
Jill Fratis
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The Alaska Board of Game is proposing a new version of a program after a superior court judge tried to do away with a program that kills bears in order to help caribou hunters. Unalaskans are losing immediate access to air ambulance services for at least the next few months.
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At the end of the school year, teachers a Nome program changes things up for their students with an artist in residence program. An Alaska Railroad locomotive leaked about 900 gallons of diesel fuel last week after it derailed in an area north of Talkeetna.
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Investigators still are looking into what caused a fatal helicopter crash on the North Slope last week. The Alaska Department of Corrections has taken in 40 people who were detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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A helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope has claimed the lives of two men on a wildlife research mission. There was an array of possibilities presented this week at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference.
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An Anchorage woman is accused of neglecting dozens of dogs at a local home. Alaska’s schools received the first significant permanent increase in state funding in a decade this year.
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Two pedestrians have been struck by drivers along the same busy Midtown boulevard in the past three days. A trio of high-level Trump administration officials are touring Alaska this week.
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State prosecutors have dismissed their case against 48-year-old Chad Zurlo, who was facing a second-degree murder charge. Volunteers last week say they recovered the remains of three people missing since their boat capsized in Kachemak Bay last summer.
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An Alaska State Trooper rescued a Fairbanks man who’d fallen into the icy waters of the Tanana River. Scientists have taken part in a once-in-a-decade effort to evaluate the health of the whale population up north.
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Coast Guard searches for missing Mekoryuk boaters. Kenai Cultural Center features exhibits that mix oral histories and artifacts. Conservation groups and a tribe sue to overturn a Contango Ore Inc. mining permit on the west side of Cook Inlet.
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An unvaccinated Anchorage youth recently tested positive for measles May 21. A Dillingham resident has a goal of supplying communities across Bristol Bay with nutrient packed greens year round.