Shares in stock markets around the globe were sinking after President Donald Trump said he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move and sharp escalation in his battle to …
The Trump administration’s cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis. Democratic-led states and select blue-leaning cities fought back in court and saw money for public health efforts restored […]
An Orthodox archbishop who exchanged friendly greetings and gifts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska is apologizing to “those who have experienced pain, suffering, or confusion" …
Officials at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have declined to advance the listing of the Alaskan glacier buttercup flower as threatened or endangered, saying there is little evidence that a planned nearby graphite mine or climate change are threatening the flower. The service published its determination Monday in the Federal Register alongside seven other […]
Alaska’s state-owned Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island launched a secret U.S. Department of Defense missile last week during what observers believe was a hypersonic weapon being tested by the U.S. military. The launch, which was not disclosed beforehand, took place about 10 p.m. Thursday night and was observed by people across the Kodiak Archipelago […]
While some Alaskans are disappointed that Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted for the Big Ugly Bill, she is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and one of very few moderate Republicans left in the Senate. Her departure from Washington would be devastating for the entire USA. As a moderate Democrat I understand the anger and […]
A combination of Trump administration policies will make health care coverage more expensive for people who purchase plans from health insurance marketplaces — and rural residents will be hit the hardest, according to a new analysis. Researchers from the Century Foundation say Trump administration policies — especially its refusal to ask Congress to extend Biden-era […]
Alaska has a new state geologist, a scientist who served a similar role in Wyoming. Erin Campbell has begun working as the Alaska state geologist and director of the Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey, the Department of Natural Resources announced on Aug. 19. Campbell, who has a background in petroleum studies and structural geology, […]
Today is Sunday, Aug. 24, the 236th day of 2025. There are 129 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida; the storm resulted in 65 deaths …
Southeast Alaska has not had any ferry service to the mainland road system in British Columbia since 2022 and for the five years prior to that, what it had was unreliable and spotty. This was despite some Alaskans voicing a strong preference for a ferry to Prince Rupert, B.C., over Bellingham, Washington. However, efforts to […]
The politically appointed board that regulates health care in Alaska voted unanimously Friday to recommend that the state restrict medical care for transgender youth in the state and approved a letter asking Alaska lawmakers to end access to abortion in the late stages of pregnancy. On transgender care, the board approved a draft regulation that […]
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a four-part series on salmon. Part One described the emergency effort to rescue Washington state’s last population of Snake River spring and summer Chinook salmon, in the Tucannon River. Part Two explored salmon and steelhead extinction threshold science, showing the Pacific Northwest is entering extinction momentum that […]
When I told my editor, a year ago, that dozens of fish had turned up dead near the Kensington gold mine north of Juneau, he immediately wanted to know: What kind of fish? Just one or two pink salmon had died, I told him. Most of the fish were two other species: some trout-like Dolly […]
Every year, copious amounts of plastic foam boxes are used to ship Alaska seafood. Instead of using plastics that contribute huge amounts of carbon emissions in their manufacture and huge amounts to pollution after their disposal, could Alaskans use environmentally friendly local materials to ship fish and provide other insulation? A team led by a […]
The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct. …
I am leaving the Alaska Beacon on Friday, after serving as its editor for three years, to pursue a new opportunity in Philadelphia. I leave with a strong sense that Alaska – and this outlet – can have a bright future. I flew to Juneau on Jan. 17, 2016, two nights before the start of […]
The Alaska Bar Association has voted to recommend that former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred be disbarred in Alaska. Kindred, appointed by President Donald Trump to serve as a federal judge here, resigned last year from the federal bench after investigators found that he had a “sexualized relationship” with a clerk who became a […]
Alaska’s current subsistence fishing program can continue without changes, according to a Wednesday opinion by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling allows the federal government to continue offering preferential fishing rights to rural Alaskans — mostly Alaska Natives — who live a subsistence lifestyle. That preference exists only […]
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a series on salmon that the Idaho Capital Sun is publishing. Part One described the emergency effort to rescue Washington state’s last population of Snake River spring and summer Chinook salmon, in the Tucannon River. Part Two explored salmon and steelhead extinction threshold science, showing the Pacific Northwest is […]
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor will resign Aug. 29, he told employees at the Alaska Department of Law in an all-staff email Thursday afternoon. Taylor, who became the state’s top attorney in 2021 after his two immediate predecessors resigned in disgrace, is expected by political observers to join a competitive field of candidates running for […]