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New GE salmon labeling bill requires third party review

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all genetically engineered salmon to…

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Researchers plan further study of 1813 shipwreck near Sitka

SITKA — Archaeologists want to pay another visit this summer to a more than 200-year-old shipwreck near Sitka…

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Coast Guard Auxiliary class targets first-time boat captains

When a recreational boating accident happens, chances are that the operator was not paying enough attention or the…

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Senate panel proposes changes to legislative budget

JUNEAU — A legislative panel on Thursday proposed reducing funds for Senate travel and for the division responsible…

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Anchorage police report 15-car pileup amid snowy conditions

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have responded to a 15-car pileup amid snowy conditions in the state’s largest city.…

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US rig count drops 13 this week to 489; Texas down 4

HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural…

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Senate panels close out university, health budgets

JUNEAU — University of Alaska system president Jim Johnsen says a Senate panel’s recommendations for system funding are…

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Group promoting tourism as great investment for state

JUNEAU — An Alaska travel association is running a TV ad touting tourism as a great investment for…

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Rep. Gruenberg’s widow seeks control of legislative records

JUNEAU — The wife of late state Rep. Max Gruenberg wants her husband’s legislative records to help his…

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Anchorage man in state prison custody dies at hospital

ANCHORAGE — A man in state custody has died at an Anchorage hospital. Alaska State Troopers say 26-year-old…

Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, speaks about the fatal police shooting that killed his nephew, Vincent Nageak III, in Barrow earlier this year during a House Majority Caucas press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, left, listens.

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Investigation continues into police shooting of Barrow Fire Chief

One month after Barrow Fire Chief Vincent Nageak III was shot and killed by a North Slope Borough…

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Legislature appears headed for another end-of-session conflict

Forty-five days through its 90-day session, the Alaska Legislature appears to be in much the same position it…

Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake, co-chair of the House Finance Committee, said he sees the House passing a state budget as early as the end of next week during a House Majority Caucus press conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

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Committee applies some creativity to state budget

JUNEAU — Legislators are applying some creativity to the House version of the state operating budget as they…

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Bill to block Planned Parenthood in schools raises questions

JUNEAU — Lawmakers will consider a bill that a legislative attorney says could violate provisions of the state…

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Murkowski presses Corps of Engineers on Arctic port

ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is again asking the Army Corps of Engineers to advance a northern…

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Crime bill’s treatment of probation violators criticized

JUNEAU — The director of the criminal division for the Alaska Department of Law testified Thursday that a…

This Feb. 9 photo shows an ice covered ConocoPhillips sign at the Colville-Delta 5, or CD5, drilling site on Alaska's North Slope.

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First oil flows from NPR-A

NUIQSUT — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska’s North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig…

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State moves to ban non-citizens from getting senior benefits

JUNEAU — State officials want to change eligibility requirements that now allow non-citizens to collect monthly senior benefits.…

This undated photo shows a Kodiak bear named Dodge at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio.  Dodge arrived last fall at the zoo.

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Alaska sends orphaned Kodiak bear to Ohio zoo in rare move

TOLEDO, Ohio — One of three Kodiak bears whose mother was killed by hunters has been relocated from…

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Walters appointed interim deputy education commissioner

JUNEAU — A retired state educator has been named interim deputy commissioner of the state education department. Interim…