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Thomas File Honored at Mendenhall Golf Course
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Mendenhall Golf Course founder Thomas File was posthumously honored with a citation on Tuesday by members of the 32nd Alaska State Legislature in front of family and friends on the site of where he first hand-mowed the driving range.
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Falcons Get Dirty in Softball-Packed Weekend
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Thunder Mountain High School senior Riley Harp dove to catch a line drive in centerfield, laid out to stop a ground ball at shortstop and slid into second base when the throw was close -- all in a span of two innings during the Falcons 5-0 win over Sitka on Saturday.
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Crimson Bears Softball Girls Sweep Weekend Conference Play
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears softball team finished an undefeated weekend home stand with Southeast Conference wins over Ketchikan 12-9 on Friday, Sitka 9-5 Saturday morning and Ketchikan 7-3 Saturday evening. JDHS defeated Sitka 6-5 on Thursday.
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Falcons Sandlot Boys Honor Seniors in Weekend Play
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Thunder Mountain High School Falcons baseball team wrapped up their Ketchikan series on Adair Kennedy Field on Friday, with an extra inning win and senior night honors. The Falcons won two games and lost one in the three game series.
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JDHS Sandlot Boys Battle in Anchorage
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears baseball team spent the weekend playing in Anchorage against the top sandlot teams from the Cook Inlet Conference, losing to South 1-0 and Eagle River 16-1, and beating Dimond 16-0.
News of the North
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US Coast Guard calls off search for a person overboard in Lynn Canal
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Coast Guard called off a search for a person in the water near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal on Tuesday.
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Coast Guard searching for person in water in Lynn Canal
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal on Tuesday.
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Prospective 'Green Cruise Corridor' in the works for Alaska, Washington
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau Assembly was given a presention on the first steps towards exploring a maritime green corridor, a first of its kind, aimed at accelerating the deployment of zero-emission ships and operations between Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington.
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Legislature passes resolution to support naming mountain after Phillips
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – Yesterday, the Alaska legislature passed Senate Joint Resolution 23, naming the mountain between Cedar Ridge and Hope Peak south of Anchorage as Gail Phillips Peak.
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Judge orders board adopt interim redistricting map
Juneau, Alaska (AP) - A state court judge has said a majority of members on the board tasked with redrawing Alaska’s political boundaries appeared to have adopted a map that splits the Eagle River area into two Senate districts for “political reasons.”
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Legislature passes bill requiring DPS to publish policies and procedures
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska legislature has passed Senate Bill 7, sponsored by Senator Elvi Gray-Jackson.
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Legislature enshrines Tribal Child Welfare Compact in Alaska Law
Juneau, Alaska (ANN) - Legislation passed the State Legislature on Monday that enshrined the Tribal Child Welfare compact in Alaska Statute.
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One sustains minor injuries in Goose Bay plane crash
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - One sustained minor injuries and another was uninjured in a plane crash near the Goose Bay airport Monday afternoon.
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Three jailed for illegally wading into Brooks River
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Three men were sentenced to serve prison time and ordered to pay fines of $3,000 each after entering a closed area of the Brooks River at the Katmai National Park.
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Juneau hosts GOP forum for Congressional race
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Capital City Republican Women held a GOP forum for a select group of candidates to succeed the late Don Young on Monday night.
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State Troopers begin 'Click It or Ticket' campaign
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - State and Wildlife Troopers have announced that they will be conducting additional traffic patrols through June 6 as part of the Click It or Ticket campaign.
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UAS Outdoor Studies Expedition: Sea Kayaking in Glacier Bay
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Nine students and two faculty in the Outdoor Studies program at the University of Alaska Southeast paddled from Bartlett Cove to Muir Point and back in Glacier Bay’s East Arm over nine days, May 2-11.
Ketchikan News
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Crimson Bears Scare Lady Kings in Conference Opener
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé girls basketball team put a scare into the visiting Ketchikan Lady Kings on Friday night at the Crimson Bears den, taking the preseason favorite down to the wire before succumbing 41-32 in the first southeast conference game of the season for both teams.
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House Fast Tracks Ferry & Medicaid Funding
The House voted 32-7 to send to the senate fast track legislation that provides 24 million for the marine highway system to keep running and 45 million for medicaid.