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If the White House’s request had been approved by Congress, several projects in Alaska would have ended as early as this summer.

As glaciers retreat in Southeast Alaska, scientists are trying to figure out how that will impact the marine environment.

The Twin Lakes playground destroyed by arson was insured — to a point. The policy carries a $100,000 deductible that will have to be matched.

The feds have extended the comment period over Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s application to put downtown parcels into trust. The City and Borough of Juneau had asked for more time to review proposal which could exempt the tribal organization from its jurisdiction.

Tanana Chiefs Conference General Counsel Natasha Singh said her organization would support drawing money from the Permanent Fund — if the solution is balanced.

Gov. Bill Walker is set to serve a two-year term on the Council of Governors after an announcement Monday from President Donald Trump.

The Sitka Hospital Board has prepared a budget for next year that cuts back surgical coverage to half-time, and phases out obstetrical services altogether. Although the plan intentionally hands over childbirths in Sitka to SEARHC’s Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, the administration at Sitka Community believes their clinic can still provide strong pre- and post-natal services. While…

A California-sized chunk of the Arctic will remain designated as critical polar bear habitat. That’s the effect of a U.S. Supreme Court order Monday declining to hear an appeal from the state of Alaska, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and an oil industry trade group.

The Trump administration says there’s no evidence the program works, but supporters say that thinking is misguided. Some even call it a “godsend.”