Tribes win decision to exclude Alaska Native corporations from $8B coronavirus fund
A federal appeals court says Alaska Native corporations can't receive a share of the $8 billion coronavirus fund Congress created for tribes.
Juneau homeless shelter closes after positive cases
Two people tested positive for COVID-19 and 7 others are in quarantine.
Kenai Peninsula schools face substitute teacher shortage
The school district voted to raise substitute teacher pay in response to the shortage.
LISTEN: The fallout from Pebble recordings continues
Pebble Mine opponents say CEO's resignation is just scapegoating. Gov. Dunleavy denies he served as Pebble's messenger to the White House, and Sen. Murkowski is furious.
Many Anchorage teachers say they don’t want to return to classrooms
Overwhelmingly, public testimony during the meeting came from district teachers who expressed concerns about social distancing, cleaning supplies, and class sizes.
Ketchikan assembly passes pro-police resolution seen as ‘backlash’ to LGBTQ rights measure
The mayor cross-examined public testifiers in the unusual hearing on the resolution at the Ketchikan Borough Assembly.
Pebble CEO Tom Collier resigns
The news comes following the release of recordings with an "investor" in which CEO Tom Collier appeared to contradict the company's public statements and downplayed Alaska's senators' doubts about the project.
Wild brown bear killed after fatal attack on Alaska Zoo’s alpaca, Caesar
A brown bear in Anchorage has been killed after breaking into the Alaska Zoo and killing an alpaca, according to a statement from the zoo.
Missing Nome woman is “loving” and “stubborn,” friends say
Friends and family describe "Flo" as kind and sophisticated, but her upbringing was marred by family tragedy.
Investigator blames haste, lack of supervision for alleged Dunleavy ethics violations
Under the settlement, Dunleavy personally paid $2,800 to reimburse the state for social media and mailed advertisements from his office that praised his allies in the Legislature -- and which the investigator, Fairbanks attorney John Tiemessen, said broke a law against spending state money for partisan political purposes.
Alaska’s Sen. Murkowski says she can’t rule out voting for Trump’s Supreme Court pick
Sen. Murkowski said Tuesday she could not rule out that she would vote to confirm a Trump nominee if the Judiciary Committee approves of one before the November election.
In secret recordings, Pebble Mine execs say Donlin mine is too expensive to build
On September 21, an environmental group leaked footage of top mining executives discussing the proposed Donlin Gold mine.
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Alaska’s pro-oil Republican governor is quietly pushing green energy projects too
Even as climate change threatens to impose steep costs in Alaska, Dunleavy is still promoting the state's oil industry.
But he says he's excited by the plummeting cost of renewable power sources, and their potential to bring down electricity prices and recruit more business to the state.
Unalaska PA’s ingenuity doubles available ventilators for COVID-19 pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic hit Alaska, physician's assistant from the fishing community of Unalaska did what she could to make sure her community was prepared.
Pebble execs tell ‘investors’ Murkowski and Sullivan are no barrier to controversial mine
In secretly recorded calls, the CEO of Pebble Partnership told men posing as investors that Alaska's senators' public doubts about the project weren't genuine.
Uptick in Russian aircraft flying near Alaska shows ‘probing’ for weakness, Sullivan says
U.S. jet fighters have scrambled at least a dozen times so far this year to intercept Russian military aircraft that fly into airspace off Alaska’s coasts.
Could the melting Malaspina Glacier create a new bay on Alaska’s southern coast?
What’s happening at the Malaspina Glacier may be the largest landscape transformation underway in the United States, according to researchers.
Facebook group for those with grievances against Anchorage’s mayor and Assembly grows
Over the last few months, a Facebook group called “Save Anchorage” has become an organizing place for people with grievances against the Berkowitz administration and the city’s largely progressive assembly. It began with neighbors who objected to the city’s plan to purchase properties to house the homeless and provide substance treatment and grew to include people against public health measures like mandatory masking and business closures.
Online raffles are temporarily approved in Alaska, as non-profits adjust to pandemic precautions
The rule change is set to expire on November 15, when the state’s COVID-19 emergency disaster declaration ends.
Why does Alaska have the country’s lowest COVID-19 death rate? Doctors explain.
Doctors say early, aggressive restrictions have helped keep the number of deaths in Alaska tied to COVID-19 low. But, they caution, the numbers can change quickly and it is not time to let your guard down.