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The industry wants to ensure that it has port access when ownership of the port returns to the city of Skagway from the White Pass and Yukon Railroad

They plan to turn in the more than 43,000 signatures on Friday.

Retired Sgt. Kevin Briggs is known as the Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge. For years he patrolled the iconic San Francisco landmark and spoke with people who were considering suicide. Listen Now

Workers, many of whom come from out of the country, say they weren't informed of the extreme restrictions before they arrived.

Common murre seabirds are challenging rescue workers as they make their way inland, becoming stranded and hungry. Download Audio

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Federal researchers in the Bering Sea have released recordings of songs by some of the rarest whales in the world.

A recent survey of high school students in the Kodiak Archipelago looked at risk behaviors in the student body. That includes things like drugs, suicide rate and violence.

Researchers have published a new paper that adds a little more to what we know about how beluga whales are navigating their changing habitat. Listen now

We're asking experts and policy makers what they’ve learned in the past six months. Among the policy makers is Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, who says hindsight is always a wonderful tool.

Ahead of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race in Bethel this weekend is a bit of house-keeping. Or rather, dog-keeping. Each competing canine needs to be checked out by veterinarians to make sure that there are no health issues that could cause problems.

The state Division of Air Quality is warning of the smoke's potential health effects, with advisories in effect until Friday evening, pending any extensions.

Dr. Anne Zink discusses the past six months of the pandemic and what's to come. And, more than a quarter of Alaska communities haven't claimed their share of the state's federal pandemic aid. Plus, a new trail project puts young Anchorage residents to work.

There was a massive explosion at Shishaldin Volcano on Sunday, sending volcanic ash several miles up into the sky and lava streaming down its flank.

The first graduates of a new veterinary-medicine program offered through the University of Alaska Fairbanks have all been hired to work here in Alaska and the Lower 48.

Alaska is fully into fall now, which means winter is right around the corner. And that, of course, means pondering what sort of temperatures and snow we'll see in the months ahead.

There was only one substantive change to the recommendations: the working group now recommends keeping unfunded mandates for the VPSO program because of the state budget shortage.