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The Alaska Historical Commission has been asked to consider renaming a 344-mile river in Alaska’s Interior from Birch Creek to its Gwich’in name. The commission also is expected to take up whether to rename one of the river’s side channels when it meets Nov. 16. The Fairbanks Daily News reports that Birch Creek flows from…

Bethel is on its way to having its first football team. KYUK reports all Bethel Regional High School needs is funding, equipment, players, a coach and approval from the state. But administrators at the school in remote southwestern Alaska are confident the Warriors will field a team next year, likely playing games in the Anchorage…

Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers are at the scene of a 10-vehicle accident along a bridge on the Glenn Highway. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says she is unaware of any injuries in the Friday morning accident on the Knik River Bridge. According to Peters, the roadway is extremely slippery. She says the incident “looks…

In a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take root. Yet a creative kind of farming is sprouting up in the largely Inupiat community of Kotzebue. A subsidiary of a local Native corporation is using hydroponics technology to grow produce inside an insulated, 40-foot…

The state elections director says a lawsuit spawned by poll worker errors in the August primary election served as a teaching moment. Josie Bahnke says her division is ready for Tuesday’s general election. Bahnke said she feels good heading into the election, especially after providing in-person training with poll workers and listening to their concerns.…

On Thursday afternoon, the state charged Albert R. Cleveland of Quinhagak in connection with the raid of a Bethel home where law enforcement seized large amounts of heroin and cocaine.