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Skagway shop owner found not guilty of misrepresenting Native art
Tourists look in the window of Lynch and Kennedy Dry Goods in May 2016. Photo by Emily Files.A Skagway shop owner was found not guilty of misrepresenting Native produced art in federal court on Friday....
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Lawsuit over institutionalizing foster youth in psychiatric hospitals continues
When foster youth are admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Alaska against their will, they can stay there for up to 30 days without judicial review. Two tribes are arguing that’s too long. The Office...
View ArticleDOC Inmate dies by apparent suicide
A man at the Wildwood Correctional Complex died by apparent suicide Tuesday afternoon, though his death is still under investigation. According to a State Trooper dispatch, 30-year-old Walter Shade of...
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APD bought ‘stingray’ surveillance device in 2009, used minimally
APD police cruiser (Photo by Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage) Police officials in Anchorage announced Wednesday that they purchased a controversial piece of surveillance equipment used to...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Sept. 07, 2016
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University of Alaska suffers cybersecurity breach
The Mat-Su University of Alaska campus suffered a security breach. Logo from University of Alaska.The University of Alaska is reporting a security breach. An email issued Tuesday says UA became aware...
View ArticleDiesel spill cleanup continues south of Fairbanks
Cleanup work continues today near Birch Lake south of Fairbanks where a tractor-trailer tank loaded with 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel overturned Monday, spilling the fuel into a ditch that runs between...
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Armed conflict in Chevak leaves one dead
Chevak, AK. (Flickr Creative Commons photo) One person is dead and another wounded after an armed conflict yesterday in the village of Chevak. An Alaska State Troopers dispatch said 24-year-old Harold...
View ArticleWA man charged with defrauding $2.7M from Alaskans
A Washington man has been indicted for fraudulently taking about $2.7 million from Alaskans. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska is charging Floyd Jay Mann, Jr., 55, with 11 counts of wire fraud and...
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Alaska’s first commercial retail cannabis businesses receive state approval
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board approved the first commercial license Thursday. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The state approved its first licenses for commercial cannabis businesses...
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New federal predator hunting restrictions to face state legal challenge
New federal predator hunting rules are in effect. (Photo courtesy of ADFG)A series of predator hunting restrictions for national wildlife refuges in Alaska took effect on Tuesday.That same day,...
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Kuskokwim safety experts explain how to stay safe on the river
The BSAR search boat “Yuarta” or “the searcher.” Photo by Charles Enoch, KYUK.As fall time rolls in and the air takes on the familiar chill, Kuskokwim residents begin their subsistence activities, and...
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Erosion fix will hold, but residents worry not for long
Crew are working to stabilize the Matanuska River. Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Transportation via Mat-Su Borough.Efforts to stem riverbank erosion along a stretch of the Matanuska River have...
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Meet the Alaska woman who could be NASA’s Arctic astronaut
Jessica Cherry is among 100 finalists to become a NASA astronaut. Photo from UAF International Arctic Research. Center.One of NASA’s new astronauts could come from Fairbanks. A University of Alaska...
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Boos and cheers as residents question officials on crime
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, along with APD Chief Chris Tolley took questions for more than an hour-and-a-half from concerned residents of neighborhoods around Valley of the Moon Park. (Photo: Zachariah...
View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 08, 2016
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View ArticleAlaska News Nightly: Friday, Sept. 09, 2016
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Governor Walker vetoes UA board seat bill
Gov. Bill Walker, pictured at a press availability on January 28, 2016, vetoed a bill that would set University of Alaska board seats by geography. (File photo by Skip Gray, 360 North)Governor Bill...
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As tiny homes take root, where do you park them in Alaska?
There might be a small solution to the capital city’s housing problem but it’s not without its roadblocks. A Juneau company is building its first tiny house on wheels to sell commercially and it...
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Oil and subsistence in the warming Arctic: A conversation with Tom Kizzia
The view from Point Hope, late winter 2015. (Photo by Ellen Chenoweth/University of Alaska Fairbanks) In the most recent issue of The New Yorker, Alaska writer and longtime former ADN reporter Tom...
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