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“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.”
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Rural Alaska
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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. -
Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaThe remnants of Typhoon Halong left a catastrophe in this Western Alaska village. The handful of people left there are determined — but face an immense challenge.
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Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaKipnuk and Kwigillingok residents continued to land Thursday night in Anchorage, carrying backpacks and plastic bags filled with their belongings as they exited a military transport plane.
State News
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Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaDunleavy did not provide a detailed description of his forthcoming fiscal plan, though some elements of the plan emerged Friday. -
Eric Stone/Alaska Public MediaThe attempt to override Dunleavy's veto fell 10 votes short. House Speaker Bryce Edgmon said it foreshadowed difficult debates over the governor's forthcoming fiscal plan. -
Matt Faubion/Alaska Public MediaOfficials say Typhoon Halong, the federal government shutdown and SNAP delays have made this holiday season a particularly fraught time for people struggling to stay fed. -
Patrick Gilchrist/KUACNorthwest Alaska's NANA Regional Corporation was holding what it called an informal meeting for Fairbanks shareholders inside the Westmark Hotel.
News from NPR
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Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics. -
She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WXXI listener Jonathan Black and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz. -
The deaths of three U.S. servicemen mark the first American casualties since the start of operation "Epic Fury" on Saturday.
