- School District proposes reinstating 86 classroom positions
There's going to be 57 fewer classroom teachers in the Anchorage School District if the school board moves forward with budget adjustments announced Friday by Superintendent Ed Graff.
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- Kicking off Native Youth Olympics
2014 Native Youth Olympics gallery: Hunter Wilson, left, and Wyatt Knowles of Valdez play hackeysack outdoors while awaiting the Grand Entry of Teams at the 2014 Native Youth Olympics on…
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- Spring cleanup is dirty work
Workers kick up a cloud of dust, illuminated by the setting sun, while cleaning a parking lot south of 15th Avenue. The weather is moving into a cloudier pattern, but…
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- Conference committee set to resolve education bill versions
The Senate finally passed the education bill Monday afternoon, little changed from the version on its agenda since last week.
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- Photos: Seahawks Super Bowl MVP visits College Gate school
Seattle Seahawk linebacker and Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith does warmup exercises with sixth-graders at College Gate Elementary School on Friday.
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- Wayne and Wanda
Unlucky in love? Wayne and Wanda offer their advice in matters of the heart.
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- US soldier buried with Germans at end of WWII may finally be coming home
Mistaken for a German soldier and buried with the enemy at the end of World War II, a U.S. soldier may finally be coming home thanks in large part to…
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- Alaska National Guard members face accusations of sexual misconduct
A dozen members of the Alaska National Guard face charges of sexual misconduct in what members of the guard call a severe problem in the ranks.
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- Conway Seavey nabs another Junior Iditarod crown
Following in his family's paw prints, Conway Seavey of Sterling claimed his second Junior Iditarod championship Sunday, outdueling Ben Harper for a two-minute victory in the 132-mile sled dog race.
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- Reynolds repeats as Fur Rondy sled dog race victor
Accepting his trophy with his lead dog, Guts, Arleigh Reynolds told the crowd that this would be his last Rondy race.
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- Blues Central owner looks back at shift in Anchorage nightlife
As he prepares for Blues Central's last jam session, this weekend, Frank Dahl reflects on a career in restaurants and bars across Alaska, and how the nightlife scene has changed…
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- Health insurer that refused federal HIV/AIDS payments sued by advocates
An advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to force insurance companies in Louisiana to take payments from a federal program that helps HIV and AIDS patients.
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- Lawmaker warns of legalized marijuana's social costs
House majority members on Thursday were asked about the potential tax revenues for the state should voters approve an initiative this summer legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.
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- Feds: No more false starts on Alaska gas pipeline
Federal agencies are ready to work on an Alaska liquefied natural gas project but don't want another false start, state lawmakers were told Wednesday.
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- Buccaneer seeks state rebates after Homer gas well comes up dry
Buccaneer Alaska LLC plans to plug and abandon a closely watched natural gas exploration well near Homer that came up dry despite a $9 million drilling program. Now Buccaneer wants…
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- What Alaska's top state officials were paid in 2013
Top executives in state government made very good money in 2013, and University of Alaska officials were among those at the top of the list, according to a newly released…
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- Market Fresh: Ninilchik smoked salmon takes top prizes in seafood contest
Tilgner's ruby red smoked sockeye, a new product from Ninilchik, took the grand prize, people's choice award and first place in the smoked seafood category at last week's Alaska Symphony…
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- Minimum wage initiative makes August ballot
An initiative letting voters decide whether to raise the minimum wage in Alaska has met the minimum signatory requirements to be on the Aug. 19 ballot.
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- Student debt may hurt housing recovery by hampering first-time buyers
The growing student loan burden carried by millions of Americans threatens to undermine the housing recovery's momentum by discouraging, or even blocking, a generation of potential buyers from purchasing their…
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- Lawmaker challenges Parnell administration on commitment to renewable energy
In 2010, the state adopted an energy policy that, among other things, set a goal of having 50 percent Alaska's electric generation come from renewable and alternative energy sources by…
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