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Photography in flight over Alaska: the aerial images of Acacia Johnson

Only 20 percent of the US state of Alaska is accessible by road. So aviation is an essential service for the supply of food, transport and medical care. For many pilots, flying is also part of their everyday life, a way to connect with the landscape, even a "spiritual" approach…

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Murkowski, Tshibaka, Chesbro, and Kelley advance to the general election in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

Nineteen candidates ran in the top-four Senate primary in Alaska on August 16, 2022. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R), Kelly Tshibaka (R), Patricia Chesbro (D), and Buzz Kelley (R) advanced to the general election.

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T-Mobile tackles 5G dead zones with Starlink satellite partnership

The service, which should launch next year, will cover the continental U.S., Hawaii, parts of Alaska, Puerto Rico, and territorial waters.

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How much money do states spend on education?

Data collected as a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act shows New York had the highest median per pupil spending on education in 2019.

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Yemen’s HSA Pledges $1.2m to UN Drive to Avert Safer Tanker Oil Spill

Yemen’s HSA Group on Thursday became the first private entity to pledge funds for a United Nations operation to avoid an oil spill from a tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, as the UN urgently tries to secure an initial requirement of $80 million. The international organization, which has…

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Meet the ‘pro-fish’ Democrat who is leading against Sarah Palin in deep red Alaska

Mary Peltola pulled ahead in the first round of Alaska’s ranked choice special election, Richard Hall reports. Can she hold the lead?

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Republican Sweeney plans to withdraw from Alaska House race

Alaska Republican U.S. House candidate Tara Sweeney says she plans to end her campaign

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Life expectancy in US dropped by nearly 2 years in 2020, CDC says

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Republican Tara Sweeney drops out of Alaska US House race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Tara Sweeney said Tuesday she is dropping out of the U.S. House election, after garnering around 3.7% of votes counted so far in the primary race — enough to put her in fourth place and place her name on the November ballot.

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Meet the ‘pro-fish’ Democrat who is leading against Sarah Palin in deep red Alaska

Mary Peltola pulled ahead in the first round of Alaska’s ranked choice special election, Richard Hall reports. Can she hold the lead?

The Independent UK

Results from Alaska's first ranked choice vote are still days away. Maine's top election official says that's a good thing

Voting in Alaska's ranked choice election has already concluded, but results won't be known until more than two weeks after the election was held.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Cheney's and Murkowski's fates tied to their states' primary systems

If you want to know how to save American democracy, look no further than the cases of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The primary elections systems in their states dictated two divergent political fates.

Tribune News Service

Ranked choice voting, in first test in Alaska, is already under attack

Alaskans went to the polls this week for the first time using a new ranked choice system that’s already under attack by a number of the politicians competing within it, and voters, in interviews, offered wide-ranging reviews.

Tribune News Service

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

On Tuesday, we covered elections in Alaska and Wyoming. Final results for Alaska may not be available until Aug. 31. Here are some highlights:

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 35

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Looking back on two days ago

Welcome to the Thursday, August 18, Brew.

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The Northern Lights may move farther south into the mainland U.S. this week

The Northern Lights, known scientifically as auroras borealis, are triggered by geomagnetic activity from the sun. They typically occur closer to the North Pole, near Alaska and Canada.

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Murkowski, Palin advance to November in Alaska races

Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of seven Republican senators who voted to convict then-President Donald Trump after his 2021 impeachment trial, easily advanced out of an all-party primary Tuesday, along with Trump-backed challenger Kelly Tshibaka.

The Independent UK

Trump-endorsed Sarah Palin advances to November election for sole Alaska House seat

The former vice presidential candidate has staged the Alaska House race as a grand return to politics after being out of elected office for more than a decade

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Liz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-endorsed rival

The vice-chair of the House January 6 panel faced retribution from state voters for going against the former president. Plus, how to fight memory loss in old age

WEKU

Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections.

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Murkowski and her Trump-backed challenger advance in Alaska Senate race

Under a voter-approved elections process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections.

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Murkowski, Palin advance to November in Alaska races - Roll Call

Alaska used a new voting system that sent Murkowski to the November Senate ballot and Palin to the ballot for an open House seat.

The Guardian - UK

Sarah Palin advances to November election for Alaska House seat

Former governor clinches one of four spots on ballot for seat formerly occupied by Don Young

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