Snow crab stocks in Alaska’s Bering Sea, which crashed a few years ago, have recovered enough to allow a modest harvest starting in mid-October. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Oct. 6 …
Dungeness crab fishing is on for a full fall season that began Oct. 1 and extends through Nov. 30. The commercial Dungeness fishery opened for 55 days this summer, beginning June 15 and closing …
As Alaska lawmakers contemplate the need to spend from savings to balance next year’s state budget, a unique investment by the state’s departing revenue commissioner is drawing their …
The commercial salmon harvest in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, site of the world’s largest sockeye salmon runs, held a mixture of good news and bad news this year. The sockeye run exceeded …
A top official for the U.S. Department of the Interior has revoked a legal opinion that formed part of the legal basis for two new casino-like tribal gaming halls in Alaska, putting their future in …
A man from Pennsylvania has admitted that he attempted to steal seven Alaskans’ Permanent Fund dividends in 2022. Adepoju Salako signed a plea deal Sept. 24, according to documents filed Sept. …
Reporters and editors at the Homer News and (Kenai) Peninsula Clarion announced their resignations on Sept. 28, citing a decision by the papers’ corporate owners to apparently bow to political …
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has vetoed his ninth bill of the year, canceling Alaska lawmakers’ efforts to help fund public schools by rewriting a portion of the state’s corporate tax code. …
The virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic is still circulating and state health officials continue to recommend wide use of COVID vaccines, according to a newly released bulletin from the Alaska …
The Ketchikan Shipyard returned to work last week under an agreement for a new operator — JAG Ketchikan — to manage the state-owned facility. Thirty employees were “onboarded” on Sept. 22, …
Last year, Alaska and Canada set a new goal for the number of king salmon returning up the Yukon River and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. This summer, fish counters show 2025 returns have again …
More than 25,000 Alaskans who buy health insurance through the federal marketplace will face massive and possibly unaffordable cost increases if federal subsidies expire at the end of the year. …
Residents of a Cook Inlet village were devastated in May after getting news that the Trump administration had canceled a $20 million grant to upgrade homes and build new ones, residents said. Tyonek …
A low-pressure system hit Elfin Cove like a tornado around 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, causing serious damage to at least five residences and cutting off the small town’s boardwalk and trail …
A new Pacific tuna fishery is open in the eastern Gulf of Alaska, and state fisheries officials are anticipating a commercial harvest coming soon. “It is very exciting; we are hoping to see some …
A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Mauri S. Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College in …
A new comparative analysis of states’ religiousness published last week by the Pew Research Center shows Alaska is the 35th most religious state in the country. The survey found 26% of Alaskans …
Ketchikan endured record-setting rainfall on Monday, Sept. 15, according to the National Weather Service, as the area was drenched by 7.66 inches measured at the airport — though the heaviest …
The U.S. Department of Education has terminated grant funding for Alaska Native and Native-Hawaiian-serving university programs and support services, an act that University of Alaska Fairbanks …
