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For 2 candidates, Alaska’s US House race is an opportunity to make history

KENAI, Alaska — A day of campaigning on the Kenai Peninsula began for Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola under the gaze of a taxidermied brown bear.

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Alaska governor signs bill to formally recognize federally recognized American Indian tribes

On July 28, 2022, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy (R) signed House Bill 123 (HB 123) into law, which would formally recognize 229 federally recognized American Indian tribes in Alaska. The bill was approved by the state legislature on May 17, 2022, before going to the governor’s desk.

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Alaska officers violated policy in 'white privilege' stop

An Alaska newspaper reports that two Anchorage police officers violated department policy during a traffic stop last month when a woman in town for a rally by former President Donald Trump showed a “white privilege card” instead of a driver’s license and was not ticketed

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A shrinking workforce is holding back Anchorage’s economic recovery after COVID-19, report finds

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage employers are hiring more workers from outside the city and state to adjust to a severe labor shortage that’s holding back the city’s economic recovery, according to a report released Wednesday by the Anchorage Economic Development Corp.

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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition

Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent downtown Anchorage movie theater designed by the architect of Hollywood’s famed Pantages Theater

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Shelly Stouffer wins U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur in first USGA event held in Alaska

Canadian Shelly Stouffer and Australian Sue Wooster squared off in the first-ever USGA championship in Alaska.

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators

WASHINGTON — Appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year unveiled in the Senate last week contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby once again the uncontested champion of what senators have rebranded “congressionally directed spending.”

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Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators - Roll Call

Senate appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion.

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Early voting begins in several Alaska communities ahead of Aug. 16 election

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early voting opened Monday in Alaska ahead of the Aug. 16 primary and special U.S. House general elections.

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Here's Why Riding Buddies Who'll Rescue You And Your Bike Are The Best

When Itchy Boots took a tumble and twisted her ankle, of course it was another rider who kindly came to her rescue, taking her and her bike to get repaired.

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Fishing for bears in Alaska's wild

KING SALMON, Alaska — Are you lucky enough to be traveling to Alaska this year? I am. If you are too, we’ll be two of an estimated 2.3 million visitors — cruise passengers, fishermen and independent travelers — heading north to “America’s Last Frontier.” After spending two years isolating at…

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Watch bear cub’s ‘brilliant recovery’ after waterfall tumble

A brown bear cub fishing next to mom atop a waterfall in Alaska was caught on video slipping into the turbulence below and briefly disappearing.

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Republican-led states sue Department of Agriculture over nondiscrimination school meal guidance

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery (R), joined by 21 Republican attorneys general, filed a lawsuit on July 26, 2022, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee that aimed to overturn guidance from the Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service.…

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Commentary: Everything is on fire. It doesn’t have to be

The Democratic Republic of Congo is home to one of the world’s largest rainforests, second only to the Amazon. Larger than Alaska, it contains a massive peatlands area that has trapped the equivalent of three years’ worth of global carbon emissions.

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Biden warns Xi on Taiwan, reaffirms he doesn’t back independence

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Teen fatally shoots three siblings in Alaska before allegedly dying by suicide

Troopers found four dead children aged five, eight, 15 and 17, and three uninjured children under the age of seven at the home

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Build Back Manchin: Here’s what is included in the monster spending deal agreed to by Democrats

Tons of money for renewable energy, lease sales for drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico and prescription drug pricing.

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Alaska teen fatally shot 3 siblings before killing himself, troopers say

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — State troopers found four children dead in a Fairbanks-area home this week in an apparent homicide and suicide, the agency said.

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Nineteen candidates are running in the top-four primary for United States Senate in Alaska on August 16, 2022

Nineteen candidates are running in the top-four primary for United States Senate in Alaska on August 16, 2022. Incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) is running for re-election.

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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski tests positive for COVID

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced Monday that she tested positive for COVID-19.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alaska experiencing wildfires on a scale it’s never seen; climate change seen as the key cause

More than 530 wildfires have burned an area in Alaska that’s about the size of Connecticut. And the period that’s usually the worst of Alaskan fire season is still ahead.

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Sens. Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski have tested positive for COVID-19

Manchin said he was experiencing mild symptoms, while Murkowski said she was experiencing flu-like symptoms.

The Independent UK

Alaska experiencing wildfires it's never seen before

Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen

Daily Mirror

Dramatic moment dog rescues friend pinned down by giant eagle in terrifying street fight

After the dog saved his friend, the eagle didn't immediately fly away but instead looked shocked and stared into the distance with the whole incident caught on camera

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This Alaskan teen hung out with Klay Thompson. He left with one of the Warriors star’s prized possessions.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – Joseph Tagaban knew he was going to spend a day with his basketball idol Klay Thompson last week, but it was a moment involving Thompson’s own hoops hero that provided a true surprise.

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