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Alaska still in future offshore lease sale schedule
ANCHORAGE — The Obama administration’s five-year offshore drilling plan announced Tuesday includes three future lease sales off Alaska…
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VA moves forward on Choice Program fixes
The Department of Veterans Affairs in Alaska is moving forward on a plan to fix bugs in the…
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Sarah Palin’s husband fractures ribs in snowmobile crash
ANCHORAGE — Sarah Palin’s husband suffered eight fractured ribs and other injuries in a snowmobile accident in Alaska,…
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Police identify man found shot, killed in Eagle River
ANCHORAG — Anchorage police have released the name of a 24-year-old man found shot to death last week…
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Wasilla man accused of kidnapping woman faces new charges
ANCHORAGE — A Wasilla man who was out of jail on assault charges, fled the supervision of his…
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Senate passes budget version; attention turns to taxes
The Alaska Senate voted 16-4 on Monday to approve an $8.73 billion state operations budget that includes $571…
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Anchorage police investigate Eagle River death as homicide
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating the death of a man found in Eagle River as a homicide.…
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Troopers seek help in finding ‘dangerous’ Wasilla suspect
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say they’re seeking a “dangerous” 23-year-old Wasilla man who left his court-appointed custodian.…
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Legislature to take public testimony on oil tax credits
The Alaska House will take public testimony Monday on a proposal from Gov. Bill Walker to reform the…
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Earthquakes rock south-central Alaska, western Aleutians
ANCHORAGE — A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked south-central Alaska on Saturday and was felt in the state’s largest…
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Mush on, read on
AMITY, Ore. — Lorraine Temple pulled her van into the parking lot at Amity Middle School in Oregon.…
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26-year-old man arrested in Iditarod crashes
ANCHORAGE — A man suspected of intentionally driving a snowmobile into teams of two mushers near the front…
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Policy lets legislators decide on records releases
JUNEAU — Legislative policy leaves Alaska state lawmakers the discretion to decide whether they want to release information…
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University cuts could damage fisheries, Arctic research
ANCHORAGE — A state fiscal crisis looms, and some of the Legislature’s budget cuts could send ripples into…
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GCI cell customers struggle with outages
BETHEL — Customers with Alaska telecommunications company General Communication, Inc. say they have experienced frequent outages all winter.…
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Scientists researching seabird death mystery
ANCHORAGE — The common murre on Sarah Schoen’s examination table lived a short, hungry life. Measurements of its…
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Bethel officials consider vote-by-mail
BETHEL — The city of Bethel is looking into replacing going to the polls with voting by mail…
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Gold mill proposed for eastern Kenai Peninsula
KENAI — The private-owned Diamond Gold Corporation is proposing a gold extraction mill on the eastern Kenai Peninsula…
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Senate passes bill to curb, contain Medicaid costs
JUNEAU — Legislation aimed at curbing and containing costs within the state Medicaid program has passed the Alaska…