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Federal shutdown leaves funding for several Alaska Head Start programs in limbo
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Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Assistant teacher Annita Kuo works with students in a pre-kindergarten classroom at Kids’ Corp, which provides Head Start programs in Anchorage, on April 8, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) A trio of Head Start programs in Alaska could be in jeopardy of...
Owner: Ryan Binkley
The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska’s Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies
The Trump administration is moving to take Arctic lands that have never seen industrialization and open the doors wide for fossil fuel drilling. The Interior Department announced on Thursday, Oct. 23, that it has opened the entire 1.56 million...
Owner: Earthjustice
The US opens up the Alaska Wildlife Refuge to oil and Gas Development
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World Energy News - Connecticut
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The Trump administration announced on Thursday a series steps to open the Alaskan wilderness for energy and infrastructure development. This includes resuming leasing of oil and gas in remote Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior...
Owner: Greg Trauthwein
What it takes to keep Utah’s Zion National Park open during the government shutdown
Yes, the government is still shut down. But if you look at the mass of people crisscrossing Zion National Park’s main visitor center, you might never know there’s federal gridlock. There are signs, though. A red sandwich board on the sidewalk asks...
Owner: University of Utah & American Government
Canada's Gateway To Alaska Just Got A Billion-Dollar Boost After A Record Breaking Cruise Season
Demand for cruising is soaring to warm-weather destinations like the Caribbean—but there's another underrated region that's been on travelers' radars for decades. It's a destination cruisers can't stop raving about, and Royal Caribbean's newly...
Owner: Sam Youseff
Alaska Airlines restores operations after tech outage grounds flights
MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS / JAN. 18, 2024 Alaska Airlines commercial airplanes are shown parked off to the side of the airport in San Diego in 2024. UPDATE: 10:05 p.m. Alaska Airlines officials said its operations were restored as of 8:30 p.m. (Hawaii...
Owner: Todd Carpenter & Canso Investment Counsel
Trump issues disaster declarations for Alaska and other states but denies Vermont, Illinois, and Maryland
President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for...
Owner: Gray Television Inc.
Russia hopes Trump continues to seek peace in Ukraine — Lavrov
MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. Moscow hopes that US President Donald Trump continues to seek peace in Ukraine and remains committed to the frameworks developed at the Russia-US summit in Alaska, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "The...
Owner: Russian Government
Pressure builds on Congress to end shutdown; quick breakthrough appears unlikely
Key Takeaways: Millions of Americans could lose SNAP food assistance by Friday as funding runs out. Federal workers and service members are missing paychecks amid the ongoing shutdown. Democrats demand health care subsidies and ACA funding in any...
Owner: Russ Roenick & Ken Firtel
Alaska man shares video of his home floating away during typhoon with him INSIDE
An Alaska man whose home and two dogs were swept away by a typhoon drifted for nearly a mile inside it before being rescued. Steven Anaver was caught up in the devastating storms which ravaged western Alaska on October 12. His Kwigillingok home...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
Alaska fishing community updates through the shutdown
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National Fisherman - Alaska
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October 21, 2025 When the federal government shut down on October 1, the impacts stretched far beyond Washington, D.C., reaching all the way to the working waterfronts and fishing communities of Alaska. According to the Alaska Marine Conservation...
Owner: Hildreth Family
Alaska seafood to be featured in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade thanks to cruise line
Holland America Line, a cruise ship company headquartered in the US city of Seattle, Washington, wrapped up its 2025 Alaska cruise season earlier this month, completing 117 voyages and serving a whopping 125,000 pounds of Alaska seafood, according...
Owner: Tom Seaman
As government shutdown continues, Houston is on the front lines of helping feed military families
Military families are turning to emergency food boxes as paychecks remain uncertain. HOUSTON — The showdown in Washington continues with little sign of an end to the ongoing shutdown. We are now on day 23 of the shutdown and its ripple effects are...
Owner: TEGNA Inc.
“Ordinary Handling”: Alaska Airlines Initially Offers $50 After Tearing Passenger’s Suitcase Apart
A passenger traveling with Alaska Airlines discovered that his checked suitcase had been “shredded” upon his arrival at San Francisco. Such incidents are rare, but can still happen, and in this case, Alaska Airlines initially offered just $50 in...
Owner: Sam Youseff
Trump Administration Restores Oil and Gas Exploration in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is resuming oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska. Official sources in the administration confirmed the news. The move allows oil and gas companies to...
Owner: Terentyev Petro Alexandrovich
AP Business SummaryBrief at 9:44 p.m. EDT
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Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, high-profile cryptocurrency figure WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Zhao served prison time...
Georgia ranks among states with least family-owned businesses
Georgia ranks among states with least family-owned businesses IN OTHER NEWS – New data reveals that Georgia is ranked among states with the least family-owned businesses in the country. Release: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, family...
Owner: Black Crow Media
Trump gives disaster declarations to Alaska and others but denies Illinois, Vermont and Maryland
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Newsday - New York
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President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for...
Owner: Patrick Dolan
Wisconsin Chief Justice Jill Karofsky: Political violence is on the rise
Days after a man was charged with stalking her, Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Jill Karofsky told a forum in Madison that political violence is “on the rise.” Speaking at a luncheon hosted by WisPolitics Thursday, Karofsky said that safety...
Owner: Educational Communications Board & University of Wisconsin-Madison
Afognak Tribal member named "Warrior of Light" at Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
Malia Villegas has family ties to Kodiak and Afognak Island, a community that was forever changed by a tsunami generated by the magnitude 9.2 earthquake in 1964. During Villegas’ acceptance speech at AFN on Oct. 17, she pointed out that Afognak or...
Owner: Kodiak Public Broadcasting Corp. & American Government