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Inside the “titanic” legal case that will help determine Alaska’s energy future: an analysis of what’s at stake
Northern Journal waded through hundreds of pages of written testimony and hours of recorded public hearings to explain how an Anchorage electric utility’s proposal to raise its rates could affect consumers — and the region’s scarce supply of natural gas.
Biden administration rejects Inslee’s top choice for Alaska fish commission, reappoints trawl official
Washington’s Democratic governor had advanced an ally of tribes and conservation groups for appointment to the federal commission that manages lucrative fisheries off the Alaska coast. But the U.S. commerce secretary instead reappointed an official from a Seattle-based trawl company.
Inside the U.S. Coast Guard’s Aleutian encounter with China’s military — and what it means
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The Chinese warships weren’t showing up on civilian radar.
But the American
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I'm just back from an amazing reporting trip to Kodiak. I'd been there twice before, each time briefly to cover the biennial Fish Debate, but this trip was longer. In
As salmon season kicks off, some Alaska fishermen fear for their futures
A year into the the crisis in Alaska's $6 billion commercial fishing industry, there are some signs of recovery. But major threats persist, many of which fishermen feel powerless to affect.
Alaska lawmakers rejected Dunleavy's first pick, a talk show host, for a lucrative fish job. His new pick? An ex-talk show host.
In May, lawmakers narrowly rejected a talk radio host’s appointment to a highly paid position regulating Alaska's commercial fisheries. Now, after the failure of that pick, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has chosen a new appointee with a similar — though not identical — background for the job.