Juneau Independent

More than 10,000 known Alaska landslides or landslide-related events are documented in a new state inventory intended to help improve understanding of risks and what can be done to improve safety.

Documentary film, “In the Wake of Justice Delayed” profiles two families, based in Teller and Point Hope, and premieres in Alaska this month and airing nationwide on PBS in November.

This year’s Permanent Fund dividend will be $1,000, an amount set by the Alaska Legislature in House Bill 53, the state’s annual operating budget bill, earlier this year.

The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States, established in 1988 and credited with helping scientists and Alaska communities, is closing this month.

Alaska’s three members of Congress differed on a series of votes Friday intended to keep the federal government funded past the end of the month, and avert a government shutdown.

Pew Research’s Religious Landscape Study ranks Alaska as the 35th most religious state in the country

Alaska had more influenza cases reported in the past year than in any of the three prior years, with severity that was worse than in those recent years, according to a new report from state health officials.

UAF officials estimate $8.8 million in cancelled funding for programs and student services, up from $2.9 million; UAS also affected.

A ruling is expected within 30 days, and an appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court is possible

The state’s executive and legislative branches have different interpretations of the governor’s executive order powers.

After losing an appeal, the state is asking the high justices to decide a decades-old dispute over Alaska fishing rights.

Ahead of an expected run for governor, former Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is asking the state’s campaign finance regulator to exempt him from a law that requires he disclose who is renting apartments in several Anchorage buildings he owns.