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Officials respond to vandalism that damaged a petroglyph rock at Wrangell beach site
A petroglyph rock was found split in half last month
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Ships in port, Aug. 9-13
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
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Police calls, July 31-Aug. 6
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
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Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska next week
The meeting comes as he tries to secure a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine
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Traveling nurse charged with murder of 78-year-old Southcentral Alaska man
John “Skip” Dove Jr. was found on Tuesday stabbed to death in his home off Sports Lake Road…
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Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding
As residents of Juneau use new information to gird for near-annual floods, scientists are studying glacier dynamics to…
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Driver dies after hitting a moose near Denali National Park
The National Park Service said it was investigating the crash
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Special session continues in almost-empty Alaska Capitol building
Most state legislators have left Juneau and aren’t scheduled to meet again until Aug. 19 due to differences…
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US Sec. Kennedy, in Alaska trip, repeats doubts of vaccines, while promising new ‘universal vaccine’
Comments follow the secretary’s decision to axe funding for mRNA vaccine development
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Ships in port, Aug. 6-9
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
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Police calls, July 31-Aug. 1
This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent
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Legislature narrowly votes to override education funding veto
The override was approved with no floor discussion
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Legislature overrides veto of bill aimed at increased legislative oversight of state oil tax revenue
Lawmakers have said the somewhat obscure policy is significant in the face of missing oil tax information.
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Alaska Legislature adjourns after overriding governor vetoes
Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would “possibly” call another special session before January
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‘Exhausting and demoralizing’: How public media in rural Alaska is responding to federal cuts
A Q&A with two longtime Alaska public radio employees
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Rural communities, tribes sue EPA over $2.8B in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects
The sudden withholding of federal funds poses an existential threat to projects that have been in the works…
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down
Public broadcasting has been in the crosshairs of Republicans for decades
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Ships in port, Aug. 2-6
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
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Juneau police investigating incident that sent man to hospital; officer placed on leave
Video posted to social media shows the hospitalized man being thrown to the ground during an arrest attempt