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Vera Starbard named new Alaska State Writer Laureate
Starbard, who is Tlingit/Dena’ina Athabascan, has an impressive resume including work as a playwright, magazine editor and ...
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Hearing set over handheld gear in Alaska’s Cook Inlet salmon fishery
After giving ’emergency authorization,’ an Alaska state regulatory panel has decided against the permanent approval of dipnets, which are popular with sport fishers but rarely allowed for commercial h ...
Scientists raise alert level on Alaska’s Mount Spurr after seismic activity, signs of unrest
The biggest hazard posed by a potential eruption of Mount Spurr would be an ash cloud that could be blown into populated areas by wind and disrupt aviation routes.
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Coalition of Alaska news organizations get funding to help address local news gaps
The Alaska News Coalition, a group which Chilkat Valley News publisher Rashah McChesney helped to found, will receive ...
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The Northern Light’s former staff reflect on their time at the paper
I became the features editor the following year, then news editor. In my senior year, Alaska Community College and UAA merged, including the two newspapers. While it was great to have competition on ...
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Alaska Capitol may begin screening all visitors in 2025, according to draft security proposal
An airport-style security screening checkpoint could be coming to the Alaska State Capitol, ending decades of open public ...
Moderate flooding expected from glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital
A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital. Suicide Basin is a side basin ...
Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing at PDX after bird strike
An Alaska Airlines flight leaving Portland Sunday morning en route to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing after ...
Moderate flooding is expected from a glacial dam outburst in Alaska's capital city
JUNEAU, Alaska -- A flood warning was issued Saturday after an outburst from a glacial lake in Alaska's capital. Suicide ...
The last in-person vote in the US will be cast on the desolate tundra of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
On a desolate slab of island tundra on Alaska's Aleutian Islands, a resident of a tiny village called Adak will again become ...
How do I vote in Alaska? Your guide to polling sites, mail-in deadlines, more
As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling ...
Alaska Federation of Natives endorses Peltola, opposes ranked choice repeal
The Alaska Federation of Natives voted Saturday to endorse the reelection of Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and to oppose ...