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Author: The Associated Press

Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 

Smoke from Canadian wildfires forecast to reach Norway

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 11:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 15:43
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Norwegian officials said the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of the U.S. and Canada in a thick

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (USA) USA 

Sisters among missing boaters found in partially submerged vessel in Alaska: family

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 11:07
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By Becky Bohrer and Stefanie Dazio · The Associated Press  9-meter aluminum charter vessel was last seen near Sitka and later found near

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:53
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Ice jams on Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers cause most of damage Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Society Society (USA) USA 

Worker in Alaska’s Denali National Park dies after triggering avalanche

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 15:25
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Eric Walter provided radio-based safety support and dispatch services for U.S. National Park Service A Denali National Park and Preserve employee died

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* Featured * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 09:17
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By Mark Thiessen ‘Probably the single largest threat to the municipality of Anchorage,’ says fire chief in Alaska capital Research on

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (USA) USA 

U.S. launches effort to document history of Indigenous residential schools

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11:53
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Project described as first step ‘toward addressing the intergenerational consequences’ WARNING: This story describes abuse in residential schools.  The U.S.

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Family of Czech billionaire sues over Alaska crash death

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 15:35
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Suit filed in Alaska on behalf of Petr Kellner’s family alleges negligence, seeks punitive and other damages The family of

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Featured • Zone 1 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland to join NATO Tuesday, military alliance chief says

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, April 3, 2023 at 11:03
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday,

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Vatican repudiates Doctrine of Discovery following demands from Indigenous people

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:16
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By Nicole Winfield – The Associated Press Documents had been ‘manipulated’ for political purposes by colonial powers, said Vatican The

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* Featured * Business (USA) Countries Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 USA 

ConocoPhillips details Alaska gas leak cause, remedies at hearing

The Associated Press
Posted: Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:07
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ConocoPhillips, which last week received U.S. government approval for the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska, detailed reasons for a natural

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* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

TikTok campaign targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12:03
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By Mark Thiessen, Isabella O’Malley And Natalia Gutierrez · The Associated Press  #StopWillow campaign has garnered more than 50 million views and

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Business Business (USA) 

What’s the Willow project? An explainer on the battle over the major Alaska oil proposal

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 10:50
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The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic

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Art and Culture Culture Culture (USA) 

‘A little scary’: Alaska’s Iditarod to begin with smallest field ever

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:54 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 10:55
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The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is getting off to a rough start. Only 33

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* Featured * Business Business (USA) General News USA 

North Slope oil project in Alaska presents a dilemma for U.S. president

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 15:55
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By Becky Bohrer, Matthew Brown . · The Associated Press Decision on ConocoPhillips Alaska’s Willow project could come in March The Biden administration

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Politics Politics (USA) 

Biden’s fentanyl position draws support from Alaska’s chief medical officer

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 10:47
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President Joe Biden’s calls in his State of the Union speech for strong criminal penalties in response to soaring deaths

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