Alaska

News from the state of Alaska

CDC sets rules for trial cruises with volunteer passengers

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Cruise lines can soon begin trial voyages in U.S. waters with volunteer passengers helping test whether the ships can sail safely during a pandemic. ...

Montana tribe gifts vaccines to neighbors across the border

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BABB, Mont. — On a cloudy spring day, hundreds lined up in their cars on the Canadian side of the border crossing that separates...

Did agents raid home of wrong woman over Jan. 6 riot? Maybe.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. Capitol Police officer traveled thousands of miles to Homer, Alaska, for an FBI raid on a woman's home, looking...

Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act

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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury...

Alaska’s favorite guessing game ends in pandemic year twist

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NENANA, Alaska — The ice has gone out on the Tanana River, ending the annual Nenana Ice Classic, one of Alaska’s most famous guessing...

Free rides, beer and savings bonds: Vaccinators get creative

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Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to...

Alaska governor’s travel signals move to return to normalcy

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METLAKATLA, Alaska — Drummers and singers welcomed Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy to Metlakatla, with some blowing fluffy white eagle feather down — symbolic of...

Alaska candidate shadowed by anti-gay article, election post

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska previously wrote articles in support of an organization that espoused gay conversion therapy, questioned...

AP interview: Alaska governor shares vaccine with Canada

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HYDER, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has offered COVID-19 vaccines to residents of the small British Columbia town of Stewart, with hopes it...

Airline bans Alaska state senator for violating mask rules

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Airlines has banned an Alaska state senator for refusing to follow mask requirements. ...