Yereth Rosen
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Home care workers, whose services are needed more as Alaska's population ages, have negotiated for better pay and other benefits. -
The total number of fish harvested was the third lowest since 1985, and the value to fishers was the third lowest since 1975. -
The processing employment data, which also shows a higher percentage of nonresident hire, points to difficulties with worker shortages. -
A legislative task force is considering many responses to rescue the industry and communities that depend on it. -
Alaska has some of the nation's highest rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea, according to the state's annual infectious disease report. -
A land swap would allow for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that supporters say King Cove needs; opponents say it would be ecologically ruinous. -
A new study signals potential future stress for bears already coping with a warming environment in Alaska and Siberia. -
The size of the famous Bristol Bay run is forecasted to be above the long-term average, but the economic outlook is unclear. -
The discovery came as scientists from different organizations were aboard the Healy, one of two polar-class Coast Guard icebreaking cutters. -
A new environmental study recommends additional protections for wildlife, waterways and permafrost, with new rules for a legally mandated lease sale.
