Alaska Department of Health cuts 30 positions, dissolves a public health program after federal funding cuts
The Alaska Department of Health is cutting 30 positions and shuttering a program meant to improve public health access across the state after the Trump administration cut more than $50 million in ...
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Tribal education leaders speak out against Trump’s plan to close the Department of Education
At an oversight hearing, Sen. Murkowski highlighted programs that fund tutoring, language initiatives and post-secondary ...
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Alaska’s population is slowly increasing. So why isn’t Southeast’s?
The state’s population surpassed 740,000 people for the first time this decade in 2024. That’s nearly 8,000 more people than ...
Indigenous WA students test themselves in Alaska’s Traditional Games
This year will be the first time a full Seattle team — 13 student athletes — will participate in the Annual Traditional Games ...
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Alaska House panel advances draft budget with full PFD and $1.9B deficit
The unbalanced budget reflects sharp divides in the Legislature on the PFD, school funding and the size of the budget itself.
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Value of Alaska Native education emphasized by Sealaska Heritage Institute president at U.S. Senate hearing
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and vice chair U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi) led the meeting titled “Native American Education – Examining ...
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Lawmakers approve security screening checkpoint for Alaska State Capitol
Not everybody's happy about the change, which ends decades of unfettered access to the Capitol. But some lawmakers say it's ...
Cheeseburgers and chicken so far fail to entice a rescue dog who's spent weeks on the run in Alaska
A German shepherd-husky dog has evaded capture for nearly two months after being rescued from a California shelter and ...
3 Alaskans explain why they want cruise ship limits — even though their businesses depend on tourism
Three cruise-dependent Juneau businesses say the boom in floating resorts visiting Alaska has strained the city's residents.
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Canadian company pushes forward with plans for new gold mine in Juneau
The project is called the New Amalga Gold Deposit and it’s being led by Grande Portage Resources, a Vancouver-based mineral ...
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Local legislators emphasize wise navigation on bumpy state and federal policy highways during town hall
Staying in their lanes is the most effective way of navigating through a snarl of situations people say are spinning out of ...