Above: The rapid pace of climate change is affecting the arctic region at a more accelerated pace than anywhere else in the world. In 2003, the federal Government Accountability Office delivered a report to Congress. It said 86 percent of Alaska’s Native villages were affected by flooding and erosion. Nearly 200 villages. As Emily Schwing reports for Alaska Public Media, the barrier island community of Kivalina, northwest of Kotzebue is among them. Additional imagery provided by Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Janet Mitchell, and Emma Melkerson.
Anchorage students to continue online learning through end of quarter
Staffing challenges at local hospitals and within the district is preventing school buildings from reopening ASD said.
Juneau woman among thousands of Americans taking part in COVID-19 vaccine trials
When Juneau woman Fiona Brown saw an ad on Facebook looking for volunteers for Pfizer’s clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, she knew that as a science nerd she had an edge.
When mission was threatened by quarantine, these Coast Guard newbies stepped up
This summer, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to scuttle the Alaska patrol of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter when over 10% of the crew was put in quarantine. But some young crewmembers stepped up to save the mission.
Alaska DEC has the power to veto Pebble Mine. Document suggests to mine foes DEC won’t use it.
A state agency has an opportunity to veto the Pebble Mine. But newly revealed meeting notes suggest a done deal.
The US government wants everyone to avoid cruise travel during COVID-19 pandemic
The CDC issued its strongest recommendation against cruise ship travel, but it hasn't issued a ban as it did at the beginning of the pandemic.
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