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Forecast: Southeast set to lose most jobs since 2009
Southeast Alaska will lose the most jobs since 2009, according to a new forecast from the Alaska Department…
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Lawmakers pre-file 31 bills
The Alaska Legislature’s preseason has begun with 24 House bills and seven Senate bills released in the first…
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Alaska Native veterans to receive federal housing assistance
ANCHORAGE — Three Alaska Native organizations are receiving federal funds to provide permanent housing to Native veterans at…
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Ketchikan located in Alaska, Facebook decides
KETCHIKAN — According to Facebook, Ketchikan is finally located in Alaska. The Ketchikan Daily News reports that after…
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Kito to ask for 120-day session
As the preseason is to the National Football League, prefile season is to the Alaska Legislature. Today, Alaska’s…
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Cancer now No. 1 killer in 22 states, ahead of heart disease
NEW YORK — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from…
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2 men back in custody after escape from village jail
ANCHORAGE — Two men who escaped from jail in the village of Pilot Station with help from a…
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Prescription drug use rules could loosen for police officers
ANCHORAGE — A proposed change to Alaska’s police hiring standards would allow potential officers to have previously used…
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Adventure show hosts pleads guilty in illegal hunting case
JUNEAU — A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an…
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ADFG insists unpublished studies were used
Use it, then lose it, was the fate of a long-delayed Kenai River habitat study until the Alaska…
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Experts address housing issues at summit
ANCHORAGE — Experts from around Alaska were participating in a daylong summit Wednesday to address housing challenges in…
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Anchorage detain youth in double homicide
ANCHORAGE — A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot…
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Photo: Baby owl
Alaska Raptor Center’s Jennifer Cedarleaf gets a pygmy owl ready to weigh Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at the…
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Miller: I’m not mulling Senate run
JUNEAU — Joe Miller said he is not seriously considering an election challenge to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski…
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Alaska analyzes response to 2015 Chiniak blaze
KODIAK — The response to Alaska’s Twin Creeks Fire last summer was swift, said a state report, but…
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Gov. Walker removes head of Alaska regulatory agency
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has decided to replace the head of the agency that sets rates for…
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Haines police officer accidently shoots self
Haines’ newest police officer accidently shot himself in the arm Tuesday afternoon, the Haines Police Department has announced.…
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Low oil prices prompt hiring limits
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker announced hiring and travel restrictions for state workers on Tuesday, the same day…
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5 passengers released following Alaska plane crash
FAIRBANKS — Five of the eight people injured in a small plane crash in Interior Alaska over the…
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First digital geologic map of Alaska published
The U.S.Geological Survey released the first digital geologic map of Alaska on Tuesday, providing land users, managers and…