A national championship ski race was set for Kincaid Park. Then the moose showed up. The real drama during Thursday's race was a quintessential Anchorage wildlife standoff — one that may have even altered the women’s podium.
This company helped build an Alaska mine without a tailings dump. Can it build two more? Touting an unconventional approach, Contango Ore says it can develop mines faster and with a smaller environmental footprint. But some Alaskans fear an influx of ore trucks on state roads.
'We're not heading in the right direction': A Q&A with Murkowski on health care "I'm worried about the current situation, because we've got some demographics that are working against us," U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in an interview. "Alaskans are getting older, and our chronic conditions are just getting chronically worse."
Regulators, advocates warn of utility inaction as Alaska gas shortfall looms “The window for making decisions is closing,” said one top regulator. “If things just sort of slide and there’s no leadership, and we’re in the same position 12 months from now, we are looking at a dire, dire, situation. And people should get angry.”
Scores of Alaskans face another eye-watering spike in their health care costs next year. Does anyone care? Premiums for Alaska health insurance plans on the federal marketplace have spiked more than 50% over the past three years.
Loch Ness ducks or “vampire grebes”? Alaska governor’s wish list for Trump comes with AI hallucinations. A ChatGPT-generated image of Alaska included some strange-looking waterfowl. Northern Journal investigates.
Big fight looms at Board of Fish meeting over Prince William Sound trawl bycatch Conservation and tribal advocates have lobbied for a crackdown for years on the unintentional harvests of salmon and other species by Bering Sea pollock trawlers. Now, they’re turning their attention to a smaller pollock trawl fishery in Prince William Sound.