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Rachel Waldholz
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Alaska’s Energy Desk
Alaska residents need to apply at the state’s website, by 11:59 p.m. Mailed applications also need to be postmarked by today to be processed. Applications can also be delivered in person to PFD offices in Fairbanks, Anchorage or Juneau before 4 p.m.
Desiree Hagen
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KOTZ
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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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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. -
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.
News from NPR
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There's been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation. -
President Trump has announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out at the Justice Department. Her departure comes amid simmering frustration over her leadership and handling of the Epstein files. -
The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin. -
Historian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. Stay Alive is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.
