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Legislature considers health insurance bill for families of slain first responders
The Alaska Legislature has begun considering a proposal to grant permanent health insurance to the spouses and children…
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Hopkins resigns from gas line board for Alaska Senate run
JUNEAU — Luke Hopkins, who was narrowly confirmed to the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. last…
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Deadline approaching for annual Denali park road lottery
JUNEAU — The deadline for entering the annual Denali National Park and Preserve road lottery is approaching. People…
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State focuses on pollution rules for Fairbanks, North Pole
FAIRBANKS — Alaska officials are outlining new measures to control pollution in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, as…
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State briefly suspends Medicaid payments to doctors
The state of Alaska has suspended Medicaid payments to hospitals and clinics amid a continuing budget impasse in…
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Adoption bill gets hearing in Senate
One of the few non-budget items on Gov. Bill Walker’s special-session agenda received its first hearing in the…
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Public can vote on national park site preservation funds
Twenty historic sites in national parks are vying for $2 million in preservation grants, and the public is…
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Rate filings for individual Alaska health plans due in July
JUNEAU — The lone insurance company expected to offer individual health policies to Alaskans next year will have…
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Plans would close Sitka, Anchorage extension service offices
ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Fairbanks plans to close its cooperative extension service offices in Sitka and…
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Corrections officer faces drug charges
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska Department of Corrections officer suspected of a heroin-distribution plot at a state prison has…
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Kenai newspaper names new publisher
The vice president of operations with Morris Publishing Group has been named the new publisher of the Peninsula…
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Fairbanks to take over cemetery work after disputed bid
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks is replacing its longtime groundskeeper of the city’s oldest cemetery with employees from the Public…
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Legislators greet tax bill with skepticism
Members of the Alaska House Finance Committee showed a notable lack of enthusiasm Tuesday as they heard details…
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Anchorage police identify SUV suspected of impersonating officer
ANCHORAGE — A driver’s complaint of someone impersonating a police officer has led to an investigation by the…
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Former municipal prosecutor sentenced for trust fund fraud
ANCHORAGE — A former Anchorage municipal prosecutor has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for…
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Lone survivor of Admiralty plane crash continues recovery
KETCHIKAN — The only survivor of a floatplane crash in Southeast Alaska that killed three Wrangell men remains…
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Alaskans participate in yearly suicide-prevention walk
ANCHORAGE — Alaskans participated in a yearly community walk in the state’s largest city to raise awareness about…
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Tale of harrowing rescue on Denali unheralded for 35 years
EVERETT, Washington — In the spring of 1980, climbers Mike Helms and Bob Kandiko came upon two other climbers…
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High school runner dies after collapsing at competition
FAIRBANKS — A high school freshman has died after collapsing at his region’s track and field championships. The…
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Special session begins — slowly
Alaska lawmakers convened the fourth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature today, but though the state is…