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alaskabeacon.com 12/06/2026

Court keeps international teacher visa fees affordable for Alaska districts, but it may be too late | Alaska Beacon

Alaska school districts that have grown to rely on international teacher hires are likely to do without them this year, even after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's fee hikes for highly skilled worker visas on Monday.
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alaskabeacon.com 12/06/2026

Dan Sullivan of Petersburg defends run for Alaska’s U.S. Senate against state investigation | Alaska Beacon

The Alaska lieutenant governor’s office, which oversees state elections, announced an investigation into the validity of a U.S. Senate candidate from Petersburg following complaints from Alaska’s incumbent senator with the same name, Dan Sullivan.
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www.arctictoday.com 05/06/2026

ā€˜You’d be crying at the pump’: This Alaska village’s gas was $8.44 — before the Iran war - ArcticToday

Gas and heating fuel prices in rural Alaska were already high. An impending spike from the Iran war could ā€œwipe outā€ communities. Every few weeks this winter, 75-year-old Harvey Joe, an Yup’ik elder in this Western Alaska village, climbed onto his sn