Alaska report highlights circumstances around hundreds of missing Indigenous people
By Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage The Alaska Department of Public Safety and the Anchorage Police Department announced Tuesday that
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$88-million broadband grant will be a game changer for northwest Alaska, say senators
The U.S. body responsible for advising on telecommunications has announced an $88-million broadband grant for rural Alaska, something that will
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Sisters among missing boaters found in partially submerged vessel in Alaska: family
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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Alaska’s Murkowski among senators pushing for Indian boarding school commission
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is among a group of senators pushing for a commission into Indian boarding schools in the U.S.
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For Alaska Rep. Josiah Patkotak, whaling ‘rises above all else’
In early May, as tensions at the state capital were beginning to simmer over the budget, Rep. Josiah Patkotak was
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Worker in Alaska’s Denali National Park dies after triggering avalanche
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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U.S. launches effort to document history of Indigenous residential schools
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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U.S. commission hears from Alaskans on missing & murdered Indigenous people
Indigenous people in Alaska are murdered and go missing at higher rates than almost anywhere in the country. Vivian Korthuis,
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Pet arrives home, dog-tired, after Alaskan sea-ice odyssey
Alaskan shepherd went missing during visit to Savoonga — and was found a month later, 241 km away A one-year-old
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Family of Czech billionaire sues over Alaska crash death
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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Recognizing the Black soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway
By Josh Grant, Matt Allen · CBC News Segregated troops laid the foundation of 2,400 km road linking Alaska to Dawson Creek The
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Polar bear in fatal Wales attack was in poor health
A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal
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Polar bear kills woman, boy in remote Alaska village
The bear was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair, troopers said A polar bear
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‘Arctic pay’ among the perks Congress is sending to improve military assignments in Alaska
Members of the military stationed in Alaska are in line for some extra financial benefits in 2023. Bills Congress passed
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$30.3 million grant announced to build up high-speed internet in rural Alaska
The Indigenous non-profit corporation responsible for health and social services for the majority of Alaska’s interior will receive $30.3 million
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