Nome’s landscape is physically altered, with raw material scattered wildly, the coastline reconfigured, and camps that anchored generations of subsistence either flattened or gone.
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Interior Department renames 26 places in Alaska to remove a derogatory word for Native women
Though many welcome the removal of the offensive word, some saw missed opportunities to prioritize Indigenous languages and engage tribal organizations in the process.
New downtown Anchorage mural puts Alaska’s Indigenous cultures front and center
Growing up, Crystal Worl remembers looking up at the 120-foot-long mural on G Street that showed major events in Anchorage’s history. But there wasn’t anyone in the painting who looked like her.
Alaska election guide: Q&As with candidates for US House, US Senate and governor
Here’s how candidates responded to questions — many from readers — ahead of the Aug. 16 primary and special U.S. House election.
Alaska hunting guide serving 6 months in prison for ‘multi-year wildlife crime spree’
It’s fairly unusual for an Alaskan guide to get a prison sentence for violating wildlife laws.
Landslides close dock, cause cruise stop cancellations in Skagway
The closures are causing what’s expected to be at least three dozen vessels to skip the tourism-dependent port by the end of summer.
‘A historic milestone’: Alaska formally recognizes Native tribes
Amid tears and laughter, Native leaders spoke at the signing ceremony about the legislation as a way to heal a painful past and create more opportunities for productive partnership with state government in the future.
Along Utqiaġvik’s eroding coast, hope that a seawall can help keep the community safe
In Utqiaġvik, where the coast is eroding at some of the fastest rates in the nation, storms, flooding and thawing permafrost damage houses, roads and cultural sites.
A creeping mass of insect larvae near a Denali lodge raises the question: ‘Am I hallucinating?’
These gnat snakeworms are a new species, distinct from their closest relatives in Europe — which are also known to move in a similar mass procession.
Two Alaska families file federal lawsuit against embattled child abuse doctor, Providence alleging child abuse misdiagnoses
Both families lost custody of their infants after what they say were flawed diagnoses of abuse by the state’s embattled former top child abuse physician.