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Lawyer: Trump indicted; 1st ex-president charged with crime
It becomes the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024.
Seattle and Justice officials seek to end most oversight of city’s police
Much of the Seattle Police Department has been overhauled since a 2011 federal report found officers too often escalated situations and used force.
The big problem for endangered orcas at center of Southeast Alaska salmon suit? Inbreeding
A 2018 study found that just two male southern resident killer whales had fathered more than half the group's calves since 1990.
Aleutians volcanoes now pose lower threat, after quakes slow
Diminished earthquake activity led authorities to reduce warning levels at two volcanoes on an uninhabited island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain.
Willow oil project approval intensifies Alaska Natives’ rift
Some say that oil money can’t counter the damages caused by climate change, but others defend the project as economically vital.
The U.S. and South Korea hold drills as North launches missiles from sub
The South Korean and U.S. militaries launched joint military exercises Monday, as North Korea said it tested sub-launched cruise missiles.
TikTok push targets Biden on Alaska’s huge Willow oil plan
A social media campaign urging President Joe Biden to reject a North Slope oil project has rapidly gained steam on TikTok and other platforms.
What’s the Willow project? An explainer on the battle over the major Alaska oil proposal
President Biden's administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope.
Fatal Nevada crash is Guardian Flight’s 3rd after Alaska, Hawaii crashes
A review of records shows that with the latest crash, 11 people total have now died on planes owned and operated by Guardian Flight.
Native Hawaiians face sentencing in a crime that exposed the state’s racial complexity
Two Native Hawaiian men will be sentenced Thursday in the beating of a white man who tried to move into their remote fishing village.
Eli Lilly cuts the price of insulin, capping drug at $35 per month out-of-pocket
Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay to fill prescriptions.
Alaska to provide $1.7M to help with food stamp backlog need
Funding is being directed to help stock Alaska food pantries as part of a broader effort to address a state backlog in processing food stamp benefits.
Republican supporter Carol Beecher tapped to lead the Alaska Division of Elections
Beecher succeeds Gail Fenumiai, who had a long career with the division and retired last year after administering Alaska’s first ranked choice elections.
Biden’s fentanyl position draws support from Alaska’s chief medical officer
Anne Zink said she welcomes President Biden's efforts to prevent overdoses, make access to treatment equitable and disrupt fentanyl trafficking.
Polar bear in fatal Wales attack was in poor health
A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition.
Alaska public defenders to refuse some Nome and Bethel cases due to shortage of attorneys
The head of the Alaska Public Defender Agency notified the judges overseeing the Nome and Bethel judicial districts of the plans Tuesday.
U.S. reinstates road and logging restrictions in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
A federal agency said Wednesday it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the country’s largest national forest in southeast Alaska.
A judge orders the release of a Hawaii man in the case of a 1991 rape and murder
Albert "Ian" Schweitzer, who was sentenced to 130 years in prison, should be "released from his shackles immediately," Judge Peter Kubota ruled.
Treasure hunters search NYC river for mammoth bones after Alaska miner goes on Joe Rogan’s podcast
The miner made the claim on Joe Rogan's podcast.
Alaska court: Anchorage Democrat Armstrong qualified for House seat
A divided Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday that an Anchorage Democrat who won a state House race was a qualified candidate.