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Kenaitze Tribe receives grant to assess graveyard stabilization

The project is one of dozens in Alaska to get funded this year.
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Alaska’s two U.S. senators vote to advance federal same-sex marriage protections

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says he was swayed by the addition of sections protecting religious organizations.
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Anchorage police to start carrying overdose-reversing Narcan as early as next year

The move follows growing demands from residents, including parents of overdose victims, who want police to carry and use naloxone to curb a rising number of overdoses in Alaska.
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Teen shot to death in Anchorage; 3 juvenile suspects in custody

Anchorage police have detained three juvenile suspects in the fatal shooting Tuesday of a 16-year-old boy near Abbott Loop Community Park.
The Kuskokwim 300

Alaska is getting a new sled dog competition: the Delta Championship

The Delta Championship will be based on points awarded to the top 10 finishers in most Kuskokwim 300 season races, depending on their finishing positions.
Donald Trump

Donald Trump, who tried to overturn Biden’s legitimate election, launches 2024 bid

Donald Trump, who tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election and inspired a deadly riot at the Capitol in a desperate attempt to keep power, will run again for president in 2024.
Donna Mears and Forrest Wolfe

With more votes counted, Alaska House races are split 20-20 between Republicans and others

No state Senate or statewide races changed leaders, but GOP U.S. Senate candidates Lisa Murkowski and Kelly Tshibaka are closer.
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Judge moves David Eastman eligibility case to Palmer, nixes trial by jury

Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna has granted a request to move the upcoming legislative eligibility trial of Rep. David Eastman to Palmer, instead of Anchorage.
killer whales

Dead bowheads in Beaufort and Chukchi point to increased killer whale presence in Arctic

There are new signs that killer whales, which are swimming farther north and spending more of the year in Arctic waters, are increasingly preying on Alaska’s bowhead whales.

In reversal, Anchorage School District leaders now recommend keeping language immersion programs

The decision follows community opposition to proposed cuts to the programs.

Anchorage School District proposes moving all sixth grade students to middle schools

Administrators say it would help the district use middle school buildings more efficiently.

Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, November 15, 2022

A Fairbanks company wants to build the two largest windfarms in Alaska. Also, a totem pole returns to the Haida village of Kasaan after more than 100 years. And a trip into a Petersburg artist's studio ahead of her upcoming solo show.

Murkowski pulls nearly even in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

Reelection is likely for Sen. Murkowski and Rep. Peltola.
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Alaska Gov. Dunleavy still on track to secure another term with more ballots counted

If Dunleavy’s share of the vote remains over 50%, he will win a second term outright, with no need for ranked choice tabulations.
a man and a book

Happy Valley combat vet’s memoir looks candidly at substance abuse, PTSD and healing

"Warflower" is a warts-and-all look at Bob Stark’s tumultuous childhood in Nome and Seward, his combat experience in Iraq and his struggles with substance abuse and PTSD.
ballot counters

Election officials feared the worst. Here’s why baseless claims haven’t fueled chaos.

So far, election deniers' chatter has not yet incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that is now a core belief in much of the GOP.
Merbok debris

FEMA extends Merbok aid application deadline

Western Alaskans have an extra two weeks to apply for state and federal disaster assistance as recovery efforts from ex-Typhoon Merbok continue in some communities.
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Good news, Alaskans: Your emus are legal now

Pike Ainsworth was inspired to raise emus in Alaska after learning about emu farmers in Maine and British Columbia. He ordered some eggs and managed to hatch one.
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2 Selawik snowmachiners found safe

A private air carrier found 41-year-old Timothy Snyder and 20-year-old Jane Kaiser at a cabin near Noorvik Wednesday, after they were reported overdue Sunday.
Unalaska's runway taken from the mountain above, with water on either side

Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 14, 2022

Alaska State Troopers say they've seized a record amount of illegal drugs this year. Also, Unalaska residents continue to wait for a cleanup of contaminated lands. And Alaska Native veterans visit a new memorial in Washington, D.C.