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The Alaska Division of Elections is sending follow-up letters to most of the 3,000 voters it removed from the state's active-voter list advising them how they may be able vote this year. // Alaska lost more of its federal workforce than almost all other U.S. states to sweeping Trump administration job cuts last year, a new report says. // A looming firewood shortage in the Interior has residents and businesses worried that thousands of customers will have to find new sources of dry wood before winter. // The Trump Administration is again threatening cuts to the federal Essential Air Service program, which provides funding for flights to and from rural Alaska. // Alaska Public Media’s Eric Stone talks with former health and revenue commissioner Adam Crum in today’s installment of interviews with this year's top gubernatorial candidates.
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The University of Alaska is eliminating out-of-state tuition rates. // Alaska Public Media’s series of interviews with candidates for governor continues with Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins. // A North Pole woman was sentenced to 21 years in prison Wednesday for selling drugs that resulted in a man’s fatal fentanyl overdose. // An Azul Airlines plane briefly blocked the main runway at Fairbanks International Airport Wednesday. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski refuses to comment on how she’ll vote on the confirmation of Todd Blanche, Trump’s pick for attorney general.
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NewsThe National Transportation Safety Board released its final report on the Bering Air crash that killed 10 people last year. // Authorities say a construction site accident killed two people working to install a septic system in Delta Junction last week. // Alaska librarians fear effects of possible cuts to a federal program that subsidizes school and library internet. // The University of Alaska and its new staff union have begun negotiations on a first contract, but union members aren’t impressed with the initial offer.
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News“It's a beautiful blend of performance, artistry, and athleticism,” a fan said. “And you get to scream a lot.”
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NewsEnvironmental groups say the transfer would erode federal subsistence rights and speed up resource development projects, like the proposed Ambler Road.
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NewsDozens of stations that pilots and weather forecasters use went offline, and a federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit that would have prevented the transfer of millions of acres of public lands to the state of Alaska.
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NewsThe battle to represent a state House district that covers a fairly red patch east of Fairbanks is attracting the big bucks compared to neighboring legislative races. // A motorcyclist died Saturday of injuries sustained in an accident on Geist Road in Fairbanks, according to Alaska State Troopers. // Alaska lawmakers returned to Juneau Monday for yet another special session focused on the Alaska LNG project. Will the third time be the charm?
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NewsUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks researchers are behind a new app for guides in Bristol Bay’s sport fishery to report catches and observations. // The Inupiaq language is inspiring the names of newly discovered fossils in Alaska.
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Alaska State Troopers say a North Slope Borough Police officer fatally shot an Utqiagvik (OOK-kee-ah-vik) man Wednesday. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a measure Thursday that guarantees the Carlson Center will remain the home ice of the UAF hockey team. // Hundreds of seismic stations across that Alaska detect earthquakes may soon be used to also identify landslides. // The U.S. Coast Guard tracked Chinese vessels traveling through a section of international waters in the Bering Sea earlier this month for the first time this year. // Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive a $400 million settlement from the federal government for unpaid medical services expenses. // Eielson Air Force Base officials say they’re expecting around 10,000 people to show up next weekend during the Arctic Lightning Air Show and Open House.
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News“Six years ago, if you would have told me I'd be doing this, I’d think you were insane,” said one Toolik worker. “But this has probably been one of the coolest turns in my life that I didn't know I needed.”
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Alaska Airlines canceled 10 flights statewide Wednesday because of volcanic ash drifting over the state. // The Alaska Division of Elections has moved thousands of registered voters to its “inactive” list, due to suspicion that they are not citizens. // Fairbanks Police have learned the identity of a bicyclist involved in a fatal collision last weekend. But they're not revealing the suspect's name. // The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced an emergency permit hunt for Alaskans to harvest muskoxen stranded on an island in the Bering Sea. // KUAC's Patrick Gilchrist recaps the 65th annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics with Fairbanks Daily News-Miner sports reporter Drew Blouin // Support staff at the remote Toolik Field Station work behind the scenes to keep the research facility 400 miles north of Fairbanks running smoothly.
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NewsThe father of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice died the day after she spoke at a Fairbanks event, and a Utah forestry professor teaches Alaskans how scorched sticks can nurture their gardens.