Alaskans Get a $1,312 Oil Dividend Check This Year. The Political Cost of the Benefit Is High
Written by BECKY BOHRER Nearly every Alaskan will receive a $1,312 check starting this week, their...
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‘A Little Scary’: Iditarod Begins With Smallest Field Ever
Written by MARK THIESSEN The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is...
Read MoreRural Alaska at Risk as COVID Surge Swamps Faraway Hospitals
Written by MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER One Alaska Native village knew what to do to keep out COVID-19. They put up a gate on the only road into town and guarded it round the clock. It was the same idea used a century ago in...
Read MoreAlaska Soup Kitchen Gets Large Food Donation After Crash
An official at an Anchorage soup kitchen said she received as a donation of at least 30,000 pounds of food on Christmas Eve from a local towing company after a truck carrying the produce crashed. Bean’s Cafe and Children’s...
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Tensions Rise Over Masks as Virus Grips Smaller U.S. Cities
Arguments over mask requirements and other restrictions have turned ugly in recent days as the...
Read MoreAt 90, Native Alaska Woman Will Be 1st Counted in U.S. Census
Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led. Her home now is an outpost on the Bering...
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Cooper, 10 Other Governors Encourage DACA Legislative Action
A bipartisan group of governors is asking Congress to protect individuals who were enrolled in the...
Read MoreThe Violin Lesson
What was the best Christmas present? For me, it would be something a family member made, like the pictures and the book my granddaughters made and gave to me last month. Or, maybe it would be the certificate for “free violin...
Read MoreNorth Carolina Books For Last Minute Gifts
Just in time for holiday giving, here are some good ideas about a variety of North Carolina related books, one or two of which might be perfect for a last minute gift. But first a bit of news about UNC-TV’s North Carolina...
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