Alaska

Free rides, beer and savings bonds: Vaccinators get creative

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Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to...

Alaska candidate shadowed by anti-gay article, election post

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska previously wrote articles in support of an organization that espoused gay conversion therapy, questioned...

AP interview: Alaska governor shares vaccine with Canada

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HYDER, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has offered COVID-19 vaccines to residents of the small British Columbia town of Stewart, with hopes it...

Airline bans Alaska state senator for violating mask rules

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Airlines has banned an Alaska state senator for refusing to follow mask requirements. ...

Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss

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BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...

US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June

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BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of...

Researcher who sold trade secrets to China gets 33 months

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former researcher at an Ohio children’s hospital has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to steal trade...

Alaska pinata maker now makes coronavirus-shaped models

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — When the coronavirus pandemic began last year, Carolina Tolladay Vidal's pinata business in Alaska grounded almost to a halt. ...

Pilot views obstructed, alerts missing in midair plane crash

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WASHINGTON — The pilots of two Alaskan sightseeing planes that collided in midair couldn't see the other aircraft because airplane structures or a passenger...

Fully vaccinated prisoners will be allowed to have visitors

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska will allow prison visitations for all inmates who have been fully vaccinated, the Alaska Department of Corrections said Monday. ...