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Teens say burning of ex’s love letter led to school fire

ANCHORAGE — A case of burning love caused thousands of dollars in damage at a school playground in…

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Senate approves bill protecting children from identity theft

The Alaska Senate has given unanimous approval to a bill that allows parents to request a credit freeze…

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Judge tosses challenge to Medicaid expansion

JUNEAU — A state court judge in Alaska on Tuesday upheld Gov. Bill Walker’s decision to expand Medicaid…

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Officials to review wild sheep proposal

ANCHORAGE — State officials will consider a proposal that would require goat and sheep owners to get permits…

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Village awarded grant for river turbine design

ANCHORAGE — A quest by a southwest Alaska village to use clean energy to replace power generated by…

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Cruz edges Trump in Alaska

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz won the Republican presidential preference poll in Alaska late Tuesday, edging national GOP front-runner…

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From ANWR to Access, Sullivan covers the issues in Juneau visit

In his annual address to the Alaska Legislature, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan harkened back to memories of Ted…

Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau and a member of the House Finance Committee, listens as Michele Morgan of Juneau Stop Heroin, Start Talking testifies in favor of state funding for behavioral health programs on Feb. 29, 2016 in the Alaska Capitol.

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Juneau speaks its mind on the budget

To talk about a budget affecting every Alaskan, 53 Juneauites walked up to a microphone and shared their…

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Panel to hear bill with penalties for sex ed violations

JUNEAU — Following the Senate’s passage of legislation to restrict schools from contracting with abortion providers for sex…

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Soldotna to update highway, park signs in $230,000 project

SOLDOTNA — Soldotna is looking to present a friendlier face to motorists and park-goers with new signage welcoming…

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Wasilla man dies in head-on car crash with pickup

WASILLA — A Wasilla man died Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash northeast of the city. Alaska State…

A voter casts a ballot in the 2016 Republican Presidential Poll on March 1, 2016 in Centennial Hall's Egan Ballroom.

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In Juneau, Super Tuesday lives up to the adjective

Sometime about 4:30 p.m., a man walked through the parking-lot doors of Centennial Hall and uttered a single…

Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, greets U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan after his annual address to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Juneau, Alaska. The Republican Senator spoke of challenges facing Alaska and the U.S. as oil prices continue to fall and military activity in the Arctic grows. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

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Sullivan: Alaska strategically important to US

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said Monday that Alaska is an area of strategic importance to the…

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Moriarty warns of impacts from oil, gas tax credit bill

JUNEAU — The head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association warned state legislators Monday that increasing taxes…

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Troopers identify man killed in weekend avalanche

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the man killed in a weekend avalanche near…

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Sentence upheld for man convicted of 2013 nunchucks attack

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld the prison sentence of a man convicted of attacking…

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Correction: Internment Camp Rediscovered story

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — In a story Feb. 26 about a recently documented Japanese internment camp in Alaska,…

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Appeals court upholds designation of polar bear habitat

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service followed the law when it designated more than 187,000 square…

In this 1945 photo, members of the Tanaka family stand together at the Minidoka Japanese internment camp in Jerome, Idaho, where they were held in forced incarceration during World War II. Alice Tanaka Hikido, left, and her sister, Mary Tanaka Abo, the child in the foreground, participated in a Feb. 19 ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson that was held to remember the forced incarceration of more than 200 Alaskans, as well unveil the results of a study about a little-known Japanese internment camp that was erected there during World War II. Also pictured are Nobu Tanaka, back left, John Tanaka, in uniform second from right, standing next to Shonosuke Tanaka.

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Study examines little-known WWII internment camp in Alaska

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alice Tanaka Hikido clearly remembers the bewilderment and sense of violation she felt 74…

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Bethel allocates more money to project deemed fruitless

BETHEL— The Bethel City Council has approved spending an extra $5,000 for a multimillion-dollar road project, despite skepticism…