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Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz to challenge Rep. Nick Begich in 2026 U.S. House race
An Anchorage pastor announced Monday that he is running for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Nick Begich. The Rev. Matt Schultz, of Anchorage’s First Presbyterian Church, is a registered Democrat with an...
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Alaska SNAP benefits at risk in November amid ongoing federal government shutdown
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Alaskans who rely on SNAP benefits could face disruptions as the federal government shutdown continues. The state Division of Public Assistance says federal authorities have ordered states to stop issuing SNAP benefits for November due to a lack...
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Alaska Organized Militia Continues Historic Evacuation
OCTOBER 21, 2025 – The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations in support of the State Emergency Operation Center following the 2025 West Coast Storm as the mission focus, pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s declaration of...
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‘We’re in God’s hands now’: A dispatch from flood-hit Western Alaska
By Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal October 22, 2025 60 Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back. Community members in the Western Alaska village of Kwigillingok embrace Thursday, Oct. 16, as military and commercial aircraft...
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Trump’s carbon tax defiance sparks global climate tensions; Russia moves near Alaska
Trump’s carbon tax defiance sparks global climate tensions; Russia moves near Alaska Trump's refusal to comply with a proposed global carbon tax on shipping has sparked international tension, with the UN scaling back its push for the policy. The...
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Alaska LNG milestone will boost family-wage jobs
The $44 billion Alaska LNG project is approaching a major milestone with the completion of its front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for an 800-mile natural gas pipeline, expected by December 2025. This development could secure long-term...
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Alaska Federation of Natives convention celebrated Indigenous resilience
Mary Annette Pember ICT ANCHORAGE — The theme of this year’s Alaska Federation of Natives convention, “Standing Strong, Standing United,” was especially prescient as the state’s Indigenous population joined together to help residents affected by...
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Media coverage of Venezuela boat strikes paints incomplete picture
[Karah Rucker] THERE ARE SOME BASIC RULES OF JOURNALISM 1-0-1 – AND I’VE FOUND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS ORGANIZATIONS AREN’T FOLLOWING THEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE MAJOR STORY ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY STRIKING BOATS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA. A...
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Alaska’s Boys & Girls Club pauses clubhouse operations
The Boys & Girls Club of Southcentral Alaska, which operates 20 clubhouses around the state including in Ketchikan and Metlakatla, has temporarily paused clubhouse and athletic operations effective Monday. The move comes after funding challenges...
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Alaska State Troopers called to chaotic Houston meeting as council selects new mayor
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Alaska State Trooper Toma Caldarea monitors a Houston City Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, as members of th public watch the proceedings. (Amy Bushatz / Mat-Su Sentinel) HOUSTON — Alaska State Troopers responded to a Houston City Council...
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Municipal election results are in: Voters approve tax cuts, new city leaders
Juneau voters have spoken, showing strong support for cutting sales and property taxes, and electing some new faces to the Assembly and Board of Education. The City and Borough of Juneau released the certified election results Tuesday afternoon....
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Policereport.Info Expands Service To Alaska, Making It Easier For Residents To Obtain Crash And Police Reports
(MENAFN- GetNews) Plymouth, Massachusetts - October 21, 2025 - PoliceReport, the private website that helps people request official police and accident reports, is now serving Alaska. With coverage across all 355 cities and boroughs, the platform...
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Tom Emmer criticizes Tim Walz and Chuck Schumer in recent social media posts
Tom Emmer, U.S. Congressman representing Minnesota’s 6th district since 2015, has posted a series of critical statements on social media targeting state and national political figures and policies.On October 20, 2025, Emmer criticized Minnesota...
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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...
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Alaska fishing community updates through the shutdown
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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...
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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...
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More than 66,000 Alaskans will lose food stamps within weeks if government shutdown continues
If the federal government shutdown continues, more than 66,000 Alaskans will lose federal food aid within weeks, the state of Alaska is warning. On Monday, the Division of Public Assistance within the Alaska Department of Health said that the...
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The State Economies Getting Crushed by the Housing Crisis
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, home prices in the United States have climbed twice as fast as incomes. Now, millions of Americans are effectively priced out of the market. Surging home prices are due in large part to a historic...
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Final Juneau election results show seasonal sales tax fails, tax cut measures pass
Assembly District 2 candidate Nano Brooks smiles as he waves signs in the Mendenhall Valley on Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Voters chose not to implement a new seasonal sales tax system in Juneau next year,...
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Alaska’s biggest city gets grant for preservation projects in the municipality’s outskirts
Before Alaska’s largest city was founded, there were well-established small communities in the area. Now the municipality of Anchorage has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. National Park Service for historic preservation, tourism development...
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