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Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023
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Biden administration could wade into lawsuit over Southeast Alaska tribal fishing rights
The Biden administration could jump into a high-profile lawsuit involving a Southeast Alaska Native community that’s fighting with…
Opinion
Opinion: Failed election shows why Alaska should repeal ranked-choice voting
Most Americans just want elections where it’s easy to vote, hard to cheat and easy to trust the…
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Committee dismisses complaints that two Alaska lawmakers committed ethics violations
The body charged with policing the ethics of members of the Alaska House of Representatives has dismissed complaints…
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Alaska Police Standards Council turns down plan to lower hiring age of corrections officers — for now
The Alaska Police Standards Council voted down a regulation change that would allow the state to hire corrections…
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Complaint seeks to halt signature gathering by group aiming to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system
Supporters of an effort to get rid of Alaska’s ranked choice voting system are accused of “intentional deception”…
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Police calls for Monday, Dec. 4, 2023
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Funding gap looms for Alaska’s domestic violence programs, but need for services is as high as ever
A major source of funding for Alaska’s domestic violence response has decreased significantly in the past five years,…
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Wild Shots
To showcase our readers’ work to the widest possible audience, Wild Shots have been moved in front of…
Sports
On the Trails: Gliding in air
An eagle soars overhead, wings spread, making only minute steering adjustments of wing and tail feathers. It’s gliding…
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Police calls for Friday, Dec. 1, 2023
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Police calls for Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023
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Aurora forecast for the week of Nov. 27
These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute and available online, along with more…
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Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023
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Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines said Sunday it agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal, including…
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Study points to concurrent marine heat waves as culprit in Western Alaska chum declines
Successive marine heat waves appear to have doomed much of the chum salmon swimming in the ocean waters…
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Judge rejects calls to halt winter construction work on Willow oil project in Alaska during appeal
A federal judge in Alaska on Friday rejected requests from environmental groups to halt winter construction work for…
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Police calls for Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023
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Opinion
My Turn: Know who you’re sitting with at the table
As a professional who has sat at many a negotiating table, I am all for sitting down to…
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Federally funded project will search for rare earth elements in Southeast Alaska seaweed
What if prized rare earth elements could be extracted from seaweed, avoiding the need to dig into the…