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From Alaska Public Media — Alaska Gov. Dunleavy policy adviser who said ‘divorce is worse than rape’ resigns
An investigation I did for Alaska Public Media, with our partners at American Public Media, found that GOP Gov. Mike Dunleavy's new "pro-family" policy…
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No relief for beleaguered Southeast Alaska trollers as judge rejects request to keep fishery open
Alaska Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang said the state would appeal the denial immediately. But the clock is ticking before the scheduled…
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News Donuts: Ambler delays, a North Slope tax dispute and growing opposition to Alaska's LNG project
The mining company leading the Ambler mine project has shelved a planned summer drilling program amid delays to a related road proposal. Plus a property…
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Anchorage's electric utility elects two "clean energy" board candidates, re-elects incumbent chair
Friday's election of Susanne Fleek-Green and Jim Nordlund, who ran on “clean energy,” marked a significant shift. But the results weren't a wholesale…
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Interesting stuff: a Girdwood lodge proposal, a Dunleavy trip to Germany and seafood news
Alaska's governor and Kim Kardashian in the same place? A new tourism lodge in housing-starved Girdwood? Read on for more.
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As natural gas shortage looms, Alaska electric utilities and advocates are feuding over a renewable power bill
The two sides agree on the need to wean Alaska’s power grid from its deep dependence on natural gas. But they disagree sharply about how quickly the…
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New from Northern Journal: Interesting stuff
The inaugural edition of Interesting Stuff has items on the Southeast Alaska troll lawsuit, the timber controversy in Yakutat, a new pro-family advisor…
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Alaska’s university system says two science education leaders are on administrative leave
The system says Herb Schroeder, who leads the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program, is on non-disciplinary administrative leave, along with one…
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