Alaska State News

It started with the goal of teaching kids traditions their elders feared would disappear. Today, some of those kids are becoming instructors.

The commissary won a national award in June. Customers say the significant savings the store offers are especially appreciated in an expensive state like Alaska.

Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake Tuesday in Russia's Kamchatka region.

Three judges should sit on Alaska’s U.S. District Court. For the past year it's had just one. Alaska's senators haven't been able to agree on a selection process.

China’s ban on U.S. log imports has had sweeping effects on companies that harvest logs in Alaska and ship them overseas.

Fish Creek is the only personal-use fishery on the road system in the Mat-Su, and it opens for a few days every summer, depending on salmon numbers.

Alaska communities in the Aleutians were under a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.

Wildfire smoke isn't just irritating – it's downright unhealthy. Short- and long-term exposure can cause a wide range of health issues, from eye irritation to bronchitis, to heart problems.

Over the years, the commission has provided more than $2 billion for development projects in rural Alaska communities.

Crum said he had “accomplished a lot to put Alaska on sound economic footing” and said he would have more to say on his last day. He's a possible candidate for governor.