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Jul 18 2018

Blockbuster has been in Alaska for more than 25 years, (Photo by Emily Russell/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska Blockbuster begins final inventory sales

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | Business, Interior, Southcentral

The two remaining stores in Fairbanks and Anchorage began their inventory sales, selling off DVDs, Blu-rays and video games. Even the racks they’re displayed on are up for grabs.

By Emily Russell, Alaska Public Media | July 18, 2018 7:11 am

Jul 17 2018

Nome musher Aaron Burmeister at the Iditarod Ceremonial Start in downtown Anchorage, March 1, 2014. Burmeister is one of the ITC board members who may be resigning soon. (Photo by David Dodman/KNOM)

Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Iditarod, Interior, Southcentral

The Iditarod announced Monday it had added four new members to the Iditarod Trail Committee board.

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | July 17, 2018 6:57 am

Jul 16 2018

Alaska Army National Guard armory in Stebbins

Alaska National Guard turns over rural armories for public use

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM | Arctic, Interior, Military, Southwest, Western

So far, 15 rural armories have been divested. The guard plans to divest 60 in rural communities total, mostly to municipalities.

By Gabe Colombo, KNOM | July 16, 2018 7:55 pm

Jul 16 2018

Fairbanks Four suit alleges misconduct, questions settlement agreement

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | Crime & Courts, Interior

Four Native men, known as the Fairbanks Four, allege racial bias driven police misconduct, including coercion of false confessions and fabrication of evidence, which lead to their being wrongfully convicted of a 1997 murder.

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | July 16, 2018 1:31 pm

Jul 16 2018

Denali photograph by Ansel Adams up for auction

By Associated Press | Arts & Culture, Interior

Adams’ original photograph of Denali and Wonder Lake is being sold in an online auction that ends Thursday, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

By Associated Press | July 16, 2018 7:13 am

Jul 12 2018

Interior utility breaks ground on test solar farm

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Interior

The solar array is a small-scale test and will be completed at the end of October.

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | July 12, 2018 3:05 pm

Jul 10 2018

Alaska AFL-CIO president says Walker has earned re-election

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Economy, Interior, Politics, Southcentral, State Government

Beltrami wants Walker and former U.S. Senator Mark Begich to reach an agreement that would leave only one of them in the race for governor.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | July 10, 2018 7:58 pm

Jul 10 2018

Alaska State Troopers. (Photo by Monica Gokey/Alaska Public Media)

Trooper identified in fatal Copper Center shooting

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | Interior, Public Safety

Glennallen-based Alaska State Trooper Kamau Leigh shot Eric Hash at a Copper Center residence early Friday morning. Troopers say family members called, saying Hash had assaulted one person, and others were in fear of being hurt.

By Dan Bross, KUAC-Fairbanks | July 10, 2018 7:31 am

Jun 28 2018

Missing airplane located with 2 on board dead

By Associated Press | Interior, Public Safety, Search & Rescue

KTUU-TV reports an Alaska National Guard helicopter on a training mission located the wreckage Wednesday afternoon about 30 miles southwest of Fort Greely.

By Associated Press | June 28, 2018 6:37 am

Jun 27 2018

DEC Contaminated Site Specialist Danielle Duncan thinks it’s unlikely the DDT and chlordane present a threat to human health, because it’s been re-buried and because so far only residues of the toxins have been found. (Photo courtesy Eielson Air Force Base)

Corps of Engineers halts cleanup after workers discover buried DDT-tainted junk

By Tim Ellis, KUAC-Fairbanks | Environment, Federal Government, Interior

The Army Corps of Engineers last fall halted cleanup of fuel-tainted soil near Birch Lake, about 60 miles south of Fairbanks, when workers uncovered buried junk that included barrels with residues of a different contaminant – the banned pesticides DDT and chlordane.

By Tim Ellis, KUAC-Fairbanks | June 27, 2018 8:15 am

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Alaska Blockbuster begins final inventory sales

Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism

Alaska National Guard turns over rural armories for public use

Fairbanks Four suit alleges misconduct, questions settlement agreement

Denali photograph by Ansel Adams up for auction

Interior utility breaks ground on test solar farm

Alaska AFL-CIO president says Walker has earned re-election

Trooper identified in fatal Copper Center shooting

Missing airplane located with 2 on board dead

Corps of Engineers halts cleanup after workers discover buried DDT-tainted junk

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