Alaska is the 49th state admitted to the United States.
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Were you in Alaska on this day in 1964? If you were, you could be forgiven for being unsteady on your feet. The biggest earthquake in U.S. history interrupted everybody’s dinner.
by jck
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on Wed Mar 27, 2024 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Invitation to Watch Party WHEN Monday afternoon (Alaska Daylight Savings Time) JOINT SESSION - 2:15 PM, MARCH 18, 2024 - CONSIDERATION OF GOVERNOR'S VETO OF SB 140 - HOUSE CHAMBER WHERE You-all can watch the live stream on Gavel to Gavel Alaska WHO...
by RosyFinch
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 02:08 PM PDT
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by James Brooks, Alaska Beacon February 28, 2024 A pair of ballot measures have enough public support to appear on this year’s Alaska election ballots, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom said by email Tuesday. Official certification hasn’t yet taken place, but...
by Alaska Beacon
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 12:02 PM PST
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Education funding has been flat for years in Alaska. The “Base Student Allocation” hasnʼt been adjusted for inflation in 7 years. Citizens are rallying for an increase in money for our public schools. The large school districts are budgeting now and...
by RosyFinch
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on Thu Feb 08, 2024 at 05:09 PM PST
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Nine different candidates have filed to challenge Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in the city's fast-approaching April 2 elections, but while the contest is officially nonpartisan, battle lines have ...
by Jeff Singer
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 01:14 PM PST
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In a big win for Bristol Bay, the Supreme Court has refused an appeal by Alaska and Pebble Limited Partnership seeking to overturn the EPA’s veto of Pebble Mine that was decided last January. the case, Alaska v United States, was a direct appeal to the...
by MorrellWI1983
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on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 09:24 AM PST
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Also: Trump's ridiculous 'immunity' argument at D.C. Court of Appeals... Today on The BradCast, we continue our COVID recovery, revisit some of the Biden v. Trump horse races that sent so many Dems scurrying under their bed sheets late last year, and...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 06:35 PM PST
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Why did Alaska Airlines choose to operate a Boeing aircraft that was problematic to the extent that it was restricted from flying over water or on long-haul routes? This question looms large following a recent incident involving an Alaska Airlines...
by ViewFromTheMiddle
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 03:32 PM PST
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Happy 65th statehood day to Alaska! Home to rugged individualists, mosquitos and large, unfriendly animals, you’re our largest by area.
Statehood for Alaska was an important cause of James ...
by jck
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on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 05:30 PM PST
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Some of the Arctic's coldest and remotest rivers and tributaries are turning orange. Iron-bearing minerals in thawing permafrost soils from global warming are believed to be subject to weathering and meltwater delivering the mineral-laden soil...
by Pakalolo
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on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 01:34 PM PST
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Hurricanes get a lot of attention, but there are plenty of other weather phenomena that need to be watched. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is already gearing up for those missions. Winter operations begin for 53rd Weather Reconnaissance...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Dec 03, 2023 at 04:41 PM PST
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In case you weren’t aware, when the Roadrunner isn’t dodging that crafty coyote, or that old Chrysler LeBaron with the antiquated “Goldwater for President” bumper sticker, roadrunner is a bid of a bird nerd and likes to crunch political data....
by Roadrunner65
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on Mon Nov 27, 2023 at 05:59 PM PST
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Yes, Idaho. Now I get why you may not agree that Idaho is a battleground, seeing that Idaho politicians have done their best to make Idaho synonymous with their hateful political climate instead of ...
by SemDem
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on Fri Dec 15, 2023 at 06:00 AM PST
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Navarro 'guilty'; Prigozhin's interference; DeSantis law v. Idalia recovery; Lee strengthens; OH GOP lawyer sentenced; AL GOP Rep. arrested; 'Crooked' Coffee County, GA; Solution to 'Rich Men from Richmond'... As the headline suggests, we've got a...
by TheBradBlog
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 06:53 PM PDT
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Alaska voters made history in 2020 when they made their state the first in the nation to adopt a top-four primary, but conservatives tell the Alaska Beacon's James Brooks that they're close to qualifying a measure to repeal the system that would go...
by Jeff Singer
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 12:27 PM PDT
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The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday canceled the remaining seven oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that were part of a sale held in the waning days of the Trump ...
by Associated Press
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on Thu Sep 07, 2023 at 05:16 AM PDT
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Many schools across the country have started the new academic year, and one of the burning questions is whether they have enough teachers in classrooms. More than that, whether they have enough ...
by Laura Clawson
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on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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During the last two decades of the eighteenth century—1780-1799—Spanish, British, and American ships explored the Northwest Coast of North America, an area which included the coasts of northern Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.
by Ojibwa
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on Sun Aug 27, 2023 at 06:58 AM PDT
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When I find myself in times of trouble, Alaskan bears are on the cam Catching lots of salmon Let it be And in my hour of darkness they are napping right in front of me Digesting all that salmon Let it be ---- I was so busy this summer that I almost...
by marksb
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on Wed Aug 23, 2023 at 06:17 PM PDT
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Guest: Attorney Keith Barber (DailyKos’ KeithDB)'s primer on the crime of Racketeering Also: Raskin on Trump trying to 'steal' the 2020 election Election Day in OH... For some reason, it seemed like a good moment on today's BradCast to bone up on...
by TheBradBlog
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