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“I think I know the gospel pretty well,” a White House spokeswoman said after the House passed a health care bill without the official legislative scoring, “and I’d say the CBO is not the gospel.”

At this time last year the nonprofit Alaska Commercial Fishermen’s Memorial in Juneau counted 211 names on the memorial wall. The memorial is meant to honor all of Alaska’s commercial fishermen.

Fish and Game biologist Patrick Jones says the animal most likely floated over from the herd on Nunivak Island.

Polling experts have conducted an autopsy on exactly why so many polls were off in the run-up to the 2016 election. They found that state polls were far off, in part because of late-deciding voters.

President Trump campaigned on fighting the opioid crisis. Now a preliminary White House budget document, obtained by NPR, calls for significant cuts to the office quarterbacking the federal response.

Already 129 people have filed to run for president in 2020. Among them: Donald Trump. Prominent people are considering it, but these elections receive outsize attention compared to office’s power.

The person overseeing the Alaska Marine Highway System is leaving his post. Capt. Mike Neussl submitted his resignation May 4 and his boss accepted.

Eastman hasn’t backed down from comments he made earlier this week. He said “rather than taking the word of my constituents or my word that we have a hearing to delve into how our funds are currently being used.”

One man wearing a red tank top clearly winds up and slugs a woman in her face, nearly knocking her off her feet.

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski suggests using a plot of nice, loose, well-drained soil that was not used for potatoes last year.

“In randomized trial after randomized trial, people randomized to counseling plus buprenorphine or buprenorphine or Suboxone by itself do equally as well in terms of their recovery,” said family physician Steve Martin. He was speaking to a group of primary care providers at a conference.

After criticism that the controversial Corey Lewandowski promised access to the president and hadn’t registered as a lobbyist, he’s stepping aside and says he will focus on speaking engagements.

These kinds of military encounters are happening all across Russia’s sphere of influence, and add up psychologically to create a sense of the country’s global reach, explains Heather Conley with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Ok, here’s a test. Please try and do this without the internet. Can you name five famous female visual artists? On average, the people I asked came up with about two–Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe were the most common answers. The inability of most people to answer that question is part of the motivation for…

There are few signs of progress on reaching compromises on the budget and a long-term plan to pay for it.

It can be hard to choose what concerts to see at the 15-day festival. Here’s a little help.

Teachers from around Southeast Alaska will gather in Juneau next month to discuss culturally responsive education.

The country’s state-run news agency issued a rare broadside against Beijing, its most important trade partner and ally, for “its reckless act of chopping down the pillar of the DPRK-China relations.”

The version of the American Health Care Act passed by the House eliminates taxes on corporations and wealthy people and shrinks Medicaid coverage. A chart breaks down who would be affected and how.

The $1 trillion omnibus appropriations legislation would keep the government running until September.