Juneau Independent

The lower numbers — the catch is predicted to drop by more than a third — are driven by off year for pink salmon.

Here’s what’s happening in the Alaska Capitol and elsewhere across the state.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a report Thursday that showed Alaskans lost nearly $40 million in cybercrime in 2025.

Candidates Matt Schultz, Bill Hill and their supporters agree on one thing: Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III has failed to stand up for everyday Alaskans and needs to be replaced.

When a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research project discovered a mysterious object more than two miles underwater in the Gulf of Alaska, scientists were puzzled.

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to wait for the deep cold to freeze the sea.

Spending plan proposes less one-time funding for K-12 schools than the House version, and up to $100 million in additional funding tied to oil revenues remaining high.

‘I’ll kill them all right now, with my bare hands,’ one mine booster said in a recent video posted online.

The Alaska House of Representatives advanced a bill Wednesday that aims to address a lack of oversight for minors treated at psychiatric facilities in Alaska. The bill would mandate an annual report on conditions and treatment at such facilities from the state’s Health Department, as well as unannounced biannual inspections.

Voting and civil rights groups sued Alaska elections officials Wednesday, alleging that their sharing of the state's full voter registration list with the U.S. Department of Justice violates the state constitution.

Murkowski, Welch point to diplomacy gaps, shifting U.S. strategy.

Amid criticism aimed at the committee chair for holding a bill to include in the omnibus crime bill, lawmakers expressed confidence it would garner the support needed to pass.