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Bureau of Land Management approves route for Ambler Road
The route would span 211 miles from the Dalton Highway and cross Gates of the Arctic National Park to get to the Ambler Mining District in Northwest Alaska.
Some Lower Yukon villages are going on lockdown to stop spread of COVID-19
Alukanuk could lift their lockdown as soon as next week.
‘One-stop shop’ social services center planned for Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley
United Human Services, in collaboration with The Glory Hall and other service providers, is coordinating the development of the Southeast Community Services Campus.
Gardentalk – How to reuse your kitchen food waste as nutrients for your garden
Materials decompose or break down into basic nutrients that benefit a flower or vegetable garden.
Anchorage residents should not have gotten tsunami phone alert after Aleutian quake, warning center says
Officials and cell providers are looking into why the alert went to some Anchorage cell customers.
Southcentral Foundation fires senior executive and two dentists for falsifying health records
Independent investigation found health records attributing routine exams to dentists who did not perform them.
Juneau man’s arrest raises questions about racial profiling
During an assembly meeting on race and policing, a Juneau resident said he was mistaken for another man with a Spanish name.
Lawsuit says Alaska’s idea to send vote by mail requests to seniors is unconstitutional
A lawsuit over the state’s decision to automatically send absentee ballot applications only to those 65 and older is headed to federal court. The lawsuit alleges that the action unconstitutionally discriminates against younger voters. Anchorage lawyer Scott Kendall filed the lawsuit on behalf of several plaintiffs. “Our lawsuit’s very simple: You want to help people…
Gov. Dunleavy says state workers, visitors in state buildings now required to wear masks
The idea, he said, is to help contain the surge in cases of COVID-19 in Alaska.