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Where In The World Is Cannabis Legal?

This article was originally published on Cannabis & Tech Today and appears here with permission.

Benzinga

Ben Stevens, former Alaska Senate president, dies at age 63

Ben Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, has died

The Independent UK

Composer Lei Liang and Scripps oceanographers take deep dive in Arctic to create game-changing 'Six Seasons'

SAN DIEGO — Groundbreaking composer Lei Liang has never been to the Arctic or to its Chukchi Sea, which sits between Alaska and Siberia. But that imposing 240,000-square-mile body of water's beneath-the-surface sounds not only inspired his provocative new work, "Six Seasons," they are an intrinsic and very audible part…

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Previewing Alaska’s second U.S. House election of 2022

Incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D), Nicholas Begich III (R), Sarah Palin (R), and Chris Bye (L) are running for Alaska’s at-large congressional district on Nov. 8, 2022. Peltola, Begich, Palin, and Tara Sweeney (R) advanced from the Aug. 16, 2022, top-four primary. Sweeney withdrew, meaning Bye, the fifth-place finisher, advanced.

Ballotpedia

Greg Cote: Larry Csonka, ‘heart’ of Dolphins glory days, on his life of adventure — and perfection

It was 1987 when the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, made Larry Csonka one of its own. He had grown up on a farm a half hour north in Stow, Ohio, one of six kids in a Hungarian family of modest means. They made their own butter.…

Miami Herald

Chunky one-ton Alaskan bear ‘747’ wins Fat Bear Week competition yet again

747 led the polls by 10,000 votes against 901, a female bear who fiercely “defends her fishing spots from other bears”

The Independent UK

‘We Are Resilient People’: A Project To Keep Cultures And Land Above Water

Separated by thousands of miles, two Indigenous groups are working together to elevate their voices on a shared problem.

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Biden releases Arctic strategy with emphasis on competition with China and Russia

WASHINGTON —The Biden administration has released its vision for U.S. strategy in the Arctic in a new document that underscores competition with Russia and China over the next decade.

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Conservation concerns cancel Alaska's Bering snow, king crab seasons

Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and in a first-ever move, also scuttled the winter harvest of smaller snow crab.

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Russia invites US states to secede and join country

Comments came after another lawmaker called for Alaska to be returned

The Independent UK

‘Ballots have been stuffed’: voting scandal rocks Alaska’s fat bear contest

Katmai national park, which runs Fat Bear Week, forced to discount votes after irregularities in semi-finals discovered

The Guardian - US

Cannabis Reg. Update: Possession Pardons In Tennessee And MA, Jobs In Alaska & UK Home Secretary Hates Weed

Marijuana Legalization In Tennessee

Benzinga

As suicides rise, US military seeks to address mental health

Rising suicide rates among active service members have forced the Pentagon to review the military's mental health protocols

The Independent UK

Emergency FAA order points to one possible cause of Whidbey seaplane crash

SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a warning regarding potential weaknesses in parts of the tail of Otter seaplanes, the same type of aircraft that crashed off Whidbey Island last month.

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The Guardian - US

Fat Bear Week 2022: thousands tune in to plump for their favorite

This year’s iteration of the popular Alaskan tournament pits 435 Holly against four-time winner 480 Otis

ABC News

Two Russians flee to Alaska's St Lawrence Island in small boat to escape Putin's Ukraine war conscription

Two Russian men braved the Bering Strait in an attempt to escape being drafted into Vladimir Putin's army.

Daily Mirror

Two Russians fleeing Vladimir Putin's draft arrive in US by boat seeking asylum

Two Russians are seeking asylum in the United States after arriving by boat in Alaska and saying that they were trying to avoid the military mobilisation by Vladimir Putin to fight in Ukraine

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2 Russians detained on St. Lawrence Island after they arrived by boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two Russians who arrived on St. Lawrence Island by boat were flown off the Bering Sea island by federal government officials this week, setting off a scramble by multiple agencies.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 226 of the invasion

EU imposes new sanctions on Russia; Zaporizhzhia hit with multiple rockets; Russians fearing conscription escape by boat to Alaska

The Independent UK

2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea, according to information from Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's office

Evening Standard

Two Russians who fled military service sail to Alaska seeking asylum

“We don’t anticipate a continual stream of individuals or a flotilla of individuals.”

Reuters

Two Russians fleeing military service seek U.S. asylum

Two Russians fleeing military service have claimed asylum in the United States after arriving by boat in Alaska, authorities said on Thursday.

WEKU

Two Russians looking to avoid military service seek asylum after reaching Alaska

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid compulsory military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaskan island in the Bering Sea, a senator's office said.

Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Alaska Daily' turns an HBO-ready premise into broadcast TV. And it works

I have been catching up with ABC's recently premiered "The Rookie: Feds," in which Niecy Nash-Betts stars as a middle-aged high school guidance counselor turned FBI "probie." (I say "middle-aged," but that isn't a description that sticks easily to Nash-Betts.) It's an over-the-top action cartoon, in which scenes dealing with…

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Neal Justin: 'Alaska Daily' comes as close to an authentic journalism drama as network TV can get

"Spotlight" director Tom McCarthy isn't done investigating journalism.

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