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In remote Alaska, broadband for all remains a dream. So a school district got creative
A district in the Aleutian Islands has built a wide area mesh network to enable virtual learning -- skirting the need for internet access in students' homes.
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Why the U.S. government is allowing bears, wolves to be hunted in their dens
The rollback of a rule banning controversial hunting methods in Alaska's national preserves has some worried the National Park Service is ceding control to states with less conservation-oriented goals.
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'Into the Wild' bus likely lands a home at Fairbanks museum
An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his demise in 1992.
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Controversial Alaska hunting techniques to return as bans reversed
Controversial Alaska hunting techniques to return as bans reversed
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'Into The Wild' bus removed from Alaska wilderness
Tourists hiking to the remote area to visit the bus were getting into difficulties, officials said.
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The Trump administration just restored Alaska hunting rules that allow killing bear cubs, and using doughnuts, dogs, and bright lights to kill bears
Hunters in Alaska will soon be able to blind brown bears with bright lights and bait them with human food before killing them, after the Trump administration just ended an Obama-era ban on controversial hunting practices on national preserves. On Tuesday, the National Park Service Policy published changes to game-hunting regulations in the Federal Register, scrapping a 2015 rule that restricted practices on more than 20 million acres of Alaskan federal land.
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The man feeding a remote Alaska town with a Costco card and a ship
When Gustavus, Alaska, was cut off from its grocery supply chain, one resident decided to take matters into his own hands.
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Belugas Are Dying off in Alaska and Oil and Gas Operations Are to Blame, Says Lawsuit
Two environmental groups announced that they will file a lawsuit to protect endangered beluga whales whose numbers have plummeted recently.
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Here's What Happened When a City in Alaska Took Fluoride Out of Its Drinking Water
Despite what dentists keep telling us about the protective effects of fluoride on people's teeth, virulent myths insisting otherwise somehow manage to persist.
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Open water replaces sea ice as the autumn norm in Western Arctic
Open water has become the November norm in the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska. Instead of thick, years-old ice, researchers are studying waves and how they may pummel the northern Alaska coastline.
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Alaska is having a hell of a time growing sea ice
"We've got these incredibly warm seas."
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This Alaska mine could generate $1 billion a year. Is it worth the risk to salmon?
A giant open-pit copper and gold dig above Alaska's Bristol Bay could yield sales of more than $20 billion in two decades, but Pebble Mine would place the world's greatest wild salmon run at risk forever.
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Be kind, rewind: The last Blockbuster on Earth is not only surviving, but thriving as a tourist destination
The Bend, Oregon store rents new releases and sells merchandise to fans of the once-ubiquitous franchise from all over the world
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Heat stress that killed thousands of salmon in Alaska is a sign of things to come, scientist warns
Scientists believe heat stress killed thousands of salmon in an Alaskan river last month. From July 7 to 11, communities along the Koyukuk River experienced sustained air temperatures of over 30 C, well above the seasonal average highs of less than 20 C. Shortly after the heat wave, locals began reporting an unusual number of dead chum salmon washing up on the banks of the river.
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Scientists discover star dust in Antarctic snow
A team of scientists hauled 500 kilograms of fresh snow back from Antarctica, melted it, and sifted through the particles that remained. Their analysis yielded a surprise: The snow held significant amounts of a form of iron that isn't naturally produced on Earth.
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The water is so hot in Alaska it's killing large numbers of salmon
Alaska has been in the throes of an unprecedented heat wave this summer, and the heat stress is killing salmon in large numbers.
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The water is so hot in Alaska it's killing large numbers of salmon
Alaska has been in the throes of an unprecedented heat wave this summer, and the heat stress is killing salmon in large numbers. Scientists have observed die-offs of several varieties of Alaskan salmon, including sockeye, chum and pink salmon. Stephanie Quinn-Davidson, director of the Yukon Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, told CNN she took a group of scientists on an expedition along Alaska's Koyokuk River at the end of July, after locals alerted her to salmon die-offs on the stream.
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Alaska defunds scholarships for thousands of university students ahead of fall semester
After the University of Alaska lost 41 percent of its state funding, thousands of students were told Alaska would no longer be providing promised state scholarships.
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Unprecedented fires burn the Arctic
A rare fire even ignited in Greenland.
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Baked Alaska: record heat fuels wildfires and sends tourists to the beach
Capital Anchorage sees 80-degree weather with nearly 120 fires blazing across the state
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