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Today on the Morning Edition, cities across the country, including here in Alaska, are standing in solidarity with Los Angeles as clashes between police and protestors spill into a fifth day after federal agents rounded up hundreds of migrants at their workplaces throughout the region. Plus, the Anchorage Assembly is considering a repeal of an ordinance that forces bars and restaurants to ID anyon...

Today on the Morning Edition, there’s growing unrest in Los Angeles as protestors clash with National Guard Troops over the President’s immigration policy. Plus, an inspiring finish for Special Olympics Athletes over the weekend for the 2025 Summer Games. More than 300 athletes from across the state took home medals in their sports.

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Today on the morning edition, two people are dead after a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope. Investigators are battling time and weather to find out what cause the deadly crash, saying the next few hours are critical. Also, an update in a high-profile voter fraud case out of Whittier. Ten members of an American Samoan Family, who are U.S. Nationals, are being accused of illegally cast...

Today on the Morning Edition, new details from Nigeria about a former Alaska Priest who is missing and believed to be in the hands of a deadly terrorist group. Hundreds are paying for his life and calling for his safe return. Also, a 47-year-old woman is now facing 73 counts of animal abuse and neglect after police found her home packed with dogs and birds. 

In breaking news, federal officials confirmed that two people were killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday on Alaska’s North Slope. Plus, the Diocese of Fairbanks says that they were contacted by a Nigerian Diocese informing them that a terrorist group in Africa had kidnapped a former Alaska priest in the country.

Today on the Morning Edition, a former Fairbanks Priest has been kidnapped in Africa, according to the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. The Catholic Community is uniting and hoping faith will bring him home. Also, the search for a missing Ski Mountaineer on Mt. McKinley has been postponed, according to a spokesperson from Denali National Park. How weather has been impacting the search for the missin...

A Fairbanks mass was held this afternoon for a former Fairbanks priest who the Diocese of Fairbanks says was kidnapped while on a mission in Africa. Plus, a woman has been charged with 73 counts of animal neglect after 71 dogs and two birds were found in a single home last month.

Today on the Morning Edition, a controversial push for Alaska's fossil fuels, plus we continue our Roadtrippin' adventures in Adak.

Three Trump Cabinet members began a tour at a key point of operations at a prolific oil field near the Arctic Ocean in Alaska on Monday, part of a multiday trip aimed at highlighting President Donald Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in the state. Plus, one man is dead and another faces charges after an early morning rollover crash on the Seward Highway Saturday...

Today on the Morning Edition, Trump administration officials are in Alaska talking jobs, gas and the future of a $44 billion pipeline project. Plus, learn what makes Adak unique as our Roadtrippin' crew kicks things off in the Aleutians.

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The latest headlines from Alaska's News Source.

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Today on the Morning Edition, a life-or-death struggle in the icy Tanana River. How one first responder was pushed to the limits to pull off a successful but dangerous water rescue. Plus, Senator Dan Sullivan talks about a passion project that is about to take shape on JBER. How a half-billion dollar project will bring jobs, expand military readiness and position Alaska at the forefront of global...

After finding the remains of three bodies in a boat that sank off Kachemak Bay last summer, the person who found the remains earlier this week breaks down the efforts over the last 10 months in trying to locate the family of four from Texas.

Today on the Morning Edition, in Ketchikan, mud and debris from a landslide slammed into homes, triggering evacuations and urgent warnings from emergency officials as more wind and rain could be heading into the area. Plus, Alaska State Troopers say three bodies have been recovered from a boat discovered at the bottom of Kachemak Bay. This comes nearly 10 months after a Texas family of four disapp...

An early morning landslide in Ketchikan left one home and a vehicle damaged, but no one injured. Plus, a Texas man is recovering after being pinned for hours under a 700-pound boulder that fell on him during a hike with his wife last weekend; and nearly 10 months after a family of four from Texas went missing in the waters of Kachemak Bay, a search has turned up human remains in the boat on the bo...

Two men are still missing after a weekend seal hunt ended in disaster. The lone survivor is now home, as family and search crews cling to hope. Plus, a heartbreaking discovery after months of searching near the Susitna River. The fiancée of Iron Dog Racer Skye Ranch shares with Alaska’s News Source what she felt in the moment she got the call.

A search is ongoing for two men missing after the boat they were on sank off the coast of a Western Alaska island late Monday night. Plus, the fiancée of a Wasilla man whose body was found Thursday after breaking through ice while riding an ATV said while the news is bittersweet, it does bring the family a bit of closure.

More than 70 dogs were seized from a single home in Anchorage. Now the shelter is packed, and the community is being asked to step up and help ease the overcrowding. Additionally, more than a hundred people spent time honoring veterans by cleaning headstones at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery over the past weekend. 

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The City of Anchorage has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the family of 16-year-old Easter Leafa, who was shot and killed by police days before starting school last summer. The release from the Mayor’s Office says the settlement relieves the city of all claims regarding the shooting. Leafa’s family attorney says they are working with the city to make sure no other family...