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Permanent Fund to pick director today
The Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees will meet for a special meeting at 10 a.m. today in…
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Bethel residents support liquor store, advisory vote finds
BETHEL — Unofficial election results from a non-binding advisory vote in Bethel show that most residents would support…
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Alaska VA launches pilot program to schedule appointments
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Veterans Affairs Healthcare System has launched a pilot program to revert the process of…
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Anchorage teen among poets honored by first lady
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama honored a new class of National Student Poets for their bravery to be vulnerable…
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Board considers candidates for Permanent Fund ‘pope’
Vast indirect power. An apolitical position. Immense public support. A venerable institution designed to last. The director of…
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UAA launches Alaska’s first pharmacy program
ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Anchorage is launching the state’s first entirely local pharmacy program in partnership…
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Former Fairbanks tutor convicted of sexual abuse of minor
FAIRBANKS — A former Fairbanks public school tutor has been found guilty of forcing a boy to have…
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Split decision in water reservation case
JUNEAU — A state agency delivered a split decision Wednesday for conservationists seeking to protect fish from the…
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Anchorage library loans out skulls, furs
ANCHORAGE — Need to borrow a polar bear fur? Or a walrus skull complete with tusks? Or how…
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Feds say first humpback whales of season spotted in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Humpback whales were spotted in the waters off Hawaii for the first time this season, leading…
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Alaska hired consultants ahead of Obama visit
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration spent $50,000 on consultants to help prepare for a visit by President…
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Justice Dana Fabe puts down gavel
After becoming the first woman to serve on the Alaska Supreme Court 20 years ago and the first…
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Walker hires consultants ahead of Obama visit
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration spent $50,000 on Washington, D.C., consultants to help prepare them for a…
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Hunter falls to death on Pioneer Peak
ANCHORAGE — Authorities say a Wasilla man has died after falling down the mountainside at Pioneer Peak. Alaska…
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North Pole man found dead in Kenai cell
KENAI — A 45-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell at the Wildwood Correctional Facility in Kenai.…
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Alaska’s median income drops below 1989 levels
ANCHORAGE — Alaska residents are making less money than they have in years, with the state’s median income…
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Photo: Ephemeral art
Juneau artist Jay Crondahl adds a little ephemeral art to the lawn at the Park Shore Condominiums on…
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‘Fairbanks Four’ wants convictions overturned
FAIRBANKS — Four men who claim they were wrongly convicted of killing a Fairbanks teenager in 1997 are…
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Moderate earthquake felt in Alaska community
ANCHORAGE — Seismologists say a moderate earthquake was strongly felt in a community in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. The…
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Pitney: Cuts only one piece of budget picture
Even with major budget cuts, the state could see its credit rating dropped if it doesn’t take steps…