Today: July 01, 2024
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Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson gained national attention this summer when he proposed buying one-way airfare out of Alaska’s largest city for anyone without housing who wanted to leave

Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in
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Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade

Four protesters have been awarded nearly $700,000 after they were jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on a temporary police barricade on Jan. 1, 2021

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade
Environment

Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations

A wildfire in Oregon’s high desert has grown rapidly

Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular central Oregon vacation spot and prompts evacuations
Entertainment|Sports

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu

A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu
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Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu

A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack on Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name

Former pro surfer known for riding huge Pipeline waves dies in shark attack while surfing off Oahu
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Alaska serial killer who admitted to killing five people has died in an Indiana prison

An Alaska serial killer who admitted that he killed five people, including one when he was only 14, has died in an Indiana prison

Alaska serial killer who admitted to killing five people has died in an Indiana prison
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Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches

An Alaska man and two police officers have joined forces to rescue a baby moose that got stuck between a floatplane and a dock in a lake

Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches
Sports

Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race

Musher and dog trainer Rick Mackey has died

Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race
News|Environment

Family says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved

The family of an Alaska man who was fatally attacked by a moose said the amateur photographer died doing what he loved

Family says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved
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Moose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves

Authorities in Alaska say a moose has killed a 70-year-old man in the community of Homer

Moose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves
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Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics

The Native Youth Olympics in Anchorage, Alaska, is a three-day celebration of Indigenous culture in the form of games that mimic hunting and survival techniques that Alaska Natives in the Arctic region have relied on for thousands of years

Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
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Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash

A federal aviation official says one of the two pilots aboard an airplane carrying fuel reported there was a fire on the airplane shortly before it crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, Alaska

Pilot reported fire onboard plane carrying fuel, attempted to return to Fairbanks just before crash
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South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship

Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone

South Africa man convicted in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women faces revocation of U.S. citizenship
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Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say

The Alaska Air National Guard flew 159 civilian search-and-rescue missions last year in the nation's largest state, often during vicious storms that prevented air ambulances from taking off

Air National Guard changes in Alaska could affect national security, civilian rescues, staffers say
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Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court

Two members of an Idaho white supremacist prison gang are due in court for a preliminary hearing, along with a woman accused of providing a vehicle they used during 36 hours on the run after an escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital

Idaho inmate and accomplice accused of helping him escape during hospital ambush are due in court
Health|News

Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago

A 15-year volunteer effort is helping identify the fates of thousands of Alaskans who were shipped to a controversial psychiatric hospital in Oregon between 1904 and the 1960s

Volunteers uncover fate of thousands of Lost Alaskans sent to Oregon mental hospital a century ago
Economy|Environment|News|Sports

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly free of controversy, as teams of dogs and their masters braved the elements in the 1,000-mile test of endurance across the frozen wilderness

Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
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Alaska whaling village teen pleads not guilty to 16 felony counts in shooting that left 2 dead

A 16-year-old teen charged as an adult in the shooting deaths of two people in the northwest Alaska whaling village of Point Hope had not guilty pleas entered for him Friday by his public defender

Alaska whaling village teen pleads not guilty to 16 felony counts in shooting that left 2 dead
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Alaska's Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training

The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska’s official state sport, is set to get underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with snowmobiles while training

Alaska's Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 were fatally hit while training
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Assault claims roil Iditarod sled dog race as 2 top mushers are disqualified, then 1 reinstated

Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race — Alaska’s Iditarod

Assault claims roil Iditarod sled dog race as 2 top mushers are disqualified, then 1 reinstated
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Alaska man found guilty of first-degree murder in violent killing captured on stolen memory card

A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in her death and that of another Alaska Native woman

Alaska man found guilty of first-degree murder in violent killing captured on stolen memory card
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Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream

Dexter Scott King, the late son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, was remembered Saturday as the protector of his family’s legacy and the keeper of the deam during a memorial service in Atlanta

Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream
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Prosecutor: Man accused of killing 2 Alaska Native women recorded images of both victims

A man accused of murdering two Alaska Native women recorded images of both of his victims, and the break in the case came when a third woman stole the man’s phone and provided police with photos and videos of one of the killings

Prosecutor: Man accused of killing 2 Alaska Native women recorded images of both victims
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A stolen digital memory card with gruesome recordings leads to a double murder trial in Alaska

The double murder trial of a man accused of killing two Alaska Native women is set to begin more than four years after a woman turned in a stoled digital memory card that authorities say contained gruesome recordings of one of the killings

A stolen digital memory card with gruesome recordings leads to a double murder trial in Alaska
Environment|News

'Pandemic of snow' in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow

Even by Alaska standards, there's a lot of snow this winter

'Pandemic of snow' in Anchorage sets a record for the earliest arrival of 100 inches of snow

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