Japan, Donald Trump and Alaska
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Alaska Airlines ground stop lifted
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Alaska police say a brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked on a popular trail in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains.
Hundreds of Alaska Airlines flights and thousands of passengers’ travel plans were disrupted over the weekend and well into Monday following a “significant IT outage” that resulted in the grounding of planes for about three hours.
The state failed a test earlier this year that would allow it to use $80 million in federal money to offset its contribution to school districts. If successful, the state can continue using its typical funding structure for this fiscal year.
Medicaid budget could shrink by up to 18% due to new work requirements and eligibility checks, the Department of Health said.
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The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it had detected and tracked a Russian military aircraft operating near Alaska on Tuesday, July 22, though it remained in international airspace. The Russian aircraft was operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), NORAD said, without specifying its type.
Whittier, the quirky port town at the western edge of Prince William Sound, is known for keeping people in close quarters. Almost all of the approximately 275 residents live in a single building, a converted military structure called the Begich Towers.
The Anchorage School District, the Kuspuk School District and the Fairbanks North Star Borough are part of a suit seeking to force the Trump administration to distribute $6.8 billion in frozen funds.