For one Utqiaġvik family, spring bowhead whaling marks an important milestone
The Aaluk Crew landed Utqiaġvik's first bowhead whale of the spring season last week. It was also 17-year-old striker Donald "Button" Adams' first catch.
U.S. Forest Service seeks public input in revising its long-term plan for the Tongass
The federal agency will spend the rest of this year gathering public input and then take the next couple of years to finalize a new plan.
Preparations underway for 2024 climbing season on Denali
More than 900 climbers have registered to attempt a summit of Denali this season, with 300 more registered for backcountry climbs.
Soldotna Girl Scouts’ ‘bucket trees’ help keep campfires from becoming wildfires
The trees, which hold water buckets for campers to extinguish their fires, were inspired by the devastating 2014 Funny River Fire.
King Cove braces for salmon season with no seafood processor amid historic price slump
Less than 2 months before salmon season, King Cove's seafood processor announced it will cease operations.
Feds approve disaster declaration for 2022 Kuskokwim salmon fisheries
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's disaster declaration covers the Kuskokwim River failure of chinook, chum and coho fisheries in 2022.
Report portrays mixed picture of Alaska’s huge seafood industry
The report says the industry's economic value rose in 2021 and 2022, but employment is declining and recent price collapses are worrisome.
Feds pinch Southeast Alaska skippers over illegal transport of crab
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Alaska says the three men caught crab in Southeast Alaska this spring and moved them to Seattle seeking a higher price.
Soldotna solar installation set to go online this summer
The 600-panel array will be able to fully power the Whistle Hill business complex east of Soldotna when weather permits.
Relocation of eroding Alaska Native village seen as a test case
The Newtok-to-Mertarvik transformation is the most advanced of several village relocation efforts prompted by climate change.
Alaska Senate proposes $7.5M aid package for struggling fish processors
The program would add to more than $100 million in salmon and Alaska pollock purchases — more than 1,500 truck loads — announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Conservation groups add land to the Kootznoowoo Wilderness
The vast Tongass National Forest just grew a little bit larger. The five-acre Wheeler Property is an important habitat for salmon and brown bears.
Scientists, Alaska Native leaders say the Arctic faces a growing crisis from plastic waste
The authors of a new report will join representatives from more than 180 other countries to negotiate a United Nations plastics treaty.
Alaska appeals judge’s decision upholding Kachemak Bay jet ski ban
The State of Alaska is appealing a November decision by Judge Adolf Zeman that reinstated a ban on jet skis in Kachemak Bay.
With a decision on Ambler looming, the Kobuk River makes a list of endangered rivers
Advocates say the Ambler Road and mining projects risk contaminating the Kobuk River watershed and hurting the region’s subsistence species.
Juneau advocates seek Saturday ban on large cruise ships next season
Karla Hart says Juneau residents deserve one day a week when they can visit local businesses and attractions free of summer tourists.
In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground
Pending state bills are supported by earthquake experts and homebuilding organizations, but they have also generated skepticism.
Biologists describe freeing Unalaska whale from ‘life-threatening entanglement’
After a young humpback whale was found entangled in Iliuliuk Bay, experts carefully cut the line wrapped around its mouth and tail Friday.
Lawmaker proposes Alaska Constitution amendment to resolve subsistence disputes with feds
Alaska Native leaders have blasted the proposal from Rep. Thomas Baker, R-Kotzebue, with one calling it “another attempt at a power grab by the state.”
Russian objection to U.S. territorial claims off Alaska complicates maritime relationship
The response shows how failure to ratify the Convention on the Law of the Sea puts the U.S. at a disadvantage, says Sen. Lisa Murkowski.