Alaska’s second legislative special session starts with looming government shutdown
State officials are assessing which state services will continue and which will cease if the government shuts down on July 1, according to a spokesperson for the governor.
Supreme Court rules cheerleader’s F-bombs are protected by the 1st Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with students on Wednesday, ruling that a former cheerleader's online F-bombs about her school is protected speech under the First Amendment.
Girdwood housing market reaches ‘crisis’ level, forcing locals out
The pandemic has exacerbated the mountain town's already tight market by bringing more remote workers into town. At the same time, construction materials and labor costs are skyrocketing.
Haaland orders investigation of suffering and burials at BIA boarding schools
“I come from ancestors who endured the horrors of Indian boarding school," Interior secretary said.
How a Juneau subdivision came to be at ‘unacceptable’ risk for a destructive avalanche
The 1962 avalanche was what started the series of studies that show a path could generate avalanches capable of leveling a Juneau neighborhood — and that such avalanches should be expected every few decades.
Kotzebue man pleads guilty to 2018 murder, sexual abuse of 10-year-old Ashley Johnson-Barr
A Kotzebue man has pleaded guilty to the 2018 murder and sexual abuse of 10-year-old Ashley Johnson-Barr. Peter Wilson faces a prison sentence of up to 99 years.
With new lawsuit, Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s administration escalates budget feud with legislators
“When there is a dispute between branches of government, we need the courts to step in,” Attorney General Treg Taylor said in a prepared statement.
Free to good home? Governor offers Alaska ferry to the Philippines
The May 20 letter included a pamphlet on the 408-foot ship and a link to an 11.5-minute YouTube video of a 2015 walk through posted on a ferry vessel fan page.
Delta variant of the coronavirus could dominate in U.S. within weeks
The variant, first identified in India, is the most contagious yet and, among those not yet vaccinated, may trigger serious illness in more people than other variants do, say scientists tracking the spread of infection.
A pandemic rule change could make it easier to get treatment for opioid addiction in Alaska
Alaska doctors have temporary permission from the state to use telehealth to prescribe a controlled, but life-saving drug used to treat opioid addiction. State officials say they’d like to make the change permanent.
LISTEN: How to avoid a negative bear encounter in Alaska this summer
Despite negative encounters in the news, bear experts say, most of the time, bears don't want to mess around with humans, and they say there are some things you can do to keep it that way.
Here’s what you need to know about the Legislature’s stalled budget process
The Alaska legislative special session ended on Friday without an agreement to avoid a state government shutdown on July 1. Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the Legislature back into a new special session to start on Wednesday, June 23, with the goal of reaching agreement.
Hooper Bay has biggest COVID outbreak in Y-K Delta in months
The current outbreak began in May, and 63 individuals have tested positive since then.
Alaska agency moves to spend $1.5M on Arctic Refuge development, setting up clash with Biden administration
The state agency that holds Alaska's oil leases in the refuge wants to spend $1.5 million on studies, data collection and permitting needed in advance of what’s known as seismic exploration: using heavy equipment to map areas under the earth’s surface to see how much oil could be there.
Nice try, pollock: How Alaska’s most prolific fish almost won the state’s ranked choice mock election
The humble pollock was, for a few hours, the frontrunner in the state's mock election. Alaskans smelled a rat.
Ravn Alaska to purchase fleet of electric aircrafts
But the company that builds them first has to finalize its aircraft design. Airflow CEO Marc Ausman said he hopes to have Airflow’s planes ready for service by 2025.
State workers receive layoff notices as governor calls Legislature’s budget ‘defective’
Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced that layoff notices are being sent to state workers on Thursday. He said that’s because the budget the Legislature passed is “defective” because it won’t go into effect by July 1.
Pebble: Appeals Court revives case challenging EPA’s removal of watershed protection
In an opinion released Thursday, the panel said EPA could remove the protection adopted by the Obama administration "only when an 'unacceptable adverse effect' on specified resources was not 'likely.'”
Alaska’s brewing industry continues to grow, despite pandemic challenges
New breweries have been popping up in Alaska for years, and, despite earlier predictions that growth would plateau, it hasn’t let up yet. vv
Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as ‘voice of reason’
The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan moment in an increasingly bitter fight over President Joe Biden’s policies on energy production and climate change.