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Trail Blazers: Carrot Quinn

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
For Carrot Quinn, long-distance hiking is both an outlet and an excuse to be outside.
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Alaskans lost $43 million because the GOP let popular health insurance subsidies expire

Health Matt Acuña Buxton -
Alaskans who relied on federal subsidies to make health insurance nearly affordable lost out on more than $43 million.
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AIDEA discovers reasons to keep $268,000 study secret

Commentary Dermot Cole -
It was three weeks ago that Randy Ruaro told legislators that he knew of “no reason” why he would continue to keep a $250,000 state-funded study of AIDEA secret.
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‘Delicate balance’ election bill clears the House, on track to pass the Legislature

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska House on Monday passed a long-awaited elections reform bill described as a "delicate balance" of progressive and conservative priorities.
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Legislators consider cutting pot taxes, but the industry is split on move to sales tax

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton -
One of the long-running legislative goals of Alaska’s recreational marijuana industry is to graduate from the original tax structure from 2014.
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The Anchorage Dating Diaries: Back on the apps

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
Well… the apps are just as I remembered. 
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With volatile oil prices, Alaska Republicans bet on the upside

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton -
Trump’s war with Iran will probably drive up Alaska’s oil prices by just enough.
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Pressing Silence: Rebecca Poulson, Woven in Water

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
Standing just outside of Pioneer Bar, then, just downwind from ANB Harbor, Rebecca Poulson cruised up next to me on her bicycle.
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Trail Blazers: Jody Potts-Joseph

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Jody Potts-Joseph likes to say she was “raised in the back of a dog sled.”
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Sights and Sounds of the 2026 Iditarod

Arts and Culture Emily Sullivan -
Saturday morning brought heavy, relentless snowfall to downtown Anchorage for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod.
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