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Whimbrels, with their curved beaks, make a sound like the trill of the flute. Researchers are studying the shorebirds when they summer on the North Slope. Also on the KNBA News: Sen. Lisa Murkowski votes to restrict President Trump's war powers. And it's wild and crazy: The Race to Alaska from Washington State to Ketchikan.
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Alaska is one of 29 states that allow at least some late-arriving ballots to be counted as long as they are postmarked on or before election day. But a U.S. Supreme Court ruling could complicate that, especially for voters in the Bush. -
Fourteen miles of land along the Nome River — one of western Alaska's key salmon and subsistence rivers — are now owned by Nome's local Native corporation for permanent conservation and stewardship. -
A Juneau artist created a magazine for Indigenous writers and creators to share their art and perspectives without having to reduce or simplify them to fit into the bounds of traditional media run by non-Native people. -
Last week, more than 60 artists showed up in Juneau to sell their jewelry at Celebration, a days-long event that uplifts the survival and persistence of Lingít, Haida and Ts’msyen cultures. Some attendees saved up for years to buy earrings for themselves and loved ones -
Over 100 years and miles later, the first traditional canoe from Petersburg completed its maiden voyage. After launching late last month, the pullers on kéet yaakw arrived in Juneau on June 2 just ahead of the biennial Celebration festival, and say the 10-day Journey was powerful in many ways.
