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Alaska Game Board approves using dogs to hunt coyotes
FAIRBANKS — Hunters trying to kill coyotes in the Delta Junction area will have a new tool to assist them starting July 1.The Alaska...
Trips canceled for refugees planning Alaska relocations
ANCHORAGE — A social service agency that handles all refugees moving to Alaska says a disabled Somalia woman and two Ukraine families were scheduled...
Alaska lawmakers mull spending cap amid deficit
By BECKY BOHRERThe Associated PressJUNEAU — Alaska has never violated its constitutional spending cap, but many Republican lawmakers consider the limit too loose and...
What’s next for the Dakota Access, Keystone XL pipelines?
By BLAKE NICHOLSON
The Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — President Donald Trump’s executive actions on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines are aimed at turning...
Alaska estimates $1.5M cost to comply with federal ID law
JUNEAU — A state agency estimates it will cost at least $1.5 million for the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles to become compliant with...
Alaska lawmakers convene session expected to focus on budget
By BECKY BOHRERThe Associated PressJUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers on Tuesday convened a regular legislative session expected to focus on addressing the state’s multibillion-dollar budget...
Army plans Dakota Access oil pipeline environmental study
By BLAKE NICHOLSONThe Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. — The Army has started the process of launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion Dakota...
Funding to remove Alaska’s island feral cattle cut 2nd time
By RACHEL D’OROThe Associated PressANCHORAGE — U.S. government funding for the possible removal of more than 2,000 feral cattle from Alaska’s Chirikof Island has...
Health care law benefits for Alaska detailed as changes loom
By BECKY BOHRERThe Associated PressJUNEAU — An estimated 36,000 uninsured Alaskans got health care coverage under President Barack Obama’s signature health care law between...
Hearing reset for lawsuit against new Alaska town name
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska judge has rescheduled a court hearing in a lawsuit challenging the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town.The...