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Voters soundly rejected a previous proposal for a second crossing linking Douglas Island and the mainland in 2010.

“Barrow” is everywhere while walking around town: on the fire trucks, in the name of the high school, the local utility company, on the North Slope Borough’s official logo. But the name “Utqiaġvik” is showing up, as well. It’s on City Hall and on municipal department letterhead.

Nugget Mall will soon become the property of its main creditor after efforts failed to sell the Mendenhall Valley property. The 44-year-old mall will soon be owned by a Seattle-based lending firm.

A Trump-style populist elected this month in the Canadian province Ontario vows to purge the leadership of Hydro One, the Canadian company acquiring the parent corporation of Alaska Electric Light & Power.

Cameras have been installed overlooking a Juneau intersection to deter guerrilla artists from painting a downtown crosswalk in rainbow colors. Public works crews have repainted the crosswalk at least five times.

The Homer City Council’s meeting was canceled Monday after a mayoral proclamation caused some controversy. The proclamation celebrated the LGBTQ community in Homer, and declared June as “Homer Pride Month.” More than 70 emails both for and against the proclamation poured in throughout the day, City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen said.