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Opinion: Why is this our only solution to helping evacuees from Typhoon Halong?

Commentary Opinion, The Alaska Current -
Last week, a fall storm hit the Western coast of Alaska, its focal point hitting the communities of the Seward Peninsula and Kotzebue Sound.
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Clean Water Town Hall calls for HFO ban

Commentary Rachel Levy -
This week, Juneau answered its last cruise ship port call of the season.
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Homer City Council certifies election results, all three incumbents re-elected

Elections Chloe Pleznac -
There were 222 additional absentee in-person, mail-in, and fax email ballots discovered on Monday, after the Canvas Board counted 196 absentee and special needs ballots on Friday.
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Current Cravings: A black coffee drinker’s guide to buying a PSL in Anchorage

Anchorage Jenny Weis -
Happy pumpkin spice latte season to all who celebrate.
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Fairbanks progressives win near-sweep in local elections

Fairbanks Matt Acuña Buxton -
Progressive candidate Mindy O’Neall’s victory over Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs headlined a nearly clean sweep of the area’s local elections Tuesday night.
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Creative Currents: The Stoop

Anchorage Sam Davenport -
Anchorage-based photographer Young Kim opened The Stoop in April.
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The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: A Baker’s Dozen

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton -
At this point, who isn’t running for governor?
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Journalists resign after Carpenter Media censors coverage to appease GOP lawmaker

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance got what she wanted, and now the Kenai Peninsula has four fewer working journalists.
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Alaska GOP Rep. Vance threatens boycott of Homer News over Charlie Kirk coverage

Local news Matt Acuña Buxton -
This story has been updated to more accurately reflect Kirk's quote on how Black women like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson "do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously.” Extreme-right Republican Rep. Sarah Vance this...
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Creative Currents: Danielle Morgan

Anchorage The Alaska Current -
After several difficult years, artist Danielle Morgan says that she finally feels able to tap back into her creative side. When the pandemic first began in 2020, Morgan had to work from home and essentially homeschool her daughter, which was...
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