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Bethel robotics team “The Moosekateers” goes to Nationals

Bethel’s Robotics team placed second at the state championships this year, which sent them to the national competition in sunny southern California. Listen now
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Presbyterian Church leaders visit Juneau to plan apology for 1962 church closure

Alaska Native leaders spoke to church leaders about the harm religious organizations have done to Lingít communities through language suppression and violence at boarding schools.

AK: The simple (subsistence) life

Locals around Bristol Bay know the importance of subsistence fishing and the broader subsistence lifestyle. KDLG's Shaylon Cochran, having spent several years in Kenai, was somewhat familiar with what subsistence means. But has found this summer that the actual experience means a lot more once you’ve lived it. Listen now

LISTEN: Cellphone tracking gives real-time insight into Alaska’s economic recovery

A UAA researcher discusses what cell phone data is showing us, including what it reveals about people returning to retail locations.
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Spike of COVID-19 cases in Noatak leads to lockdown and temporary school closure

Clusters of COVID-19 infections have also led to recent lockdowns in the Western Alaska community of Stebbins and in Metlakatla in Southeast Alaska.

Palin numbers inflate Alaska energy output

An inflated Alaska energy output figure touted by Governor Palin on national TV last week and since repeated by John McCain, is being widely...
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Penalty partially reversed for 2 Iditarod mushers who sheltered dogs inside during storm

Mille Porsild and Michelle Phillips were the top female finishers in this year’s race. On one of the final runs they moved their dogs indoors to get out of a severe windstorm.
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Record warm water likely gave Kuskokwim salmon heart attacks

Never-before-seen temperatures in the Kuskokwim River likely sent salmon into cardiac arrest.

Judge Orders Separate Trials In Thornton Case; Will Rule On Motions To Suppress Evidence

Three Arkansas teenagers charged with the death of Kevin Thornton of Juneau will be tried individually. Hot Spring County Circuit Court Judge Ed Koon has ordered the case be severed. Kevin Thornton was visiting the Malvern area in July 2011, when he was allegedly assaulted by the boys, then ages 16 and 17. He died of his injuries a week later.
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Biden reauthorizes Violence Against Women Act empowering tribes to prosecute non-Native perpetrators

The reauthorization includes language that empowers tribes to prosecute non-Native perpetrators of child violence, sexual violence, sex trafficking, stalking and other crimes.
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Man charged with attempted murder for shooting at APD officer, police say 

Police say they found 32-year-old Joseph R. Fagundes hiding under a trampoline in Anchorage, next to a gun.

RUNNING: Lisa Murkowski Debates Joe Miller – Part 2/2

Part 2/2 of a the first debate between incumbent Lisa Murkowski and challenger Joe Miller took place on August 19, 2010 during the...

First Case Of Rabies Reported In Interior Alaska

The state reported the first case of rabies in Alaska’s interior today. A trapper killed a wolf in the Chandalar Lakes area south of the Brooks Range in late March. Download Audio

Oil Taxes Remain Top Priority In Legislature

Oil taxes remain the legislature’s top issue this week, with six hearings scheduled on Gov. Sean Parnell’s bill to bring them down. But there’s also plenty else going on in Juneau, from consideration of education and home energy bills to visits from state dignitaries.
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Anchorage used to have an active climate action plan. What happened to it? 

Under Mayor Dave Bronson, the city missed its 2023 annual report, and a link to the plan has been removed from the city website.

USDA Under Secretary Patrice Kunesh Visits Bethel Region

Patrice Kunesh, Under Secretary of the USDA Rural Development, visited the Bethel region Tuesday to see some of the department’s projects in action. Download Audio

Anchorage leaders hope proposed parental leave and telework policies will bolster city workforce

“The level of vacancies that we find ourselves with now is historically very out of the norm and high,” said chief administrative officer Bill Falsey.

Alaska senators veer apart on family separations

A gulf has opened between Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan on how to end family separations at the border. She signed a letter asking the attorney general to stop it immediately. Sullivan says it'll take a new law. Listen now
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Scientists suspect “Alaskapox” rash could be spread from small animals

The virus has only affected two people, both in Fairbanks.

Mitch Seavey First To Reach Ruby

This could be a Seavey year in the Iditarod. Mitch and Dallas Seavey have stayed out front, along with a few others, through the halfway point. Mitch Seavey was the first to reach the Yukon River at Ruby. Here is how it rolled out. Veteran musher Jim Lanier put off his mandatory 24 hour layover and collected the halfway gold nuggets at Cripple. Mitch Seavey nearly caught up with him. Aliy Zirkle decided not to rest in Cripple when she arrived four hours later and blasted on ahead, the first to leave Cripple. In between were Trent Herbst, not having taken his 24, Dallas Seavey, John Baker and Jeff King.