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(AP) - U.S. health officials say that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country, early indications suggest it may be less dangerous than delta, which continues to drive a surge of hospitalizations.

HONOLULU (AP) — Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this week to remember those killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern part of the state.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The state is taking on a new project to replace the aging marine highway vessel Tustumena.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - An Anchorage man accused of shooting another man in the hip in February has been indicted on 12 felony counts, including Attempted Murder in the first degree.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau Senator Jesse Kiehl is awaiting Governor Dunleavy's proposed budget for next fiscal year which is due to be submitted to the Legislature by the middle of this month.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - In their lastest Crimes of the Month report, Juneau Police are seeking information from the public on a van that was stolen and later appeared crashed in Douglas last month.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles recently earned the best-ever customer satisfaction scores on record.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - The Anchorage Airport Police and Fire department in late November intercepted two drug traffickers.

Anchorage, Alaska (KINY) - Two Men have been Indicted for allegedly dumping an "oily substance" in the Chugach National Forest.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials are urging people to get vaccines and boosters as the omicron variant continues to spread across the nation.

Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The City and Borough of Juneau began distributing free at-home COVID tests.