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We learn about the Alaska-based effort to monitor and warn about tsunamis.
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The test usually happens in late March, around the anniversary of the 1964 earthquake.
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For the first time in Alaska history, the state’s supreme court is majority female. It’s also being led, for just the second time, by a woman.
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The region has seen four fatal landslides in the last decade.
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Carney spent part of her first State of the Judiciary address responding to concerns over delays in court proceedings highlighted in recent news stories from the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica.
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The body voted 7 to 4 Tuesday night to indefinitely postpone an ordinance that would’ve reinstated a $40 fine for jaywalking. In 2023, Assembly members voted to eliminate the fine.
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A video of the incident has been shared thousands of times, prompting widespread outrage.
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Jennifer Homendy told KNOM that the agency will likely issue its first report on the crash in roughly a month.
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The 10 Alaskans killed in the crash near Nome include a mentor to new teachers, a school counselor and two Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium employees traveling to service a local water plant.
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Nome residents gathered at a church vigil and fundraisers were scheduled in at least two communities, as the region came together in the wake of the tragedy.
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The passengers were all adults. Several were from the Anchorage area, two were from Unalakleet and the pilot and one passenger were from Nome.
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Authorities hope to recover the bodies of 10 people assumed killed, document evidence for investigation, and recover the plane wreckage while conditions are relatively safe.