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Biomass experts tout local benefits
PETERSBURG — Southeast Alaska biomass experts believe that the low price of oil shouldn’t put wood heat projects…
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Company that provides services to Navy bases lays off 83
BANGOR, Wash. — An Alaska-based company that provides operations support for Kitsap County Navy bases is planning layoffs.…
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Anchorage weathers high winds; strongest gust was 82 mph
ANCHORAGE — Homes at higher elevations in Anchorage experienced high wind gusts Tuesday night but the city mostly…
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Alaska oil and gas director stepping down amid battle with producers
The state director battling some of the world’s largest oil companies over marketing Alaska’s North Slope gas is…
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Anchorage police investigate reports of shots fired near workers
ANCHORAGE — Police are monitoring a south Anchorage home where workers trimming trees for a utility reported shots…
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Alaska Railroad prepares for first US shipments of natural gas
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Railroad is making final preparations for the first U.S. rail shipments of liquefied natural…
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Fairbanks places police chief on leave
FAIRBANKS — The city of Fairbanks on Wednesday placed its police chief on administrative leave. City human resources…
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Tribal leaders to meet with feds in push against drug abuse
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico — an area of the country devastated…
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Report: Alaska highest for men killing women
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is no longer the state with the highest rate of women killed by…
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Fairbanks borough schools get $3M to help military families
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has received $3 million in federal grants to support…
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Walker administration resurrects plan to borrow for pension shortfall
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is resurrecting a stalled plan under which it would use borrowed…
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Alaska reveals exact amount of oil wealth fund check Friday
ANCHORAGE — It’s already known that the yearly check given to nearly every single Alaskan from the state’s…
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In Alaska’s new PFD fraud detection program, winner is a data superpower
ANCHORAGE — The state will spend $650,000 on a new program to weed out fraudulent Permanent Fund dividend…
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Ex-doc gets jail in child sex abuse case
ANCHORAGE — A former Anchorage doctor convicted of sexually abusing four children will serve at least 23 years…
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More, bigger ships due next year
SITKA — With Holland America Line putting bigger ships on the Southeast Alaska run and other lines adding…
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Officials: Kotzebue student diagnosed with meningitis
ANCHORAGE — Alaska state health officials say an elementary school student in Kotzebue was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis,…
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Former Kenai mayor seeks to restore WWII-era fire truck
KENAI — Former Kenai Mayor John Williams is leading an effort to restore a World War II-era Kenai…
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Kenai agencies, residents work to help homeless community
KENAI — Though it may not be overly visible or accurately recorded, homelessness on the Kenai Peninsula is…
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Police arrest suspect in grocery, clothing store robberies
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of two armed robberies. Police said John Moore…
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Anchorage police seek 4 suspects in 3 assaults, robberies
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police continue to seek four men suspected of three weekend robberies, including an attack that…