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Author Lael Morgan, who chronicled the practical and provocative in Alaska, dies at age 86
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 28—Lael Morgan, an Alaska journalist who authored more than a dozen books including several essential works on the state and its history, died Tuesday in Anchorage. She was 86. Morgan's ...
Homeless below zero: After a man's death in a Fairbanks snowbank, a city reckons with emergency...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 11—FAIRBANKS — Charles Ahkiviana died here, just beyond the lights of a Fred Meyer parking lot. Two days before Christmas, a man on a smoke break found the 55-year-old's body frozen in ...
Indigenous men imprisoned for 18 years for Alaska murder settle for $5M after vacated conviction
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThree of the four Indigenous men who served 18 years in prison for a murder conviction in Alaska...
Investigators find holes in plane's floats after deadly Fairbanks crash
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 22—Heavy weight and holes in a plane's floats may have contributed to the aircraft overturning as it tried to take off from Fairbanks earlier this month, a preliminary report showed. The ...
Alaska newspaper publishers worry about bill ending some public notice requirements
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Alaska Senate voted without dissent Monday to allow the Department of Natural Resources to stop...
Longtime Brooks Range wilderness guide killed in floatplane crash after take-off attempt
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 7—A 75-year-old Fairbanks man died Wednesday after his floatplane flipped while taxiing after a take-off attempt, authorities say. Jerald Stansel was the owner of a longtime Brooks Range ...
Lawmakers to vote on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of $200 million education bill
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 18—Alaska lawmakers are set to convene in a joint session at 2:15 p.m. Monday to vote on overriding the governor's veto of a $200 million education funding package. Last Thursday, Republican ...
Is Ryan Walters boosting his national profile at the expense of Oklahoma taxpayers?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe state education department hired the firm to write speeches and op-eds and book Walters on at...
5 questions for David James, editor of the Alaska literary collection 'Writing on the Edge'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 2—With contributions from more than 30 Alaska essayists, journalists and novelists, the new collection "Writing on the Edge" attempts to represent the state from the inside — real stories ...
Buoy oh buoy, that's a hike! Minnesota native completes 5,000-mile trek from Key West to Northwest...
Grand Forks Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 4—NORTHWEST ANGLE, Minn. — A self-described nomad, Richard "Skittles" Larson says he was looking for the next big adventure after hiking several of the country's renowned national hiking ...