A new oil boom on Alaska’s North Slope is encircling a village, and residents have raised a red flag
A major proposed North Slope oil project is running into local opposition from residents of the village of Nuiqsut, who are already partially surrounded by development and wary of more.
Those impeachment hearings? Alaska’s congressional delegation isn’t watching
Both of Alaska's U.S. senators and its congressman say they're too busy with their official duties to closely follow the impeachment testimony.
‘A hidden giant’: Alaska Legislature’s nonpartisan voice on the state budget is retiring
As the Alaska Legislature’s chief budget analyst, Teal has been the go-to source for nonpartisan information on state spending and revenues. That will end next month when Teal retires. And budget experts say Teal’s work will be missed.
There’s a wild wolverine in Anchorage. What do city dwellers need to know?
In recent weeks, a wild wolverine has made forays into Anchorage. Here's what pet-owners, parents, and wildlife enthusiasts should know.
What’s driving Anchorage’s recent string of urban lynx encounters? Here’s what biologists say.
Last month, a lynx was spotted in Anchorage’s Airport Heights neighborhood, several miles from Far North Bicentennial Park. And on Friday, a resident captured a video of the animal walking along the Chester Creek Trail.
Why was fire prevention funding used on the Roadless Rule process in Alaska? Congress members want to know.
A United States senator from Michigan and a representative from Arizona want an investigation into why federal dollars typically used to prevent wildfires were given to the State of Alaska to work on the Roadless Rule.
After two months hunting amid record warmth, Utqiagvik whalers finally landed a bowhead
Whalers in Alaska’s northernmost town of Utqiaġvik have finally landed their first bowhead of the season, after what some veterans said was an unprecedented absence of the marine mammals amid record-setting air and water temperatures.
NTSB: Pilot inexperience and unfavorable winds factored into fatal PenAir crash in Unalaska
The flight that crashed at the Dutch Harbor airport last month, killing a passenger, landed amid unfavorable but shifting winds, according to an initial federal report released Friday. And it was captained by a pilot with relatively little experience at the controls of Saab-2000 plane he was flying, the report said.
Could tiny nuclear reactors power Alaska villages?
Dan Brouillette would continue a quest to develop mini nuclear reactors, as well as renewables and carbon capture.
Saddled with problems, new F-35 fighter jets can’t get enough spare parts
A new government report is flagging more problems with the new generation of fighter jets scheduled to come to Alaska in the next few years.
Amid a midtown Anchorage mall’s rebirth, is downtown retail in decline?
After surviving a tumultuous few years, the commercial complex formerly (and sometime still) called the Sear's Mall is at the heart of a business boom in the city's midtown district.
How would lifting the Roadless Rule change Tongass logging? Not much, both sides say
But at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday, people for and against the rule agreed that removing the roadless restrictions won't make much difference for an industry that's already a shadow of its former self.
Dunleavy administration wants to join court case in defense of Hilcorp’s search for Cook Inlet oil
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is coming to the aid of an oil company’s plans to search for oil in Cook Inlet, in the face of a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations.
Alaska’s rate of sexual assault is four times national average, according to latest FBI numbers
Though reports of crime nationally are generally on the decline, by most measures Alaska is bucking that trend.
Murdoch-funded group gives major boost to initiative to overhaul Alaska’s elections
An organization funded by the Murdoch family has donated more than a half-million dollars to a campaign to overhaul Alaska’s election laws and establish a system of ranked choice voting, making it easier to elect independent candidates.
In Anaktuvuk Pass, a gardener brings new life to ancient foods with Arctic agriculture
Getting started wasn’t easy. Hopson spent time in Northern California when she was young, working in her grandmother’s garden. But when she applied that knowledge in the Arctic, it failed miserably...at first.
PHOTOS: At JBER, Alaskans mark Veterans Day with music and a moment of silence
The Alaska National Guard hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Nov. 11, 2019.
Q&A: Ex-Skid Row rocker Johnny Solinger to auction off star-studded guitar for Alaska vets
Huna Totem Corp. brought a Las Vegas rock and roll show to Juneau last month, and Alaska left quite an impression on one of the performers.
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Ads use Ukraine scandal, urging Murkowski to reject a Trump judicial pick
A liberal advocacy group is leveraging the Ukraine scandal in ads that target Alaskans. Their aim is to drum up constituent messages to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, urging her to vote no on a Trump judicial nominee.
Judge rules funding schools a year ahead is valid, dealing defeat to Dunleavy
A state judge ruled on Thursday that school funding for this year that the Alaska Legislature passed last year is valid.