Alaska Native youth and violence
Last week federal officials and Alaska tribal leaders met to talk about the impact of violence on Alaska Native children.
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Author: Jill Burke | Alaska Dispatch
Verizon to bring more competition to Alaska’s communication industry
Verizon wireless, which touts itself as the nation’s largest 4G LTE network with more than 103 million customers, is gearing
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Alaska fuel companies reach settlement in Nome fuel delivery
Bulk fuel supplier Delta Western and Nome fuel distributor Bonanza Fuel are ready to settle up, ending a fight about
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Taking a taxi — make that an air taxi — to work in rural Alaska
BETHEL — Imagine flying to work in Anchorage from Eagle River. Or from Potter Marsh to downtown Anchorage. The few
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Alaska’s women speak up about violence, abuse
The numbers Andre Rosay and his team of researchers crunch, analyze and make sense of are predictably consistent: In Alaska,
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U.S. Coast Guard lays out its Arctic vision for the next decade
Earlier this week, the U.S. Coast Guard revealed its Arctic Strategy, a document that describes how the agency intends to contribute
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Arctic Strategy: U.S. looks toward Last Frontier, will investment follow?
Hours after the White House announced it had signed the National Strategy for the Arctic Region, Alaskans began to put into
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China expert warns Alaska: Be wary of pipeline dreams
At a clean energy conference in Anchorage Thursday, Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell got a stern dose of skepticism about the
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Yup’ik fishermen trials resume in Alaska
In a Bethel courtroom Monday, another wave of Yup’ik fisherman cited for breaking the law by fishing during a closure
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The future of LNG shipping in the Arctic
As Alaska continues to struggle with jumpstarting construction on a massive natural gas pipeline project, Russia is marching ahead with
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Russian tanker makes steady progress towards Nome, Alaska
On Thursday the Russian-flagged fuel tanker Renda and the ice-breaking U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy that’s escorting it made another
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