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Sea-Tac jam: Tips for getting through security in time to catch your Alaska Air flight

People are missing Alaska Airlines flights out of Sea-Tac Airport because of long lines at TSA checkpoints. The delays apparently are being caused by a combination of high numbers of summer travelers and the closure of one security gate for construction. If you're planning on catching an Alaska...

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Bethel council waits too long to ban 'silly string' for July Fourth

The Bethel City Council, faced with objections from a vendor who'd already bought a load of silly string, decided not to ban the annoying stuff over the Fourth of July holiday. Other residents objected to the ban too.
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Haines wood thief foiled by pickup breakdown, leaves note

A 56-year-old Haines man in the act of stealing valuable wood panels used to enclose a hockey rink at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds had to think fast when his loaded pickup broke down at the scene. So he left a handwritten note on the truck window.
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Photos: Funeral of Athabascan elder Katie John in Mentasta

Wasilla-based photographer and blogger Bill Hess has posted scores of photos from the Saturday funeral of Athabascan elder Katie John in her hometown of Mentasta. The village's population is about 100, but as many as 1,000 people attended, Hess says. The open-casket service included photos from ...
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Unalaska police blotter

Drunk Disturbance – Officers responded to a hotel room regarding an intoxicated squatter who had not paid for his room. Officers determined that the drunk had been fired for fighting with his captain, had been given significant severance pay, and had run out of friends who were willing to deal...
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One Alaskan who doesn't want to appear on a reality show

Thanks but no thanks, Haines author and blogger Heather Lende tells the producers of a prospective reality TV show called "Alaska Rivers" who asked her to audition.
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Halibut hunt: Is that a chicken -- or a turkey?

Regular Redoubt Reporter contributor Christine Cunningham, while waiting for a tug on her line, wonders about the origin of the term "chicken" as applied to smaller halibut. It's not an "Alaska thing," she learned, nor is it even modern.
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Canadians with boats moored in Skagway irked by new customs rules

From CBC News: Yukon mariners who keep their boats in Skagway say they're fed up with the new director of U.S. customs in Skagway, who is enforcing registration and reporting rules that don't appear to be in any published list of rules.
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Mat-Su ordinance prevents a new 'Felony Flats' beyond Wasilla

The collection of ramshackle dwellings along the Parks Highway on the west edge of Wasilla -- known to its detractors as "Felony Flats" -- is being removed to make room for highway improvements. The rental cabins' owner also owns land elsewhere in the borough, and some folks feared the cabins might...
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Video: Fisherman shares halibut with killer whale in Cook Inlet

Hey, is that a legal whale? Charlie Barberini, a deckhand for Frank Sanders of Alaska Trophy Outfitters in Soldotna, was forced to share his halibut about 21 miles off Ninilchik last week. Barberini also posted a selfie of the encounter on his Facebook page.
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California dream: Volkswagen doesn't even try to disguise its way-south 'Fairbanks'

A new Volkswagen Beetle spot on the Web ends with a "Land of the Midnight Sun" road sign, but there's nothing else Alaskan about the scene. Read more about the spot at Alaska Dispatch .