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It’s Miller v. Murkowski – again

Joe Miller is again challenging Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate, and this time he’s running as a Libertarian.…

A dry-erase board at the Alaska Division of Elections headquarters in Juneau shows Ambler precinct's five absentee votes missing from the final tally.

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State certifies primary election results, but recount is imminent

Editor’s note: This article has been updated due to a correction. The article reported that absentee votes from the…

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Pedestrian hit by Anchorage police car, suffers broken leg

ANCHORAGE — Authorities say a man has been hospitalized with a broken leg after being struck by an…

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Troopers warn against feeding wild game to dogs

FAIRBANKS — Wildlife troopers are reminding people who have been advertising wild game as dog food that the…

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1 killed, 2 injured in Fairbanks night club shooting

FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks Police Department is investigating a shooting inside Bojangles night club that left one person…

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Court rules no guns for medical marijuana cardholders

Alaska’s hunters and concealed carry holders can’t continue to pack iron if they hold a medical marijuana card,…

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Fairbanks inmate treated for alcohol withdrawal dies

FAIRBANKS — Authorities are investigating the death of a Fairbanks Correctional Center inmate who had been treated for…

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Remote state legislative offices close on Friday afternoons

JUNEAU — The state’s 22 Legislative Information Offices will now be closed on Friday afternoons as a cost-cutting…

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Crews recover bodies of people killed in mid-air plane crash

RUSSIAN MISSION — Bodies have been recovered from crash sites of two planes involved in a mid-air collision.…

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND USE SEPT. 3-4, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Aug. 10, 2016 photo, Kim Kole, a cannabis business stakeholder and board member of the Alaska Marijuana Industry Association, pitches a membership crossover between the two associations during a meeting of the Anchorage Cannabis Business Association in Anchorage, Alaska. AMIA wants to fill lobbying needs with its own executive director, Cary Carrigan, until the industry has enough income to hire a fulltime lobbyist. (DJ Summers/Alaska Journal of Commerce via AP)

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As sales near, pot industry still lacks unified voice

ANCHORAGE — More than 300 licenses spread among a landmass the size of Mexico is causing some organizational…

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Advocates argue for protections for Montana fish

HELENA, Mont. — Wildlife advocates seeking federal protections for a fish found in Montana told a judge Tuesday…

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, SEPT. 3-4 - In this Aug. 22, 2016 photo, Ariel Cunningham, the new manager of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Animal Shelter, feeds an American Buff goose in Fairbanks, Alaska/ Growing up in Webster, N.H., in the 1990s, Cunningham had no brothers or sisters. Her playmates were her family's pets--thirteen dogs and five cats. (Eric Engman/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

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New shelter manager has soft spot for strays

FAIRBANKS — Growing up in Webster, New Hampshire, in the 1990s, Ariel Cunningham had no brothers or sisters.…

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Low turnout closes dog mushing museum

FAIRBANKS — The owner of a Fairbanks museum showcasing dog mushing has closed due to low turnout, leaving…

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Fairbanks police ID officer involved in fatal shooting

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police have released the name of an officer who shot and killed a man who…

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Permanent fund board pitched on tax credit investment

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is pitching the board overseeing Alaska’s oil wealth nest egg on a…

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Native groups criticize fair board over rappers’ ejection

FAIRBANKS — Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of…

In this July 7, 2016 photo, police tape hangs from a hand rail near where two people were killed on the Ship Creek Trail in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The double homicide is among nine unsolved cases this year in which people have been found dead in Anchorage parks, trails and on isolated streets. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Unsolved homicides put people on edge in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — A rash of unsolved outdoor homicides in Alaska’s largest city is putting residents on edge. Altogether,…

After the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on Sept. 4, 1971, recovery teams stayed in touch with handheld and short-distance radios that linked them to Juneau.

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The disaster that taught us to fly safely: 45 years after Flight 1866

In the first week of September, 45 years ago, Robert Mottram flew by helicopter to the Chilkat Mountains…

Image courtesy of PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation  This computer-generated illustration shows Lockheed Martin's LMH-1 hybrid aircraft, which transportation company PRL Logistics plans to base in Kenai in 2019.

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Hybrid aircraft to be based in Kenai

KENAI — By 2019, people looking south across Kenai’s river flats or standing on its beach might occasionally…

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Southeast Alaska school closing down over lack of students

PETERSBURG — A school on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska that saw only a handful of…