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Alaska Offline: What’s happening around Alaska (Sept. 30-Oct. 7)

Arts and Culture The Alaska Current -
There's a lot happening around Alaska: fall festivals, a renaissance fair, races, art events, networking gatherings and more.
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Alaska Offline: What’s happening around Alaska this weekend (Sept. 23-30)

Arts and Culture The Alaska Current -
From Oktoberfest in Girdwood and a drag Lotería fundraiser in Anchorage to free train rides in Fairbanks and a local food festival in Soldotna, there’s plenty happening around Alaska this weekend.
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Alaska Offline: What’s happening around Alaska this weekend (Sept. 16-23)

Anchorage The Alaska Current -
Catch a comedy drag show, learn to curl, browse a market, or go hunting for mushrooms.
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What is MMHOP? Anchorage’s Missing Middle Housing Proposal heads to public hearing

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
The MMHOP proposal would allow more housing types, including duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in designated areas along major roads and transit corridors.
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Where We’re Anchored: August

Anchorage Victoria Petersen -
I was fairly confident this would be the first month I had no photos for my column.
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Alaska officials respond to mystery spill near idled Cook Inlet oil platform

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
State and industry officials and the U.S. Coast Guard were responding on Tuesday to an unexplained oil spill roughly 60 miles southwest of Anchorage in Southcentral Alaska’s Cook Inlet.
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Aurora Grand Theater brings second-run movies to downtown Juneau

Arts and Culture Rachel Levy -
This summer, the Aurora Grand theater opened its doors to downtown Juneau.
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Trump administration moves to repeal ‘Roadless Rule,’ open Alaska’s national forests to logging

Federal Government Rachel Levy -
The USDA is proceeding with its proposed repeal of the Roadless Rule, despite widespread opposition from the public.
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New rule allows dogs on Alaska’s Pribilof Islands for anti-rat duties

Environment Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
Dogs are not allowed as permanent residents, but they can now be enlisted in the ongoing campaign to keep the Pribilof Islands rat-free.
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An industrial park with data centers could be coming to the Mat-Su. Here’s how to weigh in

News Victoria Petersen -
A large industrial park and data center development is being proposed north of Houston. The state is taking public comment for one more week. Here’s what’s being proposed—and how you can tell the state what you think.
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