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Alaska journalist for @adndotcom and @propublica. Holding love and sharing rage. “The first killing weapon was always the Good News.” - Ernestine Hayes

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Reporter and blogger for the Anchorage Daily News. Current project, alcohol abuse in Alaska. Also covering Alaska politics and Iditarod, crime and mayhem.

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Fighting a killer: How Nome built a safety net for drinkers

Fighting a killer: How Nome built a safety net for drinkers

NOME -- So many people died outdoors or vanished here that the FBI searched for signs of a serial killer. Hol…

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ADN-reporter Kyle Hopkins explains details of Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" scandal

ADN-reporter Kyle Hopkins explains details of Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" scandal

READ MORE: http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/10/sarah-and-todd-palins-vindictive-streak.html

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After the crash: Family tells of 15-hour fight for survival

After the crash: Family tells of 15-hour fight for survival

The father woke first, ears ringing. The last thing Donald Evans remembered was shouting to the pilot seated …

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Iditarod Live: The Sled Blog : 'Mushing Mortician' gives mouth-to-snout CPR after dog collapses |...

Iditarod Live: The Sled Blog : 'Mushing Mortician' gives mouth-to-snout CPR after dog collapses |...

From Kyle Hopkins in Nikolai -- Iditarod sophomore Scott Janssen was making his way down a steep section of t…

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Supercharged chew is a tradition in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Supercharged chew is a tradition in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

BETHEL -- Jennifer Wilson, a dentist here, thought she knew chew. Growing up in tobacco-loving Kentucky, it w…

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On nearly deserted Adak Island, you pay to keep hundreds of buildings wired for internet

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By Kyle Hopkins Verified
| Lucianne.com
Original Article Posted By: sunset, 7/24/2026 3:11:16 AM On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through broken windows. The last people to live here moved away long ago. Yet a bright orange pipe with a black fiber-optic cable inside runs down into the surrounding soil. The cable was installed to connect the home to the internet after the base closed.
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You pay to keep hundreds of buildings wired for internet on abandoned Navy base in Alaska

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By Kyle Hopkins Verified
| Stars and Stripes Verified
Adak, Alaska, shown here in July 23, 2013, is the site of a former U.S. Navy facility. Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997. While the state estimated the population to be 77 last year, residents themselves put it at closer to two dozen. (Dale Arnould/U.S. Coast Guard) This article was produced in partnership with ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network.
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On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

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By Kyle Hopkins Verified
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Reporting has found that the Federal Communications Commission's multibillion-dollar Universal Service Fund pays for what often amounts to slow internet access for customers who actually no longer use it. Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997.
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