The Backhaul Alaska program collected and recycled over 145,000 pounds of lead acid batteries and other e-waste from hard-to-reach communities last year.

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Thirty-nine other states have passed laws similar to the bill the governor vetoed Friday, and the Alaska Legislature approved House Bill 8 by a bipartisan vote of 57-2, but in his veto message and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An "extremely agitated" black bear that was wandering around two Alaska neighborhoods and charged at multiple people was killed by police, officials said.