News of the North
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EXPLAINER: How Alaska's unique new election system works
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska elections will be held for the first time this year under a voter-backed system that scraps party primaries and uses ranked choice voting in general elections.
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Juneau City Hall discusses waterfront plan changes, public input to follow
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau assembly committee of the whole discussed changes to Juneau's long-range waterfront plan during their meeting Monday evening.
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US consumer confidence remains high after January downturn
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined this month as Americans became slightly less optimistic about their near-term financial prospects amid persistent inflation and the highly-contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
(AP) - Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy adults.
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Crimson Bears Butt Heads with Moose on Ice
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Juneau-Douglas High School Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears hockey team fell by the score of 4-2 to the Palmer Moose on Monday night at Treadwell Arena in a spirited and physical Railbelt Conference battle around the rink.
