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USGS names Zimmerman as Alaska Science Center director
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Geological Center’s Alaska Science Center has a new director. The agency says Christian Zimmerman…
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Walker seeks money for Medicaid payments, other costs
JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is requesting about $110 million in additional spending for the current year.…
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Alaska Aerospace looking for new launch site
KODIAK — Alaska Aerospace Corp. is weighing options for a second launch facility outside the state, but CEO…
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Alaska board mulls pot use in retail stores
JUNEAU — Alaska brothers James and Giono Barrett have a dream: that some of the scores of cruise…
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Alaska volcano erupts; ash trace reaches city
ANCHORAGE — Trace amounts of ash and the smell of sulfur reached an Alaska city after the latest…
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Moderate quake widely felt in Anchorage region
ANCHORAGE — A moderate earthquake struck early Tuesday that was widely felt in the Anchorage area, but there…
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Reintroduced wood bison shot, killed near southwest village
ANCHORAGE — A wood bison reintroduced in interior Alaska was found shot to death near the village of…
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Under Anchorage lawmaker’s proposal, the Alaska Legislature would become a Pebble Mine watchdog
A measure intended to add roadblocks in front of Pebble Mine got its first hearing Tuesday in the…
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Alaska collects $145,800 marijuana tax in December
James Barrett flew to Anchorage this week with a suitcase of cash. Tuesday was the deadline for Alaska’s…
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Legislature gets first look at proposal to triple Alaska’s gasoline tax
A proposal by Gov. Bill Walker to triple the state’s gasoline tax by 2018 has gotten its first…
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Gov. Walker hopeful about working with feds on resource issues
JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Monday expressed renewed hope for working with the federal government on…
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Cities and boroughs get first dibs on ferry Taku before it heads to auction
The Alaska Marine Highway is beginning the long process of selling the ferry Taku. On Monday, the state…
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In Alaska, voices are raised for and against Trump’s executive order on immigration
Just under 100 Juneau residents gathered in a silent protest Monday, thanks to a conversation over beer at…
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Suspect in fatal Anchorage shooting appears in court
ANCHORAGE — A man is facing charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old man in Anchorage. Bail…
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Snowmachiner dies after avalanche in southcentral Alaska
ANCHORAGE — Authorities say a man has died after being caught in an avalanche near Cooper Landing in…
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Airplane missing on flight from Anchorage to Kenai Peninsula
ANCHORAGE — A federal spokesman says an airplane is missing on a flight from Anchorage to the Kenai…
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Florida airport shooting suspect pleads not guilty
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One by one, a judge detailed the 22 charges against an Alaskan man accused…
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Alaska lawmakers mull spending cap amid deficit
JUNEAU — Alaska has never violated its constitutional spending cap, but many Republican lawmakers consider the limit too…
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Young people to train in truck serving coffee, smoothies
SITKA — Youth Advocates of Sitka students will soon be peddling smoothies and coffee as a way to…
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Tribal elder, KIC work to save Sm’algyax
KETCHIKAN — If tribal elder John Reese could leave behind just one thing, it would be his beloved…