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Alaska GOP gives Murkowski a thumbs down. Nationally, Republicans still give her campaign cash.

The state party wants Murkowski to lose, but to L48 Republicans, she's still got it.

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Seward's Lydia Jacoby cruises through Olympic semifinal

Lydia Jacoby, 17 from Seward, cruised through her Olympic semi-final, winning her heat and posting the third-fastest time of the day in the women's 100-meter breaststroke.

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‘It’s been a long two years’: First large cruise ship since 2019 docks in Juneau

Juneau residents have mixed feelings about the ship’s arrival amid an uptick an COVID-19 cases, but for the most part, the feeling at the dock and inside downtown businesses on Friday was one of hope.

The fishing town of Cordova, pictured the evening of Sunday, September 8, 2019, will go more than seven months without state ferry service this winter. (Photo by Nat Herz / Alaska Public Media)

Wave of coronavirus infections in Cordova shuts down seafood processor

The COVID spike in Cordova comes as much of Alaska experiences a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Health officials say the latest wave of infections is mostly driven by the highly-contagious delta variant infecting unvaccinated people.

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Alaskans will have chance to weigh in on long-term budget changes, starting next week

Alaskans will soon have a chance to weigh in with what changes to state taxes, services or permanent fund dividends they would like to see in the long term.

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Administration, Assembly say a compromise is possible on shelter plan

Downtown assembly member Chris Constant said he’s working with two other assembly members and the Bronson administration to form a task force to look into boosting shelter capacity, but officials face the looming winter season and complications from the delta variant of COVID-19.

Dawn McMaster attends a vigil for the child victims of residential boarding schools on the campus of the Presbyterian Sheldon Jackson boarding school in Sitka, Alaska. McMaster, who is Coast Salish from Nanaimo B.C., sits with photos of her uncle, Robert Tommy, who was taken from her grandparents when he was four and sent to residential school. The family managed to bring him home when he was 12. He died about 10 years ago. July 6, 2021. (Berett Wilber/KCAW)

US churches reckon with traumatic legacy of Native schools

The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous children in Canada have prompted renewed calls for a reckoning over the traumatic legacy of similar schools in the United States — and in particular by the churches that operated many of them.

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Here's how to watch Alaska's Olympians

Fans will be able to watch Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby and Eagle River rugby player Alev Kelter, in their respective competitions on TV or online next week, but they may have to stay up late -- or get up early to catch the action live.

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After spotting SOS sign, Coast Guard rescues man who says he was attacked by a bear near Nome

Officials say the Kodiak-based helicopter crew was flying from Kotzebue to Nome when they saw an SOS sign on top of a shack near a remote mining camp.

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First Lady visits Anchorage. Her message: Get vaccinated

"I'm asking all of you, who are listening right now, to choose to get vaccinated," said First Lady Jill Biden.

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