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Last week, Anchorage Press reported that approximately 4,000 copies had been stolen while awaiting pickup for delivery. The ensuing public support and eagerness to read the forbidden issue was damn near overwhelming, as Editor Matt Hickman reports. The pen is mightier than the douchebag.

Then, big news for Fairbanks. The Annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics begin next week! The event historically has drawn competitors from around the world, and is cherished as much for the sense of community as competition.

Alaska's musical prodigy, Ava Earl, releases her fourth album between high school and college. The momentum behind the young artist has been building with every release, and while this album was recently recorded in Nashville, Earl says it has roots all the way back to 2017.

Finally, the Biden administration said this week that it will end large-scale old-growth logging in America's largest national forest. This appears to be a step toward restoring the Roadless Rule as well as toward future conservation. Expect a court fight, if not clamorous tweets, from Governor Dunleavy.

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A lesson in the lasting value of print

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Fairbanks, Alaska Hosts Annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics

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Ava Earl: A Story of Americana

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Forest Service announcement moves the Tongass into the 21st century

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Biden ends large-scale logging in Tongass National Forest

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Governor's office dead wrong on calling ALSC a 'subsidy'

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Summer of Boobs: Indefatigable Eternal Cowboys frontman jumps into the Millennial Falcons cockpit

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I have only been funny about seventy four per cent of the time. Yes I think that is right. Seventy-four per cent of the time.
Will Ferrell, born July 16, 1967

The people that become the biggest jokes are people who do not change. They stay the way they were in the past.
Corey Feldman, born July 16, 1971

When two people love each other, they don't look at each other, they look in the same direction.
Ginger Rogers, born July 16, 1911

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