Alaska Legislature ends regular session without a budget
The House voted to adjourn without hearing the Senate’s budget that had a $1,300 PFD. A special session starts Thursday.
First Lady Jill Biden and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visit Bethel
The first lady's visit occurred just hours after her husband, President Joe Biden, made a refueling stop in Anchorage aboard Air Force One.
If Anchorage doesn’t act soon, ‘we’re going to be putting people back in Sullivan’
Alexis Johnson, Anchorage's housing and homelessness coordinator, said the city and Assembly need to come up with a plan soon, or the Sullivan Arena shelter will be reopened again.
Statewide income in Alaska grew twice as fast as the U.S. last year, mostly because of PFDs
The state still has fewer jobs than pre-pandemic, but the job market is historically strong and inflation is beginning to ease.
Alaska’s youngest female murder convict could get out after successful appeal
Winona Fletcher was 14 in 1985 when she and her then-boyfriend robbed and shot to death three Anchorage residents after breaking into the family’s home.
Alaska’s big shift to renewable energy appears stalled, as future access to natural gas in doubt
Reporter Nat Herz with the Northern Journal says efforts to craft a mandate for utilities to pursue renewable energy haven't gotten very far.
In Toksook Bay, it’s akutaq, elder blessings and throw parties for graduating class
On May 12, all the attention was on the 11 graduating seniors in the Southwest Alaska community.
Alaska Legislature passes budget with $1,300 PFD and boost to school funding
The House and Senate came to an agreement late in the day Thursday, the first day of the special session.
Despite decades of warning, looming natural gas shortage threatens to drive up Alaska energy prices
For the second time in just over a decade, utilities are talking about importing liquified natural gas amid looming Cook Inlet gas shortages.
Ice jam floods continue to plague Alaska river communities
In the Glenallen area, floodwaters caused by snow melt have significantly receded.
‘Showing off who I am’: Anchorage seniors graduate in sealskin, kuspuks and other regalia
Service High graduate Jade Wren said she felt proud to show her Inupiaq heritage during the ceremony.
For Alaska Rep. Josiah Patkotak, whaling ‘rises above all’
Longtime legislators say Patkotak’s whaling during the legislative session might be a first in the body’s history.
Anchorage lawyers are working on a policy to clarify when the city will enforce no-camping rules
Inaction so far this year on clearing encampments stems in part from an Assembly policy call, and in part from legal paralysis around a court decision.
Veteran-run nonprofit uses therapeutic recreation to help other veterans
Alaska has one of the highest per-capita populations of retired military service members of any state in the country. There’s a lot of services out there for retired service members, but as Alaska Public Media’s Madilyn Rose reports, veterans in Alaska are one of their own greatest resources.
Supporting Alaska’s veterans | Alaska Insight
Helping veterans and active duty military members cope with service-related trauma to lead healthy, happy lives, takes normalizing the need for mental health care and connecting with people who know the struggle.
Japanese climber survives thousand-foot fall from Denali
A mountaineering ranger evacuated the 24-year-old Japanese climber Saturday from a point at 15,100 feet in elevation, park officials said.
Illinois man dies after becoming trapped on mud flats near Hope
Word reached troopers just before 6 p.m. Sunday that Zachary Porter was stuck in the quicksand-like tidal mud flats.
Mat-Su educators vote to strike
Teachers would not go on strike until the fall, if an agreement is not reached over the summer.
Former top aide to mayor challenged Anchorage election using policy quietly added that day by city IT director
It’s not clear how the former chief of staff to the mayor, Sami Graham, and the two other election observers knew of the internal policy. The city ombudsman is investigating the incident.
With ‘slim chance’ to change Magnuson-Stevens Act, Peltola favors ‘workaround’
Congresswoman Mary Peltola and other salmon advocates try another avenue to limit bycatch.