A network of Arctic observers is centering Indigenous knowledge in climate research
Research from the Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub was recently featured in NOAA’s 2023 Arctic Report Card.
Fewer restaurant workers translates to lower profits for seafood processors
Worker shortages are driving restaurants to serve fewer tables. Some seafood processors say that’s hurting their bottom line.
Wasilla woman kills home invader who stabbed husband, troopers say
Troopers say Justice Beaudoin-Martinez, 22, was burglarizing a home when the residents returned Sunday, leading to a fight in which he was shot.
Bethel SAR urges caution for all Kuskokwim River travel
Ice on the river is only eight to nine inches thick, according to Bethel Search and Rescue. Travelers riding vehicles should not stop on the river.
‘Landless’ legislation clears U.S. Senate committee for the first time
The bill would return land to the original occupants of five Southeast Alaska communities left out of 1971's Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
‘We’re always going to be surprised’: Wrangell’s tragedy highlights Alaska’s lack of landslide monitoring
Scientists say Southeast Alaska mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer.
Royalty-free lease offerings in Alaska’s Cook Inlet basin draw tepid response
Results of a lease auction test the idea that royalty reductions could attract new investment in natural gas development.
Anchorage leaders pitch regular rental housing as transition out of winter homeless shelters
Homelessness experts say per person, it’s cheaper than shelter. The new plan emulates what Houston, Texas, did.
Speaker Johnson picks Dahlstrom to beat Peltola and flip Alaska’s House seat
The speaker's political operation chose Alaska's lieutenant governor over the other Republican in the race, Nick Begich.
Alaska Army helicopters’ deadly crash near Healy occurred in mountain pass, report says
The crashed Apache gunships were in a group of 14 aircraft during the April crash, according to an Army report. Three of the four soldiers aboard died.
At the Governor’s Mansion, a celebration of the holiday season
Gov. Mike Dunleavy offered holiday greetings and shared tens of thousands of cookies with crowds of visitors at the annual event.
Southeast Alaska swimmers remember Wrangell family lost in landslide
The final races of a Ketchikan swim meet were dedicated to the six people killed in the Nov. 20 slide, including five Heller family members.
Alaska’s Public Guardians are overloaded with cases, but a new court order mandates they must take on more
Alaska's Supreme Court has ordered the Office of Public Advocacy to begin assigning public guardians for patients again.
Homelessness in the U.S. hit a record high last year as pandemic aid ran out
Homelessness has been rising since 2017 in large part because of the country's massive shortage of affordable housing.
Alaska chapter of federal MMIP report highlights historic violence, legal hiccups
Longtime tribal judge Michelle Dimmert says violence against Alaska Native women has been prevalent dating back to Russian colonization.
St. Olga of Kwethluk to become first-ever Yup’ik saint
Olga will also become the first female Orthodox saint in North America, in a glorification strongly backed by the late Archpriest Michael Oleksa.
Congress approves $200M of Alaska military construction in authorization bill
The bill sent to President Biden's desk includes funds to extend a military runway in Anchorage and build a dormitory and housing in Fairbanks.
Alaska students put moose on the menu with hands-on learning and special permit
A Chugiak High freshman biology class butchered a moose recently after their teacher used a cultural education permit to harvest the animal.
Gov. Dunleavy’s budget includes large PFDs, but no increase to per-student education funding
The $10.5 billion plan is a starting point for negotiations with leaders in the state House and Senate as they hammer out the state’s budget.
Anchorage’s local Hanukkah gatherings shine light on tradition and food
Jewish people across the city observed Hanukkah this week by lighting candles drinking wine and frying food.