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It’s high. But it’s not that bad. It depends on which metric you look at. But generally, Kodiak’s cost of living has been steadily decreasing over the past five years. According to statistics released this month by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the state has the sixth highest cost of living in …

Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring national headlines from NPR, and state and local stories on: COVID-19 cases in Alaska and Kodiak Gov. Dunleavy’s Monday press conference Juneau’s conservation corp work program Sen. Dan Sullivan fundraiser interrupted by ANWR activists plus, Alaska Fish Radio, new AK Dept of Fish and Game announcement and the …

Although many Alaska Natives on Kodiak Island are busy catching and putting up fish right now, many are also making plans for the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, scheduled for the third week of October in Anchorage. But due to the Covid-19 crisis, AFN organizers say the state’s largest convention may be different than in …

Some cities, like three in Vermont, allow non-U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. In these places, noncitizen turnout has remained low, as noncitizen voting is a contentious national issue.

Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students.

Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.

A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high waters rescuing both people and pets.

The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.

Wisconsin's young voters — who have turned out in big numbers in recent elections — are key for either candidate to win the state. But Biden is facing some skepticism on the state's college campuses.

Zillow Gone Wild started in 2020 as an Instagram account devoted to eccentric property listings. The show focuses on homes that defy everyday expectations in some way.