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How Alaska’s election rules have affected the contested primaries
Welcome to the Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:. A closer look at Alaska’s two contested top-four state legislative primaries in 2024. Three current Missouri officeholders face off in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Upcoming voter participation deadlines.
‘We got a bonus tour’: cruise passengers stranded in Canada by rockslide rejoin their ships in Haines
At 4 a.m. Wednesday, just as the sun was starting to cast long blue shadows over downtown Haines – four massive Holland America tour buses motored into the parking lot of the Port Chilkoot Cruise Ship Dock. Some 150 people climbed down the stairs and slowly made their way...
Petersburg Indian Association has more infrastructure plans in the works
Petersburg’s tribe plans to add sidewalks to some streets and build a new trail in coming years. The Petersburg Indian Association approved a four-year infrastructure plan on July 17 after finalizing the project list at a public meeting earlier in the month. The tribe will partner with the Petersburg...
New CES Station Breaks Ground In Soldotna
Construction of the new Central Emergency Services Fire Station #1 officially broke ground on Wednesday. The new station’s site is just a stone’s throw—or a hose length—from the old one, on the corner of Wilson Lane and Warehouse Drive in Soldotna. The wail of CES sirens...
Bridge helps Alaska town cope with climate change
Aleknagik is a small, remote community at the head of the Wood River on the banks of Lake Aleknagik in southwest Alaska. Most residents live on the lake’s north shore, which used to be inaccessible by regional roads. To get to the south shore and towns beyond, people crossed...
Man missing on Yukon River for 5 days found safe
Searchers found a man Wednesday who was reported missing last weekend after he set out to travel by boat on the Yukon River from Circle, but never arrived at his destination in Fort Yukon. Alaska State Troopers said in an online dispatch that a local search team found Robert Peter...
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