Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang denied a petition this summer from the Ketchikan Indian Community which wanted the state to reclassify invasive European green crabs …

In Alaska, the gap between the need for childcare and the availability of services is growing, according to providers and national data.  An estimated 55% of Alaska children lack reasonable …

At least one person in Anchorage had measles in early and mid-July, creating a risk that the highly infectious disease could spread through the state’s largest city, state health officials warn. …

Alaskans will decide in November whether to overhaul the state’s elections system with a ballot measure that would repeal ranked-choice voting, reinstate closed primaries and repeal campaign …

A citizens initiative that would exempt Petersburg seniors 70 and older from the borough’s 6% sales tax will be on the Oct. 6 municipal election ballot in that community. Last fall, Petersburg …

A Native-led voter mobilization group is working to boost Alaska Native voter education and turnout this election season.  Get Out the Native Vote is a nonpartisan effort now underway to …

More Alaskans are set to have access to free legal aid as Alaska’s largest provider of legal assistance for civil cases gets a boost in short- and longer-term funding from the state and the …

More Alaska babies were born infected with syphilis last year than in any recent year, state health officials reported. It is a trend that comes as the state continues to have high rates of the …

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether or not to overrule the state of Alaska’s decision to seize the airplane of a bush pilot who flew a bootlegger and beer to a dry village in 2012. On …

For someone without money or courage to ask for intensely personal items such as an HIV self-test or drug overdose kit, a new Community Health Vending Machine in downtown Juneau aims to address their …

Four outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness aboard a small cruise ship in Southeast Alaska in less than two months have resulted in its owner cancelling a trip scheduled for July 25-30. The …

Tidal Network’s application to subdivide a lot to build a telecommunications tower near the fire hall on Haugen Drive in Petersburg failed at the July 14 planning commission meeting, presenting …

The state has removed 3,048 Alaskans from the state’s active voter list, claiming they may be noncitizens. The removals leave those residents able to vote only if they provide additional …

The first two votes in Alaska’s Aug. 18 primary election have already been cast. According to records published by the Alaska Division of Elections, two voters — one in South Carolina and …

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an Alaska state attorney in Anchorage and is holding him in an ICE detention facility in Washington state, according to an agency spokesperson.  …

One day before the state Legislature voted on a multibillion-dollar tax break for the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline project, Anchorage Rep. Calvin Schrage gave the pipeline’s lead …

On Independence Day, as second-term Republican Dan Sullivan and his chief rival in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race Democrat Mary Peltola headlined parades, the other Dan Sullivan running for the seat was …

For years, rural Alaska communities have struggled with out-of-control dog populations that pose dangers to children, and diseases circulating through wildlife that can spill over into pets and …

The intense marine heat wave conditions that began roiling the Bering Sea in about 2016 resulted in the lowest winter sea ice extent measured in 150 years, widespread bird and marine mammal die-offs, …

Alaskans who have been convicted of low-level marijuana possession will be able to apply to keep their records confidential so they do not appear in background checks, under a new law that takes …