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The city collected water samples from 10 homes during a routine check in August. Two came back above the Environmental Protection Agency’s lead action level of 15 parts per billion, which triggers extra testing, public notice and a review of how the water is treated.
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Rural Alaska
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Dustin KoehlerThe plane crashed onto an ice floe after experiencing “severe icing conditions," killing all nine passengers and the pilot. -
Katie Basile/KYUKThe state Department of Fish and Game says the bear culling is working, but critics say there's no proof. -
Desiree Hagen/KOTZ“Our people need to be heard in their voice,” said Aucha Kameroff, the group’s leader. “One of the voices that we have as people in rural Alaska, or any place, is by voting.” -
Paige Sparks/KTOOFederal officials recently announced that households that lost food purchased with federal food assistance will be able to have some of it replaced.
State News
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James Oh/Alaska Public MediaAlaska has allowed individuals to contribute unlimited sums to candidates since a federal appeals court struck down the state’s limits in 2021 as unconstitutionally low. Ballot Measure 1 aims to limit the influence of big-money donors on state and local elections. -
Chris Bieri/Anchorage Daily NewsThe hope for the relaunched Anchorage Press is to get back to its alternative, mid-'90s roots. -
Liz FergusonRepublican candidate Click Bishop for governor and his independent running mate, Greta Schuerch, visited Kotzebue last week, as part of a statewide tour ahead of the August 18 primaries. -
Clarise Larson/KTOOEpidemiologists don't know yet whether the cases are part of the national outbreak centered in the Midwest. They urge Alaskans to wash fruits and veggies and get tested if they feel sick.
News from NPR
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Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an independent review into how the school handled a former student's rape allegations. -
More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figures, with thousands of arrests. -
Hill co-starred in HBO's Somebody Somewhere and has hosted drag king shows and queer cabarets. "This is my mantra … if you don't see yourself represented, go out and represent yourself," he says. -
Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.
