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Last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill included billions of dollars for aviation improvements around the country – including many new weather stations in Alaska.
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Three men from Napakiak face weapons misconduct, terroristic threatening, and other charges after Alaska State Troopers say they brandished firearms and threatened people in separate incidents in the community.
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The corporation is working with a Canadian Mining company to start a large exploration drilling project on the land this year.
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Challanger Mary Peltola has vastly outraised U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan so far this year. What's the source of their campaign cash?
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Last month, a muskox was poached near the Kuskokwim River community of Lower Kalskag. The herd is growing there, but state managers say it’s not yet large enough to hunt legally, and the poaching isn’t helping.
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Alaska Press Club, the state’s professional journalism organization, has honored KYUK for its service to the public in the wake of ex-typhoon Halong. This award is one of the Press Club’s signature awards, and one of its highest honors.
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According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Cessna 185 was taking off from a remote airstrip in the area when its left landing gear strut failed, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Aniak.
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Alaska State Troopers received a report late Thursday night (April 23) from the Kuskokwim Delta community that a three-year-old boy had fallen through ice near a culvert in the village.
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The scholarships are open for applications and will be given to support students in their upcoming fall semester of school.
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Hundreds of people from Western Alaska spent the winter in hotel rooms around the city.
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Jayme Watson, 27, has been sentenced to serve 1 year and 3 months in jail as part of a 5-year total sentence for an incident in Bethel that resulted in the death of Fritzerald Larson, and left Toby Jackson with permanent injuries.
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Alaska relies on J-1 visas to fill teacher positions, H-1B visas for highly skilled workers and the H-2B program for temporary nonagricultural workers in tourism, health care and seafood processing industries, and for teachers.
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After dozens of attempts, it's the first time a bill offering state and local employees a pension has passed both chambers of the Alaska Legislature.
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A coalition of providers in Alaska is prioritizing preventative and whole-person care while federal funding for the state incentivizes more programs like it.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy's office did not respond to questions asking whether the appointees had been asked to resign, but two were the subject of significant controversy.
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A new provision added to bill that would return Alaska government employees to a pension system has some local governments concerned they won't be able to afford the cost.
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