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• Skateboarder hit by vehicle near Juneau-Douglas Bridge

  20-07-2026 23:18 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau-Douglas Bridge in June 2023. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  This is a developing story.
  A driver struck a Juneau man on a skateboard near the Juneau-Douglas Bridge late Sunday night, causing life-threatening injuries.
  According to the Juneau Police Department, the collision happened at around 11 p.m. Sunday night. The 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, was riding a skateboard over the Juneau-Douglas Bridge toward 10th Street. While crossing the intersection on the Juneau si
  
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• Alaska state legislator chases bear away from fellow lawmaker outside state Capitol

  20-07-2026 22:20 via ktoo.org
  
  A black bear clings to a tree trunk in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in this undated photo. (National Park Service)
  Rep. Garret Nelson, R-Sutton, chased a black bear away from Rep. Julie Coulombe, R-Anchorage, in front of the Alaska State Capitol during a late-night encounter this week.
  “It was a real safari night,” Nelson said on social media.
  According to Coulombe, she was walking toward the Assembly Building, home to apartments used by legislators, when s
  
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• Hilcorp killed Alaska LNG bill, some legislators say, but governor calls the claim ‘bulls**t’

  20-07-2026 22:19 via ktoo.org
  
  On Wednesday, one day before the Alaska Legislature voted on a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska gas pipeline, Rep. Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage, gave the pipeline’s lead developer a sneak preview of the bill.
  For weeks, Schrage had been in charge of negotiating a compromise version of the tax break that could get approval from the state House, Senate and Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
  He walked Glenfarne Alaska President Adam Prestidge through the compromise, explaining sect
  
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• EPA waives restrictions on using high-sulfur diesel on the North Slope

  20-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  A water truck and blade add layers of ice chips and water to an ice road near a flow line on the Western North Slope in 2017. (Elizabeth Harball/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
  The Environmental Protection Agency issued a temporary waiver Friday under the Clean Air Act for using diesel with higher sulfur levels above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. In a letter to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the 20-day waiver was meant to address fuel supply disruptions caused by the war in the
  
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• Alaska state attorney arrested by ICE, held at Tacoma detention center

  20-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The Department of Homeland Security office in Anchorage. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a state of Alaska lawyer who is originally from China, according to ICE officials.
  Federal officers arrested Shucheng “Charlie” Yang, 32, on July 10 in Anchorage, a spokesperson for ICE said in an email.
  Yang is a Chinese national and violated the terms of his admission to the U.S. and is subject to deportation, the spokesperson said.
  As of
  
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• Alaska regulators fine North Slope oil field operator for unauthorized gas flaring

  20-07-2026 15:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The nameplate on Mustang Holding LLC’s downtown Anchorage office is seen on July 16, 2026. The company is the leaseholder and operator of the Southern Miluveach Unit, which has gone through ownership changes and financial troubles. Mustang Holding flared natural gas for five months without authorization to do so, state regulators say. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
  Alaska regulators on Wednesday assessed a $741,520 civil penalty against the operator of a small and trouble-plagued North Slope
  
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