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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Legislators draft Alaska drone policy
With the Federal Aviation Administration considering Alaska as a drone test site, lawmakers are drafting a policy for their use
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Taking a taxi — make that an air taxi — to work in rural Alaska
BETHEL — Imagine flying to work in Anchorage from Eagle River. Or from Potter Marsh to downtown Anchorage. The few
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Study: Suicide rates increase as Alaska community sizes get smaller, farther North
The higher the latitude, the higher the prevalence of suicide in Alaska, said a study that analyzed state records from
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As temperatures plunge, thousands still without power in rural Fairbanks, Alaska
FAIRBANKS — With temperatures expected to drop near zero Friday night, thousands of residents in outlying areas without power will
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Western Alaska reels from winter flooding as another storm bears down
Even as villagers scramble to recover from a devastating storm that ripped into Western Alaska over the weekend, preparations are
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Chronic alcoholics rebuild their lives in Alaska
Bobby Vina came to Alaska with no worries about finding a job. After growing up in Hawaii, at one point
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Definition of ‘Alaska Native’ needs fixing in U.S. health care law
Thousands of Alaska Natives will miss out on benefits they qualify for under the Affordable Care Act if the definition
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Alaska youth call on leaders to address abuse, suicide
FAIRBANKS — The children in the 4-H Club in Tanana make this promise: “I pledge to live, honor and protect
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Alaska’s Perot dinosaur had ‘wrong-way’ horns, study says
Why is Alaska’s pachyrhinosaurus species different from all other pachyrhinosaurus species? Apparently, it comes down to what was on the
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COMMENTARY – Fuzzy math of Alaska subsistence: Too many people, not enough fish, game
Alaska’s long, difficult, subsistence struggle was back before the Alaska Boards of Fish and Game last week with the many
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Alaska’s women speak up about violence, abuse
The numbers Andre Rosay and his team of researchers crunch, analyze and make sense of are predictably consistent: In Alaska,
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Preserving Arctic historic site with 3D technology
New technology has preserved, in cyber form, some famous high-Arctic structures that have fallen victim to the real-world ravages
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Southeast Alaska school district shifts to 4-day school week
Ask most Alaska or Outside grade-school students if they would choose modestly longer school days in exchange for perpetual three-day
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VIEWS: Anchorage, Alaska unsettled over moose shooting
When is it a big deal to shoot a bull moose this time of year in Alaska? Only when it
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