For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone
For the Aaluk Crew, last Wednesday was cooking day. The night before, the whaling crew, captained by Bernadette and Quincy
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This Yellowknife woman collected over 30,000 pins. Now, they could all be lost
When Janet Pacey flew to Anchorage, Alaska, for the Arctic Winter Games a few weeks ago she brought her 200-pound
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Musher’s win makes Iditarod history, but race is marred by 3 sled dog deaths
By Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press Dallas Seavey finished race Tuesday in Nome, winning for unprecedented 6th time Alaska’s annual Iditarod
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Arctic Security: University of Alaska Anchorage to lead center of excellence
As the Arctic grapples with growing challenges, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has chosen the University of Alaska Anchorage
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Search resumes for the missing after landslide in Alaska fishing community
Ground search teams returned Thursday to the site of a massive landslide that killed three to search for an adult
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3 dead and 3 missing after landslide rips through remote Alaska fishing community
By Becky Bohrer, John Raby and Mark Thiessen · The Associated Press · ‘Our community is resilient … and determined to find everybody
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Indigenous men imprisoned for Alaska murder settle for $5M after vacated conviction
By Becky Bohrer · The Associated Press · All three will receive $1.59 million from the insurer for the city of Fairbanks Three of
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U.S. Interior Secretary concludes listening tour on Indian boarding school legacy
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s yearlong “The Road to Healing” tour, undertaken to create a permanent oral history of Indian
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U.S. Interior Secretary listens to Indian boarding school survivors on Alaska stop
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has wrapped up her multi-day trip to Alaska which included participating in the process currently
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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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