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Anchorage nurses: Dispute settled, contracts signed. Everybody’s happy.
Recovery Month: Cool campaign focuses on life after addiction. Lots of ways to be hip AND sober.
North Slope: Stable oil prices = projects big and small coming off the shelf. The Slope is bustling.
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Addiction: The State receives a sizable grant to help fight the opioid epidemic.
Knik-Goose Bay Road: Anger over safety improvement delays boils over in public.
Rogue rodent: The island of St. Paul has been rat-free for 20 years, and officials plan to keep it that way. The rat doesn’t stand a chance.
– Sarah Erkmann Ward, Blueprint Alaska