Sec. Doug Burgum stopped briefly in Alaska Thursday on his way to a conference in Tokyo.

Their concerns range from habitat destruction to the loss of subsistence rights.

Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.

Members of the International Energy Agency have announced a coordinated release of 400 million barrels of stockpiled oil in an attempt to counter the disruption in oil trade triggered by the Iran war.

Lingít community members with ties to the area say Berners Bay is sacred and important for hunting and fishing.

Brent crude reached its highest price since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Gasoline prices in the U.S. are expected to continue to rise.

The 85-foot balloon journeyed over Mat-Su neighborhoods as its owners ran a series of test flights.

The job market showed further signs of weakness last month as employers cut 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate inched up to 4.4%, from 4.3% in January.

Geopolitical tensions last year caused some international travelers to cancel their vacations to the United States, and locally, Alaska tourism operators were navigating a puzzle of uncertainty.

No bids in the first of six mandated oil and gas lease sales in the federal waters of Cook Inlet.

A short-term increase in oil prices could help reduce the state's draw on savings, but lawmakers say they're not counting on higher prices in the long term.

Researchers from the University of Alaska Anchorage are combining machine learning and community feedback to understand the ties between income and transportation accessibility in the regional hub.