State ends Wellpath contract to run psychiatric institute, could open up contract for bids
The company will continue to work at the facility through December. The state also has hired a contractor to study whether it makes sense to privatize API.
3 erupting Alaska volcanoes spitting lava or ash clouds
Three remote Alaska volcanoes are in various states of eruption, one producing lava and the other two blowing steam and ash.
So far, none of...
Ask a Climatologist: Long temperature streak ends
For the first time since February, the statewide temperature index for Alaska dipped below normal earlier this week. Sunday and Monday were both slightly below normal, interrupting a 218 day stretch of above normal temperatures. Listen Now
Rep. Young’s Washington office, key to his brand, still stands. For now.
The bear, the guns, the heads — they aided his reputation for fierceness. Or, as some saw it, bullying.
Y-K Delta women describe the realities of living with climate change for foreign dignitaries
“Every year it seems to get worse,” said Newtok resident Carolyn George.
Former Alaska legislator’s alleged killer, his son, now indicted on first- and second-degree murder charges
Anchorage police originally charged Tallon Westlake with manslaughter.
‘Alaska’s secret wild salmon prices hurt everybody,’ fisheries journalist says
Intrafish's John Fiorillo argues that secretive price setting in Alaska salmon fisheries strains relationships between fishermen and processors.
Feds to drop new habitat rules, ending state’s legal challenge
The Trump administration has agreed to rewrite rules that would have made it easier for the government to designate areas as "critical habitat" for endangered species. Listen now
Chonky and they know it: Voting starts in Fat Bear Week
Votes for the 12 Katmai National Park bears in this year's Fat Bear Week bracket are being taken until Oct. 10.
How climate researchers and Juneau composers are turning data into song
Through the project, music composers will interpret glacier outburst floods, high latitude mirages and arctic sea ice changes.
Alaska’s China trade mission wraps up with no big gasline news
Gov. Walker and the delegation met with Sinopec, the state-owned oil and gas company that could be a partner for the gasline. But the company's president said there was a lot more work to be done on the project than originally imagined. Listen now
Fairbanks council OKs more than doubling city’s tobacco tax to 20%
Tax advocates said the increase, approved Monday, leaves Fairbanks below Alaska's average local tobacco tax rate of 39%.
Early Voting on Pace to Surpass 2006 Numbers
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Absentee and early voting could play an important role in the outcome of the Alaska Senate race.
In the first three days of...
Nomination for Fish and Game Commissioner Closer to Confirmation
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Alaska lawmakers on Friday moved Cora Campbell’s nomination for commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game one step closer to ...
Fluffy and deep: Storm drops more than a foot of snow in Southcentral Alaska
More than 16 inches were reported in some parts of Anchorage by Thursday morning.
10 candidates file to fill Don Young’s unexpired term as deadline looms
Candidates face a Friday deadline to file with the state Division of Elections to run in the special primary, set for June 11.
Senators offer bill to renew Violence Against Women Act, with a section honoring an Alaska murder victim
Angelina Jolie lent her star power to a bill in the U.S. Senate to renew the Violence Against Women Act.
Kenaitze Tribe’s craft classes help elders socialize and learn new skills
Helen Dick, a Dena’ina elder, learned to make birch bark baskets from her grandmother. Now, she’s teaching others to make them, too.
Fishing towns object to Alaska’s mandate overruling local COVID-19 restrictions
Fishing towns are asking for more say in regulating who is allowed into their communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pfizer vaccine’s protection against COVID wanes quickly in kids ages 5-11, study says
In all cases, the vaccine proved to provide strong protection against becoming seriously ill.