Newscast – Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026
In this newscast: The State of Alaska is requesting a judge throw out a lawsuit alleging the Division of Elections violated Alaskan's right to privacy when it shared voter information with the federal government last December; The Pentagon wants to build up to a dozen new military data centers near bases across Alaska and leasing government land to private companies to construct them; A new bridge has reopened a long, scenic stretch of Denali National Park, which closed after a landslide in 2021; This summer, researchers announced they'd made a big discovery -- nine new species of deep-sea…
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