Alaska has one of the nation’s highest rates of sexual assault, and the state wants to improve how it responds to people who report these crimes to state troopers. A researcher leading a study on the topic is asking for help.

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Federal military policy will increasingly focus on the arctic region. How will U.S. tensions with Russia, North Korea and China affect Alaska? U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan joins us for the next Talk of Alaska.

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This fall, several Anchorage elementary schools will have longer lunches and recesses. It's part of a pilot program that the school district is rolling out in an effort to better meet students' needs for good nutrition and exercise.

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Donna Vukich, 60, was sentenced to almost three years in prison for misappropriating funds from the utility. Federal authorities said this is the largest embezzlement from an organization receiving federal funds ever prosecuted in Alaska.

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People in Akiak woke up on Monday to find their smokehouses in the river. Massive erosion along the riverbank had eaten those structures earlier that morning.

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Palmer man dies in Prince William Sound floatplane crash; NTSB releases preliminary report on May 13 mid-air collision; House bill seeks full PFD this year, with lower amounts in the future; ANWR fight not over for Democrats in Congress; Anchorage adopts Climate Action Plan; Juneau protesters rally in support of abortion access; Kenai radio reporter claims she was attacked while covering Soldtona abortion rally; Akiak loses a mile of riverbank to erosion; Coast Guard cutter captain relieved of duty after investigation of crew member death; Former Naknek Electric Association manager sentenced for embezzling over $500,000; DEC extends public comment period for Palmer Project permits; US Postal Service announced Tlikakila River stamp

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This month, the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission started requiring oil and gas companies to put up substantially higher bonds to cover the wells they have drilled. But a different state agency -- the Department of Natural Resources -- is criticizing the new law and asking for it to be rescinded.

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The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report for a fatal May 13 mid-air collision of two flightseeing planes in Southeast Alaska.

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Selling off the fast ferries was anticipated after the Alaska Marine Highway System removed the Fairweather from service earlier this year. Its sister ship Chenega has been tied up since 2015.

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With more than 100 pages, the document sets ambitious goals, like reducing the city's carbon emissions by 80 percent within about 30 years.

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Victims in floatplane crash near Metlakatla identified; Legal views conflict on Alaska school funding law; State agencies disagree over major well bonding increase for oil companies; Alaska-based fighters intercept 6 Russian aircraft flying near Alaska; Environmental worries persist as Northern Edge grows; New icebreaker won't have much time for the Arctic, says Coast Guard boss; Alaska officially parting ways with fast ferries; Skagway looks into developing a local ferry authority; ADN report: 1 in 3 Alaska villages lacks law enforcement

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The Coast Guard expects to launch the first of three new icebreakers in 2024, but don't expect to see much of it in Alaska.

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With increasing military interest in the Arctic, many coastal communities worry about the effects of large training exercises in Alaska waters.

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University of Alaska archaeologists have announced the discovery of an 1,800-year-old human footprint at a site south of Fairbanks. It’s the oldest such footprint ever found in the North American subarctic, and it’s helping archaeologists understand more about the ancient people who lived at the site for more than 14,000 years.

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State officials say they’ll soon begin shipping water to Yakutat after PFAS contamination was found in wells near the Southeast city’s state-owned airport. But local officials say state agencies have so far kept the community in the dark over the extent of the community’s contamination.  PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination is emerging as […]

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