Matt Faubion
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AKPM
Businesses are expressing some relief now that the Supreme Court ruled those tariffs are illegal, but skeptical they’ll ever see a refund for the tens of thousands of dollars they paid for tariffs.
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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. -
Millions of federal dollars were recently awarded to the Kodiak Island spaceport and its owner, Alaska Aerospace Corporation as it prepares for more launches with the federal government. -
Language educators in Juneau are working to create a Master’s in Teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. It would be the first of its kind in Alaska. -
Federal immigration officials detained and deported Sonia Espinoza Arriaga and two of her three sons, ages 5 and 16. As of Thursday, her oldest son remains in custody at an ICE detention center in Washington. -
Even the heartiest of Fairbanks sourdoughs are struggling to remember a winter as cold and snowy. -
Under Alaska law, adoption ends the legal relationship between children and birth families — including siblings. Foster youth have called for changes to the law to preserve contact. -
The Trump administration has been sending asylum seekers from Ukraine and Russia back to a warzone. One family in Minnesota says they fear for their lives. -
The proposal has revived concern over legacy contamination from ore shipping in the local port, and how to ensure it doesn’t continue. -
Parks and Rec Director Shanna Gamble said the additional staff will allow the team to work year-round, instead of seasonally, and focus on areas beyond parks and trails. -
"Our people need to be heard in their voice," said Aucha Kameroff, the group's leader. "One of the voices that we have as people in rural Alaska, or any place, is by voting."
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