By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Neither an Alaska free-speech law nor the First Amendment protect a former North Slope Borough principal fired for making a derogatory version of the local …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Federal fisheries managers did not mishandle trawl fishing rules amid Alaska’s ongoing salmon subsistence crisis, a federal judge in …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska regulators have rejected a permit application for a controversial gold-dredging project near Nome after determining that the plan is riddled with …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that is aimed at adding $275 million to fund public schools starting this summer. The House spent long …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The state of Alaska is still facing a significant budget deficit despite a revised state revenue forecast published Wednesday by the Alaska Department of …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Alaska regulators have ordered an inactive oil company to pay more than $6 million in fines for failing to properly close and plug North Slope oil wells that it left …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Jeremy Cubas, a former policy adviser to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, has filed a libel lawsuit against two reporters and three news organizations, according to an …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon An Anchorage Superior Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline as incompatible with the state …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to one count of misreporting a …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A bill intended to fix potholes in a popular road within Chugach State Park has also exposed rocky relationships between two leaders of the Alaska State …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A Big Lake Republican has reintroduced a bill that would require the state of Alaska to sell the Alaska Railroad. Rep. Kevin McCabe, R-Big Lake, introduced House …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives today began debating a bill that would provide a big boost to K-12 public school funding. When legislators begin talking, …
By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon Federal workers across Alaska regions, agencies, and areas of expertise have been fired as part of the Trump administration’s “Department of Government …
By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon The family of Lewis Jordan Jr. and the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against the Alaska Department of Corrections …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Over the past two years, nearly 100 homeless Alaskans died on the streets of Anchorage. Last week, Anchorage Democratic Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon British Columbia Premier David Eby said Thursday that he intends to introduce legislation that would place tolls on commercial trucks traveling from the Lower 48 to …
By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska’s public schools could receive a major permanent funding increase under a bill that will receive a final vote in the Alaska House of Representatives as soon …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Increased state investment in marketing will help the battered Alaska seafood industry seize an opportunity to improve sales within the United States, the head of the …
By YERETH ROSEN Alaska Beacon Unusually warm conditions, connected to long-term climate change, are taking a toll on traditional winter sports in much of Alaska. What is normally 60 …
By James Brooks Alaskan Beacon As Alaskans again seek the Nenana Ice Classic’s iconic red ticket cans, the Alaska Department of Revenue is beginning a project that could allow residents to …