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The ferry Taku loads up at the Prince Rupert, B.C., ferry terminal on July 24, 2014. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska)

Leaders attempt to keep ships sailing as Alaska ferry service to Prince Rupert nears its end

The Ketchikan Daily News reported Wednesday that Alaska Transportation Commissioner John MacKinnon met with Mayor Lee Brain of Prince Rupert Tuesday.

The Yukon River community of Mountain Village is seen on June 27, 2019. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

Judge: case of slain Mountain Village woman shows how Alaska's justice system is failing

In a blistering order, a Fairbanks judge has declared a crisis in the state’s courts, saying that turnover among public defenders is delaying criminal trials and denying justice for victims and defendants alike.

Cruise ships in port in Juneau in August 2012. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)

Even more cruise ships are coming to Alaska in 2020

Alaska cruise ship visitors are expected to break new records for the fifth straight year, according to recent projections from an industry trade group.

Midnight Sun Jazz September, 14th 2019

Here’s the Saturday September, 14th 2019 edition of Midnight Sun Jazz, with host Ed Ulman.

Rep. Danial Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, comments on a state operating budget amendment in the House Finance Committee in the Alaska State Capitol on March 6, 2018. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Prince Rupert delegation to lobby to keep B.C. ferry link with Alaska

Rep. Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan) traveled to British Columbia to meet with Canadian officials to find ways to salvage ferry service with Canada.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr heard concerns from Alaska Native leaders about the lack of law enforcement and high rates of sexual assault and domestic violence in rural Alaska. (Photo by Joey Mendolia / Alaska Public Media)

Justice Department to send millions to rural Alaska law enforcement

Tribal agencies are set to receive $5 million for equipment and hiring, with another $6 million is set for infrastructure and hiring in rural communities.

Going nuclear in Alaska: Past...and Future?

The UAA Japan Center will host a public event remembering the effects of dropping a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II, and the…

Sea ice near Nome. (Photo: Zoe Grueskin, KNOM)

‘The ice should have been safe': International panel gathers climate change stories from Western Alaska

Representatives from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were in Nome and Shishmaref this week to collect feedback for an upcoming report.

Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with snowcapped peaks of the Brooks Range as a backdrop. (USFWS)

Trump administration rolls out final environmental review for Arctic Refuge oil leasing

Today, the Trump administration took one of the last necessary steps before it allows oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior…

St. Mary's is on the meandering Andreafsky River, near its union with the Yukon. Photo by Liz Ruskin - Alaska Public Media

Rural Alaska clinics depend on broadband. What happens when it goes out?

In rural Alaska, broadband is vital for health care delivery, but an outage sends clinics back in time.

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