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This week’s word is dziskʼw, which means moose.

The high school junior is being charged as an adult for multiple counts of first- and third-degree assault for allegedly causing an explosion that severely injured five at a party at White Sands Beach in Kodiak.

A new bycatch fight has erupted over a small pollock fishery not far from urban Alaska, in the waters of Prince William Sound, east of Anchorage.

City leaders have maintained that the temporary measure is imperative. Some residents say they’d rather have a long-term solution than a short-term plan.

The proposed year-long exploration of that land would involve geologic mapping, soil surveys and drilling. They’re looking for minerals like lead, zinc and silver.

The new forecast is more pessimistic about the state’s oil-money prospects over the next few years than was the department’s previous forecast, released in March.