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35 ICE detainees transferred from Anchorage jail back to federal custody
Alaska's News Source
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July 1, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Thirty-five immigration detainees held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex have been transferred back to the custody of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a statement released Monday by the Alaska...
Gorilla Fireworks opens for business ahead of Fourth of July weekend
Alaska's News Source
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June 30, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Gorilla Fireworks has opened for business after weeks of planning with the Houston Fire Department (HFD). Drier-than-normal conditions left Gorilla Fireworks staff unsure about whether or not the shop would be open for...
Alaska Nanooks announce challenging volleyball schedule for upcoming season
Interior Alaska News
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June 30, 2025
The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team has released its schedule for the 2025 season, which includes a mix of non-conference matches and Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) games. The team will start its season in late August with three...
Senate moves toward final vote on big budget bill, with Alaska at the forefront
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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The U.S. Senate continued nonstop debate on its major policy and budget bill Monday, as provisions affecting Alaska continued to be hotly debated. Senators were advancing toward a vote expected as soon as Monday night, with some attempting to sway...
As new minimum wage and sick leave law kicks in, some Alaska hospitality businesses foresee higher prices and reduced hiring
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A server at 49th State Brewing in downtown Anchorage carries beverages to a table on Monday, June 30, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) The minimum wage in Alaska will rise to $13 and the state’s first sick leave requirement will be enacted Tuesday when...
Juneau’s city clerk shares lessons learned after 25 years on the job
KTOO - Alaska
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June 30, 2025
Beth McEwen sits in the Juneau Assembly chambers at City Hall on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) Monday is Beth McEwen’s last day as Juneau’s municipal clerk. She’s retiring from the city clerk’s office after 25 years. In that role,...
US Senate moves toward final vote on big budget bill, with Alaska at the forefront
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
The U.S. Senate continued nonstop debate on its major policy and budget bill Monday, as provisions affecting Alaska continued to be hotly debated. Senators are advancing toward a vote expected as soon as Monday night, with some attempting to sway...
Obscure federal laws could preserve birthright citizenship in Alaska and Hawaii
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
As President Donald Trump prepares an executive order that could end birthright citizenship for non-citizens having children in the United States, two unique federal laws could protect the citizenship rights of newborns in Alaska and Hawaii. On...
Top Democrat questions ‘special treatment’ for Alaska, Hawaii in GOP SNAP proposal
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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July 1, 2025
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, questioned why only two states should receive “special treatment” in a GOP-backed plan to reduce federal dollars for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program...
ICE detainees held at Anchorage jail have been transferred out of state
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Anchorage Correctional Complex on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Thirty-five immigration detainees held for weeks in an Anchorage jail as part of a deal between the state and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were transferred out...
Anchorage ‘Pride’ exposes kids to thonged pole dancers, erotic drag queens and activist librarians
Alaska Watchman
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June 30, 2025
Anchorage’s annual carnival of LGBTQ sexuality took place on June 28 with a circus-like march through downtown, where activists publicly affirmed their ever-changing and expanding erotic preferences and sexual identities. The 48th annual “Pride...
A national quest for uranium comes to remote Western Alaska, raising fears in a nearby village
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Elim, Alaska is perched above Norton Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea. (Max Graham / Northern Journal) This story was published by Northern Journal in partnership with Inside Climate News and is the second in a two-story series. ELIM — Daylight was...
Public land sales in Alaska, western US removed from federal reconciliation bill again
KTOO - Alaska
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July 1, 2025
A view of the Tongass National Forest near the U.S. Forest Service’s Raven’s Roost Cabin on Mitkof Island. (Angela Denning/CoastAlaska) Proposed public land sales in Alaska are no longer included in the GOP budget bill that is making its way...
Federal Election Helps Power SCA’s 5% Audio Revenue Growth
B&T
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July 1, 2025
Southern Cross Austereo Media (SCA) has reported 5 percent growth in audio revenue assisted by “the one off incremental impact in April of the Federal Election”. In a trading update, SCA said that its results are also due to its radio...
Bill pending in Senate would make high Alaska energy costs worse, groups warn
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
Alaskans pay nearly the highest percentage of their household incomes on energy of any state, and federal policy changes proposed in the budget reconciliation bill currently being debated in the U.S. Senate would make the problem worse, according...
Ballot initiative seeks to ban political contributions from monopoly corporations, like utilities
Iosco County News-Herald - Michigan
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DTE Energy, Detroit | Susan J. Demas A ballot initiative is in the works to ban corporations with large existing or pending government contracts from making political contributions to candidates for office and sitting lawmakers. Taking Back Our...
Searchers recover body of South Korea-based airman who died while kayaking in Alaska
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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This social media screenshot shows Staff Sgt. Christian Diaz, 24, who served with the 35th Fighter Generation Squadron at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea. (Facebook) A search team in Alaska has recovered the body a U.S. airman whose kayak...
Alaska Airlines announces two new vice presidents in key workforce roles
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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SEATTLE, June 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alaska Airlines board of directors has placed two leaders in vice president roles to oversee critical employee groups. These appointments place trusted leaders at the helm during a dynamic time in the...
The Senate races toward a 'big, beautiful' finish line: From the Politics Desk
NBC News
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June 30, 2025
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, our intrepid...
Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’
Must Read Alaska
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June 30, 2025
Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivered a blunt message to Alaska Association of School Boards President Lon Garrison, in a sharply worded letter accusing him of distorting the reasons behind Dunleavy’s veto of $200 from the $700 increase to the Base Student...