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At the end of June, 19-year-old Mackenzie Wilson of Eagle River died in a Humvee crash. Her mom is demanding answers from the military.
"It’s now six and a half months and I’m still trying to get information and that’s excruciating," she said.
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Last fall, after a typhoon hit Alaska, tried to translate info about disaster relief into 2 Indigenous languages. The final products weren't translations at all. Here's the story from
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People across Alaska are running into egg shortages. Many are posting photos on social media of empty shelves and trying to crowdsource where they can buy eggs. Rural areas are getting hit especially hard.
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A look back: Here are 10 of the stories our readers spent the most time with this year, reported by journalists at Alaska Public Media and at our partner public radio stations:
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I love listening to Alaskans share their well wishes on this sweet show each year. Tune in! ❄️
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It's that time of year: Alaska Public Media's Holiday Greetings from Across the State starts now!
Here's how to tune in to our annual tradition, and how to share your messages:
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“The recent snowstorms have made clear that despite being a winter city, the municipality is not equipped to deal with a significant snow event,” said Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance.
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A snow day scene in three acts, starring Duke the dog
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Should I shovel my roof? Is the city planning to remove snow from neighborhoods? Here are answers to eight questions about Anchorage’s snowpocalypse.
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We want to hear from you: Reporters and are covering the third day of Anchorage school closures.
Have kids in school? We're looking to talk to families about closure impacts. Our DMs are open or reach us at news@alaskapublic.org.
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“Looking at the store, I mean, I grew up with it all my life, and so did practically everyone here. It was our only store standing," said Lydia Raymond-Snowball. "Now it’s gone."
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🗳️ It’s Election Day!
Voting in Alaska? Here are some reminders.
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Debate for the State with Alaska's U.S. Senate candidates will get going in about ten minutes.
This is statewide affairs reporter Kavitha George (), I'll be your live-tweeter for the night! Here's how to tune in:
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Kavitha George (), statewide affairs reporter, here! 👋
Debate for the State with U.S. House candidates will start in about 15 minutes. I'll be live-tweeting highlights here.
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Alaska’s 4 U.S. House candidates are debating at Alaska Public Media’s studio tonight.
Details on how to watch/listen/stream
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Tune in tonight to our debate with U.S. House candidates. It starts at 7 p.m.
Here's how to watch:
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Voting thread: Early voting for Alaska's Nov. 8 general election starts today! 🗳️
Here's a few tips to keep in mind if you're headed to the polls before Election Day. (1/)
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“To enjoy our heritage, up there on the stage, and share with everyone, with our ancestors around us, it was amazing," said Elizabeth Tugatuk, with the Chefornak-based Yup’ik dance group Acilquq.
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'Out of nowhere, bam, here’s this big old huge fish': Longtime North Pole resident Shannon Dhondt said she's keeping her dogs away from a neighborhood gravel pit after a northern pike attacked her husky named Murphy.
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The resolution approved by AFN delegates describes the lack of access to veterinary care as “an ongoing public health crisis” that is severely impacting the quality of life in Alaska Native communities.
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. is hiring interns for the spring and summer, based in Anchorage. The application deadline for the spring is Nov. 15 and for the summer is Dec. 31. Learn more here:
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Artist Arias Hoyle just released a new music video with help from kids in Nanwalek.
"I really like to manifest both my Tlingit side and my African-American side into music," he says. "Essentially, I make Afro-Indigenous hip-hop.” buff.ly/3RYiyyt
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Kitty Douglas is the youngest of 15 people to die in Alaska jails and prisons this year. Seven of them, including Douglas, died within two weeks of going into custody.
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Melting permafrost and severe erosion have plagued Newtok for decades.
The most recent storm brought waves so fierce, the water claimed roughly half of the 80 or so remaining feet of land between the school and the edge of the Ningliq River.
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Cool to see this collaboration happen w/ a tremendous amount of work from who has been talking to Alaska voters for months about the information they want before heading to the polls.
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Check out our new candidate comparison tool.
You can sort through where Alaska’s statewide candidates stand on the issues, plus view their campaign finances and voting records.
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So grateful to have been able to work on this with Ed Boyda and ! Read the piece here: grist.org/project/accoun
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WINNER: Feature, Small Newsroom: @grist, @coastalaska, @earthrisemedia and @pulitzercenter for Road to Ruin. awards.journalists.org/entries/road-t #OJA22
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"Unfortunately there is probably millions of dollars of damage going outside the city,” said Nome city manager Glenn Steckman, as local concerns over storm damage shift to areas east of town.
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Western Alaska residents continue to take stock of the damage and, in some areas, they're bracing for the weather to worsen.
Photo from Lola Cernek in Hooper Bay. Read the latest in our story, reported in collaboration with and :
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New reporting in collaboration with found Joe Gerace lied his way into more than a high-paying job running the Anchorage Health Department.
He also deceived a state commission, the Alaska State Defense Force & the state health department. (1/)
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Our updated story: Mary Peltola will be the first Alaska Native person to serve in Congress.
“I will have that distinction,” she says. “But I think what’s most important is that I’m Alaskan and being sent to represent all Alaskans.”
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Active duty airmen will soon drive school buses for students at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. It’s the latest effort by the Anchorage School District to address an ongoing shortage of bus drivers.
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In Anchorage and free in 45 min? Join us at the Loussac library to talk elections! 🗳 🗳 🗳
(And if you can’t make it tonight, check out next week’s virtual event or in-person meet-up in Eagle River: alaskapublic.org/2022/08/02/vot)
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Free pizza, new connections, and civics? What could be better?!?! Join @AKpublicnews and @AlaskaBeacon tonight at 5:30 at the Loussac @anchlibrary for a community conversation. We'll be on the 4th floor. Kids activities, too.
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Days upon days of rain, plus a glut of precipitation earlier in the year, have amounted to the wettest year on record in Anchorage through mid-August, even when factoring in the drought conditions earlier this summer.
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Aurora Elementary School welcomed 200 new students today from the now-closed Ursa Major Elementary.
“I told parents last night, ‘You’re not guests here. You’re part of our family,’” said principal Margaret Jones.
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Anchorage School District officials say they'll divide students into three cohorts. Each cohort will have bus transportation for three weeks in a row, and then go six weeks without.
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Journalists @lex_treinen and @curtisgilbert explain the reporting that went into their story about former Anchorage health director Joe Gerace's faked credentials.
Take a listen:
alaskapublic.org/2022/08/10/how
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Joe Gerace, who resigned suddenly as Anchorage health director on Monday, tried to pass himself off as a high-ranking officer in the Alaska National Guard.
He isn’t one.
That's one of six takeaways from our investigation with .
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