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Alaska unveils plan to assess gas, oil in ANWR

...Legislature for $50 million toward funding the seismic program if the federal government is in as a partner. He also sees the private sector playing a role as well."For 26 years, Americans have engaged in a debate about the wildlife and oil and gas resources...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-21/alaska-unveils-plan-assess-gas-oil-anwr
State
I, Frankenstein

Opens Friday, Jan 24, 2014 Synopsis: Aaron Eckhart stars as Adam Frankenstein, the pieced-together monster turned private eye in this Lionsgate production written and directed by Stuart Beattie (writer of G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra). Bill Nighy and Yvonne Strahovski co-star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney Movie Details Buy Tickets Movie Review

Alaska Editorial: Lofty Language: President's Arctic policy sets an expansive tone

...international level. And we will partner with the State of Alaska and Alaska Natives, as well as the international community and the private sector, to develop innovative solutions and new ways of operating."The strategy focuses on three general areas: security...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-20/alaska-editorial-lofty-language-presi
Opinion
As mining booms in Southeast, so does mine training program

...the average annual wage for miners in the state is right around $100,000 - about twice as high as the average listed for private sector wages.The data also showed the number of mining jobs in Alaska more than doubling from 2005 to 2012, going from 1...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-18/mining-booms-southeast-so-does-mine-tra
State | Local
Nikiski student recognized as one of nation's top scholars

...of learning," she said. "I always wanted my parents to be proud of me."While Ernst's educational career began in a private setting, she blossomed in the third grade when she was enrolled in public school at the former Nikiski Elementary."It was...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-20/nikiski-student-recognized-one-nations-
State
Empire Editorial: A time and policy warp that's dangerous for America

...likely in an effort to find a news source.They also won't tell AP what they're looking for, and why. That information is private. In Alaska we tend to value our privacy. Some of us move into the woods or onto large patches of land off the grid. Some...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-16/empire-editorial-time-and-policy-warp
Opinion
Police and Fire Calls for May 17, 2013

...possible EMS.? At 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, CCFR was dispatched to Hospital Drive to transport a female patient back to a private residence.Sex crime? At 3:59 p.m. Wednesday, JPD conducted a confidential investigation into the report of sexual...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/police-and-fire-calls-may-17-2013
Local
Cases challenge legality of anti-"smurfing" statute

...he stressed."Clearly there was unwarranted and warrantless intrusion by law enforcement into the people of Juneau's private lives when the medication logs were summarily seized without any specificity and suspicion," he wrote.In opposition to...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-16/cases-challenge-legality-anti-smurfing-
Local
No 'invisible hand' in health care

...the details of their medical bills because they're covered by health care insurance. The costs are visible to Medicare and private insurers though. They negotiate discounted rates for all treatments and procedures. So why is that through the long debate...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-14/no-invisible-hand-health-care
Opinion
Ex-Gov. Murkowski: Environmentalists hurt development in Alaska

...gas and timber on land it owns in the state, even as an oil boom occurs on private land in in the Lower 48."The so-called oil boom? It's all been on private land, nothing, zippo is on federal land," Murkowski said in a story by the...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-09/ex-gov-murkowski-environmentalists-hurt
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