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Sun up … and sun still up: Alaska celebrates the longest day of the year on Friday
Must Read Alaska
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June 19, 2025
As the clock strikes 6:42 pm on Friday, June 20, the summer solstice will have arrived. Continuous daylight is already a feature for Alaskans as the days have grown longer since the 2024 winter solstice on Dec. 21 — but no sense in reminding...
Column: A Life Less Serious: Alaska or Bust
East Aurora Advertiser - New York
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June 19, 2025
I recently took a fabulous Alaskan cruise vacation with my husband, Jonathan. We got a great deal on a Black Friday sale last November and considered it our 30th Christmas gift to one another. The deal came with free airfare for the second guest...
C-130s and KC-135s take off during Red Flag-Alaska 25-2
DVIDS - Georgia
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June 19, 2025
U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules and KC-135 Stratotankers take off from the flight line during Red Flag-Alaska 25-2 at Joint-Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 13, 2025. In addition to aircrew, RF-A provides training for deployed maintenance and...
Four months of Operation Take Back America results in criminal charges against 39 defendants in Alaska
Alaska Native News
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June 19, 2025
Charges against defendants include serious drug trafficking, firearm and other offenses. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman announced Wednesday the immediate success of Operation Take Back America in Alaska. In just over four...
Two Anchorage residents charged with conspiring to traffic fentanyl pills and powder to Alaska, laundering the proceeds
Alaska Native News
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June 19, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging an Anchorage man and woman with conspiring to traffic large quantities of fentanyl to and within Alaska and laundering over half a million dollars in drug...
The 3rd Hour of TODAY Heads To Alaska! How To Watch The Live Broadcast
TODAY
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June 19, 2025
The 3rd Hour of TODAY is headed north, trading the New York City skylines for the stunning peaks of Alaska. On June 20, Craig Melvin, Al Roker and Dylan Dreyer are heading to Anchorage for the summer solstice. While there, the co-hosts will...
JAG Alaska, Inc. Wins $95.4M Contract to Upgrade NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson
Offshore Source - Florida
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NOAA has awarded $95,408,666 to JAG Alaska, Inc. from Seward, Alaska, to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance on NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson. Following the 2026 field season, the ship will go into a year-long maintenance period. NOAA is working to...
Bechtel, Worley Gain Big Awards on Texas, Alaska LNG Projects
Engineering News Record
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June 19, 2025
Rio Grande LNG export terminal complex site in Brownsville, Texas, seen in early 2024, has add to EPC contractor Bechtel's construction mission two new trains, for total of five now being built or planned. Developer Next Decade said in May that it...
Juneau’s sacrifice pays off
The Nation Barbados
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June 19, 2025
IT WAS A DAY of continued celebration across the island as several schools marked the success of students in the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination after the results were announced on Monday. A feeling of happiness and tears of joy...
Feds Announce 39 Criminal Cases Filed In Alaska Under Operation Take Back America
KSRM 920 AM - Alaska
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June 19, 2025
ANCHORAGE — In just over four months, federal prosecutors in Alaska have charged 39 defendants in connection with Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative aimed at dismantling drug trafficking organizations, cracking down on violent...
Unlike the left, pro-life Alaska students hold peaceful, prayerful vigil
Alaska Watchman
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June 19, 2025
Seeing the “mostly peaceful” but inevitably violent protests over the past week put many of us in the mood to turn the channel every time the angry, misguided miscreants appeared on the screen. Burning American flags while proudly waving those of...
Juneau’s Alaska Legion baseball team hits the road
Juneau Empire - Alaska
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June 19, 2025
Juneau’s Auke Bay Post 25 will begin their first road trip of the 2025 Alaska Legion Baseball season this weekend in the Lance Coz Wood Bat Tournament at Kenai. “I think this is going to be a good returning season for us,” Auke Bay Post 25 manager...
The Richest Cities In Alaska, Based On The Latest Census Data
Forbes
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The residential houses along the coast in Juneau, the capital of Alaska. The suburbs of Juneau, ... More Anchorage, and Fairbanks contain most of Alaska's wealthiest cities.getty Recently, a series of studies have been analyzing and identifying...
Anchorage makes a run at 70 degrees, with more scattered thunderstorm across Alaska
KTVF - Alaska
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June 19, 2025
ANCHORAGE, AK (Alaska’s News Source) - Sunshine has returned to Southcentral, as our marine layer is no longer with us. This will pave the way for ample sunshine and warmth throughout the day. While additional thunderstorms will be possible today...
Running roundup: Dixson gets top male survivor at Alaska Men’s Run; Aldridge wins state duathlon title
Peninsula Clarion - Alaska
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June 18, 2025
Soldotna’s Marc Dixson was the top male survivor at the Alaska Men’s Run on Saturday in Anchorage. According to the event, the race uses entry fees to fund educational activities, health awareness, promote early detection, and provide financial...
Alaska delegation introduces bill for Anchorage land transfer
SC Alaska News
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June 18, 2025
Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator from Alaska | www.sullivan.senate.govDan Sullivan, U.S. Senator from Alaska | www.sullivan.senate.gov U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, along with U.S. Congressman Nick Begich, have introduced the...
Drugs, guns, and gangs: Feds strike back in Alaska “Operation Take Back America” crackdown
Must Read Alaska
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June 19, 2025
The Justice Department announced a sweeping law enforcement success in Alaska on Wednesday, with US Attorney Michael Heyman announcing that 39 defendants were criminally charged in the state so far, as part of Operation Take Back America, a...
JAG Alaska Books $95M NOAA Contract for Ship Maintenance, Upgrades
ExecutiveBiz
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June 19, 2025
Shipyard services provider JAG Alaska has secured a $95.4 million contract to complete the maintenance and upgrades to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ship Oscar Dyson, a fisheries survey vessel designed to gather data on fish...
Alaska Alaska transforms a cult piece of modernist design into a striking speaker
Wallpaper*
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June 19, 2025
Design studio Alaska Alaska has reshaped the bookshelf speaker, drawing inspiration from an unlikely source and teaming up with limited-run specialists Caliper to create an audio objet d’art that’s both collectable and cutting edge. Tawanda...
David Ignell: Do Democrats care about due process rights of Alaska citizens, or is it all political theater?
Must Read Alaska
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June 19, 2025
By DAVID IGNELL My last article about the nationwide obsession over the due process rights of illegal aliens concluded by signaling my intent to contact the politicians fueling the fires, asking them to advocate for Thomas Jack, Jr., from the...