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Yearly Archives: 2022

Gone to pot: Man on loose after Bethel bud shop robbed at gunpoint, shots fired, employee injured

Late Monday night, a man wearing a "Res Alaska" logo jacket entered the Alaska Buds store on Third Avenue in Bethel, carrying a duffle...

Mayor Bronson announces budget vetoes

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced his budget vetoes to the expanded budget of the Anchorage Assembly. The mayor's 2023 budget of $583 million was delivered in...

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6, 2021 events at Capitol

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader of the Oath Keepers organization were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for a plot to foment...

Respect for Marriage Act passes Senate with Murkowski and Sullivan voting ‘aye’

The controversial "Respect for Marriage Act," which is the Democrats' bill to enshrine gay marriage at the federal level, has passed the Senate. The yes...

Stebbins store fire leaves one third of community without power

A major fire at the one store in Stebbins, Alaska on Monday has left one third of that western Alaska community without power, and...

Eruption disruption: Are you heading to Big Island?

The world's most active volcano, Mauna Loa, began erupting Sunday on the Big Island of Hawaii, sending ash high into the atmosphere and creating...

By the numbers: Modest turnout for ’22 general election, and Peltola comes up short compared to Don Young in ’20

Alaska's 2022 general election saw a modest turnout of voters: Just 266,573 of Alaska's 601,795 registered voters cast ballots, a 44.30% turnout. Although Alaska's...

World Health Org: Monkeypox is racist, now will be known as mpox

The World Health Organization will begin using “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox because scientists say that the word monkeypox is "racist and stigmatizing...

Shotgun wedding? Senators Murkowski, Sullivan vote to advance ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ for gays, lesbians

Alaska's two U.S. senators voted in lockstep with Democrats to advance House Resolution 8404, which will repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and replace...

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