Kodiak villages brace for reduced ferry service this fall and winter
While the city of Kodiak has relatively reliable alternatives for transportation to the mainland, an upcoming gap in ferry service will pose serious difficulties for the some of the island’s outlying villages.
Seattle council votes to withhold business from oil companies that explore Arctic Refuge
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to avoid doing business with any company that that leases land in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to explore...
Marooned: Cordova braces for a winter without ferry service
Alaska’s coastal residents have long warned of dire effects if lawmakers sharply reduce ferry budgets. Now, absent an adjustment to the ferry schedule by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, those warnings could become reality.
Nanwalek residents worry ‘if this is the future of no water’
The Kenai Peninsula village is one of six Alaska communities that have dealt with water shortages this summer, a season of record heat and dryness.
Justice Department to send millions to rural Alaska law enforcement
Tribal agencies are set to receive $5 million for equipment and hiring, with another $6 million is set for infrastructure and hiring in rural communities.
Alaska’s sales pitch: Vast resources and a melting Arctic
It was the first time the annual meeting has been held in the United States, and it offered a unique chance for the state to pitch itself as a great investment opportunity to wealth managers from across the globe.
Trump administration rolls out final environmental review for Arctic Refuge oil leasing
Today, the Trump administration took one of the last necessary steps before it allows oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Interior Department...
Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband. What happens when it goes out?
In rural Alaska, broadband is vital for health care delivery, but an outage sends clinics back in time.
District finds pattern of bias in judge who DQ’ed teen swimmer
After a 17-year-old athlete was disqualified at a swim meet over a uniform infraction, and uproar and investigation lead ASD to call for a volunteer judge's dismissal.
A year after a dam was removed, this river near Anchorage is still waiting for water
The effort to remove the dam on the lower Eklutna River couldn’t succeed on its own because upstream, utilities divert the river into a hydroelectric power plant. Officials say it will take years before they decide whether to add more water that could help restore salmon.
In Fairbanks, some Alaskans welcome this proposed North Slope oil project. Others say ‘slow down’
The project is expected to produce 2,000 construction jobs and some 130,000 barrels of oil a day. Opponents are concerned about what it would mean for the environment.
Gov. Dunleavy, DEC commissioner tour Palmer Project as agency reconsiders key permit
The unannounced visit came as state regulators reconsider a wastewater permit for the metals mine north of Haines.
Holland America fined $17K over greywater dumping in Glacier Bay
The cruise ship Westerdam was visiting the national park on September 11, 2018 when a crew member mistakenly opened the wrong valve.
Private plane heavy with muskox meat crashes on Nunivak Island
The four-seater aircraft crashed shortly after taking off near Cape Corwin, about 50 miles south of the community of Mekoryuk.
This Anchorage ‘refillery’ aims to eliminate packaging waste. Here’s how it works
Just as Anchorage is preparing to ban plastic bags from local retail, the new venture is trying to go a step further: eliminate packaging waste all together.
Alaska Permanent Fund grew by $1.4B in last fiscal year
The Permanent Fund Corporation's board of trustees says the fund stood at $66.3 billion, up from $64.9 billion on the same date in 2018.
Playing characters from Anchorage’s past gets complicated when relatives are in the audience
In Anchorage, barely a hundred years old, the dead aren't so long departed, and public performances of "Stories in the Cemetery" often draw relatives of portrayed Alaskans.
The Anchorage Bag Ban is coming: here’s what you need to know
In advance of the Sept. 15 policy change in Anchorage, we assembled answers to some common questions about what the plastic bag ban will mean for residents.
Elders rescued moose hunters on the Kuskokwim River. Now the hunters are looking for them to say ‘thank you’
After choppy waters capsized their boat near Bethel, Jason Jarrett, his friend and his teenage son were rescued by two Elders — but they were too shaken up to ask for their names.
NOAA announces a new marine heatwave is shaping up to look like ‘the Blob’
The Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave of 2019 has raised ocean surface temperatures by 2–3 degrees across a giant swath of water off the West Coast.