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News from, and about, Northern Journal

News from, and about, Northern Journal

Greetings from Northern Journal headquarters — also known as my couch, here at home in Airport Heights. 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

Inside a company’s bid to make Alaska’s next big oil field lower-carbon

Inside a company’s bid to make Alaska’s next big oil field lower-carbon

With the future of fossil fuels in question, an Australian oil company is branding its new Arctic development as climate-friendly.

As salmon season kicks off, some Alaska fishermen fear for their futures

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.

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.