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Why are some Republican candidates quitting Alaska’s general election? Strategy.
With Republican voters reluctant to use ranked choice voting, candidates are seeking to avoid a split in the electorate.
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Orcas challenge the Bering Sea’s black cod industry
Orca depredation isn’t just a costly headache for fishermen — it can be dangerous for orcas, too.
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Tongass Voices: Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown on speaking up — “Everybody has a warrior inside them”
Sh Dei Wooteen Jeni Brown is a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ advocate. Last week, she offered a training that honed in on one aspect of violence that people sometimes overlook — stalking.
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Extensive private search led to the discovery of plane that went missing between Juneau and Yakutat
Southeast Alaska’s aviation community continued the search after official efforts were called off.
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Ketchikan residents describe a chaotic scene in the hours after fatal landslide
Marty Gillet was in his home in the White Cliff neighborhood when he said he heard something that sounded like a freight train.
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Whooping cough is surging in Southeast
The region has had 14 reported cases of the highly contagious respiratory illness since July.
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Lingít Word of the Week: Téel’ — chum or dog salmon
This week’s word is téel’, which means chum or dog salmon.
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Southeast king salmon sport fishery closed through end of September
King salmon caught in any Southeast salt waters may not be kept or processed. They must be returned to the water unharmed.
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Bellwether trial in Kroger-Albertsons merger begins Monday
Most Alaskans live in a community where the companies’ Fred Meyer and Safeway or Carrs stores directly compete with each other.
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Alaska appeals federal court ruling that was a step toward new ‘Indian country’ here
The Alaska Department of Law filed a notice Friday stating that it intends to ask the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to review an Alaska U.S. District Court decision that upended decades of precedent.
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1 person killed in Ketchikan landslide, multiple homes destroyed
Emergency crews responded to a large landslide that killed one person and destroyed several houses in Ketchikan on Sunday.
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Siblings of Juneau man killed by police demand answers
Jason, Monty and Dawn Kissack arrived from Florida this week for a weekend memorial for their brother, Steven Kissack. He was shot by police during a confrontation downtown last month.
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Nancy Dahlstrom drops out of Alaska’s U.S. House race
Dahlstrom announced the end of her candidacy after placing third in the primary, behind Democrat Mary Peltola and fellow Republican Nick Begich III.
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Matt Salisbury is the No. 4 candidate in Alaska’s U.S. House voting. Who is he?
After primary election day, Salisbury was in line to join Mary Peltola, Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom in Alaska’s final four.
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Alaska Supreme Court upholds ranked choice repeal initiative, now bound for November vote
Ballot Measure 2 would end ranked choice voting and the state’s open primary election system.
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Bartlett narrows down CEO search to three finalists
Meet and greets with the candidates for CEO will be held on Bartlett’s campus starting at 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, Wednesday, Aug. 28 and Friday, Sept. 6.
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How ‘the license plate bill to end license plate bills’ finally passed
Lawmakers have long criticized the inconsequential bills. But they also weren’t willing to stop spending time on them — until this year.
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Illegal parking near Juneau’s high school causes problems for nearby residents
According to police, some students have been blocking bus lanes, driveways and taking up space in the faculty parking area.
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NOAA study links massive Bering Sea snow crab loss to climate change
The new study deepens the connection between human-caused climate change and the crabs’ die-off in recent years.
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Alaska delegation asks Biden to act on Canadian mining near transboundary rivers
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Mary Peltola expressed concern over Canadian mining impacts on U.S. communities.