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Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 15, 2025
Honoring the Fallen Below Freezing Point: The 962nd Quartermaster (Mortuary Affairs) Company Sets the Standard in Cold-Weather Operations By Captain Naomi S Pomele, February 28, 2025 In the relentless pursuit of operational excellence, the...
Slog AM: ‘Heat Kink’ Worries on Sound Transit, Seattle’s Proudest Bank Robber, Protests at South Lake Union’s Palantir Office
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 14, 2025
Good Morning! We’re getting a break from the heat today. Highs in the mid-70s, partly cloudy. The kind of perfect Seattle summer weather that convinces innocent bystanders to move here on a whim. Today’s the day to do all of the things you...
Amid a child care crisis, Anchorage officials are set to vote on loosening day care regulations
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Early Learning For Everyone South on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Bill Roth / ADN) The Anchorage Assembly is weighing a proposal to eliminate and modify several municipal regulations affecting in-home nurseries and day care centers for kids. The...
FBI asks for public’s help finding downtown Anchorage bank robbery suspect
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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The FBI's Anchorage Field Office shared these photos of a person they described as a suspect in a robbery Friday afternoon, July 11, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Bank location in the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall. (Photos provided by the FBI) The FBI is...
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,...
‘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...
How many H-1B petitions were made by Alaska employers during 2024?
Last Frontier News - Alaska
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July 14, 2025
Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS | https://www.dhswatchlist.com/ Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate for USCIS |...
Golden Dome Expected to Supercharge Space Economy, Development Challenges Ahead
Military.com
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July 14, 2025
President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" approved in early July allocated $25 billion for Golden Dome, a missile defense system that could bring a windfall of investment to Colorado's space economy. U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, R- Colorado Springs,...
Vigor, JAG reach ‘tentative agreement’
Ketchikan Daily News - Alaska
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A “tentative agreement” that could result in a reassignment of the rights to operate the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard has been announced by Vigor Marine Group, whose Vigor Alaska subsidiary has operated the shipyard since 2012, and JAG Marine...
JD Vance breaks tie to advance rescissions bill targeting foreign aid, PBS, NPR
The Post Millenial
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July 16, 2025
The rescissions package, approved by the House of Representatives last month, would eliminate approximately $8.3 billion from USAID and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Vice President JD Vance cast two decisive...
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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...
UAF officials evaluate 'changing federal landscape'
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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University of Alaska Fairbanks officials, including Chancellor Dan White, provided an overall general update on shifting federal policies during a virtual forum on Tuesday. The general consensus is that many aspects remain unclear or in need of...
Baby boxes may harm mothers and infants despite good intentions
Yale University - Connecticut
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July 16, 2025
In the Middle Ages, churches in Europe often had a hatch, known as a foundling wheel, installed in an exterior wall to facilitate the anonymous relinquishment of infants. A parent facing difficult social or economic circumstances could place a...
Olive Garden is expanding across Canada. Here's what to know
Today's Farmer
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadian company buys existing locations in Western Canada and announces plans for growth Canada's Recipe Unlimited has acquired the eight existing Olive Garden locations in Canada and announced plans to expand across...
Simple Asset Protection Strategies That Defend Your Estate
Forbes
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getty An important gap in many financial plans is the failure to review with an estate planner the potential risks to losing assets and the ways available to protect those assets. The risk to estate leakage from various risks can be reduced...
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...
Bringing home the bacon — together: Alaska farmers explore co-op for Palmer slaughterhouse
Must Read Alaska
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July 13, 2025
The Alaska Division of Agriculture is inviting farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural stakeholders to a special listening session on July 17, from 6-8 pm., to explore the formation of a cooperative centered on the Palmer slaughter plant. The...