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Alaska State Parks agency to crowdfund for riverbank project
ANCHORAGE — With Alaska’s fiscal crisis drying up funding for a number of state projects, officials hope a…
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Alaska Native elder and leader dies at age 77
ANCHORAGE — John Schaeffer Jr., an Inupiat Eskimo elder and tribal leader in northwest Alaska, has died. He…
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Kenai marijuana entrepreneurs ask Assembly to put off vote on ban
KENAI — Kenai Peninsula marijuana entrepreneurs want the chance to operate for a year before voters decide whether…
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Denver pot club petition insufficient for ballots
DENVER — A Denver proposal to give marijuana tourists clubs to legally use the drug has failed to…
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Anchorage police cleared in hatchet-wielding suspect’s death
ANCHORAGE — A state review has determined that two Anchorage police officers were legally justified in fatally shooting…
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Appeals court dismisses Hawaii self-governance vote appeal
HONOLULU — A federal appeals court Monday dismissed an appeal about whether a vote seen as a step…
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Montana plane crash kills ‘Ice Road Truckers’ TV show star
MISSOULA, Mont. — A plane crash in western Montana killed a star of the History channel reality series…
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Anchorage police look for pepper-spraying bicyclist
ANCHORAGE — Police in Alaska’s largest city are looking for a man on a bicycle who is accused…
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Young updating filings to reflect farm stake, lease income
JUNEAU — U.S. Rep. Don Young is updating his financial disclosures to show ownership in a family farm…
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Alaska Airlines: Unruly passenger forces jet to divert
MINNEAPOLIS — Alaska Airlines says an airliner bound for Seattle had to divert to Minneapolis after an unruly…
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Cassiopeia: Classic lines grace Ketchikan harbor
KETCHIKAN — The Cassiopeia is a boat grand enough for a cowboy hat. The 72-foot, custom-built Davidson sailboat…
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Court: Refinery owners must share cleanup costs
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Supreme Court says recent owners of a North Pole oil refinery share costs of…
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Report recommends ways for UA to cut costs in athletics
ANCHORAGE — A new report highlights the uncertainty of the University of Alaska athletics programs, with some facing…
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Anchorage police use gas to force suspect out of home
ANCHORAGE — A suspect who refused to leave his Anchorage home was forced out by police deploying irritating…
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Canadian rescued near ‘Into the Wild’ bus
FAIRBANKS — Authorities in Alaska say a Canadian man is the latest person to be rescued near an…
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Judge denies Nev. county’s claim to national forest road
RENO, Nev. — A dirt road in a national forest at the center of a decades-old dispute between…
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Grim news for gas pipeline
Tough global competition and low natural gas prices have Alaska’s partners in a multibillion-dollar trans-Alaska pipeline preparing to…
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Girl dies of injuries suffered in village ATV accident
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage child has died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Aug. 11.…
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Troopers say powerful painkiller found in Alaska heroin
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say lab tests showed the presence of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in heroin…
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Colorful bear statues roam Anchorage
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s largest city is home to more than 300 grizzly and black bears and now more…