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This Road Could Save the Planet—and Carve Up Alaskan Wilderness

The remote Ambler Mining District contains massive lodes of minerals essential to cleantech, but extracting them will likely make an ecological mess.

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Inside eerily-abandoned ghost town left untouched for nearly 100 years

A bustling and busy town in Kennicott, Alaska, US, once attracted thousands of miners from 1905 until 1938 and was responsible for over $200million of copper and nine million ounces of silver

Daily Mirror

Tony the Tiger: Geoff’s cunning plan to rescue a sad and lonely motorcycle

In 2006, Geoff rode a Triumph Tiger 955i the 16,500 miles of the Pan-American Highway from Chile to Alaska, then had to hand it over to the local dealer in an emotional farewell. Now he’s on a mission to bring it home. Watch this space...

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Alaska Republican sparks alarm by claiming ‘economic benefits’ to children being abused to death

Shocking comments came as lawmakers discussed effects of child abuse on larger society

The Independent UK

Brickbat: One Is the Loneliest Number

The Anchorage, Alaska, school system has reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to stop placing students with disabilities in seclusion and to restrain them only if there is imminent danger of them causing harm to themselves or other persons. A federal investigation accused the school system of inappropriate…

Reason

Alaska House censures lawmaker for asking about the economic benefits of the deaths of abused children

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reprimand Republican state Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla after he asked during a committee hearing whether there could be economic benefits from the deaths of abused children.

Tribune News Service

Lawmaker sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children

JUNEAU, Alaska — Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman sparked outrage online after asking whether there could be economic benefits from the death of abused children.

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Watch: Warning came too late for woman run over by a moose

A woman walking her dog on a snowy sidewalk in Alaska was kicked in the head by a moose charging down the same sidewalk.

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US military ends search for balloons shot down over Alaska and Lake Huron

Military says objects are thought to have landed in difficult terrain, after hobbyists suggested one could belong to them

The Guardian - US

US Ends Search for Downed Chinese Balloon Debris, Other Objects

The United States has ended its search for debris from an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down earlier this month as well as two other objects downed near Alaska and on Lake Huron, the military's Northern Command said Friday. "Recovery operations concluded February 16 off the coast of South…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Illinois hobbyist group says its balloon went missing the same day U.S. military shot down unknown object over Alaska

The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade has not confirmed that its balloon was the object taken down by a fighter jet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade loses transmission with pico balloon after US authorities down objects

A US hobby group says it lost track of its pico balloon over south-east Alaska on February 11, sparking speculation it could be one of the three benign balloons downed by authorities.

ABC News

Lawmakers eye opportunities as Philippines base access expands

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers say the Pentagon’s newly unlocked access to a handful of additional bases in the Philippines will boost the United States’ ability to deter Chinese aggression while deepening collaboration with a key ally in the region.

Tribune News Service

Police escort puzzled pig home after resident worried he 'looked cold'

Officers at Anchorage Police Department, in Fairview, Alaska, have reunited Elvis Pigsley with his family after a concerned resident spotted him wandering a neighbourhood one evening

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Lawmakers eye opportunities as Philippines base access expands - Roll Call

Lawmakers say the Pentagon’s new access to additional bases in the Philippines will boost its ability to deter Chinese aggression.

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US President Joe Biden says three unidentified objects shot down were 'not nefarious' — here's what they could be instead

US President Joe Biden says the three objects shot down over Alaska, Canada and Lake Huron are not linked to China's spy balloon — here's what experts say they might be instead.

The Independent UK

DOJ faults Alaska district for use of seclusion, restraints

Alaska’s largest school district repeatedly and inappropriately secluded and restrained students with disabilities

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Watch Itchy Boots Start A Completely New Journey On A New Continent

World moto traveler Itchy Boots is back on the road again with her Honda CRF300L Rally, and this time, she's off to ride across a new continent in 2023.

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Republican backer chosen to oversee Alaska elections

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom on Wednesday appointed a longtime state employee and Republican Party supporter to lead the Alaska Division of Elections.

The Guardian - US

Sarah Palin says Ron DeSantis ‘should stay governor’ and not run for president

Palin, who quit as Alaska governor in 2009 amid talk of a run for president, envisions DeSantis running one day ‘but not now’

WEKU

NORAD is back in the news. So what does it do, exactly?

The air defense center was created in the 1950s, as a counter to a rival superpower. Now NORAD is front and center again, prompting questions about what it does — and how it copes with modern threats.

The Independent UK

Alaska carbon plan: Boost state coffers without cutting oil

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is calling for the state to build off its oil and gas expertise to tap into the developing industry of carbon storage as a way to generate new revenue without curtailing the extraction industries that underpin Alaska’s economy

WEKU

From tracking Santa to Chinese spy balloons, here's what we know about NORAD

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Bombers Intercepted by NORAD Near Alaska

Several Russian strategic bombers and fighter jets were intercepted by North American air defense forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said, in routine incidents unrelated to tensions over the war in Ukraine. The aircraft, which were identified on Monday, did…

The Independent UK

Chinese spy balloon may have drifted into American mainland airspace by mistake, officials reveal

Suspected surveillance craft likely took advantage of strong winds that inadvertantly changed its flight path to enter US airspace, reports find

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