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A legacy unboxed: Diane Carpenter’s papers come home to Alaska
Last month, five large boxes were hand-carried from Alamos, Mexico, across the U.S.-Mexico border to Tucson, Arizona. There, ...
The Nation on MSN4d
Saving Sinking Homes
Each year, the home sinks six inches. When the marshy land engulfed the original flooring from her childhood home, Chase laid ...
Alaska Public Media6d
Lawmakers fail to override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of school funding bill
Concerns over the state's ability to pay for the $1,000 per-student increase in basic funding, given its worsening fiscal ...
Anchorage Daily News5d
Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy’s school funding veto
With a month left in the legislative session, multiple lawmakers said it would be difficult to craft an education measure ...
Morningstar6d
Statement from Sophie Swope, Executive Director, Mother Kuskokwim Tribal Coalition, on Barrick Gold exiting the Donlin Gold project:
BETHEL, Alaska, April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I ... and legal risks—and completely lacks a social license to operate. It would include a massive 471-foot tailings dam in a seismically active ...
Anchorage Daily News4d
Alaska Senate committee proposes $700 per-student school funding formula increase, following veto
The amended version of House Bill 57 remains in committee, which means it could be further amended to include policy changes ...
Yahoo5d
Alaska Legislature fails to override Dunleavy's school funding veto
23—JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature on Tuesday failed to ... BSA increase would be unaffordable based on current revenue. Bethel Democratic Sen. Lyman Hoffman, co-chair of the Senate Finance ...
Petersburg Pilot4d
Alaska Legislature votes to uphold governor's veto of significant education funding boost
The Alaska Legislature has voted to uphold Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that would have significantly increased the funding formula for Alaska’s K-12 public schools. Dunleavy vetoed House Bill ...