U.S. Postal Service agrees to rate rollback for rural Alaska
The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to rollback its parcel post rate hike for shipments to rural Alaska, according to
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Standoff in Barrow, Alaska concludes quietly
On Tuesday night, police in Barrow were engaged in an hours-long standoff with a man in the community, the farthest
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Report paints troubling picture of Alaska State Troopers’ pilot safety protocol
A National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash of an Alaska State Trooper helicopter that left three dead in
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Alaska group hopes to end fetal alcohol syndrome
FAIRBANKS — It’s one of the more persistent yet preventable afflictions in Alaska. Every year hundreds of babies are born
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Forget the ‘polar vortex’ — how is Alaska dealing with its heat wave?
Sure, the rest of the U.S. might be locked in the grips of yet another “polar vortex,” shutting down schools
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Alaska program hopes to help restore Tlingit language
A three-year language mentorship program beginning in Southeast Alaska in August hopes to help revitalize the Tlingit language, classified as
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U.S. Coast Guard outlines plans for western Alaska
Coast Guard Admiral Thomas Ostebo visited Nome last week to outline summer plans for Western Alaska. The plans are part
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Alaska: Deep-water port recommendations finalized
As the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers finalizes details of its deep-water port recommendations the agency is anticipating continued heavy
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Push to give Alaska Native languages official status
The state of Alaska has long fought against tribal sovereignty, but the state’s many Native languages will be officially recognized
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Guilty pleas in U.S./Canada narwhal tusk trafficking case
Two Tennessee men have admitted to illegally selling the pointed tusks of more than 100 narwhals, engaging in an operation
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United States: Arctic port feasibility study expected in March
Related Links: Canada: Is Barents transport plan a model for the North American Arctic?, Eye on the Arctic Denmark: Danish
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Alaska aims to reduce road kills with annual moose hunt
In an effort to keep drivers safe, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is once again opening a targeted
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Savoonga, Alaska harvests second whale
Amid an economic disaster and food shortage, Savoonga, a community on Saint Lawrence Island, harvested a 57-foot bowhead whale on
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Funerary polar bear skulls may be returned to Alaska
For over 80 years, hundreds of polar bear skulls from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska have been sitting in the American
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Panel blasts ‘colonial model’ of justice in rural Alaska
Members of a Congressionally-created panel that blasted the state’s justice system for Alaska Native villages arrived in Anchorage on Wednesday,
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