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This summer, it’s bears vs. chickens on the Anchorage Hillside. Here’s how they can both survive.
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Brown bears wreaked havoc on Kristiann Maclean's hillside yard around 2:30 a.m. on June 28, 2025 in Anchorage. They "obliterated" 25-feet of cedar fence, knocked over planters and lawn chairs, and tore out the screen of her sliding-glass door. But...
Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Alaska Public Media
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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly: In their quest for oil tax data, Alaska lawmakers prepare to subpoena the Dunleavy administration. Plus, weather dampens Interior wildfires but traps lingering smoke in the area. And, Anchorage residents prepare for...
Scientists press for more biological corridors
EcoAmericas
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As deforestation and other human-driven land-use changes rapidly fragment natural habitat around the world, it’s no wonder scientists are warning of a sixth mass extinction. Nor is it surprising they are calling increasingly for biological...
Alaska’s Eielson Air Force Base is top choice for military’s first nuclear microreactor
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Eielson Air Force Base entrance in Fairbanks, photographed on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. (Emily Mesner / ADN) An Air Force base in Alaska has been selected to be the first U.S. military installation with a nuclear microreactor under a Defense...
Murkowski didn’t spare Alaska from Trump’s megabill; she just delayed the pain
The Alaska Current
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July 9, 2025
Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called her decisive vote for Trump’s megabill “agonizing,” recognizing that “there are Americans that are not going to be advantaged by this bill,” but insisted that she had done her best to secure special treatment...
Ameresco Partners With Alaska Utility on Juneau Hydropower Project
Power Magazine
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July 9, 2025
Energy solutions provider Ameresco announced a partnership with Alaska’s Juneau Hydropower to develop, build, and operate a 19.8-MW hydropower station at Sweetheart Lake. The facility is located 33 miles south of downtown Juneau. The project also...
Rural Alaska Honors Institute will celebrate 43rd graduation
Alaska Native News
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July 9, 2025
Photo by Deandra Nicholai Members of the RAHI Class of 2025 pose for a group photo to mark the start of their Angel Rocks hike on June 7 The Rural Alaska Honors Institute will hold its 43rd annual graduation July 10 at 1 p.m. in Schaible...
Clearing the Air: Will Alaska’s Senators serve Alaskans or PBS and NPR?
Alaska Watchman
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July 9, 2025
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan take tough votes every day. But the vote to defund the left-wing media outlets PBS and NPR should not be one of them. The Senate has until July 18 to vote on a bill to cut $1.1 billion in taxpayer money that...
Alaska Activists Submit First Signatures To Put Psychedelics Legalization Measure On 2026 Ballot
Marijuana Moment
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July 8, 2025
Proponents of a plan in Alaska to legalize certain psychedelics—including psilocybin, mescaline and DMT—have submitted an initial round of voter signatures as part of the campaign’s effort to put the proposed measure on 2026 state ballot. Last...
Local rotary club hosts cross-country riders making 4,000km trip for cancer research
Energeticcity.ca
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July 9, 2025
The Rotary Club of Fort St. John hosted the Texas 4,000 for Cancer bikers as they travelled through the Peace region on July 5th and 6th. Rotary Club of Fort St. John’s Don Ryan and director Shukuko Abe at Charlie Lake barbecue. (Alisha Cobbett)...
NOAA's Gulf of Alaska, Eastern Bering Sea bottom trawl surveys underway despite staffing cuts
KMXT - Alaska
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July 9, 2025
Multiple research vessels are out in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska this summer conducting surveys that inform stock assessments for fisheries managers. One of those surveys only happens every two years and comes during a challenging time for...
Human Rights Foundation’s Alex Gladstein talks technology and human rights
KINY - Alaska
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July 9, 2025
The first-ever Bitcoin Alaska Conference was held July 5–6 at Centennial Hall in Juneau. The conference brought together policymakers, energy experts, and Bitcoin enthusiasts to examine the role of cryptocurrency in shaping Alaska’s economy and...
Scientists Dropped A Cow Carcass 1,629 Meters Into The South China Sea – And 8 Unexpected Visitors Turned Up
IFL Science
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July 8, 2025
Getting accurate information on animal species can be quite a challenge, especially when they live deep within the sea. One of those animals is the Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus), which, despite its widespread distribution, remains...
Alaska Nanooks athletes earn spots on CSC Academic All-America At-Large Teams
Interior Alaska News
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July 8, 2025
The Alaska Nanooks have seen four of their student-athletes recognized for their academic and athletic achievements by being named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-America At-Large Teams. Among them, Kendall Kramer from the ski team was selected...
Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 7, 2025
Alaska Public Media
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Monday on Alaska News Nightly: Experts say Alaskans suffering from addiction struggle to access medication that helps. Plus, testing for paralytic shellfish poisoning finds evidence of toxins well beyond the ocean. And, a flying trapeze gives...
My week in Alaska reminded me of the importance of disconnecting
Oak Ridger - Tennessee
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Ray Bradbury’s prophetic Fahrenheit 451 paints a truly terrifying picture of humanity: “Gray animals peering from electric caves, faces with gray colorless eyes, gray tongues and gray thoughts looking out through the numb flesh of the face.” That...
Scientists warn hundreds of dormant volcanoes could soon erupt - with explosions more powerful than ever
Daily Mail
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July 7, 2025
A volcano in the throes of eruption truly is a force of nature. Molten rock, ash and gases from deep within the Earth’s mantle find their way up to the surface and either flow slowly out of a fissure or explode suddenly into the air. In recent...
Alaska’s Iliamna Volcano from space
BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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July 7, 2025
Alaska’s Iliamna Volcano appears as seen from space in this image captured by the Te OLI (Operational Land Imager) on the Landsat 8 satellite, 10 June 2025. Just 5 days later, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) detected seismic activity at about...
Scientists develop effective ventilation system for Siberia, Arctic
TASS
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July 7, 2025
NOVOSIBIRSK, July 7. /TASS/. An air ventilation device system operating in the cold climate of Siberia and the Arctic was developed in Novosibirsk, the Gyplar developer company's Technical Director Vladimir Fedortov told reporters. Built houses...
What the big beautiful bill means for renewable energy | Talk of Alaska
KBRW - Alaska
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July 8, 2025
Alaska has been an energy-producing state for decades, with oil and gas production long the dominant sources and driver of the state’s finances. But the cost of energy for residents and businesses is high in our state and the potential for...