Financial returns have been less than needed to keep the fund’s spendable account full, potentially endangering the state budget.
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Chum salmon are spawning in North Slope rivers, University of Alaska researchers find
A University of Alaska Fairbanks team last month found about 100 chum salmon that were spawning or had just spawned in the Anaktuvuk and Itkillik rivers.
Yukon River salmon runs remain low, but chum improvements allow for some fishing
There are enough fall chum salmon to allow subsistence fishing in one upriver area, but all other areas of the upper Yukon River basin remain closed.
Alaska school sports board votes to exclude transgender girls from girls teams
The new ASAA rule is expected to draw legal challenges from civil rights organizations and could cause Alaska’s network of school sports to fracture.
Humpback whales increasingly sighted in Arctic Alaska waters better known as bowhead territory
A study, which points to climate change as a possible factor pushing humpbacks north, shows results that are both ‘fascinating’ and ‘a little terrifying,’ one author says.
State rolls out playbook to help Alaska schools hire and keep teachers
The department plans to take the playbook on the road to different Alaska communities to show people how to use it.
The Donlin Mine project in Southwest Alaska is facing legal challenges over water impacts
The project, located about 145 miles northeast of Bethel, would be one of the biggest open-pit gold mines in the world.
Report: Alaskans dogged by chronic diseases and many lack healthy lifestyles or regular screenings
Some health problems are connected to poverty or substandard living conditions that are not easily addressed by changes in individual behavior, the new Alaska Chronic Disease Facts report noted.
Once a suppressed history in Alaska, Indian boarding schools enter curriculum with Orange Shirt Day
Events across the state aree part of a broader, more open reckoning with the traumatic history of boarding schools for Alaska Native people.
Alaska Permanent Fund leaders discuss whether to seek exemption from open-government law
Trustees are considering that idea and others, including an amendment to the Alaska Constitution, as they seek to increase the fund’s value.