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Tariffs Are Unravelling the Lifeline Between Yukon and Alaska

Frustrated and a little heartbroken, Whitehorse resident Karen McColl decided to send a breakup letter to the mayors of two small coastal towns in Alaska. As she read headline after headline about ...
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Opinion: Alaska and Yukon, let’s unite and grow old together

The Alaska Legislature earlier this month approved a resolution supporting Canada’s independence, a body check on President Donald Trump’s unsportsmanlike conduct toward our neighbor. The resolution ...
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Alaska faces unique housing challenges, as feds send millions of dollars to help, top HUD official says

Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianna Todman during a visit to Bethel in mid-August 2022. (HUD) The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was in ...
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Yukon and Alaska will share data on gender-based violence against Indigenous people

The governments of Yukon and Alaska signed a cross-border agreement in Whitehorse on Aug. 12 to formalize commitments from both governments to improving safety for Indigenous women and non-binary ...
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Amid salmon crash, Alaska’s Yukon River residents say a new pact with Canada leaves them behind

This reporting was supported by a Carnegie Foundation Fellowship. Writers Olivia Ebertz and Bathsheba Demuth boated more than 1,000 miles up and down the Yukon River last summer, hearing the stories ...