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Helicopter lands hard at Valdez airport; no one injured
VALDEZ — Officials in Valdez say three people on Wednesday survived a hard landing by a helicopter at…
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Fairbanks woman arrested in death of Fairbanks man
FAIRBANKS — A 50-year-old Fairbanks woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a man…
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Village man held on suspicion of assaulting women
KASIGLUK — A southwest Alaska man suspected of luring young women onto his snowmobile, taking them to remote…
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Tanker set to carry natural gas under review
FAIRBANKS — A new trailer specially designed to haul natural gas across Alaska will be under review to…
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Alaska Airlines, Boeing, port to study biofuels
SEATTLE — Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle are partnering on a $250,000 study to…
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Arctic posts record warmth over land
NEW YORK — The warming Arctic has set another record. The average air temperature over Arctic land reached…
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$24,000 worth of narcotics stolen from Bethel clinic
BETHEL — Authorities are investigating after an estimated $24,000 in narcotics was reported stolen from a Bethel clinic.…
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Officials request $37M for Kake-Petersburg road
PETERSBURG — The state of Alaska is moving forward with plans to construct a controversial road linking the…
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Tricky route to a pardon
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s governor is considering granting pardons to four men convicted in a Fairbanks teenager’s 1997 beating…
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Wolf season ends on POW
The wolf hunting and trapping seasons will end on Game Unit 2 on Sunday, according to a Tuesday…
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Alaskans chipping in to help
JUNEAU — If Gov. Bill Walker gets his way, Alaskans will be chipping in to help reduce the…
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U. of Alaska regents prepare for budget cuts
FAIRBANKS — University of Alaska officials are working to prioritize programs as they face another round of cuts…
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Ketchikan City Council to revisit marijuana law
KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan officials are set to take another look at regulations surrounding the retail sale of marijuana.…
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Ex-Corrections head asked to aid leadership transition
JUNEAU — The state has asked a former Corrections head to help with the transition in the department’s…
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State seeks marijuana tracking program
The state of Alaska has begun seeking someone to operate its seed-to-sale marijuana tracking system. The system is…
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Company plans gravel island to extract Arctic offshore oil
ANCHORAGE — Arctic offshore drilling by Royal Dutch Shell PLC drew protests on two continents this year, but…
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‘Vertical farm’ sends greens to market
ANCHORAGE — Eight boxes of living basil made it to a handful of Anchorage grocery stores in the…
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Ferries could face more cuts
KODIAK — The head of the Alaska Marine Highway System says he expects a $5 million cut to…
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Electric official outlines $15 million upgrades for Sitka utility
SITKA — Officials with Sitka’s electric department have plans for $15.7 million in projects over the next decade…
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Attorneys nix proposed ballot language in LGBT ordinance repeal
ANCHORAGE — Opponents of Anchorage’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender non-discrimination law may need to get more specific…