Alaska’s three major cities continue to have higher living costs than most of the nation’s urban areas, according to a newly released analysis published by the Alaska Department of Labor. …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on July 9 vetoed a bill that would have reimposed limits on the amount of money that individuals can donate to political candidates. In his veto message, he expressly stated his …
Two high-quality interactive web cameras have recently been installed atop the Five Finger Lighthouse in Frederick Sound north of Petersburg — one of the world’s most renowned humpback whale …
A Louisiana-based firm has submitted the apparent low bid to build a replacement for the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Tustumena. Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors submitted a “public bid …
JAG Ketchikan, which has been operating the state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard since last September, has secured a nearly $100 million contract for a service-life extension of a federal research vessel. …
The state is going well past “Sullivan, Dan S.” and “Sullivan, Dan J.” to distinguish between the two Republican U.S. Senate candidates on the Aug. 18 primary election ballot. Two-term …
Alaska dropped seven places to rank 47th in the nation in overall child well-being, according to a nationally recognized survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Advocates say the decline is …
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on June 25 vetoed two environmental-protection bills that had passed with broad bipartisan support from legislators. Dunleavy vetoed a bill to establish an invasive species …
Alaska again has the nation’s highest payment error rates for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, at 23.15% compared to the national average of 10.62% last year, according to …
Recent videos on social media show visitors “mocking, imitating or otherwise disrespecting Alaska Native totem poles and cultural symbols” as part of a trend that is “deeply disappointing and …
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced June 25 that it is increasing the full-year harvest limit for nonresident anglers fishing king salmon in Southeast Alaska from July 1 through Sept. …
Petersburg voters will decide this fall whether to raise the town’s sales tax cap to collect the 6% tax on the first $5,000 of each sale — which is the same taxable limit as Wrangell. …
Hundreds of sophisticated monitoring instruments will remain in place in the nation’s oceans after the National Science Foundation reversed its plan to partially dismantle the system. The …
Alaskans collected more than 1.5 million pounds of marine debris last year in organized community cleanups involving nearly 1,700 people in total, a new report says. The report, issued June 3 by …
The state House and Senate and the governor could not agree on legislation to provide a multibillion-dollar property tax break for the proposed Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project, so the …
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy extended his record-high veto rate June 18 by vetoing nine of the 82 bills passed by lawmakers this year. Among the vetoed bills were measures that would have provided …
Two weeks after rejecting it, the Petersburg borough assembly on June 15 approved the sale of a borough parcel to Tidal Network for a wireless communications tower — with all four members who had …
The Trump administration has denied Alaska’s request for a larger federal cost-share for disaster recovery efforts following devastation wrought by the remnants of Typhoon Halong in Western Alaska …
Alaska dropped seven places to rank 47th in the nation in overall child well-being, according to a nationally recognized survey by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Advocates say the decline is …
Abortion-rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Alaska Superior Court on June 11 to overturn a state ban on telehealth for abortion services. The lawsuit was filed in Anchorage by Planned …