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University of Alaska non-teaching staff file petition...

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2025/07/01

Staff will be able to vote on forming a union after the Alaska Labor Relations Agency confirms that 30% of staff submitted an authorization card.

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Wildfires prompt disaster declaration for Denali Borough

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2025/06/28

After days of scattered rain, warm weather is increasing the fire threat in the Interior.

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Juneau residents rally for Medicaid as Congress nears...

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2025/06/28

For protestors like Kris Cheng, the threats to health care coverage are deeply personal.

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Juneau school board remains undecided on continuing...

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2025/06/27

The board will consider the program against a list of staff positions and programs it may add back to its budget.

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Skagway set to celebrate 125 years as Alaska’s first...

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2025/06/27

Skagway was the very first incorporated city in Alaska, and it will celebrate that accomplishment on June 28 with a town picture.

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Haines rafting guide dies during personal river trip

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2025/06/27

Marin Pitt, 33, moved to Haines this spring.

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Huna Totem Corporation opens enrollment to descendants

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2025/06/27

The lineal descendants of Huna Totem's original shareholders can now enroll and receive their own shares in the corporation.

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Gov. Dunleavy vetoes bill sharply limiting payday loans

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2025/06/27

Backers said the bill would protect Alaskans from predatory loans. Opponents said it would unnecessarily restrict borrowing for people with few other options.

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Advocates worry ‘big, beautiful’ GOP bill would push...

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2025/06/27

The Republican megabill making its way through Congress would make significant changes to benefits programs like Medicaid and SNAP, which would affect Alaskans across the state.

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Public land sales struck from federal reconciliation...

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2025/06/27

Roughly 82 million acres in Alaska could have been eligible for those sales, including sections of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests and parts of the Interior.

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Juneau’s new emergency manager has been on both sides...

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2025/06/26

Ryan O’Shaughnessy took over the role earlier this year. He first stepped in to help the City and Borough of Juneau’s Emergency Management department after the 2024 glacial outburst flood.

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Infant care providers say governor’s veto will cost...

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2025/06/26

Advocates have argued that a funding increase for services for developmentally delayed infants and toddles is long overdue, and needed to help more families.

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Alaska’s longest-serving state legislator, Lyman...

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2025/06/26

Hoffman has served in the state Capitol, representing Southwest Alaska, since 1987.

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Haines compost project faces pushback over potential...

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2025/06/26

A conservation organization wants to use about .09 acres of city-owned cemetery land to transport material and store heavy equipment.

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‘We all made it’: Residents recount their escape from...

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2025/06/25

Officials are still assessing the damage, but the Denali Borough mayor says he knows for certain that people have lost their primary residences.

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Public comment opens for proposed regulation change...

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2025/06/25

Members of the public have until July 23 to submit written comments on the proposed change to the state Board of Education.

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After 2-week burn, cargo ship carrying thousands of...

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2025/06/25

The 600-foot Morning Midas was carrying about 3,000 vehicles when it began to burn June 3 near Adak Island. The crew evacuated without injuries.

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U.S. Senate approves bill with funding for some rural...

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2025/06/25

Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act in 2000 as a way to help logging towns cope with the loss of revenue caused by a slowdown in logging on nearby federal land.

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Juneau hiker dies after 150-foot fall near Salmon...

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2025/06/23

The man’s name has not been released. A spokesperson for AST says more information about the incident will be released in the coming days.

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Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan, Lisa Murkowski offer...

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2025/06/22

In a pre-bombing interview on Friday, Nick Begich said the United States cannot allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons.

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