Yereth Rosen
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Federal climate resilience grants, including for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, are aimed at helping at-risk communities. -
The newly released strategy cites Alaska’s role in protecting the homeland from increased Russian and Chinese threats. -
The new law requires a switch to PFAS-free foams by Jan. 1 and sets up a system to help rural villages get rid of them. -
Some celebrate major progress on the state’s thorniest crime issues while others criticize the methods. -
A new program has a toolbox of techniques to be used as the Bureau of Land Management seeks to restore waterways damaged by mining. -
Left intact are projects to improve trails at Flattop Mountain and develop an Indigenous gateway in downtown Anchorage. -
Wildfires around the state have accelerated, with fires at the entrance of Denali National Park and around Fairbanks causing the most problems. -
Grants from Transportation, Interior and Agriculture will fund road and harbor projects, energy development and cleanup of old oil wells. -
The deal, which must be cleared by state regulators, would expand Hilcorp’s Alaska operations to the offshore Oooguruk and Nikaitchuq oil fields. -
This year's cruises by the nation's biggest icebreaker will support long-term ocean research and help train young scientists.
