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Begich, a former state senator and Alaska Senate minority leader from Anchorage, said he has spent years working in villages across Alaska. He said his work in juvenile justice in the state’s smallest communities sets him apart in the crowded race for governor.
Rural Alaska
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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. -
Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaAccording to a recent story from the Northern Journal, an estimate from 2020 put the cost of protecting infrastructure in Alaska's threatened communities at $4.3 billion over the next half-century.
State News
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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. -
Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaTwo lawmakers who have been vocal advocates in the debate over a bill offering tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project joined "Talk of Alaska" on Tuesday. -
Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaMary Peltola spent campaign funds in 2025, when she was, on paper, a U.S. House candidate. The NRSC says she had no visible campaign so the spending "must have been for her personal use.” -
Katie Anastas/Alaska Public MediaPolice stopped Forrest Wolfe, Gov. Mike Dunleavy's deputy legislative director, after he nearly caused an accident in a busy area of Downtown Juneau.
News from NPR
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The pro-immigration leader is facing backlash at home and abroad after roughly 60,000 people crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave. -
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building. -
The FDA is poised to render a decision on Moderna's mRNA-based flu shot, which could be the first of its kind to market. The decision is expected to reverberate throughout the biotech industry. -
This summer marks a moment of transition in the Grateful Dead's long, strange trip: the first in many years where there is no clear center of the band's universe. Where do Deadheads go from here?
