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US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada
The United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said Tuesday, as the trade war between the two neighbors and longtime allies escalates.
Sep 84 min read


Tribal consortium achieves long-desired ownership of Alaska Native Medical Center
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, along with Southcentral Foundation, has operated the facility for decades, but it was owned until now by the Indian Health Service.
Sep 83 min read


Juneau avoids much of feared drop in sales tax revenue due mostly to higher fuel, other prices
‘We're about $3.2 million short of our budget, but we are about $6 million higher than we expected, given the exemptions’ on food and utilities, finance director says
Sep 84 min read


Skagway Ferry Terminal set to reopen Thursday
MV Hubbard and LeConte expected to make runs later this week.
Sep 82 min read


Canada’s retaliatory tariffs escalate Trump’s trade war
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods kicked in Tuesday, escalating a trade war with one of the largest U.S. trading partners that President Donald Trump continued to antagonize over the holiday weekend.
Sep 83 min read


Police blotter for Sept. 6
This report contains public information available from local emergency response and law enforcement organizations.
Sep 81 min read


Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds
Teaching about 9/11 in schools is more important than ever now that about one-third of Americans were born after al-Qaida hijackers crashed planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. A growing majority of states — at least 40 — expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way, but the provisions vary widely in scope, specificity and framing, The Associated Press has found.
Sep 85 min read


Guess what, Juneau? Growth still delivers.
Back in the spring, the city was bracing for a difficult budget year. New food and utility tax exemptions were phasing in, and the forecast was revised sharply downward, from a budgeted $70.1 million to a projected $61 million. That kind of drop naturally raises concerns, and fueled calls for additional taxes that will appear on this October’s ballot.
Sep 84 min read


What previously undisclosed financial dealings are in Alaska’s governor candidate records?
The Alaska Department of Law conducted a nationwide search to find possible gaps in legally required documents.
Sep 83 min read


A California cloud-seeding company created rain near Homer — and an uproar
Local officials say they weren’t informed before a recent ‘cloud-seeding’ test on the Kenai Peninsula.
Sep 85 min read


Dahlstrom: Taylor shouldn’t be disqualified since most of Alaska’s candidates have questionable filings
Dunleavy administration responds to controversial decision putting former attorney general back into governor’s race by challenging filings by 91 of 135 candidates.
Sep 85 min read


Iran war drives $100B in extra energy costs for US consumers
The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning.
Sep 71 min read
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