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The incident took place at MP 36 Dalton Highway, 40 miles North of Livengood, Alaska. (Screenshot of Alaska DEC situation report)

Tanker crash kills driver, spills 2,000 gallons of diesel on Dalton Highway

A tanker truck wrecked on the Dalton Highway 40 miles north of Livengood Monday and spilled 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

Traveling Music 6-9-19

Traveling MusicShonti Elder6-9-19Format:Song Title Artist / ComposerCD TitleLabelDurationValley of StrathmoreJim Malcolm / Andy M. StewartThe First Cold…

The Holland America Cruise Ship Westerdam prepares to dock in Juneau July 16, 2012. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)

Alaskans weigh in over Carnival Corporation’s deal with federal prosecutors

As Carnival Corporation executives appeared Monday in a federal courtroom in Miami to answer for felony probation violations, Southeast Alaskans penned letters to the court urging the judge to take tough action.

The Senate Rules Committee discusses Senate Bill 1002, which would set this year’s permanent fund dividend at $1,600, on Monday in the Capitol. Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, center, is the committee chair. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/KTOO & Alaska Public)

Bill would provide $1,600 PFD, with aim of growing fund

Senate Bill 1002 would allow state spending on the dividend to stay within the mandates of a law passed last year that aims to allow the fund to grow by keeping draws from fund earnings at a sustainable level.

A stretch of the Denali Park Road sits atop a creeping landslide. And it's picking up speed.

Officials at Denali National Park and Preserve are studying whether the existing path of the park’s 92-mile road can be spared from a creeping landslide, in what scientists say could be a preview of Denali’s future as its permafrost thaws.

Marc Wheeler, the owner of Coppa, is enthusiastic about ice cream and wood. He has a couple of pieces constructed from old growth trees at his brick and mortar store. But he’s not in favor of large scale industrial logging. He opted to use young growth wood at his newest location. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/Alaska’s Energy Desk)

This ice cream stand was constructed out of local wood. Here’s why that’s unique.

There are still questions about how to make the young growth timber industry viable in Southeast Alaska. But some customers are seeking out the material.

NTSB releases preliminary report for Metlakatla floatplane crash

The preliminary report on the fatal May 20 floatplane crash near Metlakatla was released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Friday.

Formidable women of Alaska

Alaskan women have a reputation for pushing the adventure boundaries. Lael Wilcox, an internationally knownendurance cyclist, and producer Lee Hart and rider Jill Simek of the fat bike short film Blue, have stories to tell about their epic adventures and projects.

These two photos show federal scientists' catch at the same Bering Sea survey station in 2018 (left) and 2010. The 2010 catch was primarily a small fish called capelin, while the 2018 survey caught much-larger pollock. (Courtesy NOAA Fisheries)

Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 30, 2019

BP and ExxonMobil commit up to $20 million to Alaska LNG; Interior: Arctic Refuge lease sale still on track for 2019; Koyukuk man detained on suspicion of first-degree murder; Donlin studying how proposed gold mine could impact smelt in the Kuskokwim River; 33-month sentence in theft of ancient mammoth tusk; As sea ice melts, fish are showing up farther north off Alaska. A federal fishing trip will investigate if they're sticking around.; UAF's Toolik Field begins summer research; Juneau struggles to keep up as junk cars continue piling up; Remove your rings and get out your card-blanket: a table-side view of one of Utqiaġvik’s most animated card games

Tussock tundra on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain. (Photo courtesy of USFWS)

Interior: Arctic Refuge lease sale still on track for 2019

The Trump administration remains on track to hold an oil lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge this year, a top Interior Department official today confirmed.

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