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COVID or no, cruise ships are back in Seattle

After being cooped up in her Bonney Lake, Washington, home for much of the pandemic, Earlene Smith was ready to cruise again.

Tribune News Service

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

WEKU

Woolly mammoth tusk found sticking out of Alaska riverbed

The researcher made the discovery by chance in a remote area of the Yukon

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Sarah Palin, Santa Claus Among 48 Candidates for Alaska's Open House Seat

The election serves as a trial run for Alaska's new voting process, which could be a boon for third-party candidates.

Reason

The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire

Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.

WEKU

Citing labor shortage, Princess Cruises will shut down one of its Alaska lodges

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Alaska’s tourism season heats up, Princess Cruises says it will close one of its five lodges in the state this summer because of staffing shortages.

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Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola are early front-runners in Alaska's special US House primary

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross. Democratic former state Rep. Mary Peltola, in her first statewide campaign, was in fourth.

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Tundra wildfire creeps closer toward Alaska Native community

A tundra wildfire has moved closer to an Alaska Native community in southwest Alaska, but mandatory evacuations have not been ordered

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin leads in special primary for Alaska’s House seat in comeback bid

Run by former Republican vice-presidential candidate marks first bid since resigning as governor partway through her term in 2009

The Guardian - US

Alaska tallies US House primary after ballot access fight

Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat

The Independent UK

Tundra fire slows, but still aiming at Alaska Native village

A large fire burning in the tundra of southwest Alaska continues to move toward an Alaska Native village, but fire managers say it is moving at a slower rate

The Independent UK

Alaska high court sides with state in ballot access case

The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of Saturday’s special U.S. House primary amid concerns about ballot accessibility for voters with visual impairments

The Independent UK

Judge orders delay in certification of Alaska’s US House special primary; state plans appeal

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska state judge ruled Friday that the results of the special U.S. House primary election could not be certified until visually impaired voters are given “a full and fair opportunity to vote independently, secretly and privately.” The state immediately said it was planning an appeal to…

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Large tundra wildfire in southwest Alaska threatens villages

The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska is within miles of two Alaska Native villages

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The race for Alaska's congressional seat is so packed, even Santa Claus is running

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The race for Alaska's congressional seat is so packed, even Santa Claus is running

Four dozen candidates are battling in this weekend’s special primary election to fill Alaska’s only seat in the House.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: My family sees climate change in the Arctic. Here’s how we’ve learned to take action

Spring blossoms have started in most parts of the country, but in Alaska the ice is still melting.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What the census undercount did to Florida’s clout and cash

A lot of Floridians went missing in the 2020 census, which is costing the Sunshine State at least one seat in Congress and untold billions of federal dollars. About 750,600 Floridians were not counted in 2020, according to a new Census Bureau analysis. That’s a lot of missing people —…

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The Independent UK

Alaskan woman praised for expertly removing opossum from crowded Brooklyn bar

Sara Fulton, a native of Alaska, told a friend, ‘Hold my phone. I’m from Alaska’

Ballotpedia

Previewing the first top-four congressional primary in U.S. history

Welcome to the Thursday, June 2, Brew.

The Guardian - US

Sarah Palin’s bid for new libel trial against New York Times thrown out

Judge rules former Alaska governor failed to provide ‘even a speck’ of evidence that the newspaper acted maliciously

Salon

Judge rips Palin's NY Times lawsuit

"For all her earlier assertions," Judge Jed Rakoff said, Palin failed to show any evidence of "actual malice"

Benzinga

Stock Wars: Delta Air Lines Vs. Alaska Air Group

Benzinga’s weekly Stock Wars matches up two leaders in a major industry sector with the goal of determining which company is the better investment.

WEKU

Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some)

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

Tribune News Service

NYC judge denies ex-Alaska Gov. Palin’s request to reconsider NY Times libel verdict

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday denied former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s request to reconsider his ruling that the New York Times didn’t defame her or recuse himself from the case.

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