HOUR 1 

• A race between the U.S. and Russia is underway to secure the debris of the drone that crashed into the Black Sea / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-try-recovering-downed-us-drone-us-vows-protect-our-equities
• Facebook considerably downsizing staff / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/14/meta-plans-another-round-of-mass-layoffs?
• Over 110,000 people died of drug overdoses last year in America, according to the CDC. Behind the deadly wave is fentanyl, a cheap and powerful synthetic opiate that is often mixed with street drugs / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/1161800940/are-harsher-fentanyl-sentences-the-solution-to-the-opiate-crisis-experts-say-no
• The field hearing examines the link between the administration's policies and the unprecedented crisis at the southern border / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322615094112

HOUR 2

• Ryan Redington wins the Iditarod / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/14/ryan-redington-wins-2023-iditarod/
• Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday signaled her support for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that has been at the center of a decades-long battle between the largely Indigenous people of King Cove, who say it will provide lifesaving access to a Cold Bay runway, and environmental groups who say a road will harm the refuge / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/03/14/interior-secretary-withdraws-land-exchange-but-signals-support-for-road-through-alaskas-izembek-national-wildlife-refuge/
• Registered Anchorage voters should begin seeing ballots in their mailboxes as early as Wednesday as the city gets set for the April 4 municipal election / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/15/anchorage-mails-200k-ballots-april-4-municipal-election/
• Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' comments about U.S. support for Ukraine during its war with Russia have rattled the cages of establishment Republicans / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-rattles-establishment-gop-after-saying-us-interest-ukraine-russia-war-not-vital
• The Alaska Department of Labor has been keeping the Class of 2005 alive through a living yearbook — but instead of pictures, this one contains data / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/15/where-are-they-today-state-studies-economic-trends-class-2005/