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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 10h

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for @alaskabeacon.com

Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon

Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds…

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 20h

The Alaska Supreme Court said in a Friday order that a lawsuit over the state's Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon management should be dismissed because it didn’t challenge a specific policy, law or regulation. (via @alaskabeacon.com) www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Alaska Supreme Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit challenging Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon management

The state’s high court said that because the lawsuit didn’t challenge a specific policy, law or regulation, the case should be dismissed.

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 1d

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would allow Alaska Natives to continue sales of traditional ivory art in states that have passed laws banning the ivory trade. www.adn.com/politics/202... (via @alaskabeacon.com)

US Senate passes bill intended to shield Alaska Native artists from states’ ivory bans

The bill has the support of the Alaska Federation of Natives, World Wildlife Fund and Eskimo Walrus Commission, plus various Alaska Native groups and corporations.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Alaska education officials walk back proposal to restrict local governments’ funding for schools, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska education officials walk back proposal to restrict local governments’ funding for schools | Alaska Beacon

Officials with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development have walked back a proposal to limit local governments’ funding for public schools, instead asking the State Board of Education…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

National Republican campaign group must comply with subpoena, Alaska Supreme Court says, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

National Republican campaign group must comply with subpoena, Alaska Supreme Court says | Alaska Beacon

Since 2022, the Alaska Public Offices Commission has been seeking documents that could show whether the group acted illegally.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Amid tight budget picture, $50 million investment draws scrutiny from legislators and governor, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Amid tight budget picture, $50 million investment draws scrutiny from legislators and governor | Alaska Beacon

State lawmakers are expecting to spend hundreds of millions of dollars from the Constitutional Budget Reserve next year.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Alaska Supreme Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit challenging Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon management, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska Supreme Court upholds dismissal of lawsuit challenging Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon management | Alaska Beacon

If the court had allowed the lawsuit, wrote Justice Dario Borghesan, it would have amounted to “judicial management of the fisheries at issue.”

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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 2d

The Alaska Legislature has filed a legal challenge to Gov. Mike Dunleavy in a case that could decide the limits of executive power in Alaska, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesnewsroom.com

Alaska Legislature files lawsuit challenging Gov. Dunleavy’s executive order authority | Alaska Beacon

The question that could be decided in court is whether issuing an order in a special session is legal — and can one be issued twice?

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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill that would allow Alaska Natives to continue sales of traditional ivory art in states that have passed laws banning the ivory trade, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesewsroom.com

U.S. Senate passes bill intended to shield Alaska Native artists from states’ ivory bans | Alaska Beacon

State-level ivory bans, intended to help elephants, are deterring tourists from buying walrus ivory products from Alaskans.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown | Alaska Beacon

The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape the size and…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs, reports Tim Henderson for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com

Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs | Alaska Beacon

The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs - telehealth and in-home hospital care - because they automatically expired Oct. 1.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 2d

U.S. Senate passes bill intended to shield Alaska Native artists from states’ ivory bans, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

U.S. Senate passes bill intended to shield Alaska Native artists from states’ ivory bans | Alaska Beacon

State-level ivory bans, intended to help elephants, are deterring tourists from buying walrus ivory products from Alaskans.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

Congress approves rollback of Biden-era land plan for Interior Alaska, advances Ambler Road project, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Congress approves rollback of Biden-era land plan for Interior Alaska, advances Ambler Road project | Alaska Beacon

The Central Yukon Resource Management Plan had been in the works for a decade and now goes back to the drawing board.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

Alaska Legislature files lawsuit challenging Gov. Dunleavy’s executive order authority, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Alaska Legislature files lawsuit challenging Gov. Dunleavy’s executive order authority | Alaska Beacon

The question that could be decided in court is whether issuing an order in a special session is legal — and can one be issued twice?

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops, reports Jacob Fischler for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops | Alaska Beacon

A bipartisan group of former governors said Trump’s federalization and deployment of National Guard members to Chicago to control “modest” protests upended the careful balance between state and…

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KTOO Public Media @ktoopublicmedia.bsky.social · 3d

For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the federal government shutdown might materialize in December.

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Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska

Managers and advocates worry about getting adequate information in time to set the 2026 harvest levels for Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

Trump threatens ‘permanent’ cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock | Alaska Beacon

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional…

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Sean Scully @seanibus.bsky.social · 3d

A new study concluded that solar power plants are now cost-competitive with diesel for many rural Alaska communities, even if solar is only usable during part of the year, report @alaskabeacon.com and @statesnewsroom.com

Hybrid solar-diesel power is less expensive than diesel alone in parts of rural Alaska, study shows | Alaska Beacon

Diesel prices in remote areas are so high that it’s cheaper to use solar for part of the year, even with the cost of two power plants.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

With twin threats from Russia and China, U.S. military puts new focus on Alaska, reports Nathaniel Herz for Northern Journal via @alaskabeacon.com

With twin threats from Russia and China, U.S. military puts new focus on Alaska | Alaska Beacon

But now, amid twin, allied threats from Russia and an ascendant China, Alaska is again becoming a priority for U.S. military leadership. They see the state not just as a base from which to send out…

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Lara Weber @laraweber.bsky.social · 3d

Need something lovely today? This is it.
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Of blueberries, hill climbs and growing old | Alaska Beacon

I head to Falls Creek Valley, where I hope to find enough “wild Chugach blues” to do some serious berry picking.

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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 3d

For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the federal government shutdown might materialize in December.

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Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska

For the organization that oversees commercial fisheries in federal waters off Alaska, the most significant impact of the federal government shutdown might materialize in December.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

US Senate rejects restriction of military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean, reports Ariana Figueroa for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

US Senate rejects restriction of military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean | Alaska Beacon

The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four strikes on boats in…

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 3d

Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska, reports Yereth Rosen for the @alaskabeacon.com

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Government shutdown creates uncertainty for fisheries management in waters off Alaska | Alaska Beacon

A prolonged shutdown could limit the ability to get adequate information in time to set the 2026 groundfish harvest levels.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Hybrid solar-diesel power is less expensive than diesel alone in parts of rural Alaska, study shows, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

Hybrid solar-diesel power is less expensive than diesel alone in parts of rural Alaska, study shows | Alaska Beacon

Diesel prices in remote areas are so high that it’s cheaper to use solar for part of the year, even with the cost of two power plants.

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Alaska Beacon @alaskabeacon.com · 4d

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears, reports Jennifer Shutt for @statesnewsroom.com via @alaskabeacon.com

Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears | Alaska Beacon

Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown.

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