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2 Coast Guard cutters carry the name Munro

KODIAK — There are now two Coast Guard cutters that carry the name Munro. The Kodiak Daily Mirror…

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Boyfriend surprises UAA player with midcourt proposal

ANCHORAGE — Katelynn Zanders got a lot of bling Saturday night. Zanders and her University of Alaska Anchorage…

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Alaska deer hunter killed in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — An Alaska man died after his hunting companion apparently shot him during opening weekend of…

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Tongass proposal up for public comment

KETCHIKAN — The U.S. Forest Service is seeking feedback from the public on a proposal that could change…

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Report shows Internet connectivity gap in Alaska

KENAI —Alaska is lagging behind other states in providing what federal regulators have determined to be proper access…

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Forest officials pull Mitkof timber sale

KETCHIKAN — The U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn findings that the proposed timber sale on Mitkof Island near…

Workers prepare to raise the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree with a crane on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Friday. The 74-foot Lutz Spruce tree is from the Chugach National Forest in Alaska.

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Lutz spruce from Alaska arrives on Capitol lawn

ANCHORAGE— The Capitol Lawn is now home to a Lutz spruce from Alaska. This is the first Capitol…

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Hope for homeless in Homer

HOMER — It’s not easy to be homeless in Alaska in November. That was the verdict among approximately…

This graphic shows Alaska's rankings in the 2015 State Integrity Investigation, a data-driven assessment of state government accountability and transparency conducted by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.

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Alaska gets C grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation

On a sunny, warm August morning, a state senator and a legislative staffer sat in leather armchairs near…

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Alaska high court drops fishing case against ex-state senator

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Supreme Court has dismissed charges of overharvesting salmon against a former state senator and…

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Court system closes for Thanksgiving

The Alaska Court System, including courthouses and probation offices, will close for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and…

In this photo taken Oct. 9, pad see ew cooks in the kitchen at Pho Vietnam on Fireweed Lane in Anchorage. Linda La is the founder of the Pho Vietnam restaurants in Anchorage, of which there are now five in the city.

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The pho empress of Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — Behind any steaming bowl of pho soup or fried rice at Pho Vietnam 8, a new…

Rayda Tegen, an addict who was recently sentenced for carrying in a record amount of methamphetamine and heroin into Juneau last year, talks about her addiction at Lemon Creek Correctional Center last week.

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Addict-turned-convict: ‘We are the unwanted’

Rayda Tegen had a husband, five children and a $40,000 a year job in Tooele, Utah, for the…

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Board approves nation’s first pot cafes

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board is giving tourists a place to light up (or chow down) once cannabis…

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Seeking route for pot clubs, marijuana board approves nation’s first cafes

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board is giving tourists a place to light up (or chow down) once cannabis…

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Alaska pot regulators OK on-site consumption

JUNEAU — The board tasked with writing rules for Alaska’s legalized marijuana industry has approved allowing some retail…

Chum salmon pool up before entering the fish ladder at the Macaulay Salmon Hatchery. The fish return after four or five years at sea and are averaging between eight to nine pounds.

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At Seattle expo, Alaskans see long-term threat from engineered salmon

It wasn’t on the agenda, but the FDA’s announcement about genetically engineered salmon rapidly became the talk of…

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Selawik officer faces charges after 16-year-old girl dies

ANCHORAGE — A substitute village police officer in an Inupiat Eskimo village in northwest Alaska is facing charges…

The Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina travels through Tracy Arm Fjord in 2013.

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Ferry system to hold community meetings

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is inviting Alaskans to offer their suggestions on how to…

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Oil and gas bids net $10 million for state

The state of Alaska earned just shy of $10 million Wednesday as oil and gas producers bid on…