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KENAI, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska city of Kenai is donating five lots to Habitat for Humanity, allowing the organization to build a house in Kenai every two years until 2026. The Peninsula Clarion reports that Kenai obtained the five wooded lots through tax and assessment foreclosures in 1987. After failed attempts to sell the…

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A high school in Alaska is helping students with disabilities find summer jobs. KYUK-AM reports that Bethel Regional High School is participating in a state-funded program that will match students with disabilities with local businesses. The program is designed for students with different types of disabilities, including those with learning disabilities…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A petroleum company suspected of crude oil and natural gas leaks in Alaska’s Cook Inlet has a problem at a third petroleum platform. Hilcorp Alaska LLC says it shut down an underwater natural gas pipeline after observing that the volume of gas shipped from a production platform didn’t match what was…

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The Fairbanks North Star Borough is preparing to enforce more burn bans as part of stricter rules aimed at cleaning up the city’s heavily polluted air. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the Borough Assembly voted to adopt the new regulations Thursday. The goal is to address problems with fine particulate, which…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Tribal leaders in a tiny Native village in western Alaska are expanding their commercial reindeer subsidiary to soon include sales of the lean meat to larger urban markets. The venture by Mekoryuk’s (ma-KOR’-ee-yuck) tribal government includes plans to build a new slaughterhouse and offer the meat for sale in places like…