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Rep. Don Young wins 23rd term in Congress
ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters have given the longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives more years…
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Murkowski fends off crowd in Senate race
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her bid for re-election, fending off a crowded field of challengers…
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Anchorage police seek wounded suspect in nightclub shooting
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are seeking a man suspected of firing a gun in a downtown nightclub and…
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Historic cafe in Ketchikan demolished
KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan cafe that’s been in business for about 80 years has been torn down to…
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Parish knocks out Muñoz in House District 34
With an extraordinary upset on Election Day, Democratic underdog Justin Parish defeated Republican incumbent Cathy Muñoz for a…
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Early turnout sets record ahead of Election Day
Even before the polls open Tuesday morning, Alaska’s election is already setting records. Through Monday morning, 68,547 Alaskans…
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Alaska to decide US Senate, House races
ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters will decide a rematch of a contentious U.S. Senate race, a fight for Alaska’s…
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Woman charged in shooting in western Alaska village
ANCHORAGE — A 46-year-old western Alaska woman is in custody after a shooting that left a man wounded.…
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Barge sinks weeks after tug runs aground in B.C.
BELLA BELLA, British Columbia — The Heiltsuk Nation in British Columbia says a barge has flipped and sunk…
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Alaskans mourn death of police officer
FAIRBANKS — Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of a…
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Ketchikan borough hires new manager
KETCHIKAN — A California city manager has been selected to serve as the new manager for Alaska’s Ketchikan…
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Sitka museum set to reopen next summer after renovations
SITKA — The Sitka Historical Museum is moving forward with plans to reopen next summer with new exhibits…
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US rig count up 12 this week to 569; Texas gains 6
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 12…
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Hospice chaplain comforts the grieving and dying
FAIRBANKS — It took David Rumph Jr. more than five decades to learn that his calling in life…
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‘You know you’re Alaskan if …’: Woman hosts contest to find greatest Alaskan epithet
KENAI — One relative newcomer to the Last Frontier wants to know what it is that makes Alaskans…
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Did the new Blood Bank cost too much?
ANCHORAGE — Employees and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aren’t the only ones with questions for the…
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Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics
ANCHORAGE — The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even…
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Interior river could get Gwich’in name back
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Historical Commission has been asked to consider renaming a 344-mile river in Alaska’s Interior…
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Authorities respond to 10-car accident on highway bridge
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers are at the scene of a 10-vehicle accident along a…
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Elections director: Division ready for election
JUNEAU — A lawsuit spawned by poll worker errors in the August primary election served as a teaching…