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Thumbs up:

Playgrounds for all: Local moms work on inclusive playgrounds and solve a problem.

Civility (and great burgers): Arctic Roadrunner owner and champion of civil discourse passes away. Thank you, Dick Sanchis.

Star fans: Version 7.0 of Anchorage’s favorite domestic reindeer is back.

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Bear relations: Recent maulings, including a tragic, fatal one, have Alaskans on edge.

Salmon theft: A Chinese vessel is busted with 80 million TONS of illegally caught salmon. Hey, those are our fish.

Federal overreach: Round two at the U.S. Supreme Court for Alaskan John Sturgeon, moose hunter and states’ rights warrior.

– Sarah Erkmann Ward, Blueprint Alaska