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Officials launch Seward Highway speed limit project

ANCHORAGE — State transportation officials are testing out a new program on Seward Highway aimed at reducing congestion…

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Kenai school board to address transgender policy

This fall, the Kenai Peninsula School District’s Board of Education will address whether to add the terms “gender…

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

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Sullivan in contact with GOP convention organizers

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan could have a speaking role at next week’s national Republican convention. A…

In this photo taken June 18, 2016, and provided by the Alaska Division of Forestry, a CL-415 water scooping aircraft drops its load on the Tetlin River Fire along the Tetlin, Alaska.

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Rains help to a mild wildfire season so far

ANCHORAGE — A year after Alaska wildfires burned an area larger than Massachusetts, the state is on course…

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House will try to restore PFD, increase deficit

The Alaska House of Representatives has asked the state Senate to join it for a joint session at…

Some of the results of the poll

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Poll: Alaskans hugely support term limits for state legislators

A new survey from Anchorage-based pollster Ivan Moore has found Alaskans strongly in favor of term limits for…

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Murkowski won’t attend GOP convention with primary looming

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be traveling in Alaska next week as part of her re-election…

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Marijuana board holds special meeting

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will hold a special meeting by telephone on Thursday to address an unclear…

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Heroin, cash seized at Kenai home; man, woman arrested

KENAI — A Kenai man is in custody after Alaska State Troopers and Kenai police seized nearly a…

Corey Cogdell-Unrein, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in trap shooting, is heading to her third games in Brazil next month.

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Eagle River trap shooter ready for Rio

In less than a month, the U.S. Olympic Team will head to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio…

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Opening of Tanana road pushed back due to weather

FAIRBANKS — This summer’s rainy weather has further delayed the opening of a new road to connect a…

Todd O'Hara works in a Sitka Sound Science Center office July 1. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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UAF prof looks to develop subsistence food safety project

SITKA — Is Sitka interested in finding out about the presence of heavy metals, contaminants and nutrients in…

Alaska Legislature turns down free building

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Alaska Legislature turns down free building

There’s a saying that you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Evidently, that doesn’t apply to…

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Driver dies in rollover crash at Mile 135 Glenn Highway

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said a driver died Monday morning in a crash on the Glenn Highway.…

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Anchorage police seek witnesses in 2 deaths along bike trail

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police investigating the deaths of two people on a bike trail have released photos of…

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Man charged with assault after stabbing at Anchorage home

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man suspected of stabbing his father early Monday has been charged with three counts…

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Akiachak tribe takes next step toward federal trust

BETHEL — Alaska’s Akiachak tribe is preparing to inventory land for federal trust status following a federal appeals…

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Legislature starts fifth special session with no clear path forward

The 29th Alaska Legislature on Monday began its fifth special session since the gavel first sounded in January…

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Two-billionth salmon caught in Bristol Bay, delivered to gov

Since 1884, fish processors and biologists have kept intimate track of the number of salmon caught in Bristol…

The Anchorage LIO Building

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Anchorage LIO owners file $37M complaint against state

The owners of the controversial downtown Anchorage Legislative Information Office Building have filed a claim seeking $37 million…