New farm bill program aims to fight food insecurity in Alaska
Around one in eight Alaskans have wondered at some point in the last year where their next meal will come
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Politics (USA)
U.S. congressmen seek emergency aid for fishermen caught in trade war with China
Democrats in the U.S. House are urging President Trump to give fisherman caught in the trade war with China the
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Feature Interview: Every Inuk needs to stand up and be counted, says new ICC chair
As global players ramp up interest in the Arctic, the organization representing the world’s Inuit wrapped up their general assembly
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Inuit leaders meeting in Alaska seek greater voice in governance
As dozens of Inuit leaders from Greenland, Canada, the United States and Russia gather in Northern Alaska this week, they
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Alaska senators blast Trump for going soft on Putin
Both of Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators take issue with President Trump’s remarks in Helsinki Monday. Trump, standing beside Russian President
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Canada’s northern affairs minister to attend ICC general assembly in Alaska
Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, will participate in the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s general assembly in
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Will Alaskan Senator Murkowski block Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee?
On Monday night, just after President Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, an abortion-rights
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US Gov casts doubt on Indigenous Alaskans’ right to seek land-in-trust
A new legal opinion from the solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior throws doubt on whether Alaska tribes
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Tara Sweeney becomes first Indigenous Alaskan to head U.S. Indian Affairs
The U.S. Senate Thursday evening confirmed Alaskan Tara MacLean Sweeney to be the assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs. Sweeney
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Trump claims Alaska wildlife refuge road ‘almost completed’… but is it?
President Trump on Tuesday asserted the controversial King Cove road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (southwestern Alaska) will be
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At Republican lunch, U.S. senators mesmerized by live stream of Alaska bears
Thousands of people around the world are again thrilling at the sight of brown bears fishing at Brooks Falls (Southwest
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China’s retaliatory tariffs could cripple Alaska’s seafood industry
Alaska’s economy could suffer as a result of China’s 25 percent tariff on American seafood imports and that worries U.S.
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Healthcare facilities in rural Alaska struggle to pay internet bills
A program that provides millions of dollars in federal subsidies to help pay rural Alaska healthcare facilities’ high internet bills
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U.S. bill would give Alaska Native corporations share of ANWR oil revenue
At the request of Alaska Congressman Don Young, a bill pending in the U.S. House would reduce Alaska’s share of
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Committee approves nomination of Alaska’s Sweeney to U.S. Indian Affairs
Alaskan Tara Sweeney’s nomination to be Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs cleared a U.S. Senate Committee today with no
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