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Scientists at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage are studying how microplastics move through Alaska water, and developing the first in-state lab accredited to test water samples for microplastics.
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The initiative needs 35,000 signatures to be added to the ballot. It would allow personal use and cultivation of some psychedelics and therapeutic access in the state. -
Police say a pedestrian was fatally struck Friday night in a hit-and-run collision, before a man sought in an arson case shot himself Saturday on the Glenn Highway. -
The blaze last summer consumed the Bering Strait School District campus and left the school without classrooms, a gym or a cafeteria. -
Linda’s Place will stay open year-round as the municipality changes its approach to managing shelters. -
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The first special session expired at the end of Sunday, with the question of whether to form a state Department of Agriculture unresolved. -
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An appeals court sides with the federal government over the state in a subsistence management lawsuit. -
Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather. -
On Aug. 22, the body of 72-year-old Samuel Shavings was discovered by beachcombers just outside of Nome, nearly 300 miles from where he was first reported missing.
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