A powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Russia has generated tsunami warnings and advisories for a broad section of the Pacific, including Alaska, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. The U.S. …

Officials in Alaska are warning hikers to steer clear of streams and rivers where salmon are running after bears mauled hikers on two different occasions within a week in Anchorage. Both species of …

The former U.S. ambassador to the Arctic, Mike Sfraga, began a new job as interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Monday. He replaced the outgoing chancellor of eight years, Dan White, who announced his retirement in May. UAA President Pat Pitney named Sfraga as interim chancellor on July 18, as a search […]

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced his policy priorities for the Alaska State Legislature for when they reconvene for a special session scheduled to start on Saturday. On Monday, the governor called for legislators to address what he called “Alaska’s chronic education outcome crisis” and to reconsider his executive order they had previously voted down, creating […]

More than 63 million Americans are caregivers for a family member with complex medical needs, a 20 million increase over the past decade, according to a new report. But state policies, workplaces and the American health system haven’t kept up with this surge in family caregiving responsibilities, said Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan, a physician and the […]

Yukon Flats Tribes and the river system they call home gain nothing and stand to lose everything with the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas’s recent proposal to open state lands in the region to oil exploration. Once again we are seeing outside decision-makers trying to decide our future without our input or consent. The […]

Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime and violence in American cities, a new analysis shows that violent crime has continued to decline this year. Homicides and several other serious offenses, including gun assaults and carjackings, dropped during the first half of 2025 across 42 U.S. cities, continuing a downward trend that began in 2022, […]

Last year, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in a 4-1 decision that Eric Hafner, an imprisoned felon in New York state, could remain on Alaska’s U.S. House ballot despite a lawsuit challenging his eligibility. On Friday, the court issued a 22-page opinion explaining that its decision came down to the definition of the word “fifth.” […]

Gov. Mike Dunleavy allowed three bills to become law this week without his signature, creating two fishing-related laws and one that updates the rules governing accountants in the state. Under the Alaska constitution, a governor may sign a bill into law, veto it, or allow it to become law by taking no action on it […]

A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across Alaska on Wednesday afternoon. Mark Roberts, head of the emergency operations center, said the error occurred when a worker was conducting a regular weekly test of the Emergency Alert System, which broadcasts disaster warnings by radio and […]

This July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, marking the start of the nuclear age — and an ongoing nightmare for the people who call the area home. That test, known as Trinity, blanketed rural communities in radioactive fallout. No one was […]

Adam Crum, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Revenue, will leave his job Aug. 8, according to an announcement published Friday by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office. A person familiar with Crum’s plans said he intends to run for governor in 2026, joining seven other Republican candidates. No independents or Democrats have filed for the primary […]

Palmer Sen. Shelley Hughes has become the seventh Republican to announce a run for governor in next year’s election. Incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, is term-limited and cannot seek reelection in 2026.  With an announcement at Palmer’s Rebarchek Park on Thursday night, Hughes said that as governor, she would focus on energy costs and […]

Three Alaska school districts have joined a coalition from across the country — including school districts, teachers unions, parents and advocacy groups — suing the Trump administration for blocking $6.8 billion in congressionally approved education funding.  The Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star Borough, and the Kuspuk school districts joined the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court. […]

The Alaska Bar Association’s board of governors is considering whether to recommend the disbarment of former federal judge Joshua Kindred and will vote on the issue next month. Kindred, appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. District Court of Alaska, resigned in 2024 after investigators found that he had a “sexualized relationship” with a […]

A small Canadian company behind a controversial effort to mine uranium in Western Alaska has pulled out of the project, the firm has announced. Panther Minerals last year proposed exploratory drilling over the next four years in search of uranium on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. But it ultimately decided to abandon the project, called Boulder Creek, […]

Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the people who employed her husband Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr. at the time of his fatal plane crash in 2023. The suit came shortly before the two-year statute of limitations deadline to bring a case and just days before the National Transportation Safety […]

The state of Alaska has filed an appeal with the U.S. Department of Education after federal officials said the state failed a test measuring the differences in funding between school districts, which put more than $80.8 million in federal aid at risk. Each year, the state receives federal funding called “impact aid” intended to compensate […]

Anchorage Democratic Sen. Forrest Dunbar will be able to attend the Aug. 2 special session of the Alaska Legislature, he said late Tuesday in a post on Facebook. Dunbar, a member of the National Guard, is deployed to Poland on active-duty service but received a federal waiver that will allow him to return to Alaska […]

Alaska police say a brown bear attacked a woman as she hiked on a popular trail in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. An Anchorage Police spokesperson says the woman called 911 Tuesday afternoon. Alaska …