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Fight over possible gold mine looms inside one of Alaska’s national parks
An Alaska Native corporation leased mineral rights inside a national park to Contango Ore Inc. The company’s plans are generating opposition from fishermen and conservationists.
Nov 1713 min read
UA projects up to 10% increase in health care costs this fiscal year
Nationally, employers are anticipating an 8.5% increase in medical costs and an 11% increase in pharmacy costs, according to data presented to the Board of Regents.
Nov 154 min read
Alaska Republican Senator Shelley Hughes resigns to pursue gubernatorial campaign
Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, resigned from the Alaska Senate on Friday to pursue her gubernatorial candidacy, according to a news release from her campaign.
Nov 152 min read
Anchorage experimenting with smartphone voting
The largest city in Alaska is about to undertake an experiment that feels both inevitable and impossibly futuristic in an era of pervasive mistrust toward elections: allowing all voters to cast ballots from their smartphones.
Nov 141 min read
Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit.
As Typhoon Halong swept through western Alaska, it laid bare how centuries-old policies made Native villages particularly vulnerable to climate change.
Nov 144 min read
Tribes and environmental groups sue to stop road planned for Alaska wildlife refuge
Three lawsuits take aim at a Trump administration-approved land trade that would allow for a road through designated wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.
Nov 135 min read
Trump officials say Alaska is ‘open for business.’ So far, no one’s buying.
Despite the administration’s enthusiasm for developing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, oil companies have shown little interest — leaving the state to spend millions propping up the idea.
Nov 138 min read
New lawsuit seeks to block revived bear-culling program in Western Alaska
The new Mulchatna predator control program, aimed at boosting caribou numbers, has the same flaw that caused judges to overturn the earlier program, plaintiffs claim.
Nov 128 min read
DNA testing of bones at the Alaska crime lab can help shed light on cold cases, officials say
Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Lab acquired a forensic tool used to test DNA from bones and teeth this summer.
Nov 125 min read
Trump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
The ‘Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale,’ scheduled for March, would follow a series of federal and state inlet lease sales that drew little industry interest.
Nov 114 min read
Anchorage state senator enters crowded Alaska gubernatorial field
State Sen. Matt Claman, D-Anchorage, announced his candidacy on Monday. He is the second Democrat in the race, after former Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, also of Anchorage. The other 12 declared candidates are Republicans.
Nov 102 min read
Officials, advocates say date rape drugging difficult to confirm, but an ongoing issue in Alaska
Date rape drugging, or roofying, is the use of any sedative, usually mixed with alcohol, to incapacitate a victim and facilitate a sexual assault. While anecdotal stories of suspected roofying circulate around Alaska, cases and culprits are difficult to confirm.
Nov 106 min read
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