A new documentary profiles two Alaska Native families as they seek justice for their murdered loved ones, diving into the generational trauma of families and communities grappling with violence, barriers within the criminal justice system and years of grief and unanswered questions. The new film, “In the Wake of Justice Delayed,” follows five years in […]
After nearly four decades of connecting Arctic scientists to funding opportunities, research and education projects and each other, the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States held its last community meeting on Friday before a planned Sept. 30 shutdown. The consortium, founded in 1988, is closing down after losing the National Science Foundation funding that […]
This year’s Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,000, an amount set by the Alaska Legislature in House Bill 53, the state’s annual operating budget bill, earlier this year. Ordinarily, lawmakers allocate an amount of money for the dividend, which makes individual payments dependent upon the number of recipients. The Alaska Department of Revenue then announces […]
Alaska’s three members of Congress differed on a series of votes Friday intended to keep the federal government funded past the end of the month, and avert a government shutdown. Alaska’s sole U.S. House Rep. Nick Begich III, R-Alaska, voted in favor of a seven-week budget extension, but that measure died in the U.S. Senate […]
A new comparative analysis of states’ religiousness published this week by the Pew Research Center shows Alaska is the 35th most religious state in the country. The survey found 26% of Alaskans in Pew’s Religious Landscape Study are considered “highly religious,” based on questions asking whether they believe in God, pray regularly, attend religious services, […]
Federal regulators will accept no public comments on a pending environmental study of oil leasing in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, a U.S. Department of the Interior agency announced through a Federal Register notice published Thursday. There will be no public comment period and no public hearing on a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for a Cook […]
As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape. Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas and then rubble again. The snow atop it, sometimes several feet deep, hides gaps among the blocks of […]
It’s hard to remember now — a lot has happened since — but there was a time, back in February and March, when things got rather heated along the traditionally friendly, extremely long and largely unguarded Canada-U.S. border. In response to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and talk of annexing Canada, provincial liquor authorities stripped […]
A retreating glacier has revealed a new island in Alaska, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Glaciologist Mauri S. Pelto had anticipated for some time that the Alsek …
Authorities say one man is dead and another was injured after falling from a trail in the mountains above downtown Juneau. Both men were cruise ship passengers who were visiting Alaska’s capital …
The annual Fat Bear Week featuring gluttonous brown bears at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve is back. Online voting for the fattest juvenile bear begins Thursday. The main event starts …
Alaska had more influenza cases reported in the past year than in any of the three prior years, with severity that was worse than in those recent years, according to a new report from state health officials. There were an estimated 11,900 lab-confirmed cases of influenza – commonly known as the flu – in the […]
Officials at the University of Alaska said this week that previously announced cuts to federally funded programs for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students will be worse than initially thought. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the canceled funding will amount to an estimated $8.8 million, and University of Alaska Southeast programs will also be […]
In Anchorage Superior Court on Wednesday, attorneys for the state of Alaska defended Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s decision to name a former attorney to a public seat on Alaska’s judge-picking board, saying the choice was within the governor’s powers under the Alaska Constitution. The governor’s choice of John W. Wood has been challenged by lawsuits filed […]
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about residential and boarding schools. If you are feeling triggered, here is a resource list for trauma responsesfrom the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition in the U.S. In Canada, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline can be reached at 1-866-925-4419. WASHINGTON — Ramona Klein admits she […]
Treg Taylor, the former Alaska attorney general, is running for governor, he announced Wednesday morning. “I have a four-and-a-half-year proven record as the attorney general of fighting crime, fighting Biden, and fighting for Alaska,” he said by phone. In a campaign video and written statement, Taylor promoted himself as a “fearless conservative” who is the […]
Alaska’s governor will not withdraw an executive order proposing to create a new state Department of Agriculture, he said in a letter sent Monday to the leaders of the state House and Senate. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s letter comes days after a joint House-Senate panel voted to spend up to $100,000 on a lawsuit against the […]
Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, women were making only 65% as much as men for every hour of paid work. Women’s wages […]
A glacier-caused flood in Alaska’s capital city on Monday was weaker than forecasted, according to measurements taken by the National Weather Service and U.S. Geological Survey. The flood on Juneau’s Mendenhall River topped out at 9.6 feet at 7:30 p.m. Monday evening. No significant damage was reported. Forecasters had been expecting a flood of between […]
In Alaska, a state famous for abundant salmon and huge, cold-water-loving crab, another type of fish is making a splash: tuna. Incursion of warm waters into Southeast Alaska coastal areas off Sitka and Baranof Island created a brief tuna jackpot earlier this month for sport fishers. One of the first of those anglers was Troy […]