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• Arguments are Monday in lawsuit that could upend Alaska’s U.S. House ballot

  09-09-2024 22:56 via ktoo.org
  
  Voters cast their ballots in the 2022 primary election in Anchorage on Aug. 16, 2022. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)
  A state judge will rule as soon as Monday whether a man imprisoned in New York state will remain a candidate for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat.
  Eric Hafner, running as a Democrat, was the sixth-place finisher in Alaska’s primary election for U.S. House. However, after two other candidates withdrew, he was promoted to the state’s “final four” in th
  
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• Lingít Word of the Week: Héen — Water

  09-09-2024 20:57 via ktoo.org
  
  Cars cross the Juneau-Douglas bridge on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This is Lingít Word of the Week. Each week, we feature a Lingít word voiced by master speakers. Lingít has been spoken throughout present-day Southeast Alaska and parts of Canada for over 10,000 years.
  Gunalchéesh to X̱’unei Lance Twitchell, Goldbelt Heritage Foundation and the University of Alaska Southeast for sharing the recorded audio for this series.
  This week’s w
  
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• Tour bus accident on Klondike Highway causes injuries, delays race

  09-09-2024 19:28 via ktoo.org
  
  The starting line of the Klondike Road Relay in Skagway is mostly empty as Legs 1-3 are cancelled due to a traffic accident on the highway. (Photo by Melinda Munson/KHNS)
  A Skagway tour bus lost control and overturned on the Canadian side of the Klondike Highway on Friday. It happened late afternoon, near the Yukon Suspension Bridge. No other vehicles were involved.
  Skagway Police Chief Jerry Reddick says his team’s assistance was not requested by Canadian officials. Borough Manager Brad R
  
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• In internet-less Sitka, it’s both ‘mayhem’ and a ‘golden moment’

  09-09-2024 19:01 via ktoo.org
  
  A visitor relaxes at the Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal. (Jeb Sharp/KCAW)
  In the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka, some hospital surgeries are on hold.
  Many shops and restaurants are operating on a cash-only basis. Contact with the outside world comes mostly through satellites.
  For the past week, a break in the sole cable that provides Sitka’s internet and phone service has wreaked havoc on residents and businesses — and, at the same time, effectively launched a massive social and ec
  
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• Governor vetoes bill that would have expanded Alaska women’s access to birth control medicine

  09-09-2024 18:49 via ktoo.org
  
  Members of the Alaska House watch for the vote tally on House Bill 17 on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
  Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed a bill that would have eased access to contraceptives.
  Dunleavy on Wednesday vetoed House Bill 17, a measure that the Legislature passed with bipartisan support. The bill would have allowed women to receive a 12-month supply of prescription contraceptive medicine all at once. In Alaska, such medicine is typically distributed in inc
  
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