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Steller sea lions

NOAA offers reward for info on shooting of 7 sea lions near Cordova

NOAA is offering a $5,000 reward for any information on the Steller sea lions' deaths, after they were found in the Copper River Delta on May 16.
red clothes

Garments taken from Ketchikan memorial for missing and murdered Indigenous people

Dozens of red garments, hung in remembrance from trees near Ketchikan's Ward Lake, were taken down and discarded.
a opossum

Homer biologists grab 3 more of Grubby’s offspring as search for opossum posse continues

State biologists are continuing their efforts in Homer to catch offspring of Grubby the opossum, with three more captured as of Tuesday.
a sign

Complaint against Juneau Fred Meyer over tribal IDs to be heard by state commission

The issue relates to a 2020 incident when a sign posted at Juneau’s Fred Meyer stated that tribal IDs would not be accepted for tobacco sales.
flowers in Juneau

Here’s what passed and what didn’t in Alaska’s legislative session

Thirty-one bills passed the House and Senate this year, the third fewest of any first-year session since statehood.
a woman

Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what’s inside may be surprising

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland's "Road to Healing" tour last year visited boarding schools, some of them still open, to hear from their survivors.
a cruise ship

Passengers evacuated after fire breaks out on cruise ship in Glacier Bay

Nearly 70 passengers were evacuated after a Monday engine room fire disabled UnCruise’s Wilderness Discoverer in Glacier Bay.

Alaska teens, tweens steer peers away from vaping and smoking

Teenagers from rural Alaska were in Anchorage at the end of May, learning from other high schoolers about nicotine addiction.
A man in a red vest outside

Missing East Anchorage hiker found dead; no foul play suspected

Police say there are no initial signs of foul play in 28-year-old Juan Toscano’s death, after his body was found Friday night in Campbell Creek Gorge.
A woman sits on the floor with a toddler in her lap and four more toddlers jumping up and down around her.

Girdwood’s only licensed child care facility ‘at the end of the line’ as organizers look to expand

Little Bears' board of directors has been working for more than a decade to expand — aiming to build a new center to serve more than 100 kids.

Dunleavy says Alaska can boost fossil fuels and renewables. Clean energy advocates disagree.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska is "going to be all-in" on developing energy, from oil to wind. Critics say that plan ignores climate impacts.
A black dog chewing a stick while sitting on snow near a river.

Alaska’s spring was colder than average, while other places baked (so, yes, global warming is still a thing)

Lingering snow and cloudy days resulted in temperatures about 3.5 degrees below the statewide average from March through May.
a gas pump

Saudi Arabia cuts oil production again to shore up prices — this time on its own

Saudi Arabia will begin cutting oil production by 1 million barrels per day in July to support the "stability and balance of oil markets."
a boat

3 found dead on boat anchored off Juneau’s Sandy Beach

Police said there were no immediate signs of foul play.

Anchorage Assembly lukewarm on proposal to sanction camps for homeless population this summer

Felix Rivera, the Assembly’s lead on homelessness issues, expects a close vote on a scaled back version of the proposal.
a rapper

Petersburg fisherman moonlights as up-and-coming rap musician

Petersburg-based fisherman Ashon McCay — who performs under the name Lil Realist X — sometimes even raps about fishing.

Hilcorp fined again for deviating from permit at Milne Point

The company was fined $267,000 for substituting equipment without authorization, the latest in more than 60 compliance issues.
The Cook Inlet Natural Gas Storage Alaska facility

Alaska’s natural gas shortage: How did we get here and what comes next?

Southcentral Alaska is facing a looming energy crisis as natural gas contracts are set to run out. Utilities aren’t sure how to replace it, but foreign imports seem likely.
three people getting off an airplane

Anchorage now has the third busiest cargo airport in the world, with plans for growth

Geographic advantage helped Anchorage's airport claim its new title. To keep growing, it needs to market the shape of the Earth.
Anchorage City Hall

Anchorage Assembly to vote on paying $2.5M settlement to contractor for work on homeless shelter

The Assembly will vote June 16 on whether to pay Roger Hickel Contracting roughly $2.5 million for work it completed on a controversial homeless shelter project.