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Anchorage communists don’t golf? PSL demands city convert golf course to vagrant tents and ban Airbnbs
Must Read Alaska
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June 19, 2025
The Party for Socialism and Liberation in Anchorage has kicked off a “Housing for All” campaign, presenting a sweeping platform of demands aimed at addressing the city’s mounting homelessness and housing crisis. The group, part of a national...
Alaska is closing the path to education
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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To the editor: Gov. Dunleavy has just vetoed a desperately needed funding increase for education. This is a major problem. Alaska is 49th in the U.S. in education. Forty-ninth. We were the 49th state to join the union; it’s not the goal for our...
Today's Headlines: ID gender-affirming care ban back in place; WA officials fight AI law limits
Spokane Public Radio - Washington State
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June 20, 2025
Gender-affirming care ban for minors back on the books in ID Doctors in Idaho are no longer able to provide gender-affirming care to anyone under 18. The state’s ban went back into full effect this week. Idaho's Vulnerable Child Protection Act...
Public education is not for sale: Alaskans must reject the voucher Trojan horse
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during the 1980s and ‘90s, one of the original test-beds for school vouchers and “choice” in America. Vouchers were regularly debated while I was a public-school student active in student government. I questioned...
Powerball Winning numbers for today's draw, 06/21/2025: Jackpot of $118 million
MARCA
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June 21, 2025
The big Powerball jackpot opportunity is knocking again, so tonight Saturday, June 21th, 2025 at 10:59 p.m. ET, you'll have another chance to win millions of dollars. Tonight the Powerball is at $118 million, but with a cash value of $53.1...
‘Mixed bag’: Some Alaska tourism operators see signs of a slowdown as economic concerns and Trump policies take a bite
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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The Princess Cruises ship Ruby Princess is docked in Juneau on May 21, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) Alaska tourism operators say the season seems a little off after years of strong growth in the industry, with some operators seeing evidence that the...
Juneau’s sacrifice pays off
The Nation Barbados
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June 19, 2025
IT WAS A DAY of continued celebration across the island as several schools marked the success of students in the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination after the results were announced on Monday. A feeling of happiness and tears of joy...
Alaska Alaska transforms a cult piece of modernist design into a striking speaker
Wallpaper*
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June 19, 2025
Design studio Alaska Alaska has reshaped the bookshelf speaker, drawing inspiration from an unlikely source and teaming up with limited-run specialists Caliper to create an audio objet d’art that’s both collectable and cutting edge. Tawanda...
Emancipation celebration: Juneteenth events unfold citywide in Anchorage
Alaska's News Source
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June 20, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Juneteenth is a day of celebration for Americans, and a time to recall the end of chattel slavery on June 19, 1865. Juneteenth events began the weekend before June 19 and closed on the historic day. Following multiple...
Deportation of Soldotna business owner held by ICE moves forward, after Alaska judge dismisses charges
Alaska's News Source
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June 19, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The process to deport a Soldotna business owner, currently detained by ICE, is moving forward, after an Anchorage federal judge granted prosecutors’ request to dismiss immigration violation charges after they cited a...
UAA’s College of Health empowers Alaska’s future, one nurse at a time
Alaska Beacon
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June 20, 2025
At the University of Alaska Anchorage, we understand the health of our communities depends on the strength of our workforce. As Alaska’s flagship institution for health education, UAA’s College of Health is not only preparing students for...
Equity Center celebrates grand opening on Juneteenth in Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Attendees gather at the grand opening of The Equity Center on Thursday in downtown Anchorage. (Chris Bieri / ADN) The Equity Center, launched by the Alaska Black Caucus, celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, cutting the ribbon on a facility...
Anchorage pair indicted for alleged fentanyl trafficking and money laundering
Last Frontier News - Alaska
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June 18, 2025
Michael J. Heyman, U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska | www.justice.govMichael J. Heyman, U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska | www.justice.gov A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted two Anchorage residents on charges related to...
CUSD Board of Education meeting report
The Claremont Courier - California
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June 19, 2025
At its June 5 meeting, Claremont Unified School District’s Board of Education named former El Roble Intermediate School Vice Principal Melissa Samson as its new principal following the resignation of Richard McAlindin. The board also recognized...
Sun up … and sun still up: Alaska celebrates the longest day of the year on Friday
Must Read Alaska
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June 19, 2025
As the clock strikes 6:42 pm on Friday, June 20, the summer solstice will have arrived. Continuous daylight is already a feature for Alaskans as the days have grown longer since the 2024 winter solstice on Dec. 21 — but no sense in reminding...
CYBER Express Wash Debuts in Alaska with a Bold Mission to Redefine Car Care -- and a Model Built to Scale
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CYBER Express Wash, the fast-rising disruptor in the $15B+ car wash industry, officially opened its premiere location this weekend in Anchorage, Alaska — unveiling a future-facing, hospitality-first...
Two Anchorage residents charged with conspiring to traffic fentanyl pills and powder to Alaska, laundering the proceeds
Alaska Native News
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June 19, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging an Anchorage man and woman with conspiring to traffic large quantities of fentanyl to and within Alaska and laundering over half a million dollars in drug...
Alaska Family Council backs lawsuit to protect parental rights in schools
Alaska Watchman
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June 18, 2025
Alaska Family Council has joined dozens of other organizations across the country in submitting an amicus brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit regarding the case of Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District....
Education advocates push for veto override after governor’s school funding cut
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Education advocates in Fairbanks are calling on lawmakers to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s line-item veto of increased education funding. Dunleavy vetoed $51 million from the state’s per-student education funding formula, known as the Base Student...
Four months of Operation Take Back America results in criminal charges against 39 defendants in Alaska
Alaska Native News
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June 19, 2025
Charges against defendants include serious drug trafficking, firearm and other offenses. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman announced Wednesday the immediate success of Operation Take Back America in Alaska. In just over four...