US Dept. of Transportation awards $25M for Port of Alaska upgrades
The Port of Alaska is getting $25 million in federal funds to help improve and modernize. The money was announced
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Group seeking Alaska governor recall sues over rejected application
The group seeking to recall Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has sued over the rejection of its recall application. Recall Dunleavy filed
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Alaska gov disputes public defender caseloads, but recommends reforms
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration unveiled a new report that looks at the status of public defenders across Alaska. It
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US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and murdered Indigenous women
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate last week agreed to spend $6.5 million to tackle the epidemic of missing and murdered
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Donald Trump backs Alaska governor on Twitter amid recall effort
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to support Gov. Mike Dunleavy. The president helped raise funds to oppose
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U.S. senator from Alaska joins measure denouncing House’s Trump impeachment inquiry
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) is co-sponsoring a resolution that bashes the House for its impeachment inquiry into President Trump.
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Fight over contested Alaska mine project aired at US House hearing
For Alaskans opposed to the Pebble Mine, a hearing in the U.S. House Wednesday was an opportunity to raise the
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Former Alaska state lawyer sues after being fired for not signing governor’s “pledge of loyalty”
A Fairbanks lawyer who used to work for the state has filed a lawsuit, saying she was fired after refusing
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Company behind contested Alaska mine project pays $1M to hire Washington lobbyists
The U.S. House will hold a hearing on the Pebble Mine, in Southwest Alaska, on Wednesday. Members of Congress should be
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Alaska prisons filling up since state’s reversal on justice reform
The Alaska Department of Corrections is planning to send hundreds of inmates to prisons outside of Alaska. The department says
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U.S. Justice Dept. awards $42 million in tribal grants to fight crime, help victims in rural Alaska
Speaking to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention in Fairbanks, in the state’s Interior region, Thursday, U.S. Attorney General William
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Alaska’s senator Murkowski breaks ranks on ethical questions about President Trump
Lisa Murkowski is living up to her reputation as one of the few Republican senators likely to break party ranks
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Protest, policy critiques mark first day of Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
As the year’s Alaska Federation of Natives Convention began Thursday in Fairbanks, in the state’s Interior region, this year’s theme
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Alaska’s public broadcasting stations trying to make up for loss of state funds
Alaska now joins 14 other states that don’t fund public media. Public radio and TV stations across the state lost all their
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Operation uncovers flood of painkillers reaching rural Alaska by mail
An operation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies has turned up a previously undocumented drug problem spread
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