Top Stories

News stories, radio and TV episodes that warrant one of six spots on our homepage. The homepage is in chronological order of publication date, so stories are moved off the homepage as more are categorized “top stories.”

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‘She wasn’t afraid of adventure’: Alaska author Lael Morgan dies at 86

Morgan led an unconventional life, telling the stories of others, and creating her own.
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Why the U.N. chief says we are ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation’

It's not the first time for such a dire warning. Here's a brief look at why Guterres and others are raising the alarm now.
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Alaska US House candidates are split on the state’s new ranked choice voting system

The new voting process ends party primaries and institutes ranked voting in general elections.
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In Alaska U.S. Senate primary, a race to finish fourth

After Murkowski, Tshibaka and Chesbro, 16 candidates vie for last spot on general election ballot.
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Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson’s veto of process for removing a mayor

The Assembly voted to override the mayor’s veto 9-3 at a brief meeting Monday afternoon.
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‘We’ve seen this before’: After cow mutilation, Delta Junction ranchers put up $2,500 reward

Tangy Bates and her husband have been operating their farm and ranch in Delta Junction for about six years, and she’s never heard about any cattle mutilations in the area during that time. 
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Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working.

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID. The government is urging employers to provide accommodations to keep them on the job.

Is now the time for Alaska’s massive liquified natural gas line project?

The massive gas line plan has been on the table for as long as Alaska has been an energy state, though the steep costs of constructing the pipeline have long been too prohibitive to make it a reality.

New K-12 charter school will serve growing Alaska Native population in Mat-Su Borough

The Knik Cultural Charter School will offer in-person learning, a homeschool program and a blended option. The Knik Tribe has spent the last three years planning the school with the help of a federal grant.
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Alaska’s first monkeypox case recorded in Anchorage

Anchorage Health Department officials say the person who tested positive is an Anchorage resident and is isolating at home. Officials say the person did not require hospitalization, and was a close contact of a person who recently traveled out of state. 
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‘Alaskan Bush People’ get the cold shoulder when looking for land in Southeast

The famous Brown family tried to buy land in Alaska after living in Washington the last three years. But locals did not welcome them as neighbors.

For the first time, live invasive green crabs have been found in Alaska

Metlakatla Mayor Albert Smith says he’s concerned about what this means for the community’s traditional food sources.
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Tribal IDs should work at airports, but travelers say TSA often rejects them

Scanning machines at security checkpoints reject the cards even though they're on TSA’s list of accepted IDs.
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Summer boosters for people under 50 shelved in favor of updated boosters in the fall

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.
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Cost estimates for constitutional convention in Alaska range widely

Issues include the length of the session and the amount of support delegates will need.
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Troopers say there’s ‘no obvious reasons’ why Fairbanks teen killed 3 siblings and then himself

“The only person — people — that know what really happened in that moment are deceased,” said a troopers spokesperson.
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Alaska Airlines workers to vote on a new contract that could put them among the highest paid airline workers in the industry

IAMAW represents around 5,300 Alaska Airlines reservations and customer service agents, ramp workers and other employees. About 900 of those workers are spread out across Alaska.
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Congress approves bill to boost US production of computer chips; Sullivan votes no.

Sen. Dan Sullivan was the only member of the Alaska delegation voting this week.
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Anchorage’s huge development deal for Girdwood draws local ire over lack of affordable housing

That's not because Girdwood doesn't need more housing. Most there agree it does. But the city's plan to develop 60 acres near Glacier Creek into more than a hundred homes does not include any units cheaper than half a million dollars.