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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Around 400 years ago, someone lost a wooden hunting bow in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. Then in September 2021, some park employees found it. Let that sink in for a second. A lot of questions start to form. The bow was found in 2 feet of water. The cold temperature of the water and lack of oxygen probably contributed to the wooden tool surviving out in the elements for so long. The 54-inch long curved strip of wood was transported to the Alaska regional office of the U.S. National Park Service for conservation....

Lawmakers have failed in past attempts to rename North America’s highest mountain, but a new proposal may have a better chance this year under a Republican Congress, according to an aide to an Alaska lawmaker who is resurrecting the effort. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have introduced a bill to give Mount McKinley its historical Alaska Native name. The Alaska Republicans announced a Senate bill Wednesday to formally call the 20,320-foot mountain by its Athabascan name, Denali, KTUU reported. The bill comes after previous efforts by Murkowski failed. …