Though several industries in Alaska are shedding jobs, the ones that are hiring share a common problem: Not enough applicants. “Our working-age population has had a pretty significant and …
It was no surprise that everyone on the timber panel at this month’s Alaska Resource Development Council conference had the same message: The industry needs a larger supply of trees to cut. And …
When scientists Patrick Sullivan and Roman Dial were heading to a remote area in the Brooks Range in 2019 to map the spread of woody plants there, they were looking forward to seeing a celebrated …
State and local law enforcement officials announced a breakthrough on a more than 25-year-old cold case in Juneau this past summer, thanks in part to a DNA analysis tool at the Alaska Scientific …
Darrel John watched the final evacuees depart his village on the western coast of Alaska in helicopters and small planes and walked home, avoiding the debris piled on the boardwalks over the swampy …
Enrollment is underway in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace for coverage starting Jan. 1, and SEARHC is available to help people navigate the insurance options available under the Affordable …
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 …
Indigenous land acknowledgment signs will no longer be displayed in Matanuska-Susitna School District buildings, and traditional land acknowledgment statements will no longer be permitted at district …
The proposed Cascade Point ferry terminal about 30 miles north of downtown Juneau offers mixed impacts as an Alaska Marine Highway System hub, but would be a boon to a new mine that could ship ore …
A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low tide in the Western Alaska community of Quinhagak. Wooden spoons, toys, a fishing lure and other …
A new online statewide directory has been launched to showcase and connect Alaska Native artists across disciplines. The Alaska Native Arts Directory is the work of the nonprofit Alaska Native …
SAN JUAN ISLAND, Washington — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the …
Five months after the Trump administration canceled a series of environmental grants for Alaska, including an erosion-control grant that was to have gone to one of the villages hardest hit by …
The state had received close to 1,100 applications for individual assistance from residents of Western Alaska affected by storm damage from ex-Typhoon Halong, according to the Alaska Division of …
President Donald Trump granted the State of Alaska’s request for a federal disaster declaration on Oct. 22, unlocking federal aid to support the ongoing relief and recovery effort in the aftermath …
For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new research suggests the microscopic bacterium, which …
By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon Alaska’s outbreak of pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, has now subsided, but it created some significant impacts for residents, state data …
The federal program that provides food assistance to 40 million low-income people could be at risk in November if the government shutdown isn’t resolved by then. And in at least some places, new …
The special delivery arrived in a plastic storage box after a chartered flight in a bouncy single-propeller plane. Veterinarian Susan Shaffer Sookram snipped the zip ties securing the lid and greeted …
Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds …