Jacob Resneck

For the past several years there’s been a debate between regulators over what to do about “scrubbers," which allowing the shipping industry to burn cheaper, dirtier fuels.

Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand testing and regulations for PFAS chemicals in drinking water, which has been linked to cancer and other serious health conditions.

“We would be interested in converting the ferry into a floating hotel/restaurant,” said one pitch letter to the state.

The plan calls for raising the main tailings dam by 36 feet and more than doubling the waste storage capacity in what were once two freshwater lakes.

The new board tasked with revitalizing Alaska’s state-run ferry system met for the first time on Feb. 11.

The U.S. Navy says its warships will need more room to maneuver during next year’s military exercises in the Gulf of Alaska.

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game reported Wednesday that some 64 wolves were taken during a month-long hunting and trapping season on and around Prince of Wales Island. The most recent population estimate, from fall of 2020, says there’s around 386 wolves in the area.

Eight decades after the fact, the federal government plans to spend $2.2 million to clean up a contaminated former army site on Kruzof Island near Sitka.

One Alaska state ferry collided with another while docking in Ketchikan last Friday, causing some damage but no reported injuries. The collision happened around 4:25 a.m.

Alaska Department of Transportation recently signed contracts with at least two vendors to run catamarans to Southeast villages. But officials in coastal communities aren’t sure the passenger-only vessels will be able to meet residents’ immediate needs.