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The icefield, source of more than 1,000 glaciers, is shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, scientists say.
During an inauguration address in Town Square Park, LaFrance said she’s focused on “good government,” transparency and accountability.
After a steep population drop in Western Alaska’s reintroduced wood bison herd, a state biologist sees a plan for a new herd in the Interior as promising. But two tribal groups oppose it.