Tribal agencies are set to receive $5 million for equipment and hiring, with another $6 million is set for infrastructure and hiring in rural communities.

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Alaska regulators are considering whether the state should continue replenishing a rural telephone and internet service fund or shut it down. The Anchorage Daily News reported Thursday that the Alaska Universal Service Fund is losing money and has already been scheduled for closure in 2023. A Regulatory Commission of Alaska meeting Wednesday included discussion of […]

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Affordable energy and access to high-speed broadband is essential for engaging in modern commerce, education, telemedicine and for economic development initiatives. How is the rural energy infrastructure need being addressed?

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Across Southcentral Alaska and the Aleutians, some 3,000 service members are participating in the joint forces Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise this month.

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The charges against the company and its subsidiaries stem from an alleged 2014 incident involving workers from UIC Construction

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It was the first time the annual meeting has been held in the United States, and it offered a unique chance for the state to pitch itself as a great investment opportunity to wealth managers from across the globe.

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While showing Alaskans new ideas they rarely have access to, the conference — In Our Own Voices: Culture/Identity — was also designed to provide visitors with an Alaskan experience.

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This is the third year the state has used this test, and the scores aren't much changed.

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Representatives from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were in Nome and Shishmaref this week to collect feedback for an upcoming report.

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Since June 2018, NOAA has documented 282 dead seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, and close to 300 stranded seals.

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A female cruise ship passenger suffered a minor injury after falling while being charged by a bear on Mount Ripinsky Wednesday.

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Two hundred and twenty-five members voted to block oil development in the refuge, while 193 voted against the bill.

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The local clothing and gear shop opened in 1969, a time when Petersburg was mostly run by women while the men were away fishing.

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Today, the Trump administration took one of the last necessary steps before it allows oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  The Interior Department has released its final environmental analysis for oil lease sales in the northernmost 1.6 million acres of the refuge, known as the coastal plain. The agency is expected to sign a […]

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A rural Alaska man suspected of opening a cargo door of a small commercial airplane while in flight has been charged with felony assault and criminal mischief. The Anchorage Daily News reports 40-year-old Calvin Chase of Anvik was arrested Tuesday. He’s jailed at Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center in Bethel. Ryan Air President Lee Ryan says […]

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