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South Korea economy likely returned to growth in Q2: Reuters Poll
WTVB - Michigan
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By Rahul Trivedi BENGALURU (Reuters) -South Korea’s economy likely returned to growth last quarter, supported by a modest rebound in exports and a gradual recovery in domestic demand, a Reuters poll of economists found. After contracting 0.2% in...
Maine shouldn’t take a backseat to Alaska in plans for the Arctic
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 22, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Darryl W. Lyon of Bangor is a retired lieutenant colonel who is...
Alaska Tsunami Warning Had Residents Scrambling for High Ground After M7.3 Quake
Insurance Journal
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July 18, 2025
Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday, but officials quickly downgraded and then canceled a tsunami warning for the region. There were no...
Downtown Anchorage shooting that left 23-year-old man dead began with bar fight, police say
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Anchorage police investigate an early morning shooting outside The Gaslight on Fourth Avenue on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Anchorage police say a downtown shooting early Sunday began with an altercation in The Gaslight and ended with...
‘Paperwork nightmare’: Thousands wait as Alaska public assistance struggles continue
Alaska Public Media
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July 22, 2025
Thousands of Alaskans are still caught in backlogs as they try to get government benefits intended to help people facing disabilities and poverty. That’s despite a yearslong effort by state officials to keep up with paperwork. And some say the...
The Silver Year
Roads & Bridges
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July 28, 2025
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Roads & Bridges’ Top 10 awards series, which annually recognizes the most outstanding North American road and bridge projects. The honored projects are innovative and creative feats of engineering, improving...
Vanstock Alaska-Community, connection, and culture mark first-ever gathering
Mat Su Valley Frontiersman - Alaska
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Hundreds of vans, RVs, and converted school buses coming from as far away as Austria and Argentina converged on Boyd Bison Ranch in Palmer for the first-ever Vanstock, an event focusing on nomadic living, sustainability, community, and financial...
World News | Australian Parliament Resumes After Labor's Landslide Election Victory
Latestly
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July 22, 2025
Melbourne, Jul 22 (AP) Australia's Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the centre-left Labor Party won one of the nation's largest-ever majorities in the May elections. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked the traditional owners...
Democrats have their challenger for Sen. Dan Sullivan — and she works for an Alaska newspaper
Must Read Alaska
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July 21, 2025
Alaska Democrats appear to have found their challenger in the 2026 US Senate race. Ann Diener, a Democrat and newspaper sales executive at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, filed to run against incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, who has served...
Alaska’s Schools Face Cuts as Governor’s Veto
Sol de Medianoche - Alaska
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Alaska’s Schools Face Cuts as Governor’s Veto Deepens Emergency by pedro graterol Alaska faces an education emergency after deep budget vetoes, stalled override efforts, and millions withheld in federal funding. Alaska’s education crisis, which...
Alaska quake strike, Senate pulls plug on public radio alerts
Your Alaska Link
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This was the scene late last night: cars and yard tools shaking, people rushing to evacuate, and a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocking the remote town of Sand Point, roughly 600 miles from Anchorage. A tsunami warning was issued shortly...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:44 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
Letter: Where’s the engagement with Alaska from Sullivan and Begich?
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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While I’m not in agreement with some of the tough votes she’s taken lately, I appreciate Sen. Murkowski’s willingness to engage with Alaska residents and media to explain her thinking and answer questions. Every time I read about the reaction to...
What grounded every Alaska Airlines flight in the U.S.?
Government Technology
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July 21, 2025
Aviation’s IT woes continue. On Sunday night, Alaska Airlines and its subsidiary Horizon Air were forced to ground all flights due to a computer problem. At 11 p.m. EST, the airline requested a systemwide ground stop from federal aviation...
Beaver Creek, parts of Alaska Highway in Yukon under evacuation alert
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 22, 2025
North·New A wildfire north of Beaver Creek, Yukon, has prompted a warning to residents of the community, as well as parts of the surrounding area, to be prepared to leave in case of an evacuation. Residents should be prepared to leave in case an...
PBS And NPR Are Generally Unbiased, Independent Of Government Propaganda And Provide Key Benefits To US Democracy
MENAFN
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July 21, 2025
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote in the U.S. Senate to erase US$1.1 billion in already approved funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting called their action a refusal to subsidize liberal media....
Alaska US senators split votes on cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid
Alaska Beacon
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July 18, 2025
Alaska’s two U.S. senators voted differently on a bill requested by President Donald Trump to block federal funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting. The cuts include $1.1 billion for public broadcasting over two years, with more than $20...
US: Alaska Airlines Restores Operations After Equipment Failure at Data Centre Grounds All Planes
Latestly
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July 21, 2025
New York, July 21: Alaska Airlines has resumed flights after the failure of a critical piece of hardware forced the airline to ground all its planes for approximately three hours, but the effects will linger into Monday, the company announced. The...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 6:55 p.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says WASHINGTON (AP) — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that...
Anchorage Residents Share Frustrations Around Ordinance Against Homelessness
Sol de Medianoche - Alaska
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The Assembly chambers were limited to standing room only on the evening of June 24th, where Anchorage residents waited hours to testify on AO 2025-74. The ordinance seeks to criminalize camping on public property with penalties of up to $2,000 in...