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‘It’s still hard to believe I was the person who did that’: 40 years after a notorious Anchorage triple murder, Winona Fletcher shares her story
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Winona Fletcher talked about her life during an interview at the Hiland Mountain Correctional Center near Eagle River on June 30. Fletcher was sentenced to life in prison as a juvenile for the 1985 murders of Tom Faccio, 69, his wife and Ann...
As the Market Holds, Here Are Four Trends Keeping Advisors Busy
Travel Market Report - New York
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Despite constant noise from consumer and social media debating whether a recession is or is not imminent, the travel agency industry hasn’t seen much of a slowdown. With the exception of a four-to-six-week timeframe immediately after the U.S....
How a dashed dream in Anchorage helped inspire ESPN journalist Seth Wickersham’s 2nd book
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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ESPN senior writer and New York Times bestselling author Seth Wickersham, is a 1995 Service High School graduate who played football for the Cougars. Photographed on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Seth Wickersham was born in Boulder,...
Alaska ranks 37th in total VA home loans during Q1
Last Frontier News - Alaska
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July 11, 2025
Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official websiteDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Official website Alaska ranked 37th in the nation in VA home loans in the first quarter of 2025, with 738 loans issued, according...
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more as federal board approves Unangan name
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi...
Alaska Bristol Bay, Russia’s Far East H&G sockeye prices surge despite strong run
Undercurrent News
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July 11, 2025
Processors in Alaska's Bristol Bay and Russia's Far East have begun officially offering headed-and-gutted (H&G) sockeye salmon to major international market buyers at prices well above last season's opening levels, as the harvest season gains...
ASX slides on profit taking, falling 1.02pc
Cairns Post
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July 21, 2025
ASX slides from record high, down 1.02pc Energy and materials only sectors to lift South32 outperforms production guidance ASX suffers Liberation Day-sized fall Today was the largest single-day plunge on the ASX since markets went haywire over...
Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative
Alaska Beacon
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July 11, 2025
A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians. Nazi Creek was the last landmark in the United States to bear the...
Alaska AG touts LNG project potential amid concerns from skeptics over cost, viability
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has high hopes for the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG pipeline, crediting former President Trump’s first-day executive order on “unleashing Alaska’s resource potential” for drawing renewed attention to the...
'Alaska has the resources, but America needs the will'
The Week Magazine
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July 10, 2025
'Alaska has the rare earths we need' Frank Murkowski at The Wall Street Journal China is "exploiting U.S. reliance on rare earth and critical minerals by ordering restrictions on exports," says Frank Murkowski. Alaska has "untapped deposits of...
Northern, central localities brace for approaching Typhoon Wipha
Vietnam Pictorial
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July 20, 2025
As Typhoon Wipha is approaching, residents in Ninh Binh, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, and Thanh Hoa have taken proactive measures. Military officers assist fishermen in Hai Thinh commune, Ninh Binh province, to gear up for the storm. (Photo:...
Alaska spaceport deal draws rocket-launch industry interest
Alaska Public Media
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The global space-launch industry is welcoming the prospect of launching rockets from Alaska’s two spaceports to relieve the backlog at larger facilities in the Lower 48. Top officials with Alaska’s two civilian launch facilities say their new...
Alaska is America's worst state for business in 2025 as falling oil prices sink economy
CNBC
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July 10, 2025
Pipeline Winding in Summer Mountain Landscape Sarkophoto | Istock | Getty Images From the first discovery in Prudhoe Bay in 1968, Alaskans have had a love-hate relationship with oil. On one hand, it allowed Alaska to abolish its state income tax,...
Alaska not immune: USDA reveals foreign entities own 270,000 acres in the Last Frontier
Must Read Alaska
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July 10, 2025
Nearly 46 million acres of US forest and farmland — an area larger than the state of Washington — are now under foreign ownership, according to newly released data from the US Department of Agriculture. The report, published Thursday as part of...
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Crypto firms push into US banking as President Trump signals friendlier stance
Firstpost
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July 13, 2025
Cryptocurrency companies are accelerating efforts to enter traditional banking in the United States, capitalising on what they see as a more favourable regulatory climate under President Donald Trump and seeking deeper integration into the...
Alaska AG talks crime, statehood defense at Chamber luncheon
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor covered an array of topics at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, including statehood defense and the proposed 800-mile Alaska LNG (liquefied natural gas) pipeline that would run from the North...
Anchorage Municipality: 18.8% of income comes from government transfers, ranking 22nd in Alaska
SC Alaska News
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July 10, 2025
In 2022, Anchorage Municipality ranked as the 22nd most government transfer-dependent county in Alaska, with 18.8% of total income coming from programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance, according to information...
Alaska Air Group Announces Webcast Of Second-Quarter 2025 Financial Results
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) SEATTLE, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alaska Air Group Inc., the parent company of Alaska Airlines Inc., Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. and Horizon Air Industries Inc., will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss 2025 second...
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) Reports Cybersecurity Incident at One of Its Subsidiaries
Yahoo Finance
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Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) is one of the 10 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy According to Billionaire Ray Dalio. Bridgewater Associates holds over $33 million worth of shares of ALK, which represents 0.16% of its portfolio. Alaska Air Group, Inc....
Anchorage-based nonprofit sues U.S. Navy for canceling $5 million grant
Alaska's News Source
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July 9, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An Anchorage-based nonprofit has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy for suddenly canceling a $5 million federal grant that funded Alaska’s ARCTIC program. According to its website, Launch Alaska is a nonprofit...