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Alaska Gasline Development Corporation missed another deadline to complete its takeover of the LNG project. The company still needs control of Kenai Peninsula land and an export permit to complete the takeover.

Judge Pat Douglass had a front row seat as state’s criminal justice reforms, SB 91, rolled out over past few months. She says while she agrees with the underlying philosophy, the mechanics have been lacking.

To honor the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers last weekend, a group of advocates gathered in Anchorage. They said one way to reduce violence is to make information sharing safer, especially with law enforcement.

After the results of the November election, more than half of U.S. states have now authorized medical marijuana. And eight of those states also allow recreational marijuana. So if pot helps some humans feel better, then how about people’s best friends?

The Juneau Public Library recently celebrated the addition of 30 local oral history interviews to the its permanent collection and archive.

Above the Arctic circle, there’s no daylight on the solstice. Fairbanks has about 3.5 hours. Anchorage, 5.5 hours and Juneau a bit more than six hours.

Juneau School District is the second district in Alaska to make an honor roll awarded when schools improve participation and performance in Advanced Placement exams.

This year, for the first time, the federal government made tens of millions of dollars available to relocate a small Native village threatened by climate change. But that village is in Louisiana, not Alaska.

President Barack Obama has designated the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.

Alaska’s Revenue Source book covers taxes, oil and the state’s budget. This year’s book is a mixed bag of good and bad news for the state’s bottom line.

“Even if it’s not quite how I wanted it, I think it’s time to get moving toward implementation,” said assembly member Jesse Kiehl.

Animal control officials have deemed about 16 dogs in Juneau dangerous or potentially dangerous and are subject to the new rules.

Law enforcement officials identified the bodies of Mark Matter, 62, and his wife Cecilia Matter, 63, of Aniak. The two were longtime residents of the small Alaskan village, and leave behind an impossible-to-fill void for friends and family.

Two Alaska Airlines flights were struck by lightning Monday, causing them to be removed from service so they could be inspected for any damage.

Gov. Bill Walker proposed cutting about 45 positions and $3.5 million from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2018 budget last week, significantly smaller than the $11.5 million in cuts over the last two years.

Kennewick Man is an ancient skeleton found along the banks of the Columbia River by students in 1996. The discovery caused a legal battle between Northwest tribes and scientists.

President Obama went out of his way to highlight Alaska villages threatened by rapid erosion during his visit to the state last year. But as Obama prepares to leave office, most of those villages find themselves no closer to a solution.

Two meetings scheduled this week to discuss an Alaska State Trooper vacancy in Haines have been postponed.

The largest Haines State Forest timber sale in decades is moving forward. The State Division of Forestry selected a bidder for the 855-acre Baby Brown sale on Thursday.

The ceremony went without incident, except for one man sitting in the back row holding up a sign that read “Don’t let Putin win!”