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Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes' HOUSTON (AP) — Doris Brown’s home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system. Her...
County will study economic impacts of cannabis industry
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Methow Valley News - Washington State
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Moratorium on new operations extended to 2026 It’ll be at least six months until new cannabis farms can start up in Okanogan County, a pause the county will use to try to understand the economic impacts of the industry. The Okanogan County...
Owner: Don Nelson
Trump Administration’s Alaska Lands Giveaway
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced a series of decisions that increase threats to Alaska landscapes, wildlife, and local communities. In a...
Owner: Zachary Shahan
Glenfarne Grows Alaska LNG Commercial Momentum With Tokyo Gas Agreement
Five Agreements in Seven Months Totaling More Than Half of Project Volume ANCHORAGE, Alaska & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Glenfarne Alaska LNG, LLC (Glenfarne), and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. today announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the...
Owner: Thomas Allen
Solana Company (HSDT) teams up with Helius and Anchorage Digital for staking
Solana Company (HSDT) on Thursday partnered with Helius Labs and Twinstake to offer its customers non-custodial staking services. The Company also revealed it would be staking its SOL holdings directly from custody at Anchorage Digital Bank....
Owner: Karnika Yashwant
AROUND ALASKA: Tourism Survey, Kodiak Cleanup, and Candy Cane Hunt!
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Sitka Tourism Survey Residents of Sitka are being asked for their thoughts on the 2025 tourism season. The City and Borough of Sitka has launched an "End-of-Season Tourism Survey" online. Leaders want to know how *residents* think everything went...
Owner: Bill Fielder
AP Business SummaryBrief at 2:10 a.m. EDT
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Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Lacking community resilience centers, Houston neighbors opt for solar-powered 'hub homes' HOUSTON (AP) — Doris Brown’s home in Northeast Houston becomes a refuge for neighbors during power outages thanks to her solar panel and battery system. Her...
Trump administration plans to open Alaska wildlife refuge to oil, gas drilling
Juneau, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the...
Owner: Newhouse Family
Trump Reopens Alaska’s Arctic Refuge to Oil and Gas Drilling
The Trump administration has moved to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling, reversing one of President Biden’s signature environmental restrictions and cementing Alaska’s return to the energy map. The Interior...
Owner: James Stafford
Australian Navy makes Northern Territory the hub of its amphibious architecture
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Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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ASPI’s The Strategist argues that Darwin is becoming the practical anchor of Australia’s amphibious posture, linking basing, industry, and community in the north. The analysis lands as the ADF fields Canberra-class LHDs and accelerates new Army...
Owner: Alain Servaes
Ground stop issued for all Alaska Airlines flights due to ‘IT issue’
Alaska Airlines has issued a full ground stop for all flights due to an IT issue. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] "Alaska Airlines is experiencing an IT outage affecting operations. A temporary ground stop is in place....
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Here’s how 5 Republicans just stood up to Trump on major issue
Five Senate Republicans just joined with the Democrats to block President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on Brazil—marking a rare moment of defiance from the GOP. Trump announced in July that he would be imposing a 50% tariff on goods from Brazil,...
Owner: Newhouse Family
Critics warn of disturbing 'extermination campaign' enabled by new government policies: 'Unjustifiable'
Advocates are pushing back. by Alyssa OchsOctober 24, 2025 The Peruvian government is considering easing restrictions on oil and gas drilling to allow dirty energy companies to extract more nonrenewable resources. If several proposed bills are...
Owner: Dave Finocchio & Anna Robertson
SNAP benefit for November 2025: Will you get the check, how US government shutdown threatens 40 million beneficiaries and are you legally bound to receive SNAP benefits
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which feeds over 40 million Americans, faces a potential funding crisis starting November 1, the USDA warns. At least 25 states, including California with its 4.5 million SNAP recipients, may...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to drilling
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of...
Owner: American Government
A downtown Greenville restaurant is closing, the second in less than a week
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The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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GREENVILLE — The Main Street restaurant Foxcroft Food and Wine announced it would serve its last customers Halloween night. The announcement comes in the same week that Mr. Crisp — an elevated seafood restaurant in the Overbrook community — said...
Owner: Manigault Family
U.S. Alaska Airlines grounds all flights due to IT outage
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Xinhua News Agency
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Alaska Airlines grounded all its flights nationwide on Thursday evening due to an unspecified technology outage. "Alaska Airlines is experiencing an IT outage affecting operations. A temporary ground stop is...
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Dog evacuations continue from Western Alaska villages hit hard by remnants of Typhoon Halong
As evacuees from villages like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, Nightmute and Tuntutuliak boarded military helicopters bound for safety, many had no choice but to leave their dogs behind. The mass evacuations from Western Alaska villages in the wake of...
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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
Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz, who warned about Christian nationalism, to challenge U.S. Rep. Nick Begich
Anchorage First Presbyterian Rev. Matt Schultz, a progressive and very online reverend who worked to raise the alarm about the rise of Christian nationalism in American politics ahead of the 2024 elections, will be taking his advocacy to the...
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