Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of minority treatment and cultural insensitivity after a performance by two rappers was cut short and the men were ordered to leave the fairgrounds.
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State analyzing higher claims for expanded Alaska Medicaid
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Sitka scrambles to act after finding moderate landslide risk
Sitka officials are working on public safety issues after finding one area of the city is at risk for a landslide.
USDA puts $27 million toward Alaska’s villages
Alaska’s rural communities are set to receive $27 million in federal funds to help improve sanitation.
Five people dead in midair collision in western Alaska
Alaska State Troopers say all five people aboard two small planes died in a midair collision in the western part of the state.
Alaska Native elder and leader dies at age 77
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