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Begich: Feds should lift Alaska Medicaid suspension

Published July 18

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ANCHORAGE - U.S. Sen. Mark Begich said the federal government suspension banning Alaska from enrolling new people to a Medicaid program for the disabled and elderly should be lifted, the senator wrote in a letter this week.

Stimulus money to fund water projects in rural Alaska

Originally published July 18 at 3:39 p.m.
Updated July 18 at 7:21 p.m. | 9 comments

ANCHORAGE - Federal stimulus money will help fund running water projects for remote and rural villages in Alaska.

Denali workers ratify new contract

Originally published July 17 at 3:25 p.m.
Updated July 17 at 11:15 p.m. | 23 comments

FAIRBANKS — Doyon/ARAMARK J.V. reached an agreement with 17 employees, including bus mechanics at Denali National Park and Preserve, ending a strike that began July 1, both sides confirmed Friday.

Rebuilding begins in villages ravaged by Yukon RIver flooding

Published July 18 | 8 comments

FAIRBANKS — Rebuilding efforts have begun in Eagle, where volunteer crews are working to construct replacement homes following devastating spring flooding on the Yukon River.

Two Alaska teens arrested in death of homeless man in Anchorage July 18 | 18 comments
Summer beer fest showcases Alaska’s best brews July 18 | 35 comments
Wasilla man searches for missing mother July 18 | 4 comments
Time doesn’t fade Barrow man’s love for muktuk eating competition July 18 | 4 comments
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250 soldiers return to Fairbanks from northern Iraq July 17 | 23 comments
Alaska high court recommends Bethel judge get 3-month suspension July 17 | 10 comments
'Wet Bethel' petitions have enough signatures July 17 | 6 comments

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Alaska’s auto pioneer

Published July 18

Editor’s note: As we recognize the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s signing of the Alaska statehood proclamation on Jan. 3, 1959, the Daily News-Miner is reprinting an occasional sampling of its statehood-related editorials from that era.

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Roundabout plans July 18 | 34 comments
Leaders or rulers? July 17 | 32 comments
Twisted words July 17 | 69 comments
Veterans help July 17 | 8 comments
Clean house July 17 | 24 comments

Community Perspectives

Warning needed July 14 | 1 comment
Alternatives for Alaska gas July 12 | 28 comments
Palin dodged many opportunities for open discussion with newspaper July 11 | 162 comments

Rebecca Brower, 15 months, of Barrow, walks alongside her mother Florence, out of frame, while competing in the fur category of the Native regalia contest ...

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U.S. chamber backs higher federal gas tax

Published July 17 | 24 comments

While Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell is pushing the Legislature to continue a suspension or repeal the state's 8-cent gas tax, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling for an increase of about 10 cents in the federal gas tax to build and fix the nation's crumbling roads.

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Shangin comes through to capture men’s ear pull competition

Published July 18

In the ear pull, two people loop twine around their ears and lean backward until the string comes loose or someone gives up. It is a test of pain threshold created to simulate frostbite.