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“We see bears being killed by other bears, we also see occasionally adult bears killing each other … but our understanding of the non-traumatic deaths is fairly uncommon,” said Troy Hamon, chief of resource management for Katmai National Park & Preserve.

The Haines Borough government wants biomass fuel to heat 10 municipal buildings in town from a central location.

The school began accepting applications last week. As of Monday, five potential students have applied.

The declaration asks the governor to declare an emergency and allocate recovery funds to the city to help rebuild the school and repair city equipment, among other requests.

Project director Judy Dougherty said population projects have become much more conservative. The new financing outlook depends on a minimum of 18,000 vehicles a day paying a toll to cross the bridge.

Gary Freitag thinks tunicates were brought to town many years ago on timber ships, which would explain why their populations are bigger closer to the center of Ketchikan.

“He took the power of values, the power of kindness and the power of caring to improve people’s lives,” said Sealaska CEO Anthony Mallott.

France has reinstated border controls that Europe had abandoned in recent years as they reel from Friday night’s sophisticated terrorist attacks, which left at least 120 dead.

U.S.Navy’s first namesake for Alaska’s capital city was sunk 73 years ago Friday during the naval battle of Guadalcanal. Only 10 sailors out of 697 survived.

Caroline Miller is a dual U.S. and French citizen. From her home in East Anchorage, she’s keeping in touch with her cousins on Facebook.

Gov. Bill Walker cites finances, not job performance, as the reason he fired most of his Washington office, and then decided to keep associate director Nathan Butzlaff, on the job.

A state researcher challenges persistent narrative and modern language implying that local Tlingits were assimilated or simply vanished.

There are two different Juneau events this weekend to raise awareness about heroin addiction. This year, seven people have died from heroin-related deaths.

But another popular believe has it that $50 oil is the new normal. If fracking for oil in the Lower 48 became cheaper, and if new stability in the Middle East allowed countries like Iraq to step up production, prices could remain low for years to come.

Bob Loescher was Sealaska’s CEO from 1997 to 2001. He headed up the Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s housing and electrical authorities and was a subsistence-rights activist.

Two top University of Alaska executives have resigned. The heads of statewide finance and human resources have stepped down following meetings with UA’s new president.

“I’m not happy. I’m not satisfied with the way the data was rolled out,” said Education Commissioner Mike Hanley.

“It was unreal. I remember standing in front of my print while people were approaching and talking to me, and I was just kind of like outside of my body watching myself, like, ‘Is this really happening?’”

Meteorologist David Kochevar at the National Weather Service office in Anchorage said his agency clocked wind speeds of 91 mph at the Dutch Harbor Airport and 93 mph at the Akutan airport.

City Attorney Robin Koutchak said a suit has not been filed, although the city has received several requests for public records.