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Some of KNBA's top stories today: The State Division of Elections says Sen. Dan Sullivan's namesake in Petersburg isn't eligible to run for his senate seat. The state senate tackles tax break legislation for AkLNG Project as the special session continues. And changes to the Small Business Administration's government contract program: Does it target tribes and Native corporations?
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The WWAMI medical school program that serves five western states, including Alaska, recently received a $25 million endowment for scholarships to increase the number of physicians in rural and Indigenous communities. -
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The fire, which started Thursday in Ambler’s landfill, was estimated at 1,500 acres by Monday. -
The tribe originally applied for the declaration in January, several months after an October 2025 storm destroyed an estimated 90% of homes and led to the mass evacuation of nearly all of the community's roughly 1,000 residents. -
KYUK's Evan Erickson spoke with Northern Journal reporter Nat Herz, who traveled to Hooper Bay as part of a broader look at what leaders describe as an unfolding crisis that threatens barge-dependent communities in Western Alaska.
