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[Avery Ellfeldt](https://alaskapublic.org/people/avery-ellfeldt)
, March 19, 2025
About the same number of people registered for the Buckwheat International Ski Classic this year as last year. And nearly 70% were Canadian.
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[Wesley Early](https://alaskapublic.org/people/wesley-early)
, March 19, 2025
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Cory Turner
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[Eric Stone](https://alaskapublic.org/people/eric-stone)
, 9 hours ago
It was a strikingly different scene from just two days before by his fellow Republican Senate colleague, Lisa Murkowski.
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[Wesley Early](https://alaskapublic.org/people/wesley-early)
, 13 hours ago
This year’s annual traffic calming project will install speed cushions in Northeast, Midtown and South Anchorage, as well as the Russian Jack neighborhood.
* [](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/2025-03-20/sitka-residents-to-vote-on-cruise-limits-in-special-election)
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[Sitka residents to vote on cruise limits in special election](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/2025-03-20/sitka-residents-to-vote-on-cruise-limits-in-special-election)
[Katherine Rose](https://alaskapublic.org/people/katherine-rose)
, 14 hours ago
If approved by the voters, the ordinance would set an annual cap of 300,000 cruise passengers, a daily cap of 4,500 passengers and limit port calls to six days a week.
* [](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/washington-d-c/2025-03-20/how-cuts-and-1-payment-limits-are-making-federal-jobs-harder)
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Jenna McLaughlin
, 17 hours ago
Interior Department employees say they have been scrambling to keep the lights on and do their jobs as budget cuts driven by the Department of Government Efficiency team start to bite.
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[Robyne](https://alaskapublic.org/people/robyne)
, 17 hours ago
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he wasn't able to make a town hall arranged to hear from him during Congress's spring break. Organizers decided to hold the event anyway.
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[Silver Bay Seafoods announces buyout of OBI](https://alaskapublic.org/news/economy/2025-03-20/silver-bay-seafoods-announces-buyout-of-obi)
[Angela Denning](https://alaskapublic.org/people/angela-denning)
, 18 hours ago
Silver Bay plans to manage processing plants in Petersburg, Seward, Kodiak, Larsen Bay, Egegik, Wood River, Cordova and Naknek, as well as a warehouse in Washington.
* [](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/2025-03-20/we-are-done-waiting-advocates-and-supporters-of-alaskans-with-disabilities-rally-at-the-capitol)
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[Corinne Smith](https://alaskapublic.org/people/corinne-smith-1)
, 20 hours ago
The Key Coalition for Alaska's advocacy week focused on protecting Medicaid benefits, eliminating support-service waitlists, supporting infant learning programs and more.
* [](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/alaska-legislature/2025-03-19/alaska-lawmakers-reject-gov-dunleavys-order-creating-state-agriculture-department)
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[Eric Stone](https://alaskapublic.org/people/eric-stone)
, March 19, 2025
Dunleavy’s proposal would have split the existing Division of Agriculture into a new cabinet-level department. Lawmakers rejected it 32-28.
* [](https://alaskapublic.org/programs/alaska-news-nightly/2025-03-19/alaska-news-nightly-wednesday-march-19-2025)
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[Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 19, 2025](https://alaskapublic.org/programs/alaska-news-nightly/2025-03-19/alaska-news-nightly-wednesday-march-19-2025)
[Tim Rockey](https://alaskapublic.org/people/tim-rockey)
, March 19, 2025
Legislators reject a proposal to create a Department of Agriculture. Plus, Fairbanks residents gathered to share concerns with Sen. Dan Sullivan, though indirectly.
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* [](https://alaskapublic.org/news/anchorage/2025-03-19/anchorage-mayor-lafrances-chief-of-staff-to-depart-at-the-end-of-april)
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[Anchorage Mayor LaFrance’s chief of staff to depart at the end of April](https://alaskapublic.org/news/anchorage/2025-03-19/anchorage-mayor-lafrances-chief-of-staff-to-depart-at-the-end-of-april)
[Wesley Early](https://alaskapublic.org/people/wesley-early)
, March 19, 2025
Katie Scovic began working with Suzanne LaFrance in late 2023 as her campaign manager, before heading the mayor’s transition team and serving as chief of staff since July.
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