A group of environmental and tribal groups had filed suit in 2020 at the same time as the Democratic-led states. Last month, that coalition renewed their suit.

The state's sport fishing division issued a flurry of emergency orders Monday that target the Kenai and Kasilof rivers.

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change.

As the race moves onto the Yukon River, lows are forecast to be around minus-50.

The giveaway for the Gerstle River Bridge does come with some conditions.

Officials say it’s due to staff capacity and challenges of the site, not nearby mining interests.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is evaluating whether to hold a first-of-its-kind lease sale for seabed mineral development in federal waters off Alaska, and seeking information and input to help decide if it should move forward.

A 2017 lease sale drew lackluster bidding, and a 2021 lease sale drew no bids at all.

"If you're flying rockets in space, and you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong," said the researcher who led the mission.

Most of the harvest will be old-growth trees, which some people worry will be devastating to the forest.

The Department of Interior said it was illegal in the first place to grant Nuiqsut rights over an area inside NPR-A.

A recent study found that the number of reported landslides started to increase in the 1980s and has skyrocketed in recent decades.