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Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why.
Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of ...
Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope
In Alaska, a public radio station general manager took a moment from a busy day warning her community about a possible ...
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Battling this invasive plant in Anchorage takes a team effort
Bird vetch is rampant in Alaska. Some Anchorage residents are coming together to prevent it from choking out native plants ...
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Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism
Both NPR and PBS receive money from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an independent nonprofit corporation Congress created in 1967 to receive and distribute federal money to public ...
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On downtown Anchorage's east side, new investments aim to bring vibrancy
The east side of downtown has been “neglected” for many years, said former U.S. senator Mark Begich, who’s developing the building under his firm MASH LLC. The overhaul is an effort to brighten the ...
A Surge of Earthquakes in Alaska Is Raising Red Flags
The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...
Trump administration order requires interior secretary to sign off on all wind and solar projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior ...
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Ships in port for the week of July 19
This information comes from the Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska’s 2025 schedule. Capacity figures in parenthesis were pulled from cruise lines’ websites.
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US Senate cancels $9 billion in previously approved funding from NPR, PBS, foreign aid programs
The rescissions bill will claw back $1.1 billion in previously approved spending for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, ...
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7.3 magnitude earthquake stirs tsunami warning along parts of Alaska’s southern coast
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning Wednesday after a ...
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July king fishery exceeds state’s target, leaving few fish for August opener
Southeast Alaska trollers caught more than anticipated in the summer’s first king opener, leaving few fish to catch for a ...