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Chief Sean Case addressed questions raised by the national series and said recent policy changes, outreach, and coordination are helping the department improve MMIP investigations.
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The 36-year-old former state representative from Sitka says the state’s core problems come down to Alaska not getting its “fair share of our oil resource.” He’s one of three Democrats vying against a dozen Republicans and two independents in the race to be Alaska’s next governor.
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In his address to the Alaska Legislature on March 10, U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III spoke to the region’s lengthy road to recovery and responded to comments from state Rep. Nellie Jimmie about the toll that ex-typhoon Halong has taken on communities she represents.
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Indigenous dog mushers have strong historical and cultural ties to the Iditarod. This year, two of the top contenders are Alaska Native former champions, and three of the rookies are also Indigenous.
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John Paulson sold a relatively small stake in Trilogy Metals around the time Trump officials announced a direct government investment in the company.
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The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation announced that Dan Winkleman will be leaving and named an interim leader.
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The funds come after the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared a disaster for the 2021 subsistence fishery and set aside roughly $570,000. Eligible households are those whose ability to access subsistence salmon from the Kuskokwim River drainage was impacted as a direct or indirect result of the fishery disaster.
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Nicholas Tucker Jr., 49, has been convicted of felony assault and sentenced to serve 12 and a half years in jail for the July 2025 incident in which the girl lost her arm.
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This weekend, Kaiser will embark on the 1,000-mile trek from Willow to Nome for the 54th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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After Richard Pitka pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a Bethel judge sentenced him to 20 years in jail, with five years suspended for the shooting and killing of Russian Mission resident Patrick Changsak in his home.
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State drug investigators arrested 25-year-old Krista Waskey at a home in Bethel after she allegedly retrieved a package they had planted an electronic monitoring device inside of. Police said a second suspect, 49-year-old Renardo Stewart, escaped through a second-story window.
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Jeron Joseph’s "Sacred Ground" exhibit opens at the Anchorage Museum this week.
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Last week, a Bethel grand jury indicted Robert Alexia on murder charges in the death of 81-year-old Nick Alexia Sr., who previously served as first tribal chief in the upper Kuskokwim River community.
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The Eek boys beat out the Napaskiak Hawks to punch their ticket to state for the first time ever on March 3 in the 38th Annual Coastal Conference 1A Tournament in Bethel. For the girls, the Kasigluk-Akiuk Lady Grizzlies beat the Tuntutuliak Lady Blue Jays to head to state for the second year in a row.
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President Trump said this week that his top priority for Congress is to pass a bill called the SAVE America Act. It would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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If passed, Alaska would join more than 40 other states in a shared licensing process. The aim is to address the state’s nursing shortage, but nurse unions are pushing back.
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The $373.5 million supplemental budget bill includes millions in match funding for construction projects. Companies warned delaying the funding could cost Alaskans jobs.
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Teams in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race experienced windchill down to 45 below near McGrath, more than 300 miles into the 1,000-mile trail.
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