Anchorage Assembly members shot down a proposal concerning a vote on a 3% city sales tax. The proposal would have used the revenue collected to lower property taxes and fund voter-approved projects designed to enhance the city's quality of life.

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Astronaut Nichole Ayers, who previously served in the 90th fighter squadron at Elmendorf Air Force base, is now aboard the International Space Station. Plus U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, called the recent firings of Alaska federal employees by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiencies “unlawful” during a nearly hour-long speech addressing to the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday.

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An Alaska nonprofit providing humanitarian aid to South Sudan explains how recent actions by the Trump administration could affect its work in the third-world country.

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The final competitor in this year’s 53rd Iditarod has arrived in Nome. Plus a fin whale that washed ashore near Anchorage’s Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in November will soon find its permanent home in the Wasilla Museum.

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A community of hundreds remembered one of their own Saturday at a memorial for Wasilla resident and Iron Dog racer Skye Rench, one of two Alaskans who went missing in an ATV accident earlier this month. 

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The latest headlines from Alaska's News Source.

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The latest headlines from Alaska's News Source.

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The 53rd Iditarod has crowned a new winner. Plus, Alaska’s working group, Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit, held a vigil on Friday at Hostetler Park to shine light on the tragic story of a 14-year-old San Carlos Apache teenager who was found dead in Arizona last month.

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The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has a new champion - Jessie Holmes! Learn about his triumph in The Last Great Race.

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A snowmachine rider is alive after falling nearly 60 feet deep into a glacial crevasse, necessitating a rescue by a group of good Samaritan riders last weekend. Plus, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said city officials are closely watching the mounting activity at Mt. Spurr volcano which scientists said Wednesday is likely to erupt in the weeks or months ahead.

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