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New shelter manager has soft spot for strays
FAIRBANKS — Growing up in Webster, New Hampshire, in the 1990s, Ariel Cunningham had no brothers or sisters.…
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Low turnout closes dog mushing museum
FAIRBANKS — The owner of a Fairbanks museum showcasing dog mushing has closed due to low turnout, leaving…
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Fairbanks police ID officer involved in fatal shooting
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police have released the name of an officer who shot and killed a man who…
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Permanent fund board pitched on tax credit investment
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is pitching the board overseeing Alaska’s oil wealth nest egg on a…
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Native groups criticize fair board over rappers’ ejection
FAIRBANKS — Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of…
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Unsolved homicides put people on edge in Anchorage
ANCHORAGE — A rash of unsolved outdoor homicides in Alaska’s largest city is putting residents on edge. Altogether,…
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The disaster that taught us to fly safely: 45 years after Flight 1866
In the first week of September, 45 years ago, Robert Mottram flew by helicopter to the Chilkat Mountains…
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Hybrid aircraft to be based in Kenai
KENAI — By 2019, people looking south across Kenai’s river flats or standing on its beach might occasionally…
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Southeast Alaska school closing down over lack of students
PETERSBURG — A school on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska that saw only a handful of…
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APOC will wait to hear fundraising complaint against Anchorage lawmaker
The Alaska Public Offices Commission will wait at least two weeks to consider a complaint filed by the…
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Rough terrain complicates efforts to recover bodies in crash
ANCHORAGE — Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of four Alaskans and a Montana man who…
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Man shot, killed by Fairbanks police ID’d
FAIRBANKS — Authorities have identified a Fairbanks man who was fatally shot by police after they say he…
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Feds provide money for sanitation in villages
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s rural communities are set to receive $27 million in federal funds to help improve sanitation.…
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Alaska GOP chair suggests new election for state House seat
JUNEAU — The chairman of Alaska’s Republican Party has suggested that another election be held in a state…
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Survey: More adults use marijuana, don’t think it’s risky
NEW YORK — Marijuana use is becoming more accepted among U.S. adults as states loosen pot laws, new…
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Sitka scrambles to act after finding moderate landslide risk
SITKA — Sitka officials are working on public safety issues after finding one area of the city is…
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State analyzing higher claims for expanded Alaska Medicaid
JUNEAU — Costs for Alaska’s expanded Medicaid program have exceeded first-year estimates by roughly $30 million so far,…
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Alaska attorney general: Marijuana social clubs illegal
JUNEAU — Alaska’s attorney general said Wednesday that marijuana social clubs are illegal, addressing what had been a…
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The Latest: Troopers say no survivors in western Alaska midair crash
ANCHORAGE — All those on board two small planes died in a midair collision Wednesday in western Alaska, state…
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Police ID 2nd man found dead in park
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a second man who was found dead in a…