Alaskans mourn elder who fought for subsistence rights
By Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage and Daysha Eaton, KSKA – Anchorage A public memorial service for Ahtna elder Katie
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Photos: Paratrooper training exercise in Alaska
Residents of Eagle River, a suburb north of Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, may have seen something out of a
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Alaska elder who fought for fishing rights passes away
The Athabascan elder who was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that strengthened Native subsistence fishing rights in Alaska has
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Southeast Alaska land swap on the brink
More than 40 years after Alaska aboriginal land rights were decided by the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act, that process
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How safe are Alaska’s bridges?
On Thursday, a section of Interstate-5 fell into the Skagit River in Washington after a truck reportedly knocked into the
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U.S. Coast Guard lays out its Arctic vision for the next decade
Earlier this week, the U.S. Coast Guard revealed its Arctic Strategy, a document that describes how the agency intends to contribute
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Cultures collide in Alaska court
BETHEL — The strangely cathartic business of assembly-line justice ground its way through a state court here Tuesday as one by one
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Salmon run’s survival trumps religious rights of Alaska Native fishermen: judge
BETHEL — One by one, Yupik fishermen from along the Kuskokwim River appeared before an Alaska District Court judge here
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Desperate to save school, Alaska students raise money
A student shortage led to the shutdown of four rural Alaska schools this year — the most in a decade
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Snakes in the North: costly for one young Alaskan — and the government
Little could former Fairbanks dishwasher Matthew Mayo have guessed that his infatuation with the common garter snake would become a
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U.S. Coast Guard scales back Arctic presence
The U.S. Coast Guard is reducing its presence in the Arctic this summer, a result of budget cuts and a
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Climbers pioneer route on Alaska mountain
Moose’s Tooth is not the biggest or best-known mountain in a range that bears the name of the 49th State
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Bus service to better connect Alaska communities
With a state as sprawling and vast as Alaska, it makes sense that not every community would have access to
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No drinking water in Alaska town since March
Nearly a month has passed since Unalakleet’s water system shut down, and the Norton Sound village of about 700 people
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Alaska’s Denali National Park changes lottery
Every fall, Denali National Park opens its park road to the lucky winners of its road lottery during four days
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