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Totem ceremonies bring hundreds together to celebrate and remember
Tlingit and Haida came together in Wrangell from throughout Southeast and celebrated the unveiling of five new totem…
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Police calls, July 16-23
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
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Wrangell Mariners’ Memorial wins statewide honor for design
The story of the memorial is anchored in the community
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2 rescued by park service near Exit Glacier
The hikers were stranded in the “Exit Creek Prohibited Visitor Use Zone.”
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Federal education funding to be released after monthlong delay
The federal funding freeze blocked around $420,000 to the Juneau School District
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Trump signs law yanking $9B from NPR, PBS, foreign aid
The law rescinds $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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Ships in port, July 26-30
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
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Crash that killed husband of former congresswoman was overloaded with moose meat and antlers, NTSB says
The plane, a single-engine Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub, crashed shortly after takeoff in a mountainous area of southwestern…
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USDA ends regional food program, pulls $6M from Alaska businesses
On July 15, the Alaska Food Policy Council was notified that the USDA had terminated the Regional Food…
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Alaska state senator, key vote on possible budget veto override, gets waiver from US Army
Forrest Dunbar, a Democrat from Anchorage, is deployed in Poland with the Alaska National Guard
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Bits of fishing gear and buoys dominate marine debris load in Alaska, report says
Alaska’s marine debris mix shows how ocean activities and ocean currents bring trash to the state’s shores
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Juneau residents prepare for annual outburst flooding
The National Weather Service says it expects the basin to reach that capacity in mid-August
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On budget vote, Murkowski says she was ‘hung out to dry’ and stuck between 2 bad options
Alaska’s senior U.S. senator said the state fares better under Republicans’ budget plan because of her efforts to…
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Governor vetoes bill intended to provide emergency health care to Alaska police dogs
House Bill 70 was inspired by the death of an Alaska State Trooper canine during a 2017 police…
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Ships in port for the week of July 19
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled…
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Cook Inletkeeper, partners file lawsuit against Cook Inlet gold mine
The Johnson Tract Mine is located on CIRI-owned lands inside Lake Clark National Park.
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2 rescued by park service near Exit Glacier
The hikers were stranded in the “Exit Creek Prohibited Visitor Use Zone.”
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Alaska Airlines resumes operations after software outage
The airline first requested to ground the more than 200 aircraft it operates under the Alaska Airlines brand…
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Kenai Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding
Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct.…
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Insurance authorization bill becomes law
The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.