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Opinion: Alaska education reform doesn’t start with budget cuts
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Children at Pearl Creek Elementary, one of the Fairbanks schools targeted for closure. (Morgan Dulian) Gov. Mike Dunleavy is defying state law and the will of Alaskans on education funding. When the Legislature overrode the veto of House Bill 57,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Senate passes $9B in cuts to global aid, public broadcasting in win for Trump
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
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July 17, 2025
The Senate voted early Thursday to claw back $9 billion in federal funding for global aid programs and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, sending the package requested by President Trump to the House for a final vote. The 51-48 vote on...
‘Limping along’: Federal education funding freeze cuts into ASD staffing
Alaska's News Source
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July 17, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After the Trump Administration froze billions in federal education grants — including about $46 million going to Alaska schools — educators and parents alike are left scrambling to adapt weeks before the school year...
Santos Q2 Revenue Slightly Hit by Lower Prices
Rigzone
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July 17, 2025
Santos Ltd. on Thursday reported $1.29 billion in sales revenue for the second quarter, down one percent from the prior three-month period as weaker liquids prices offset higher sales volumes. The Australian company produced 22.2 million barrels...
Inletkeeper, partners file lawsuit against Cook Inlet gold mine
Homer News - Alaska
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July 17, 2025
Cook Inletkeeper joined a lawsuit last month opposing the proposed Johnson Tract gold mine project on the west side of the Cook Inlet. Also listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the Center for Biological Diversity, the Chickaloon Village...
Senate votes to cancel $9B in funding in early Thursday session, sending it to House
WHEC 10 - New York
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led Senate Republicans voted Thursday morning to pass a package of spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, sending it to the House. The rescissions package cancels previously approved funding totaling $9...
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Vote to Claw Back $1.1 Billion in NPR, PBS Funding
NewsBusters
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July 17, 2025
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, the Senate passed President Trump’s rescission proposal to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and cut foreign-aid funding. The final vote in the 2 am hour was 51-48, with Republican Senators Susan...
Steve Melchior: Treasured peninsula pioneer with a sketchy past — Part 4
Homer News - Alaska
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July 17, 2025
AUTHOR’S NOTE: An adulthood constructed on a web of lies eventually led Stephan “Steve” Melchior to leave his wife and five children (two adopted daughters and three biological sons). He departed for Alaska and spent the remainder of his life on...
Fair for All
Eugene Weekly - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
By Ruby Duncan and Eve Weston In years past, the Oregon Country Fair has dealt with allegations of cultural appropriation from Native American community members. The Ritz Sauna, an independent business operating at OCF, has borne some of the brunt...
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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...
How the renewable energy industry lost a massive lobbying fight over Trump’s agenda bill
CNN
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July 17, 2025
CNN — In May, over a dozen solar CEOs gathered at the Capitol Hill Club, the watering hole of choice for Republican lawmakers and lobbyists just steps from the Hill. Gulping coffee to fuel up for another long day of meetings, they sported pins...