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Alaskans already love their mittens. Are they having their moment everywhere else, too?

Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary in Alaska was the first since Sanders announced earlier this week that he was dropping out of the presidential race.

State and union representatives met this weekend with a federal mediator to discuss contract negotiations.

During a Juneau Chamber of Commerce forum, Gov. Bill Walker asked former state Sen. Mike Dunleavy about $1.1 billion in budget cuts he said he would make in January 2017.

The son of the Vermont senator and 2016 presidential candidate is seeking a congressional seat in New Hampshire. Sanders’ stepdaughter is running for mayor of Burlington, Vt., an office he once held.

Legislation that would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Democrats tried repeatedly kill or weaken the measure, but they failed to stop the advance of the drilling measure.

The effort to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling made a baby step forward Wednesday in the Senate, with the debut of a Republican budget plan in a committee.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Interior Department sat for a confirmation hearing today, chaired by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. She used the opportunity to condemn the Obama administration for its many resource protections in Alaska.

The 2016 election was divisive and nasty and full of insults and innuendo. But let’s look at the brighter side — here are 10 lighter moments from 2016 that weren’t so bad. Some are actually funny.

Alaska’s energy future, and it’s economic one are inseparably linked.But which presidential candidate can best help the state navigate that future? That depends on who you ask.