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Social affairsNov 8, 2022

Alaska voters to decide on constitutional convention

Voters are deciding if Alaska should hold a constitutional convention for the first time since the original convention in the 1950s

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LifestyleNov 7, 2022

Anchorage Zen Community seeks awareness sitting in silence

For more than three decades, members of the Anchorage Zen Community have gathered in unusual venues with the same intention: simply to sit and meditate in silence

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General newsOct 28, 2022

Climate Migration: Alaska village resists despite threats

The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is located on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near the Bering Strait that separates the U.S. and Russia, where it is constantly threatened by the effects of climate change

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Social affairsOct 28, 2022

Murkowski faces Tshibaka and Chesbro in Alaska Senate debate

Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Alaskans want results, not “partisan political rhetoric,” as she faced her Donald Trump-backed Republican rival Kelly Tshibaka in a televised debate

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Government and politicsOct 23, 2022

Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia

Alaska's senior U.S. senator says two Russian Indigenous Siberians were so scared of having to fight the war in Ukraine, they chanced everything to take a small boat across the treacherous Bering Sea to reach American soil

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Social affairsOct 20, 2022

Dunleavy defends record in governor debate with Gara, Walker

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy defended his record against sharp criticism from two major rivals during a televised debate

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Social affairsOct 7, 2022

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea

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BusinessSep 13, 2022

Assembly: Employee made harassment claim against Pierce

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly says Alaska Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce was asked to consider voluntarily resigning as borough mayor after a borough employee made what were deemed to be credible claims of harassment against him

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Government and politicsSep 2, 2022

Hughes becomes first Black director of Alaska State Troopers

Maurice “Mo” Hughes has been promoted to colonel of the Alaska State Troopers, becoming the force’s first Black director

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