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PETERSBURG-AK The federal government has again selected Alaska Airlines as the Essential Air Service carrier for Petersburg, Wrangell, Gustavus, Cordova and Yakutat. The EAS program subsidizes the cost of daily flights to remote communities and as Matt Lichtenstein reports, that cost is going up.
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