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The former poet laureate, Pulitzer winner and musician says she's obsessed with telling neglected stories and making poems sing.

How much hospitals around the country bill for 100 top procedures became public this week. Though insurance or Medicare may not actually pay the sticker price, some hospitals in Alaska are considering how they'll respond to more knowledgeable consumers.

The versatile and impassioned singer was ready to throw in the towel until she heard a message in a Nina Simone song that told her, "You're going be fine. I understand how you feel. Keep going."

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.

The Arctic ice that thousands of walruses usually live on has disappeared from Alaska's Chukchi Sea. The government is trying to figure out how the animals are coping with the dramatic change and whether to add them to its endangered species list.

The U.S. cross-country ski team is in the best position to win an Olympic medal in more than a quarter century. Its secret weapon? A pristine glacier — only accessible by helicopter — in the mountains high above Anchorage. It allows the skiers to train on snow throughout the summer.

The military spends $4.3 billion a year to move troops from one assignment to another, but the Pentagon doesn't keep very good data on how it spends that money and why.

Moose encounters are a regular part of life in Alaska, where about 1,500 roam Anchorage in the winter. They cause traffic jams, destroy trees and shrubs, and get their antlers tangled in Christmas lights. For Alaskans, it's often a love-hate relationship.

Mississippi has long ranked near the bottom of the states in educational performance. In a bid to change that, 21 school districts are suing the state for more than $200 million in education funding.

The singer says she was offered the honor by the Trump administration but was unable to accept, first because her husband was ill and then because the pandemic made traveling to the ceremony unsafe.