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Hiker attacked by bear in 2nd mauling on Anchorage-area trails within a week
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A bear warning sign is posted at the Basher trailhead in Anchorage on July 23, 2025, a day after a hiker was injured by a brown bear about two miles into the trail. On July 26, a man was attacked by a brown bear along a trail to Barbara Falls in...
Taking Back Alaska: We can shrink government by moving public workers into private sector
Alaska Watchman
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July 28, 2025
Alaska’s path to lean, sustainable governance is not only about cutting costs – it’s about reimagining the role of public personnel in an economy grounded in resource development and private enterprises. With thousands of state jobs tied to...
Anchorage mayor pushes ‘Beyond the Beige’ public art grants, while vagrancy, decay take over the city
Must Read Alaska
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July 27, 2025
As Anchorage grapples with a worsening vagrancy crisis and growing outlaw encampments spreading through public spaces, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has unveiled her latest initiative: a taxpayer-funded public arts campaign called “Beyond the Beige.” The...
First Bowhead Whale Sighting in Southeast Alaska
Alaska Native News
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July 28, 2025
Second reported sighting in eastern North Pacific waters south of the Aleutian Island chain. First sighting of subadult bowhead whale on March 27, 2024 at 11:45 am in Sitka Sound, Alaska, USA (57.06N, 135.53W). Credit: Ellen Chenoweth from the...
Connecticut Ranks Last In New England Healthcare For 2025
I95 Rock - Connecticut
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July 28, 2025
A new study has just ranked every state in New England among the Top 15 of 'Best States for Health Care 2025', and Connecticut is bringing up the rear of the best. According to WalletHub.com and Best & Worst States for Health Care 2025, only a few...
Does Florida have good healthcare? No, according to this study
Treasure Coast Palm - Florida
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WalletHub ranked Florida among the worst states for healthcare in the U.S. Florida's low ranking is due to poor scores in cost, access, and outcomes. Experts cite issues such as Medicare cuts, medication pricing, and workforce shortages as...
Iowa Health Care Ranks 4th-Best Nationally
NEWSRADIO 1040 WHO - Iowa
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Iowa has some of the best health care in the nation. A new report by WalletHub compares all 50 states and Washington D.C. based on metrics like average monthly insurance premiums, number of physicians, and percentage of residents with insurance....
Map Shows States With Best—And Worst—Health Care
Newsweek
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July 28, 2025
A newly released study by personal finance website WalletHub has revealed which U.S. states offer the best and the worst health care—with New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Minnesota leading the nation. How It Was Calculated WalletHub ranked all 50...
Alaska's Wild Wonders: Up Close Encounters with Bears and Whales
The Travel
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July 26, 2025
Certain destinations leave a mark on you, and Alaska is one of those places. It's the kind of destination you appreciate before you even land, taking in views of the mountains, glaciers, and marinas filled with colorful old fishing boats from the...
A strange Anchorage bar token reveals local drinking history
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A token for the Canteen Bar. It reads "The Canteen Bar, 12 1/2¢ In Trade, Anchorage, Alaska." (Provided by David Reamer) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or...
Weekly Wonder: Running toward destiny
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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July 29, 2025
“Spawn ‘til you die.” These four words, printed on the cotton of countless Ray Troll shirts and gracing the enamel of just as many William Speer pins, perfectly embody the phenomenon occurring in salmon runs throughout Southeast Alaska. Salmon...
Video shows Russian medics performing surgery during one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded
Seven News
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July 30, 2025
Talk about steady hands — a team of Russian medics found themselves performing surgery on a patient during the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Russia’s Far East region on Wednesday. Security camera footage of the operation, released by the...
Tribes Assert Sovereignty As Feds Take Aim at Gender-Affirming Care
Truthdig
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July 30, 2025
ELKO, Nev. — At the Two Spirit Conference in northern Nevada in June, Native Americans gathered in support of the LGBTQ+ community amid federal and state rollbacks of transgender protections and gender-affirming health care. “I want people to not...
Celebration of life for Danielle 'Dani' Christine Roher on Aug. 9
Wrangell Sentinel - Alaska
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July 30, 2025
Danielle "Dani" Christine Roher passed away on July 9, 2025, in Anchorage from a heart condition. A celebration of life will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at Harbor Light Assembly of God. A reception will follow the service downstairs in the...
Fundraiser started for Lisbon, ND couple seriously injured while on vacation in Alaska
KVRR - North Dakota
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July 27, 2025
Ty and Katelyn Michels and boys/GoFundMeFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lisbon, North Dakota couple on vacation in Alaska sustained serious injuries in a head on crash on July 25. Caringbridge and GoFundMe posts for Ty and Katelyn Michels say both are in...
DC Voted to Raise Wages. The Restaurant Lobby Said No.
Jacobin
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Across the country, a movement to abolish the subminimum tipped wage has gained ground. As of 2025, seven states — Alaska, California, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington — have enacted what advocates call “One Fair Wage,”...
Massive 8.8 earthquake in eastern Russia triggers tsunami warnings across Pacific
Euronews
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July 30, 2025
Published on 30/07/2025 - 5:47 GMT+2 •Updated 10:14 One of the strongest earthquakes on record struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and warnings to be issued in Hawaii, North and Central America and...
Reuniting lost pets with owners, microchip scanning stations go up around Anchorage and Mat-Su
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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David Jensen pets his dog, Iris, at his Anchorage home on July 18, 2025. Jensen created 907Chip, an effort to build and install dog microchip scanning stations, for the purpose reuniting lost dogs with their owners. (Marc Lester / ADN) In late...
Barbara Seamon-Runnoe
Homer News - Alaska
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July 30, 2025
December 29, 1955 – July 8, 2025 Barbara Seaman–Runnoe, age 69 of Homer, Alaska passed away peacefully at South Peninsula Hospital’s Long Term Care Unit on July 8, 2025. She was surrounded by family and friends for the months preceding her passing...
Alaska Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum to quit, expected to run for governor
Alaska Beacon
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July 26, 2025
Adam Crum, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue, will leave his job Aug. 8, according to an announcement published Friday by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office. A person familiar with Crum’s plans said he intends to run for governor in 2026,...