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South Revilla old growth logging proposal moves forward in Tongass
Conservationists are sounding the alarm over the project near Ketchikan, and the timber industry has raised questions over whether it would be viable.
For years, Bristol Bay has raised awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Alaska’s new cold case office aims to help
Artist and activist Amber Webb got into advocacy work after “just kind of realizing how little was being done — it’s the kind of problem where you try to do anything you can when you realize how grave the situation is.”
Filled reservoirs and better salmon survival are silver linings from this wet, dreary summer
Rainy summers like 2020 can cause flooding and mudslides and can harm people’s mental health. But the rain does have benefits.
New suit says Alaska’s absentee ballot witness law is unconstitutional during the pandemic
The requirement for a witness signature led to the rejection of 456 ballots in last month’s primary election.
Plaintiffs appeal judge’s rejection of request to mail absentee ballot applications to every Alaska voter
The plaintiffs’ lawyer says the judge’s ruling is “erroneously based in the idea that you can favor one group of voters over another.”
Who should get a say in where Juneau’s new emergency shelter is located?
The City and Borough of Juneau is trying to decide where to put the local cold weather shelter. But one group that has been mostly absent from the conversation so far are the people who stay in the shelter.
Juneau emergency officials link 9-person cluster of COVID-19 cases to one event
Juneau emergency management officials are considering escalating the community’s risk status — and restrictions with it — following the new cluster of COVID-19 cases.
Alaska Native women rally to search for missing Nome woman
Law enforcement began searching for Florence Okpealuk last week, and a community-wide search began Saturday. Some women from Nome and Teller don’t think that response was fast enough.
Hundreds gather in Anchorage to commemorate ‘March on Washington’ anniversary
The event centered on Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of the “Beloved community,” which he famously articulated in his “I Have a Dream” speech given at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.