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Rural Alaska at risk as COVID-19 surge swamps faraway hospitals

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 16:07
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One Indigenous village in Alaska knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only

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‘So big and so happy’: Voting underway in Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week contest

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Monday, October 4, 2021 at 09:58 — Last Updated: Monday, October 4, 2021 at 10:00
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Winner last year weighed an estimated 630 kilograms A contest to determine the beefiest brown bear is underway in Alaska.

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Alaska’s North Slope grapples with soaring COVID-19 infection rate, low vaccinations

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 09:38
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Alaska’s North Slope has seen the highest coronavirus infection rates of any region in the state recently. And while the

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Norway ambassador visits Alaska to talk climate, Russia and, yes, Norwegian dog mushing success

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, September 24, 2021 at 10:47
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Norway’s ambassador to the United States has been in Alaska recently. Anniken Krutnes, Norway’s first female ambassador to the U.S.,

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Itn’l Inuit org approves report on ethical engagement with Indigenous knowledge

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 17:23 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 17:30
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) has approved a report that will help guide the creation of protocols for ethical engagement

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Biden administration will review Trump’s plan that opened most of the NPR-A to oil development

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 15:57
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The Biden administration will re-examine the land use plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, with the likely effect of putting

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Scientists retrace steps of Ice Age mammoth over its entire lifetime

Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press @emmtranter
Posted: Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 16:36
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Scientists use chemical signatures in male mammoth’s tusks to pinpoint where it was each year More than 17,000 years ago,

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Biden admin goes back to drawing board on oil leasing in Arctic Refuge

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 08:15
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The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will formally reconsider a decision allowing oil lease sales across the northern coastal plain

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No tsunami threat to B.C. after powerful M8.2 earthquake shakes Alaska

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 16:04
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Quake that struck on Wednesday night was the most powerful recorded in U.S. or Canada since 1965: USGS data A

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Cruise ship arrives in Skagway, Alaska after passenger flown home with COVID-19

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 13:54
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‘Nothing in life comes without risk,’ says Skagway Mayor Andrew Cremata as 1st big ship calls Andrew Cremata, mayor of

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Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough gets $2 million tribal energy grant

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 13:53
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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday announced 13 tribal energy grants, about half of which are going to Alaska

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Some parts of Alaska's coastline have never been surveyed. (iStock)
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Pentagon ponders where to build new Ted Stevens Arctic Center. Alaska? Maybe.

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 15:17
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin this week announced the establishment of the “Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies.” But the

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Cruise ship docks in Skagway, Alaska for the first time in 21 months

CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 14, 2021 at 14:50
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Cruise ship a welcome sign for hard hit tourism town: mayor For the first time in nearly two years, a cruise

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, speaks during a committee hearing on the world energy outlook in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 28, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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‘That’s the law’: Alaska Senator confronts land managment nominee about ANWR

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, June 11, 2021 at 11:58
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President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management works at the National Wildlife Federation. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was

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Trump accuses Murkowski of killing ANWR; ‘I will be there to campaign against her!’ he vows

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 12:35
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Former President Donald Trump has issued a media statement saying Sen. Lisa Murkowski is responsible for the Biden administration’s decision

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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