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Horror as woman, 62, vanishes while on family cruise excursion in Alaska
Daily Mail
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July 4, 2025
A family cruise turned into a nightmare after a 62-year-old woman disappeared while hiking alone during a port stop in Juneau, Alaska. Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky, was reported missing on Tuesday after she failed to return to the Norwegian...
Alaska Legislature launches education funding task force to address finances and future of schools
Alaska Beacon
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July 1, 2025
As many Alaska school districts grapple with steep budget deficits, and in the wake of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s partial veto of an increase to per-student funding, the Alaska State Legislature has launched a joint bipartisan task force to focus on...
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Congress with Alaska delegation support
Alaska's News Source
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July 4, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After days of indecisive lawmakers and overnight debates, which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-LA, characterized as “performances” Thursday morning, the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ passed the House in a 218-214...
UPDATE: Missing UK Healthcare physician’s body found in Alaska
Kentucky Kernel
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July 4, 2025
A University of Kentucky Health Service physician went missing while hiking in Alaska on Tuesday, July 1. Marites Buenafe, 62, “a five-foot woman weighing about 118 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes,” was on her weeklong trip on the Norwegian...
Opinion: Anchorage needs accountability and dignity, not just enforcement
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Camps in Davis Park in East Anchorage earlier this summer. (Bill Roth / ADN) Anchorage is facing one of the most visible public challenges of our time — a crisis not just of homelessness, but of untreated mental illness, failed behavioral health...
Hikers share safety tips after Ky. woman goes missing hiking in Alaska
WKYT - Kentucky
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July 3, 2025
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) -Crews in Alaska are still searching for a University of Kentucky employee who went missing while on vacation. 62-year-old Marites Buenafe was reported missing on Tuesday, after she didn’t return to her cruise ship in Juneau....
Cruise Passenger Went on a Solo Hike In Alaska. When It Was Time to Reboard, They Were Nowhere to Be Found
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW Marites Buenafe is a 62-year-old Kentucky native traveling on the Norwegian Bliss in Alaska She was reported missing on Tuesday, July 1, after not returning to the cruise ship from a hike Security cameras last spotted her at the top...
Authorities search for UK doctor who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return
Lex 18 - Kentucky
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July 3, 2025
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP/LEX 18) — Authorities were searching for a Kentucky woman visiting Alaska's capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking, officials said Wednesday. The Juneau Police Department said it...
Su Valley Voice: Sunshine Community Health Center Monthly Update
KTNA - Alaska
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July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025 | Trisha Costello In this episode, Sunshine Community Health Center provides us with their monthly update. Host Trisha Costello is joined by Community Relations Manager Sierra Winter and Provider Credentialing and Enrollment Person...
Amid a summer overflow of cats, Juneau Animal Rescue seeks adopters
KTOO - Alaska
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July 3, 2025
Kittens cuddle together at Juneau Animal Rescue on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Juneau Animal Rescue has too many cats. JAR can comfortably house 40 cats and the rescue is well over capacity, according to Executive...
Owner and staff at Southeast Alaska wildlife center say close to 20 animals missing after raid
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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ONE TIME USE - A moose from Steve Kroschel's wildlife facility looks at Alaska Department of Fish and Game spokesperson Riley Woodford as it is removed from the property on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Will Steinfeld / Chilkat Valley News) An...
Search underway for Kentucky woman who went missing from cruise in Alaska
WLKY - Kentucky
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July 3, 2025
Authorities are searching for a University of Kentucky Healthcare employee who got off a cruise ship and did not return.Marites Buenafe, who UK HealthCare lists as a doctor, went missing in Juneau, Alaska on Tuesday after she did not return to the...
Taking Back Alaska: Shrinking govt. with modernization & AI integration
Alaska Watchman
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July 3, 2025
Alaska’s executive agencies have grown large, redundant and administratively costly. The Departments of Natural Resources (DNR), Environmental Conservation (DEC), Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED), and Health (DOH) often...
See How Trump’s Big Bill Could Affect Your Taxes, Health Care and Other Finances
The New York Times
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July 3, 2025
Congressional Republicans just passed President Trump’s sprawling domestic policy bill that extends and expands tax cuts, while slashing Medicaid, food benefits and clean energy initiatives to pay for them — but only partly. The bill favors the...
Sierra Club Statement on Senator Murkowski’s Vote to Raise Electricity Costs, Endanger Public Health, and Kill Jobs
Alaska Native News
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July 3, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Senator Murkowski and Republicans in the United States Senate voted to endanger public health, kill clean energy jobs and their economic benefits, and raise costs for working families and small businesses—all to hand big tax...
Rep. Begich celebrates passage of tax-cut bill that could cause thousands of Alaskans to lose health coverage
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Congressman Nick Begich gave opening remarks during the Resource Development Council's 50th Annual Membership Luncheon at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Alaska’s lone U.S. Rep. Nick Begich on...
Study offers new interpretation of risks from BC salmon farms
The Fish Site
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Salmon farming in British Columbia has grown rapidly since the 1970s, sparking long-standing concerns about disease transmission to wild salmon. However, decades of research, including government risk assessments and studies led by fish...
Authorities searching for Kentucky doctor who went missing in Alaska
WLWT 5 - Ohio
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July 3, 2025
Officials in Alaska are searching for a Kentucky doctor who went missing while she was on a cruise in the state.Marites Buenafe, 62, is an employee with University of Kentucky Healthcare, according to NBC affiliate WLEX.Alaska State Troopers said...
The fight for Alaska: Trump’s landmark bill unlocks state’s future in energy, jobs, security
Must Read Alaska
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July 3, 2025
After nearly 24 straight hours of political wrangling, tense negotiations, and a record-setting filibuster-style speech by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, House Republicans on Thursday passed a domestic policy bill that not only delivers a legislative...
House Passes Trump's Big Bill Cutting Taxes For Wealthy, Axing Health Care For Millions
HuffPost
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON ― Republicans pushed their giant bill cutting taxes and Medicaid through the House on Thursday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Millions of Americans will lose health insurance as a result of the...