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Some of KNBA’s top stories today: Several organizations that advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People team up to hold their first statewide summit in Anchorage. For the first time in 17 years, state lawmakers pass an increase to state unemployment benefits. The FAA fines Alaska Airlines. And in South Naknek, you don't catch a bus to go to school, but ride on an airplane.
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Alaska consistently has the highest percentage of veterans in the country, and Hoonah has one of the highest shares of any town.
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The Aleutians East Borough was among four plaintiffs who argued the Board of Fisheries violated state's ethics laws.
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Rep. Nellie Jimmie and Sen. Lisa Murkowski call for government support for Kipnuk and Kwigillingok. The Alaska House passed a resolution to support their decision to relocate.
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Lawmakers called the state's management of the school into question after witnessing deteriorating facilities, particularly dorms and student living areas.
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Alaska has seen skyrocketing gas prices driven by the war in Iran. But communities in the western part of the state that have been burning last year's fuel are bracing for their own crisis as they anticipate what could be an even more drastic spike with the arrival of the first barges of the spring.