Lawyers for conservation groups, Native American tribes, and the states of Oregon and Washington returned to court on Feb. 6 to seek changes to dam operations on the Snake and Columbia rivers, …
Alaska has some of the highest rates of chronic absenteeism in the nation — state data shows that more than 44,000 students were considered chronically absent from public schools last …
After 15 years of offering small-ship cruises in Southeast Alaska, Sitka-based Alaskan Dream Cruises closed as of Feb. 4. Wrangell was among the Southeast communities on the company’s summer …
Alaska’s senior Senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, told reporters on Jan. 27 that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should “probably” step down. Murkowski is one of a …
The International Pacific Halibut Commission set the 2026 harvest limit at a historic low during an annual meeting that had a Trump administration political appointee lead tense U.S. negotiations …
Alaska’s population rose slightly between 2024 and 2025 and is now at its highest level since 2017, the Alaska Department of Labor announced on Jan. 28. Alaska had an estimated 738,737 people as …
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon will take aim at a contracting program that’s become a critical part of the business portfolios for many Alaska Native …
An Alaska Superior Court judge has ruled that a state law limiting live shows at breweries, distilleries and wineries in Alaska is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment and the Alaska …
The state of Alaska is preparing to give away millions of dollars worth of gravel to public corporations, a move that would amount to millions of dollars in assistance to some of the state’s …
More than four years after the governor announced the project, the state has gone out for bids to build a replacement for the 61-year-old ferry Tustumena. The plan is to replace the existing …
As the snow melts around Juneau in January, the city is still reeling from the historic snowfall of December. A storm that wrapped up the new year dumped roughly 50 inches of snow over four days, …
Two school districts have filed a lawsuit challenging the state of Alaska for failing to fulfill its constitutional duty to adequately fund public education. The Fairbanks North Star Borough …
A national support line for Native survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault has begun work to launch an Alaska-specific service. Strong Hearts Native Helpline is a Native-led nonprofit …
A Juneau man convicted of numerous hunting and fishing violations during the past 24 years has been found guilty on eight additional charges in a commercial fishing case dating back more than five …
Future assessments of U.S. landslide hazards could include the study of risks posed by atmospheric rivers, which caused extreme precipitation that was linked to recent deadly slides in Southeast …
Juneau’s Nugget Mall, closed since Jan. 2 due to concerns over the weight of a record snowfall on the roof, reopened Monday, Jan. 19. “The structural engineer has approved a preliminary …
Ketchikan is expected to get more cruise ship passengers than Juneau for the first time ever this year due to voluntary daily limits the capital city and cruise industry have set on ships and …
More than 200 people on one plane and a load of shovels on another flight were airlifted into Juneau to help remove more than 3 million pounds of snow from municipal facilities and schools following …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued its annual Arctic Report Card, which documents the way rising temperatures, diminished ice, thawing permafrost, melting glaciers and …
The COVID-19 pandemic was an overwhelming event in Alaska, and a new state report describes how Indigenous residents, the elderly and Asians and Pacific Islanders suffered the most as the state’s …