The First Alaskans Institute’s annual gala awards rarely get much attention outside of the black-tie fundraiser where they’re given. The honors typically go to people whose work has aligned with the organization’s mission of advocating for Alaska Native communities, and they’re usually a cause for celebration, not controversy. But this year, one of the awards […]

On Wednesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will open an emergency moose hunt in Southwest Alaska, near the town of Quinhagak, in order to help victims of Typhoon Halong, which devastated communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta last month. It’s the second emergency hunt that Fish and Game has opened to help storm victims […]

Every morning, Alaska’s court system publishes an updated list of new civil lawsuits filed across the state during the past week. And every morning, that list is dominated by debt collection cases, newly filed by credit card companies, debt collection firms or businesses seeking repayment. On Tuesday, of the 115 listed cases, 84 were for […]

The two mass emergency shelters in Anchorage set up for Western Alaska residents displaced by ex-Typhoon Halong have now closed, state officials said Tuesday, as families move to non-congregate shelters like hotels and other longer term housing. The emergency shelter that was set up at the William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center in downtown […]

The five members of Alaska’s highest court heard arguments last Thursday in a long-running dispute between the operators of a Christian camp and the Fairbanks North Star Borough about whether or not the camp qualifies for an exemption from local property taxes. Though the dispute involves only a single camp in Fairbanks, the justices’ ruling […]

For wage-earning Alaskans who were displaced by the remnants of Typhoon Halong, a powerful storm that lashed the western coast of the state earlier this month, qualifying for one special type of federal assistance could be a cinch. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Disaster Unemployment Assistance program provides financial benefits to people who cannot perform […]

Following a request by state legislators and similar action by other states, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday declared a 30-day state of disaster that allows the state to temporarily fund federal food-aid programs used by tens of thousands of Alaskans. The state of Alaska will spend up to $10 million for direct financial assistance […]

When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value. For residents of the Yukon-Kuskokwim region who were displaced by Typhoon Halong, such losses are not so easily quantified. In the region’s affected villages, […]

Carbon credits are a game changing tool for modern forestry in Alaska. They make money from what forests already do: accumulate carbon molecules in wood. They can offer a management strategy for generating revenue in areas where timber harvests could put high-value fish and wildlife habitat at risk. The coastal forests of Southeast Alaska are […]

The owner of an Anchorage business destroyed during a building fire in March has filed suit against Denali Disposal, owned by Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson, and two other businesses that also used the destroyed building.  The lawsuit, by auto repair firm 2nd II None LLC, accuses all three defendants of negligence that contributed to […]

An Alaska and Arctic health veteran has been selected to head the College of Health at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Dr. Jay Butler, who is a nationally recognized expert in infectious diseases, will start his UAA position on Dec. 28, the university announced on Friday. Butler has experience in state, federal and tribal governments. […]

Senate Minority Leader Mike Shower, R-Wasilla, will resign from the Alaska Senate on Monday, according to a resignation letter submitted to Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak. The resignation was expected. Shower was named the lieutenant governor candidate for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson in September, and he said he would resign from his seat early. […]

LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — The two floatplanes circled beneath low clouds before landing on an alpine lake, deep in the mountains west of Anchorage. They carried employees of the state of Alaska — footsoldiers in a long-running turf war with the federal government. It was early August, but the high peaks above […]

When a young Sealaska intern walking a beach in July 2022 found the first evidence of European green crab presence in Alaska – a discarded shell on a beach on Annette Island in the state’s far southeast corner – it was an ominous sign about the invasive species’ northward spread. Since then, the Metlakatla Indian […]

The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether state regulators acted correctly to fine backers of a failed election reform ballot measure more than $94,000 for a variety of alleged campaign finance violations. In the process, it may determine whether the backers of ballot measures are required to disclose the true source of money donated to […]

This story was originally reported by Jennifer Gerson of The 19th. Meet Jennifer and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. With 42 million Americans on the brink of losing their SNAP benefits on November 1, many nonprofits and online content creators are asking parents to rethink what they hand out to […]

On Wednesday, the Alaska Supreme Court heard arguments in a legal case that will determine whether or not the state of Alaska may restrict abortion care to licensed physicians. Since 2019, attorneys representing Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky, have been challenging a state law setting out that restriction. They […]

It’s not a Monty Python joke.  Prosecutors with the Alaska Department of Law’s Office of Special Prosecutions have filed seven criminal felony charges against The Knights of Ni LLC and its owner, Ryan Carroll, accusing Caroll of defrauding the state’s Medicaid system of more than $500,000. Online court records did not list an attorney for […]

A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month. But it suffered …

The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that’s expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality …