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Alaskans mourn death of police officer
FAIRBANKS — Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of a…
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Ketchikan borough hires new manager
KETCHIKAN — A California city manager has been selected to serve as the new manager for Alaska’s Ketchikan…
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Sitka museum set to reopen next summer after renovations
SITKA — The Sitka Historical Museum is moving forward with plans to reopen next summer with new exhibits…
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US rig count up 12 this week to 569; Texas gains 6
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 12…
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Hospice chaplain comforts the grieving and dying
FAIRBANKS — It took David Rumph Jr. more than five decades to learn that his calling in life…
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‘You know you’re Alaskan if …’: Woman hosts contest to find greatest Alaskan epithet
KENAI — One relative newcomer to the Last Frontier wants to know what it is that makes Alaskans…
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Did the new Blood Bank cost too much?
ANCHORAGE — Employees and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aren’t the only ones with questions for the…
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Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics
ANCHORAGE — The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even…
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Interior river could get Gwich’in name back
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Historical Commission has been asked to consider renaming a 344-mile river in Alaska’s Interior…
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Authorities respond to 10-car accident on highway bridge
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers are at the scene of a 10-vehicle accident along a…
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Elections director: Division ready for election
JUNEAU — A lawsuit spawned by poll worker errors in the August primary election served as a teaching…
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Sport fishing guide pleads guilty, fined for violations
HOMER — A Soldotna sportfish guide has been ordered to pay $5,000 and has had his guiding privileges…
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US Senate candidates face off in final debate
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski sought to fend off attacks from two of her rivals during their…
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Gov. Walker diagnosed with treatable prostate cancer
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday that he has a treatable form of prostate cancer, but…
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Sterling teenager dies in pickup crash near Kasilof
KASILOF — A Kenai Peninsula teenager is dead after a crash near Kasilof. Alaska State Troopers said 17-year-old…
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Sitka veterinarians try to find missing pet cockatoo
SITKA — A Sitka couple is asking for the community’s help in locating their Moluccan cockatoo. Burgess Bauder…
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Body of missing pilot found with plane wreckage
ANCHORAGE — The body of a pilot who went missing last week has been found with the wreckage…
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High winds prevent airliner from landing in Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN — High winds prevented an Alaska Airlines jet from making a scheduled landing in Ketchikan on Thursday…
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Tanana man sentenced in deaths of state troopers
FAIRBANKS — A rural Alaska man who shot and killed two Alaska State Troopers has been sentenced to…
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Man charged with attempted murder in Hatcher Pass assaults
ANCHORAGE — A 34-year-old Anchorage man tried to kill two brothers he suspected of stealing his wallet, according…