be rescued after his snowmachine sank in the Knik River.
The Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/rpVXs5) reported Tuesday that 35-year-old Lester Mitchell was trying to skip his snowmachine across the river Sunday...
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