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Fairbanks fair drag show cancelled because of threats to staff, executive director says
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF/KTUU) - After the Tanana Valley State Fair Association board decided to cancel a planned Fairbanks summer drag show over what the fair’s executive director has characterized as threats to staff, Alaska News Source spent weeks examining last month’s decision, revealing a still divided Interior debating where the LGBTQ+ community belongs in how different community members define family-friendly.
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Dispute over firewood leads to deadly shooting in Willow, troopers say
Alaska State Troopers say a Willow man was fatally shot Monday night, after a dispute over carrying firewood escalated to violence. Jared Higgins, 31, is charged with second-degree murder and three counts of third-degree assault in the death of John Sibole, 49, according to an online dispatch. In a charging...
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Troubled and inactive oil company assessed $6.34 million fine for leaving Alaska wells unplugged
Alaska regulators have ordered an inactive oil company to pay more than $6 million in fines for failing to properly close and plug North Slope oil wells that it left as long ago as 2007. The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission assessed the fine in an order issued on Friday against Brooks Range Petroleum, […]
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A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say
A volcano near Alaska's largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased. The Alaska
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Iditarod musher tried to press emergency beacon, but race officials say they didn’t receive signal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - When rookie musher Brenda Mackey scratched from the 53rd Iditarod in Tanana last Wednesday, race officials released a now-retracted statement saying she arrived with 14 healthy dogs in harness. But that wasn’t true. Mackey told Alaska’s News Source this week that she had activated her...
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Once again, Alaska will study building a road to Juneau
A decades-old proposal to build a controversial road between Juneau and the communities of Haines and Skagway was put to rest in 2016. But that just changed. The state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities unveiled plans last week to launch a new study to examine the feasibility of building a road – and other infrastructure – that it says could create more cost effective and reliable transportation for the region. It plans to pay a firm at least $1 million for the study, due at the end of the year.
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Alaska volcano’s eruption ‘likely,’ could send ash to state’s population centers within weeks
The likelihood of an Alaska volcano’s explosive eruption not far from the state’s largest city has increased, according to researchers. Officials with the Alaska Volcano Observatory reported Wednesday morning that flights over the volcano on Friday and Tuesday detected increased gas emissions from Mount Spurr, about 80 miles west of Anchorage and the closest active volcano to Alaska’s population centers. The gas emissions show that new magma has formed under the volcano, which “indicates that an eruption is likely, but not certain, to occur within the next few weeks or months,” the researchers’ update says.
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Thousands lose power after truck hits utility pole
Almost three thousand people in the Soldotna area lost power late Tuesday afternoon. That’s after a vehicle crashed into and knocked over a utility pole along the Sterling Highway near Mackey Lake Rd. The outage impacted multiple traffic lights in Soldotna and was restored within about an hour. At...
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Alaskan church saves homeless seniors from freezing, invites them to live in parking lot
Every year, Anchorage, Alaska averages 75-80 inches of snow, with winter temperatures often dipping down to 11°F to 15°F. The weather makes for beautiful, picturesque photos of a city tucked below snow-capped mountains, but it also makes for a very difficult life for locals experiencing homelessness. That’s why...
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Anchorage judge dismisses lawsuit challenging trans-Alaska gas pipeline on climate grounds
An Anchorage Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline as incompatible with the state constitution. The suit, filed last year, alleges that the founding laws of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. are incompatible with the Alaska Constitution’s guarantee of equal access to natural resources because the liquefied natural […]