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2 days ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
Sitka, Alaska (KTUU) - Friends of the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka are asking for the community’s help after they lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on Friday. According to Melissa Fouse, President of the Friends of the Sheldon Jackson Museum Board, the grant funding cut had come after the funding had already been approved. “We applied for the grant and then we got a letter saying that this no longer comported with the administration’s priorities,” Fouse said.
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4 days ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -A controlled burn is scheduled to take place as soon as Monday, May 12, near Anchorage between the Hilltop Ski Area and the Prospect Heights Trailhead, according to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. Once the burn has been started, smoke will be extremely visible throughout Anchorage, and because of this, residents are encouraged not to report the burn to 911 or other dispatch centers.
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5 days ago | 
webcenterfairbanks.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska Native Tribes are speaking out against the Yukon Flats Oil Exploration after around 1,000 gallons of diesel were spilled near the Yukon River Campground. According to documents from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, on April 4, a diesel fuel truck owned by Brice Inc. was parked in the southeast corner of the Yukon River Camp lease parking lot that is across the road from the Yukon River Campground.
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5 days ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Native Alaskan Tribes are speaking out against the Yukon Flats Oil Exploration after around 1,000 gallons of diesel were spilled near the Yukon River Campground. According to documents from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, on April 4, a diesel fuel truck owned by Brice Inc. was parked in the southeast corner of the Yukon River Camp lease parking lot that is across the road from the Yukon River Campground.
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1 week ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The city of Anchorage is working to prevent future “food deserts” from hitting neighborhoods within the municipality. This comes after the announcement that the Carr’s grocery store in Fairview would be shuttering its doors.
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1 week ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Since 2023, Mike Arnold has been at the forefront of a petition calling for the end of a salt brine solution on winter roads in the Kenai Peninsula. The gathering of signatures started with the local mechanics in the region. “I couldn’t believe the response. It was like they were just up in arms about the whole thing,” said the organizer of the petition, Mike Arnold.
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1 week ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -The sun has been shining, a key sign for motorcycle riders that the season to hit the open road is here. To celebrate the good weather, motorcycle riders from all over the valley made their way to the Dimond Center in Anchorage. The event helps the riders’ dust off their seats after a long winter. The event featured booths with motorcycle merch, some riders opted to get their bikes blessed by the Christian Motorcycle Association, and others were there to promote their art.
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3 weeks ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A controversial bill is moving through Congress, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — better known as the “SAVE Act”— if passed, would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The bill passed the House of Representatives on April 10 with four Democrats voting in favor along with all 214 Republicans’ votes, including Alaska Representative Nick Begich. The piece of legislation made it to the Senate right as Congress headed home for the Easter holiday.
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3 weeks ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Food banks and anti-hunger organizations are speaking out about what federal funding cuts to the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program (LFPA) mean for their communities. In Fairbanks, the Bread Line has been serving the community since 1984. The federal funding drop has come as President Donald Trump continues to work with his administration to find ways to cut what they call excessive spending.
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1 month ago | 
alaskasnewssource.com | Justin Mattson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) federal funding cuts are impacting allocations to programs meant to help provide increased access to locally grown food. The two programs include the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) and Local Food for Schools (LFS), which are run through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). LFPA also deals with tribal funding for local produce. The total cuts are impacting Alaska across the board.
