Wesley Early
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Alaska Public Media
The contract follows roughly 15 months of negotiations and increases teacher salaries by 5% in each of the first two years and by 4% in the third.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bryan Whitten
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UAF Geophysical Institute
![Addie Studebaker works on her interactive exhibit "[UN]STUCK" at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage last year. She is an artist based in the Mat-Su and is the recipient of a 2025 Rasmuson Individual Artist Award.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bc67d9a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x334+0+11/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1f%2F4e%2F1c80e2734dbb889d348c82dcdaf3%2Fwebsite-display-images-1.jpg)
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