The Alaska Division of Public Assistance is set to rely on out-of-state contractors to process food assistance applications amid a yearslong staffing shortage, Department of Health officials have …
The top oil-producing company in Alaska says it is planning significant layoffs. In a series of statements, ConocoPhillips, the third-largest oil producer in the country, said it will be firing …
Southeast Alaska’s commercial red king crab fishery will open Nov. 1 after stock assessments revealed the highest red crab populations in decades. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has …
Wearing a wetsuit and snorkel and carrying his speargun, Jason Own emerged from the waters of Sitka’s Crescent Harbor on Aug. 29 with the 18-pound, 30-inch-long skipjack tuna he had speared just …
An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of the high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage. He rode off with a new …
A casino-like gambling hall is being built on tribal land near Juneau’s Eaglecrest Ski Area. Workers on Aug. 26 were performing roof work on the mostly completed exterior of a wood-frame …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that eight organizations will receive more than $1.7 million in funding from the EPA’s Transboundary Watershed Grant Program, including two tribal …
Sealaska Corp. has elected Sarah Dybdahl as the company’s new president following a 17-month search and restructuring of top leadership. Dybdahl, the first woman to serve as Sealaska’s …
Warning: This may be an actual emergency — as far as emergencies about emergencies go, at least. The recently defunded nonprofit corporation that distributed federal money to public radio and TV …
A plan to upgrade the early warning and alert systems in Haines and Skagway is on hold after a federal grant program issued a stop-work order to public radio station KHNS, which was in the middle of …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, parent agency of the U.S. Forest Service, has announced that it is moving ahead with plans to rescind a rule that has restricted logging and construction on …
Communities in Southeast Alaska are ramping up calls on the federal government to better manage the region’s booming sea otter population and its impacts on key fisheries. The Wrangell borough …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put on a ceremony in Louisiana on Aug. 14 to mark the start of construction on the NOAA ship the Surveyor, a new charting and mapping ship …
State fisheries managers cut short this summer’s Southeast Alaska commercial Dungeness crab season by six days because initial harvest projections fell below the threshold to allow a full season. …
A tribal council’s review initiated after abuse accusations were made by a former romantic partner against Chalyee Éesh Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida …
A deteriorating baseball dugout that had been gathering moss and rot at Petersburg’s ball field has found new life as a much-needed weather shelter at the Banana Point boat launch. Back in …
Alaska Marine Lines will stop carrying electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles aboard its freight barges to Southeast Alaska as of Sept. 1, due to safety concerns. The change doesn’t apply to …
When the peak of the annual glacial outburst flood hit early Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, in Juneau, newly installed flood barriers stacked along the Mendenhall River largely prevented flooding of the …
Hatchery managers had hoped that June’s steady rainfall would spare them from having to intervene in this year’s king salmon run, allowing fish to reach the Crystal Lake Hatchery in Petersburg …
President Donald Trump’s high-profile, brief summit meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin adjourned on Friday, Aug. 15, without announcing a breakthrough in negotiations to …