<p>Alaska and vicinity seasonal 50-year temperature changes (ºF) updated through autumn 2025, all in one graphic for your convenience. A whole lot of warming going on. <a href="/tags/akwx/" rel="tag">#akwx</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/arctic/" rel="tag">#Arctic</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Climatologist49" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Climatologist49</span></a></span></p>
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<p>Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.<br>---</p><p>Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>
<p>Eunice Whitman's boyfriend was indicted for her murder on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.”</p><p>A decade after the killing, no one has been convicted in Whitman’s death <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eun</span><span class="invisible">ice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>The time it takes to resolve Alaska’s most serious felony cases is three years, or more than twice as long as in 2015.</p><p>A state lawmaker wants an end to the delays. “I hate how slow this system is. It kills me,” he said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>It's been a week! Here's a cute, young bull moose who was rambling around a friend's front yard today. Enjoy! <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/alaskawildlife/" rel="tag">#AlaskaWildlife</a> <a href="/tags/moosetodon/" rel="tag">#Moosetodon</a></p>
<p>Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.</p><p>After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-schools-emergency-shelter-neglect-typhoon-halong?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/weather/" rel="tag">#Weather</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a></p>
<p>Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change.</p><p>Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt?<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kipnuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kip</span><span class="invisible">nuk-alaska-typhoon-halong-climate-change?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a></p>
<p>It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.</p><p>Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>