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Sarah Palin advances in Alaska House special election

Palin is attempting her political comeback after more than a decade out of politics.

Axios

Palin, Begich advance to Alaska US House special election

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican Nick Begich have advanced to the August special election for the state’s only U.S. House seat

The Independent UK

Alaska kids served sealant instead of milk at school program

A dozen students and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer program at an Alaska elementary school

The Independent UK

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COVID or no, cruise ships are back in Seattle

After being cooped up in her Bonney Lake, Washington, home for much of the pandemic, Earlene Smith was ready to cruise again.

Tribune News Service

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

WEKU

Woolly mammoth tusk found sticking out of Alaska riverbed

The researcher made the discovery by chance in a remote area of the Yukon

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin, Santa Claus Among 48 Candidates for Alaska's Open House Seat

The election serves as a trial run for Alaska's new voting process, which could be a boon for third-party candidates.

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The Yup'ik people of St. Mary's, Alaska, are working to save their village from fire

Residents of St. Mary's in southwestern Alaska are donating food to firefighters and helping clear brush as the region's largest wildfire looms just a few miles from town.

WEKU

Citing labor shortage, Princess Cruises will shut down one of its Alaska lodges

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Alaska’s tourism season heats up, Princess Cruises says it will close one of its five lodges in the state this summer because of staffing shortages.

Tribune News Service

Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola are early front-runners in Alaska's special US House primary

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross. Democratic former state Rep. Mary Peltola, in her first statewide campaign, was in fourth.

Tribune News Service

Tundra wildfire creeps closer toward Alaska Native community

A tundra wildfire has moved closer to an Alaska Native community in southwest Alaska, but mandatory evacuations have not been ordered

The Independent UK

Sarah Palin leads in special primary for Alaska’s House seat in comeback bid

Run by former Republican vice-presidential candidate marks first bid since resigning as governor partway through her term in 2009

The Guardian - US

Alaska tallies US House primary after ballot access fight

Alaska elections officials have released initial vote counts in the special primary for the state's only U.S. House seat

The Independent UK

Tundra fire slows, but still aiming at Alaska Native village

A large fire burning in the tundra of southwest Alaska continues to move toward an Alaska Native village, but fire managers say it is moving at a slower rate

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Alaska high court sides with state in ballot access case

The Alaska Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that barred state elections officials from certifying the results of Saturday’s special U.S. House primary amid concerns about ballot accessibility for voters with visual impairments

Tribune News Service

Judge orders delay in certification of Alaska’s US House special primary; state plans appeal

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An Alaska state judge ruled Friday that the results of the special U.S. House primary election could not be certified until visually impaired voters are given “a full and fair opportunity to vote independently, secretly and privately.” The state immediately said it was planning an appeal to…

The Independent UK

Large tundra wildfire in southwest Alaska threatens villages

The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska is within miles of two Alaska Native villages

Tribune News Service

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The race for Alaska's congressional seat is so packed, even Santa Claus is running

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The race for Alaska's congressional seat is so packed, even Santa Claus is running

Four dozen candidates are battling in this weekend’s special primary election to fill Alaska’s only seat in the House.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: My family sees climate change in the Arctic. Here’s how we’ve learned to take action

Spring blossoms have started in most parts of the country, but in Alaska the ice is still melting.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: What the census undercount did to Florida’s clout and cash

A lot of Floridians went missing in the 2020 census, which is costing the Sunshine State at least one seat in Congress and untold billions of federal dollars. About 750,600 Floridians were not counted in 2020, according to a new Census Bureau analysis. That’s a lot of missing people —…

The Independent UK

Alaskan woman praised for expertly removing opossum from crowded Brooklyn bar

Sara Fulton, a native of Alaska, told a friend, ‘Hold my phone. I’m from Alaska’

Ballotpedia

Previewing the first top-four congressional primary in U.S. history

Welcome to the Thursday, June 2, Brew.

The Guardian - US

Sarah Palin’s bid for new libel trial against New York Times thrown out

Judge rules former Alaska governor failed to provide ‘even a speck’ of evidence that the newspaper acted maliciously

Salon

Judge rips Palin's NY Times lawsuit

"For all her earlier assertions," Judge Jed Rakoff said, Palin failed to show any evidence of "actual malice"

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