Alaskans face chronic health problems that are not yet easing and, in some cases, getting worse, according to a status report released by the Alaska Department of Health. At the same time, there are …
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Anchorage on behalf of a Southeast Alaska tribe and two conservation groups is challenging federal approval of a 15-year logging plan in the Tongass National …
The University of Alaska Southeast saw a boost in enrollment of out-of-state students this year, which officials and students say is largely due to a new policy eliminating the higher non-resident …
At their first candidate forum since the Aug. 18 primary election, the top four gubernatorial hopefuls pitched their visions for the state’s future, revealing sharp political divides. Speaking …
Nearly 100 days and more than $1.2 million beyond its original finish line, the 34th Alaska Legislature has finally run out of gas. Months of political wrangling over a long-proposed natural gas …
Alaska is set to receive up to $23 million from Meta Platforms over the next 10 years under a landmark $17 billion, multistate settlement agreement that would also require the company to implement a …
A federal judge has overturned the land exchange intended to enable the state to build a controversial road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, possibly halting plans for construction to …
It’s not a typo. The price of a gallon of gasoline in the northwest Alaska village of Shungnak was $26.82 on Friday, Aug. 21, residents and regional officials said, likely giving the community the …
The remains of an infant girl who was taken from a Thomas Bay cave nearly a century ago are coming home to Petersburg next month for burial. Stephanie Aikins, who is coordinating the project for …
Workers are undertaking a list of repairs to the Skagway ferry dock under an emergency contract, with no reopening date announced as of Monday, Aug. 24. The Alaska Marine Highway System dock was …
Hundreds of millions of federal dollars for the Alaska Marine Highway System held up for months are now being awarded as the final installment of a five-year allocation in the 2021 Bipartisan …
The Trump administration is proposing to loosen the regulation of offshore Arctic oil drilling by revoking several safety regulations put in place during the Obama administration. The U.S. …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed two bills to become law without his signature and vetoed two more on Aug. 10, extending the record for the most vetoes in a two-year session of the Alaska Legislature. …
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $63 million contract to an Alaska Native corporation to operate a national immigration enforcement call center in rural Tennessee, a federal contract …
Seine fishermen in Sitka-area District 13 broke a record by harvesting roughly 1.1 million pink salmon in a single day on Aug. 6. The district’s previous one-day record was 975,000 pinks in 2017. …
A small cruise ship in Southeast Alaska made an unexpected detour on Monday night, Aug. 3, to help a 21-foot skiff that ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau. Michael Love, a software …
More than 600 U.S. citizens were mistakenly flagged as possible noncitizens and removed from Alaska’s list of active voters earlier this year, the director of the Alaska Division of Elections said …
Alaska lost a higher percentage of its federal workforce last year than almost all U.S. states to sweeping Trump administration cuts, according to a newly published analysis by the Alaska Department …
Juneau’s electric vehicle enthusiasts have been among the most fervent in the nation, so far bringing about 1,000 fully electric or hybrid electric vehicles to Juneau, said Will Judy, president of …
For the second time in three months, internet service in Ketchikan was taken down by vandals in British Columbia, where a landline telecommunications cable feeds the undersea link that provides …