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Anchorage dentist who defrauded Medicaid and extracted patient tooth while riding hoverboard 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 2 1760
Don Young brags about having never used a computer; Alaska news organizations don't report it 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 3 1300
Former SAExploration executive arrested on charges of wire fraud, securities fraud 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 0 1324
Alaska judge blocks ballot printing after candidate raises "clear" legal questions about design 0 sl8 Sep 2020 Sep 2020 0 1493
Why the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge may not be drilled 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 1492
Rocket Launched by Space Start-Up Astra Crashes in Alaska 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2020 Sep 2020 1 1364
Alaska's Attorney General Resigns Hours After We Published "Uncomfortable" Texts He Sent to a 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2020 Aug 2020 12 2185
Trump administration to pause permit for Alaska's Pebble Mine on Monday 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 Aug 2020 0 1469
Murkowski condemns Trump tweet predicting election fraud: 'This is not leadership from the White 3 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 7 2195
'Never Trump' Republican group targets Dan Sullivan in new ad buy 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 4 1527
Governor announces all nonresidents will have to arrive in Alaska with negative COVID-19 tests 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1696
Anti-LGBTQ discrimination to be banned in Ketchikan following unanimous City Council vote 1 TexasTowelie Jul 2020 Jul 2020 1 1503
Court blocks timber sale in Alaska's Tongass Forest 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1579
Upstream portion of BP Alaska sale to Hilcorp is on track for state approval 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1242
Alaska's governor and attorney general say Anchorage's mask mandate doesn't apply to state offices. 4 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 3 1901
Dunleavy administration issues illegal permit for American flag on Flattop Mountain in closed door 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 1478
Seward band urges testing for Fairbanks concert-goers after members test positive for COVID-19 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 5 1413
Anchorage businesses report an uptick in masks following mandate, though compliance isn't universal 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2020 Jun 2020 1 1289
Alaska's 'Into the Wild' bus, known as a deadly tourist lure, has been removed by air 2 sl8 Jun 2020 Jun 2020 2 2247
Herd immunity 'not really a viable strategy' in Alaska's COVID-19 fight, physicians say 3 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 0 1855
Depending on how meeting goes, lawmakers could find themselves back in Juneau 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 0 1544
Alaska snowbirds allowed to drive home through Canada 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 1 1629
Thousands of summer workers are headed to Alaska from Outside, where the infection rates are higher 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 2 1498
Face coverings not required on state-run Alaska ferries 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 0 1328
Princess and Holland America cancel remaining 2020 Alaska cruises 0 TexasTowelie May 2020 May 2020 1 1466
Portland band Portugal The Man offers to send banned books to kids in Alaska 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2020 May 2020 11 1550
ConocoPhillips slashes Alaska production amid glut, pandemic 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1764
Even an 'optimistic' oil forecast shows Alaska running out of savings in 2021 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 1 1947
'Black widow' Wasilla mother dies in hospital while incarcerated 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 3422
National Guard needed to clean up Anchorage homeless camps, city officials say 1 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 2 2085

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With ban on non-urgent surgeries, Juneau hospital says it's losing $250,000 a day 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1487
New state mandate OKs quarantine shelters for emergency workers, homeless 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1354
Wall Street Journal report casts doubt on Hilcorp's $5.6 billion deal with BP Alaska 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 1675
'BP is leaving me like roadkill as it slinks out of town' 14 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Apr 2020 13 5691
Hundreds of BP Alaska employees begin to move on, with a mix of feelings from 'bittersweet' to 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2040
'It's crazy, and then it's just peaceful': Iditarod mushers set out for Nome from Willow 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 1542
A boy and his 3 cousins went missing after a blizzard in rural Alaska. 3 sl8 Feb 2020 Feb 2020 7 2533
Kennecott Mines: An Alaskan Ghost Town 1 douglas9 Jan 2020 Jan 2020 4 2162
Aleutian Islands volcano erupts, sending ash cloud over Bering Sea 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 1788
Alaska city and police officer agree to $325K settlement 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1355
UA digging out from its near destruction 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 2 1504
Hilcorp does not benefit 'all Alaskans' 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1357
Despite Dunleavy plan, Alaska legislators are skeptical of big dividend 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1430
Abortion-veto lawsuit against state may proceed, judge rules 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1526
Stronger winds in store for Northwest Alaska in coming decades, scientists say 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 1 1417
Bill would give Alaskans an advisory role in Arctic shipping 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 3 1709
After bruising first year, new Dunleavy budget trades cuts for big PFDs and deficit spending 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2019 Dec 2019 0 1481
State will pull new ferry from shipyard to help cut-off Southeast towns 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2157
Alaska group seeking to raise oil taxes sues state, claiming 'inaccuracies' in review 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 1445
Could tiny nuclear reactors power Alaska villages? 5 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 2347
State: BP sale of Alaska assets to Hilcorp clears federal hurdle 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1438
Top Alaska marijuana regulator fired from job 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1607
Moving Day: 'Compound' Squatters Evicted 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1675
Dunleavy revenue commissioner resigns as state budget proposal deadline approaches 3 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1782
Alaska governor's recall effort on hold as judge sides with state on timeline 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 0 1484
Alaska university taking PB&J as payment for parking tickets 2 TexasTowelie Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 2128
Welcome to Anchorage, where NFL stands for No Fucking Liquor 7 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 2264
1 passenger dead in Unalaska crash of PenAir plane flying from Anchorage that injured 10 others 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1737
Dunleavy wants White House to consider fast-tracking Prince of Wales rare earth mine 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1574
The recall campaign against Gov. Dunleavy, and the defense, are accelerating even before 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1680

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Turmoil at University of Alaska takes its toll 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1661
Alaska leads nation in chlamydia, second in gonorrhea 6 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2355
Dunleavy draws both protests and applause at Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1650
No confidence vote, delay shake up University of Alaska 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 1473
Climate change is already scary in Alaska 1 TexasTowelie Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 2273
Insurance-focused political group fined $5,500 after decade of failed disclosure 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1899
In support of Trump, Alaska Republicans cancel presidential primary 2 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1853
Governor visits controversial mine project north of Haines 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1454
State files lawsuit against public employee union 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1683
UA President says cuts, possible consolidation won't affect accreditation 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1604
Marooned: Cordova braces for a winter without ferry service 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1684
Scientists suspect retreating sea ice is changing the color of Alaska's tundra 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 9 1921
30 million acres of public land in Alaska at risk of being developed or transferred 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 2071
In small Alaska city, Native women say police ignored rapes 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 1474
News of BP's departure sends shock waves through Alaska nonprofit world 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1703
Internal email casts uncertainty on future of BP Alaska employees 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1651
Dunleavy dismisses Alaska Railroad board chairman who supported recall effort 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1566
UA president suggests slowing down restructuring timeline under smaller budget cut 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1507
Hilcorp sale will cost state $30 million annually in lost revenue, former tax officials say 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 0 1526
UA overturns exigency, but a return to the extreme measure is not off the table 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 1705
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