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PublishedJuly 8, 2024
Alaska tourist spot to vote whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays
The voter initiative sets the stage for a debate about how much tourism is too much in a city that is experiencing first-hand the impacts of climate change.
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PublishedMay 25, 2024
Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November
Alaska’s new electoral system – with open primaries and ranked-choice voting – has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box.
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PublishedApril 19, 2024
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve
The U.S. oil industry’s top lobbying group says new rules are 'misguided.'
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PublishedMarch 11, 2024
Two dogs die during 1,000-mile Iditarod, prompting call from PETA to end the race across Alaska
The dogs' deaths on Sunday prompted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, long the Iditarod's biggest critic, to call for race's end.
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PublishedApril 18, 2023
Odd spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska night sky
The sight was exotic, but the cause was simply excess fuel that had been released from a SpaceX rocket that launched from California about 3 hours before the spiral appeared.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2023
Biden approves major oil drilling project in Alaska over protests
The administration, in a move in the other direction toward conservation, earlier said it would bar or limit drilling in some other areas of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2023
Swarm of quakes at Alaska volcano could mean eruption coming
The Alaska Volcano Observatory raised the alert level to advisory status for Tanaga Volcano after earthquakes intensified.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Biden administration recommends oil drilling in Alaska
The decision on the Willow project – which some environmentalists have dubbed a 'carbon bomb' – is politically perilous for President Biden, who campaigned on pledges to end new drilling on public lands.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2023
Victims in Alaska polar bear attack were mother and 1-year-old son
What happened this week is almost unheard of because polar bears are normally far out on the ice in the dead of winter and not close to villages.
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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin among 3 to advance in Alaska U.S. House race
Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have also advanced to the special election in August for Alaska's only U.S. House seat.
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