Who should pay for fuel delivery to remote Alaskan community?
A one-of-a-kind international fuel delivery to ice-encased city on Alaska’s western coast may be recent history, but a new journey
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Racing sled dogs: The care of canine ultra-athletes
The deaths of six dogs during the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race cast a pall over the annual 1,000-mile
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HIV outbreak rattles Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks, Alaska
Two potentially deadly disease outbreaks in Alaska have public health officials on edge, particularly at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. State
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Grueling Iron Dog snowmachine race under way in Alaska
Two weeks ago, the world’s longest, toughest snowmachine race was looking like a bone-numbing, face-freezing charge north into 50-degrees-below zero
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Does Alaska’s Rural Justice commission have a future?
An agency that has fought to improve life in rural Alaska might get new life itself if Senator Lisa Murkowski
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With its start area underwater, Alaska Iron Dog officials scramble
An ice fishermen has inadvertently sabotaged the Big Lake start of the Iron Dog — the world’s longest and toughest
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Fighting a tuberculosis ‘flare-up’ in rural Alaska
State and local health officials are working to contain a rise in confirmed and suspected tuberculosis cases in Southwest Alaska,
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Russian tanker makes steady progress towards Nome, Alaska
On Thursday the Russian-flagged fuel tanker Renda and the ice-breaking U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy that’s escorting it made another
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ARCTIC HEALTH SERIES – Alaska’s Go-it-Alone Health Reform Strategy
Alaska is the only state that has not started setting up a health insurance exchange, according to state Sen. Johnny
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ARCTIC HEALTH SERIES – Alaska’s Go-it-Alone Health Reform Strategy
Alaska is the only state that has not started setting up a health insurance exchange, according to state Sen. Johnny
Read moreRussian Hunters Share Their Stories with Alaska Natives and Biologists
Listen: ann-20100223-04. Native hunters from Chukotka, in Russia’s far east, are visiting Alaska this month to share their experiences with
Read moreClimate Change Could be Affecting Human Health in Alaska
Listen: ann-20100317-02. The story of climate change reshaping our natural environment is well known. But the warming planet has also
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ARCTIC HEALTH SERIES – Despite Prevention Efforts, Alaska Suicide Rates Remain High
An annual report by the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council shows Alaska Natives continue to have a high suicide rate, despite
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