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Augusta McDonnell

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 16, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Augusta McDonnell

    Alaska judge affirms Medicaid waiver denial for Soldotna senior with dementia (opens the original)

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    SOLDOTNA, Alaska (KTUU) - State Medicaid officials and lawmakers describe Alaska’s public assistance system as a coordinated safety net, guided by clinical scoring rubrics and legal spend-down formulas designed to determine what care aging residents need, according to state policy documents and legislative testimony. In the case of one family that has exhausted the extent of that framework, the result has been blunt financial and human consequences. In the sunny dining hall of Aspen Hills Assist

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Augusta McDonnell

    ‘There’s nothing for tomorrow’: Cook Inlet gas crunch, global markets squeeze Alaska Railbelt grid (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - With winter fast approaching, state energy officials and economists are warning Alaskans along the Railbelt to prepare for potential power and heating conservation if severe, sustained cold settles over the region. Roughly 75% of Alaska’s population, stretching 600 miles from Homer north to Fairbanks, relies on an interconnected transmission network anchored by Cook Inlet natural gas. In Southcentral, natural gas fuels about 80% of electric power generation. Six decade

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Augusta McDonnell

    From $24 gas in Noatak to emergency generators in Anchorage, rural Alaska braces for winter energy strain (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In the Northwest Arctic village of Noatak, daily life runs on four-wheelers, river boats, and snowmachines. Because the village cannot receive river barges, every drop of gasoline and stove oil must be flown in by cargo plane. This summer, residents were hit with a sudden price hike that brought routine travel to a near standstill. On July 2, gasoline jumped nearly $8 overnight from $17.75 to $24.49 per gallon, according to Tristan Ashby, tribal administrator for the N

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Augusta McDonnell

    Kipnuk prepares for strong Bering Sea storm surge, nearly one year since Typhoon Halong remnants washed away homes (opens the original)

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    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A strong storm moving through the Bering Sea Monday night is expected to bring high surf, winds and rain to communities devastated by former Typhoon Halong nearly one year ago. Daniel Paul, Council President of the Village of Kipnuk, told Alaska’s News Source that the school was opened Monday for tribal members and construction workers who need to evacuate in the next several days. “Materials and supplies are secured,” Paul said. Paul said 240 people are currently in K

  5. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Augusta McDonnell

    ‘Deceptive’: New regulations proposed by Kenai borough mayor following unexpected cloud-seeding test (opens the original)

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    SOLDOTNA, Alaska (KTUU) - A cloud-seeding test conducted by Rainmaker Technology Corporation on the Kenai Peninsula last month has triggered public backlash and prompted the borough’s top elected official to draft new regulations, after residents said they learned about the experiment only after it had already happened. The uproar started online, spreading across the Kenai Peninsula after residents discovered the test had taken place with no advance public notice. “My biggest concern is nobody k

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