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KNBA News: Wednesday, October 2, 2024

KNBA | By Jill Fratis
Published October 2, 2024 at 9:38 AM AKDT
The Deparment of Corrections said last year, when a record 18 inmates died, that the higher death rate is due to a number of factors that include an aging prison population and the increasing number of inmates entering the system in poor health, many who suffer from addiction to drugs and alcohol.
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Six tribes from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have won a partial victory in federal court in their suit against the environmental analysis underpinning the permitting of the proposed Donlin Gold mine. A jury acquitted a Kenai man last week on a federal charge of dealing in firearms without a license.
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