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Researchers from the University of Alaska Anchorage are combining machine learning and community feedback to understand the ties between income and transportation accessibility in the regional hub.
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In an effort to protect chum bound for Western Alaska rivers, the board has approved some of the most severe restrictions in decades on fishing in the state-managed area lying along the western Alaska Peninsula and Eastern Aleutians.
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On Feb. 19, Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Jonathan Murphy to complete 150 hours of community service and 100 days of confinement — which he may be allowed to complete through electronic monitoring — for a 2023 incident in which he punched a man repeatedly in the head and attempted to cover up the incident.
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In Eek, a basketball tournament brought back together coastal Y-K Delta teams that were displaced after ex-typhoon Halong.
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How the Lower Kuskokwim School District and community members are keeping local basketball teams going, even far from home.
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The tribal government in Kipnuk, one of the communities hardest hit by the October 2025 storm, is exploring sentiment and options for relocation to safer ground.
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The April 3 deadline applies to individual assistance through FEMA, the state, and for federal Small Business Administration loans.
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Troopers say that 23-year old Andrew Tall turned himself in to a village police officer in the community on Feb. 18. Tall has been charged with five counts of felony assault, one count of kidnapping, and one count of misdemeanor assault for alleged crimes a week earlier involving six people, including a minor.
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The 2019 champ announced his decision to compete on Feb 16. It’ll be his 15th time running the long-distance race from Willow to Nome.
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A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities "deplorable."
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Boys and girls teams from Eek, Kongiganak, Tuntutuliak, Quinhagak, Kwigillingok, and Kipnuk competed in the 1A Midcoast League basketball tournament.
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Jonathan Owens, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 15 shooting death of 54-year-old Tuluksak resident Nelson Hawk at a fish camp near the community.
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In 2025, Williams Jr. won the race for the first time in two decades. This year, the Akiak musher and his team have hit their stride, coming off a third-place finish in the Kuskokwim 300 and multiple sprint race victories.
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Pavila and his 10 dogs made the run up to the race’s sole checkpoint in 5 hours and 57 minutes. They arrived at Bogus Creek at 10:57 p.m., 2 minutes ahead of Michael Larson of Kwethluk, who arrived at Bogus Creek at 10:59 p.m.
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Data shows there’s one major thing that predicts whether a pedestrian will actually die when they’re hit: the speed of the vehicle.
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Even the heartiest of Fairbanks sourdoughs are struggling to remember a winter as cold and snowy.
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The body of a Sand Point teenager has been recovered after almost three days of searching.
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Authorities in Sand Point now believe a high school student who went missing Monday evening after a canoe ride is dead.
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