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    A Fairbanks mining firm announced that it struck a deal to merge with a company in British Columbia. // Celebrated Athabaskan fiddler Bill Stevens died in Fairbanks last month at the age of 92. // The Western Arctic Caribou Herd was once Alaska’s largest; state biologists say the herd is now at its lowest numbers in five decades. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy released his proposed budget, setting the stage for months of debate in his final legislative session as governor. // Alaska Native veterans have until Dec. 29 to claim 160 acres of federal land, a deadline Sen. Dan Sullivan says he’s trying to extend.
  • A patient receives the COVID-19 vaccine.
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    Between June 2020 and January 2021, the age-adjusted COVID-19 mortality rate among American Indian and Alaska Native people was 5.5 times higher than that of white people, the report says.
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    A donation fund has distributed millions of dollars to communities impacted by Typhoon Halong, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy is rolling out a new plan to stabilize Alaska's state finances.
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    According to alerts the university sent out Tuesday afternoon, the Gruening Building will remain closed Wednesday and is expected to reopen Thursday.
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    Flooding from a sprinkler line break closed a building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Tuesday, leading faculty and administrators to relocate some final exams. // Legendary Alaska adventurer Dick Griffith passed away earlier this month at the age of 98. // The federal government’s official name for North America’s tallest peak is Mount McKinley, but Alaska’s senior senator argues it shouldn’t be. // A program that helps boaters use buoys to track weather conditions wrapped another successful season this fall. // Last week, some music apps gave users their top songs, artists and genres of the year, so what were some Alaska lawmakers listening to this year?
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    The grant is worth a little more than $3.1 million and comes from a program meant to help state and local governments purchase or lease zero- or low-emissions transit vehicles.
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    The Fairbanks North Star Borough got another federal grant to support its public transit system’s ongoing shift to using vehicles that run on compressed natural gas. // The Alaska State Troopers are returning to television with a new show set to air in January. // After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804.
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    Cold air has been parked over the eastern Interior for the past few days, and it’s set to stick around for a few more. // New data shows teacher and principal turnover rates in Alaska have increased overall, beyond levels preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. // The state launched a new telehealth service for Alaskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities. // The University of Alaska will host listening sessions in Fairbanks this week as it ramps up its search for a new president. // Nome’s only overnight shelter is slated to have its longest season ever.
  • Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about 2025's likely record number of daily low Arctic Sea ice extent measurements.
  • State and federal law enforcement officers on Wednesday captured a North Pole man wanted for the fatal shooting of a teenager near Fairbanks in October.
  • State and federal law enforcement officers have captured a North Pole man wanted for the fatal shooting of a teenager in October. // A Fairbanks grand jury has indicted an Anchorage woman on charges of murder and assault related to a fatal shooting at Chena Pump Road home. // Transportation planners presented some findings of a summer-long survey Wednesday about bike lanes set up on two streets in downtown Fairbanks. // A federal laboratory devoted to renewable energy development for the past half century has had the word “renewable” stripped from its name. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy has OK'd a Defense Department request for Alaska National Guard members to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Anchorage. // Alaska sees the largest seasonal employment swing of any state, according to new data from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development