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Rural Alaska is reeling from a fuel crisis as prices soar, draining hundreds of millions from the local economy—especially hard on remote communities already stretched thin. With gasoline hitting $9 a gallon in Bethel and fuel bills up 60% for one cooperative serving 59 villages, the squeeze is real. Traditional Korean diesel imports are gone, and competition from California for Canadian fuel is pushing prices higher. But there’s hope: the state Legislature doubled rural fuel loan limits and allocated funds to help low-income families and cut power costs. While Anchorage and Fairbanks feel the pinch too, Alaska’s own refineries and North Slope oil offer some domestic relief—but global tensions keep prices volatile and uncertain.

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