Local First News (News of the North)

There was a secondary landslide in Ketchikan.  In a social media post, the police department asked residents to avoid the area of Copper Ridge Road near the secondary landslide for the remainder of the evening yesterday 

Two small companies, BlueCrest Energy and HEX, are stepping up to help fill a looming shortfall in Alaska's natural gas supply 

A civil rights attorney is suing the Alaska Department of Public Safety to release body camera footage related to an alleged assault by two state troopers on a Kenai Peninsula man 

Voters will decide the minimum wage ballot measures in several states, Alaska is among other states where wage increases, other labor measures are on the ballot

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