Alaska is a dud at the Great American State Fair
Visitors hoping to get a feel for Alaska’s greatness left disappointed. The governor’s office did not respond to questions about it.
Alaska News
LatestAlaska’s persistently high SNAP payment errors top nation for fourth consecutive year
Last year, 23% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Alaska ended up with significantly more or less in benefits than they should have. The national average was 11%.
As Arctic ship traffic rises, 2 new studies look at how that could affect marine mammals
In parts of the Arctic, traffic has been increasing as sea ice declines
Man who pled guilty to Murnane murder in Homer gets 87 years in prison
In February, 36-year-old Kirby Calderwood pleaded guilty to murdering Anesha “Duffy” Murnane. He accepted a plea deal through which state prosecutors dropped eight other charges in the case.
NPR
LatestA new law in California will clarify ‘sell by’ dates to reduce food waste
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nick Lapis of Californians Against Waste about the new law that standardizes food label “use by” dates and how that reduces consumer confusion and tons of food waste.
Construction is a man’s game. These women are demolishing the barriers
Women make up a miniscule 3% of construction workers in Kenya. But a nonprofit group is offering...
Pennsylvania’s proposed data centers are bringing strangers together in protest
Proposals to build six data centers in the small community of Archbald, Pennsylvania, have brought strangers together to fight the plans there — and elsewhere in the state.
Paul Pelosi in hit-and-run in California, car left with major damage, authorities say
The husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was involved in a hit-and-run in California that...
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