The Trump administration is ending National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration services that monitor Arctic sea ice and snow cover, leading climate scientists said. NOAA’s National Centers …

The Haines Sheldon Museum has received a donated collection that staff say is the largest addition to the museum in decades. The 24 art pieces and artifacts came from the late Donna Willard-Jones …

Mere hours before he banged his gavel to adjourn this year’s session of the Alaska House of Representatives on May 20, Speaker Bryce Edgmon introduced a bill to bar metals mining from the Bristol …

Facing the continued collapse of chinook salmon, officials have shut down California’s commercial salmon fishing season for an unprecedented third year in a row. Under the decision by an …

Permafrost thaw is expected to impose costs of $37 billion to $51 billion to Alaska roads and buildings through the middle of the century, according to a newly published study. The calculated …

The Alaska Legislature is moving toward raising the state’s age of sexual consent to 18 next year — with exceptions — after the state House voted 39-0 to approve the bill on May 19. House …

Alaska’s public schools may see the largest permanent funding boost in well over a decade, after the Alaska Legislature voted for the first time since 2002 to override a sitting governor’s …

Following a request by the federal government, the state of Alaska has turned over the personal information of roughly 70,000 Alaskans enrolled in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition …

Smoking has steadily declined in Alaska over the past decades, evidence that coordinated health campaigns mounted over several years have been effective, a new report from the state Department of …

There will be no extra money for the University of Alaska’s sports teams, its effort to become a top-tier research university or its attempts to hire and keep staff. On May 16, the legislative …

The Alaska House of Representatives, following in the path of the Senate, has approved a small construction and renovation budget for the state fiscal year that starts July 1. The House vote on …

Almost 20 years after eliminating Alaska’s public employee pension program, the House of Representatives has voted to open a new pension system for municipal and state workers. With proponents …

A major elections reform bill, a priority of House and Senate leaders, is dead in the Alaska Legislature. Wednesday, May 21, is the last day of the regular legislative session, and members of the …

Gov. Mike Dunleavy ramped up his threats to school districts on May 8 by declaring he will use his line-item power to reduce per-student funding in next year’s budget unless the Legislature passes …

State senators issued warnings on May 7 as they approved a draft operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Senate version of the spending bill, which includes an estimated $1,000 …

Both chambers of the Alaska Legislature have approved a resolution stating its support for Canadian independence and opposing “restrictive trade measures or tolls” that would affect commerce …

Mothers in Alaska’s northern and western regions are more likely than other Alaska mothers to give birth to preterm and underweight babies, and their travel from rural Alaska to get care in bigger …

For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea north of Seattle, looking for an unusually phallic clam that's coveted thousands of …

Tessa Hulls was making sandwiches in the Alaska Capitol when she learned she had won a Pulitzer Prize. Her book, "Feeding Ghosts," is a nonfiction graphic novel that documents three generations of …

The Alaska Legislature has approved what would be the first measure to raise significant new state revenue in a decade. The measure, unless blocked by the governor, also would unlock a key section of …