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Auto insurers: Distraction big factor in traffic death surge
WASHINGTON — Auto insurers believe drivers who text, use smartphone apps or are otherwise distracted are a big…
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Attorneys plan to seek mediation in Pebble Mine case
JUNEAU — Attorneys plan to seek mediation in a lawsuit between the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine…
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Police use cellphone tracker to find robbery suspects
ANCHORAGE — Two men suspected of an Eagle River robbery were tracked down through a cellphone taken from…
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Bear mauls man walking his dogs at Seward airport
ANCHORAGE — A bear mauled a man out with his dogs before dawn Thursday on a runway of…
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Gov. Walker proclaims November Avalanche Awareness Education Month
Gov. Bill Walker has proclaimed November Avalanche Awareness Education Month. Alaska ranks number one in the nation for…
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What’s killing sockeye salmon?
KENAI — If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye…
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Many professionals will have to pay more to work
KENAI — Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife,…
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Kenai Assembly overturns mayor’s veto of invocation policy
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now. The assembly passed a policy at…
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Teacher unions vote to ratify contract
KENAI — Teachers and support staff in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have voted to ratify a…
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Fuel tank overturns into river along Richardson Highway
ANCHORAGE — Responders have collected an estimated 350 gallons of mixed fuel oil and water from a spill…
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Whittier tunnel closes for rock stabilization work
ANCHORAGE — The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier…
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Murkowski faces several rivals in debate on Arctic issues
JUNEAU — Voters weighing who they will support for president should consider issues such as energy development and…
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With poor pink salmon run, legislator seeks disaster aid for Southeast fishermen
SITKA — Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is asking Gov. Bill Walker to include Southeast Alaska in the regions for…
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Anchorage police investigate fatal Government Hill shooting
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in the Government Hill neighborhood.…
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Man shot, critically injured outside Anchorage gas station
ANCHORAGE — A man was shot and critically injured Monday outside an Anchorage gas station and convenience store.…
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Murkowski attorney: Contributions to Alaska GOP were legal
JUNEAU — An attorney for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s campaign said Tuesday that contributions the campaign made to…
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Long, curved, akimbo: Hope uncovered for bird beak deformity
ANCHORAGE — Biologist Colleen Handel saw her first black-capped chickadee with the heartrending disorder in 1998. The tiny…
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US attorney fights against voter fraud in Alaska
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Anchorage says it is working diligently to protect against voter fraud…
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Gov. Walker puts pension bond plan on hold
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker says the state will not proceed with plans to sell bonds to help…
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Alaska looks to boost employment in healthcare, aviation with grant money
ANCHORAGE — The state of Alaska has received a $1 million grant to help bolster employment within the…