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The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority will hire an entity to look at its overall performance after SalmonState issued its unflattering review.

Jessie Holmes was medevaced from Golovin to Nome and then flown again to Anchorage for additional care.

Relatives told police the man described drinking with his girlfriend in Centennial Park before going to a nearby grocery store where they fought, according to charging documents.

“Don Young moved mountains for Alaska, it’s only fitting we name one after him — even if it is a bit unpredictable,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a statement.

The bill would create an office of food security in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bronson said he plans to close the campground Friday, locking the gate and the bathrooms and shutting off electricity and water. The city hasn’t yet said where people there will go.

After the remnants of Typhoon Merbok devastated dozens of Western Alaska communities, the governor and Alaska’s congressional delegation asked the federal government to increase coverage of eligible emergency costs from 75% to 100%.

The review was conducted on behalf of SalmonState, a conservation group. The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority responded that it has distributed close to $450 million in dividends to the state.

Fourteen people have died in custody so far this year, and the state is on track to see the highest number of in-custody deaths in 10 years, an ACLU official said.

The state health department will retire its Wednesday data summaries, instead continuing to provide information in a weekly update that focuses on COVID-19 and flu.

The federal investigators’ report offers a rare official view of dysfunction that alumni and families have long described at North Star Behavioral Health System campuses in Anchorage.

The bridge is the same one that was struck in 2018, a collision that prompted a detour and major traffic jams.

Removing the debris is expected to take several days, and city officials have concerns about more storms moving into the area by week’s end.

The eight-month investigation into Angela Rodell’s ouster led to a 65-page report, which was released Wednesday.

In its second year, the contest allows a cub to advance into the main draw to compete against the fattest in the field.

Kierra Foxglove, 18, was five or six weeks pregnant when she died early Monday, according to a sworn affidavit filed with charges.

An assistant principal said the school learned about “a threat to cause harm on school grounds” Wednesday morning.

Retired state trooper Lonny Piscoya will lead outreach efforts for the missing and murdered Indigenous persons initiative and will assist the Alaska Bureau of Investigation with active and cold case investigations involving Alaska Natives.

If approved by voters in November, a constitutional convention would enable elected delegates to revisit the state’s constitution, which could bring major changes.

The landslide triggered by record rainfall also prompted the evacuation of about a dozen residents. No injuries were reported.

If Gov. Dunleavy’s request is approved, the federal government would pay 100% of eligible recovery costs for 30 days.

Scientists last month noticed new movement on a slope on the Barry Arm fjord, but they’re uncertain of the potential dangers.

The board is also on track to pick a new CEO. But first, a legislative committee on Wednesday is set to release a final report on the removal of former CEO Angela Rodell.