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Reporting of stats in Alaska is spotty
JUNEAU — Reporting of hate crime statistics by local law enforcement agencies in Alaska to the FBI has…
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UA Regents OK budget with $6M less than 2016
FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Board of Regents has approved a budget for fiscal year 2017 that…
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Constitutional amendment text finalized
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott has approved the language of a constitutional amendment proposed by the Alaska Legislature earlier…
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Man shot, critically injured, in Anchorage building
ANCHORAGE — A shooting at a midtown Anchorage building early Friday has left a man in critical condition.…
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Troopers shoot, critically injure man with knife near Palmer
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a man with a knife charged three officers Thursday night outside Palmer…
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Indian Point protection advances
The National Park Service is collecting public comments on a proposal to add the X’unaxi cultural and historic…
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Legislature to fund share of long-awaited $17M new school
The state of Alaska will fund its share of the K-12 replacement school for staff and 63 unhoused…
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Nikiski residents move toward home-rule city incorporation
NIKISKI — A group of residents of the Kenai Peninsula community of Nikiski are looking to formally become…
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Officials restrict salmon, chum fishing in Kuskokwim
BETHEL — Only qualified subsistence users will be able to harvest chum and king salmon from the Kuskokwim…
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Insurance bailout bill sent to Walker
The Alaska Legislature has approved the Senate version of a $55 million insurance bailout bill. In a 24-10…
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Unmanned vessels deployed for Alaska ocean research
ANCHORAGE — Researchers in the Bering Sea off Alaska’s west coast will get help this summer from drones,…
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Visiting North Carolina teen meets Santa at Make-A-Wish event in Ketchikan
KETCHIKAN — Caroline Robertson loves two things: Santa Claus and Barney. In that order. Which is why a…
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Senate passes health insurance bailout
The Alaska Senate voted 14-2 on Friday to approve a $55 million bailout of the state health insurance…
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Three tax increases move closer to final vote
The Alaska House is expected to vote as early as today on increases to the state’s taxes on…
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Suspect arrested in Barrow shooting that targeted police
ANCHORAGE — A 27-year-old man suspected of shooting at police officers in the nation’s northernmost community has been…
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Alaska police seek help in airport tire-slashing probe
ANCHORAGE — Authorities are seeking the public’s help in investigating the widespread slashing of airplane tires at a…
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Southwest Alaska wildfire reaches nearly 13 square miles
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Division of Forestry says a wildfire in remote southwest Alaska has burned nearly 13…
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Canadian officials ask Alaska residents to leave guns home
KETCHIKAN — Canadian officials are asking Alaska residents to leave their guns stateside before traveling. The Canadian Border…
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Canyon along highway near Denali Park to be scraped, blasted
ANCHORAGE — Climbers with crow bars could rappel down canyon walls above an Alaska highway as early as…
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Kenai’s new police chief sworn in by father
KENAI — Heading Kenai’s police department is a family affair as the new police chief was sworn in…