The Trump administration wanted an Arctic Refuge lease sale this year. Now it’s out of time.
Two procedural steps are still required before the sale can happen, and each comes with a 30-day waiting period, said Brook Brisson, an attorney for Trustees for Alaska, the Anchorage-based environmental law firm that works with organizations fighting to stop drilling.
Alaska Senate Republicans confirm Revak for open Senate seat
The Alaska Senate Republicans voted Saturday to confirm Rep. Josh Revak to fill a vacant Senate seat in Anchorage.
Top Alaska elections official rejects Dunleavy recall
Recall supporters are expected to appeal the action.
Pioneer Homes residents sue Dunleavy, state over sudden rate increase
The plaintiffs argue that having their rates more than double in a single month is unreasonable and made without reasonable notice. They also say that residents are faced with decisions like divorce and bankruptcy as a result of the increases.
Mark Begich, frustrated by rural Alaska’s exorbitant prices, is opening a grocery store in Utqiagvik
Begich said his company, Stuaqpak Inc., will offer lower prices and better products, and be more accountable to residents than the North West Company, the publicly traded Canadian corporation that ran the store previously. But Begich’s business is launching an untested model, and it will still face competition.
Recall Dunleavy group sues over rejected application
The group seeking to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy has sued over the rejection of its recall application.
Alaska militia leader Schaeffer Cox’s murder conspiracy sentence cut by 10 years
A judge has reduced Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox’s sentence after part of his conviction in a murder conspiracy was thrown out on appeal.
Legal expert: Previous Alaska Supreme Court decisions favor Recall Dunleavy argument
A national expert in recalls of elected officials said the legal fight over the proposed recall of Gov. Mike Dunleavy highlights how unusual Alaska’s law...
Coast Guard’s VHF signal down for much of coastal Alaska
The outages are affecting Prince William Sound all the way down to Sitka and other Southeast communities.
Judge rules funding schools a year ahead is valid, dealing defeat to Dunleavy
A state judge ruled on Thursday that school funding for this year that the Alaska Legislature passed last year is valid.
Ads use Ukraine scandal, urging Murkowski to reject a Trump judicial pick
A liberal advocacy group is leveraging the Ukraine scandal in ads that target Alaskans. Their aim is to drum up constituent messages to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, urging her to vote no on a Trump judicial nominee.
In Anaktuvuk Pass, a gardener brings new life to ancient foods with Arctic agriculture
Getting started wasn’t easy. Hopson spent time in Northern California when she was young, working in her grandmother’s garden. But when she applied that knowledge in the Arctic, it failed miserably...at first.
Q&A: Ex-Skid Row rocker Johnny Solinger to auction off star-studded guitar for Alaska vets
Huna Totem Corp. brought a Las Vegas rock and roll show to Juneau last month, and Alaska left quite an impression on one of the performers.
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PHOTOS: At JBER, Alaskans mark Veterans Day with music and a moment of silence
The Alaska National Guard hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on Nov. 11, 2019.
Murdoch-funded group gives major boost to initiative to overhaul Alaska’s elections
An organization funded by the Murdoch family has donated more than a half-million dollars to a campaign to overhaul Alaska’s election laws and establish a system of ranked choice voting, making it easier to elect independent candidates.
NTSB: Pilot inexperience and unfavorable winds factored into fatal PenAir crash in Unalaska
The flight that crashed at the Dutch Harbor airport last month, killing a passenger, landed amid unfavorable but shifting winds, according to an initial federal report released Friday. And it was captained by a pilot with relatively little experience at the controls of Saab-2000 plane he was flying, the report said.
Alaska’s rate of sexual assault is four times national average, according to latest FBI numbers
Though reports of crime nationally are generally on the decline, by most measures Alaska is bucking that trend.
Dunleavy administration wants to join court case in defense of Hilcorp’s search for Cook Inlet oil
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is coming to the aid of an oil company’s plans to search for oil in Cook Inlet, in the face of a lawsuit filed by environmental organizations.
How would lifting the Roadless Rule change Tongass logging? Not much, both sides say
But at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday, people for and against the rule agreed that removing the roadless restrictions won't make much difference for an industry that's already a shadow of its former self.
Amid a midtown Anchorage mall’s rebirth, is downtown retail in decline?
After surviving a tumultuous few years, the commercial complex formerly (and sometime still) called the Sear's Mall is at the heart of a business boom in the city's midtown district.