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Alaska Volcano Observatory repairs seismic monitors

ANCHORAGE — Alaska Volcano Observatory scientists have repaired several seismic monitoring stations at active volcanoes throughout southwest Alaska.…

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Actress talks Kodiak with Jimmy Kimmel

KODIAK — An actress who spent the first years of her life in Kodiak and now plays a…

In this photo taken on Oct. 8, Dan Schacher, the maintenance superintendent for the Department of Transportation in Fairbanks, poses in front of a plow truck at the DOT.

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DOT chief brings creative approach to road maintenance

FAIRBANKS — Dan Schacher had a pretty straightforward job when he began work as an Alaska Department of…

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Gov., 2011 Iditarod champ push ‘wellness initiative’

ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker and 2011 Iditarod champion John Baker on Friday announced the creation of an…

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Suicide mars AFN conference

ANCHORAGE — Organizers of the Alaska Federation of Natives conference announced there was a death at the Saturday…

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Warming Arctic could uncover Native artifacts

ANCHORAGE — A researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is attempting to predict where higher Arctic temperatures…

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Fairbanks 4 defendant proclaims innocence

ANCHORAGE — Marvin Roberts, one of the four Alaska Native men convicted in the 1997 murder of a…

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Agitated airman leads to base hospital lockdown

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — One person is in custody after an agitated airman with a loaded 9 mm…

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McGuire faces complaint over disclosure report

JUNEAU — The Alaska Public Offices Commission has filed a complaint against state Sen. Lesil McGuire, saying the…

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Sitka awaits visit from Russian performers

SITKA — A troupe of Russian performers who were set to visit Sitka for the upcoming Alaska Day…

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Murkowski brings in $920K in latest fundraising period

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski brought in about $920,000 toward her re-election bid during the latest fundraising…

U.S. Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska,, left, listens as Alaska Gov. Bill Walker speaks to reporters at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. The men spoke after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said her agency was canceling future lease sales and will not extend current drilling leases in Arctic waters off Alaska's northern coast. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Federal regulators pull back Arctic offshore lease sales

ANCHORAGE — Three weeks after Royal Dutch Shell announced it was walking away from exploratory drilling in U.S.…

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Interior Department curbing future Arctic offshore drilling

ANCHORAGE — The Interior Department says it will not extend Arctic offshore leases held by Royal Dutch Shell…

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Threatened sea duck may be reintroduced in southwest Alaska

ANCHORAGE — A colorful, threatened sea duck whose numbers plummeted in Alaska may be reintroduced to the southwest…

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McGuire faces complaint over disclosure report

JUNEAU — The Alaska Public Offices Commission has filed a complaint against state Sen. Lesil McGuire, saying the…

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Alaska Volcano Observatory repairs seismic monitors

ANCHORAGE — Alaska Volcano Observatory scientists have repaired several seismic monitoring stations at active volcanoes throughout southwest Alaska.…

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Obama’s Anchorage visits cost city $500K , most in police OT

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage paid nearly $530,000 in overtime, traffic management and public works associated with President Obama’s visit.…

About 4 oz. of dried marijuana stored in a large glass container.

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In testimony, Alaskans plead for legal cannabis clubs

Dozens of Alaskans took to their phones Thursday for one of the last chances to weigh in on…

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Alaska man faces animal cruelty charges for beating dog

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have arrested a man they say beat his dog with metal pipe and…

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Alaska oil industry defends tax credit program

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s oil industry trade group has launched an advertising campaign in an effort to defend the…