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Fostering 48 parakeets: Alaska’s senior boom strains bird rescue groups

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By Brian Venua Verified
| KTOO Public Media (Juneau, AK) Verified
A handful of the nearly 30 parakeets that Karen Rappe is fostering in her South Anchorage home on June 24. 2026. To apply to adopt a bird, contact the Alaska Bird Club. Parakeet cages filled a room in a modest house in South Anchorage. The birds’ chattering and chirping mixed with country music coming from a boombox below the cages. As the music swelled at the refrain “Somebody pour me a drank” the birds’ chirping increased, followed by loud squawks. The sound keeps them company, Karen Rappe said.
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Dozens of Alaska bills meet their fate at Gov. Dunleavy’s desk

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By Brian Venua Verified
| KTOO Public Media (Juneau, AK) Verified
The Alaska State Capitol is illuminated by sunlight on Feb. 14, 2025. Gov. Mike Dunleavy told lawmakers on Thursday he’d vetoed six bills, including a ban on Styrofoam foodservice packaging. Meanwhile, dozens more have passed into law over the past few weeks, including a crime bill that raises Alaska’s age of consent to 18. Here’s a look at a few vetoes and new laws. The sponsor of the Styrofoam-banning bill, Democratic Anchorage Rep. Andy Josephson, said he’s not surprised Dunleavy nixed it.
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Possible rare dolphin washed up dead in Chiniak

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By Brian Venua Verified
| Kodiak Daily Mirror Verified
The Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak’s natural resources department responded to a dead marine mammal that washed up near Friends By the Ocean, a former winery near Chiniak, over the weekend. The department director, Matt Van Daele, loaded what he suspected was a striped dolphin into his truck to ship to Anchorage for a full necropsy to confirm the dead mammal’s species and possible causes for death.
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