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Alaska inmate escapes, then comes back to try to free others
FAIRBANKS — A minimum-security prisoner who escaped from a halfway house in Fairbanks came back three hours later,…
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Seward resident charged with firing shots at man
SEWARD — A 38-year-old Seward man has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting Saturday morning at…
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Hospital culinary manager balances tastes, nutrition
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s senior culinary manager gets to be creative with the menu. Ray Flores, 51,…
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Sitka Hospital expects bottom line to improve in 2017
SITKA — Budget projections have Sitka Community Hospital with a positive bottom line in 2017. Assembly members unanimously…
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Analyze that: Kenai students puzzle over vexing global issues
KENAI — While some students worry about math tests or an upcoming sporting competition, a handful at Aurora…
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Sullivan: Doping allegations undermine Olympic confidence
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says allegations of doping by Russian athletes undermine the confidence in the…
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Ketchikan superintendent: Schools funding cut ‘cowardice’
A last-minute move made by the Alaska House-Senate Conference Committee on the state budget that could decrease Ketchikan…
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Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hold steady
JUNEAU — The state Department of Labor says Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 percent…
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Man dies while being sought for questioning in disappearance
ANCHORAGE — A man sought for questioning in the disappearance of a remote Bering Sea island woman killed…
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Hooper Bay students help dig grave for school worker’s son
ANCHORAGE — Months after a school secretary in the western Alaska village of Hooper Bay lost her son…
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Observatory lowers threat level for Alaska volcano
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Volcano Observatory has lowered the threat level for a remote volcano near the Aleutian…
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Search to resume for Texas man missing at Alaska lake
ANCHORAGE — A search was to resume Friday for an Air Force airman from Texas man missing on…
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Troopers shoot young male bear near Kodiak school
KODIAK — A state wildlife trooper shot and killed a brown bear in Kodiak following a week of…
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After being mauled by a brown bear, Juneau man is glad to be alive
ANCHORAGE — Kenneth Steck doesn’t know why a large brown bear that charged and mauled him in the…
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Police arrest suspect in shooting at Anchorage gas station
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested a suspect in a shooting that left a man wounded at a…
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Boy suffers accidental gunshot wound while hunting near Tok
TOK — A boy is recovering from an accidental shooting near Tok. Alaska State Troopers on Wednesday afternoon…
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Elaine Abraham, Tlingit elder, dead at 86
In the Tlingit idiom, Elaine Elizabeth Abraham “walked into the forest” early Monday morning. The much-accomplished Tlingit woman…
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Nome morgue at center of mix-up over unidentified caskets
NOME — Nome officials say things are under control at the city morgue after police sent an email…
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Legislature quits without finishing work
Alaska’s budget talks have failed. Shortly before midnight Thursday morning, the Alaska Legislature adjourned without fixing the state’s…