Yereth Rosen

Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola announced that her campaign raised $8.9 million in the first quarter of the year, a record for any U.S. Senate campaign in Alaska.

The motion stems from a lawsuit filed by the groups in November after the Alaska Board of Game reauthorized a Mulchatna predator control program that had previously been overturned by state court rulings.

Mining, long a part of state history, is now a $4 billion-a-year industry in Alaska, with export value rivaling that of seafood, a state analysis shows.

The ban, imposed after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, is set to expire this year. A resolution is one of the measures intended to help the state’s seafood industry.

Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a bacteria that commonly causes gastrointestinal illness, was previously no problem for Alaska seafood eaters. Now cases happen every year and the state has a control program.

Permit applications have increased and research and investment is ongoing, with goals of diversifying the industry and benefitting coastal communities.

Remnants of spilled Exxon Valdez oil have persisted on beaches for decades, but much of what is left no longer poses problems, justifying a change in pollution classification, regulators say.

The first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska since 2019 generated $163 million in high bids, but some bids were for protected land.

The ruling pauses a Trump administration reversal of a Native lands right-of-way agreement, with implications for a pending oil and gas lease sale

The proposal would reestablish state authority to manage sport hunting and trapping in federal territory that is part of the national park system.