Alaskans And Millions Of Other Americans Get Free Tax Help. They Could Soon Be Frozen Out.
President Trump and Elon Musk aim to slash the IRS budget and workforce. VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) is a cost ...
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Jessie Holmes wins the 2025 Iditarod
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes won the 53rd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 14, ending a run that was as ...
Trump’s science cuts have thrown the research world into chaos
Many personnel and financial cuts are being made under the banner of streamlining government while some funding cancellations ...
Fired NOAA workers temporarily ‘reinstated’ pending outcome of legal challenges
The letter from the Department of Commerce, which oversees NOAA and the National Weather Service, was sent to roughly 1,000 ...
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The Gutting of US Weather Forecasting Abilities Could Prove Very Deadly
Both Otis and John underwent extremely rapid intensification that turned them from modest tropical storms into major ...
Staff shortages halt some federal weather balloon launches amid Trump cuts
The Trump administration is pausing at least a handful of balloon launches that collect weather data in at least three ...
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National Weather Service loses 10% of Alaska staff, hampering forecasting around the world
Between resignations, firings and paperwork errors, at least 23 of the roughly 200 people in the Weather Service's Alaska ...
A Miami millennial explains what it's like to travel to rural Alaska to help locals file taxes, saving some thousands in fees
Facing frostbite and subzero temperatures, Florida tax attorney Karen Lapekas provided free services to Alaskans in remote ...
Trump’s science cuts throw research world into chaos
Experts say Trump's mass firings and freezing of billions of dollars appropriated by Congress could have ripple effects on ...
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Rescuers find 40-year-old snowmobiler who vanished near Arctic Circle, Alaska cops say
He’d reportedly been headed to the larger community of Kotzebue. “Alaska Wildlife Troopers were able to land a plane on skis and transport Booth to Kotzebue, where he was transported to the ...
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As Staffing Cuts at NWS Lead to Suspended Weather Balloon Launches in Western Alaska, WindBorne Systems Steps Up to Fill Atmospheric Data Gaps
Following the announcement from the National Weather Service (NWS) that it is suspending its weather balloon launches in Kotzebue, Alaska indefinitely due to staffing shortages in the wake of recent ...