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Alaska Board of Game approves petition for emergency predator control
The board’s action allows the state to continue killing bears and wolves in the range of the shrunken Mulchatna Caribou Herd.
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Will it? Won’t it? And when? Anchorage contends with a restive volcano in its backyard
Mount Spurr, 78 miles from Anchorage, is unusual in its potential to foul air quality, disrupt jet service and otherwise ...
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Alaska elections experts are uncertain about Trump order’s effects
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order dealing with federal elections, but because the U.S.
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Alaska can’t afford these health care bills
In a commentary, the Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska president writes about his concerns over two Senate health care ...
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Alaska records spike in rates of rare but severe complications from gonorrhea
State health officials are reporting an uptick in the sexually transmitted pathogen gonorrhea invading different parts of ...
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Alaska House votes to increase oversight and limit time for foster youth in psychiatric facilities
The Alaska House passed a bill that would require foster youth hospitalized in psychiatric facilities to have a court hearing ...
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Alaska legislators look to savings account for deficit fix
Alaska legislators had previously rejected the idea of spending from savings to close a deficit but now say there are few ...
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Alaska corrections officials testify on in-custody deaths, mitigation efforts
Alaska state officials testified to lawmakers that "natural causes" are the leading cause of death for the high number of ...
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U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 ruling upholds Biden administration regulation on ghost guns
Gorsuch said regulation of ghost guns from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is “not inconsistent” with ...
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Alaska wins lawsuit that could open Arctic refuge to oil exploration
A federal judge has reversed a Biden administration decision that suspended oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ...
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Alaska House votes to ease new accountants’ path to a job
If House Bill 121 were to become law, the education requirements for new accountants would be reduced, and out-of-state work ...
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Alaska officials seek emergency rule to continue bear-killing program, despite court ruling
State officials are seeking Board of Game emergency action to continue a program that a judge last week ruled as ...