A district court judge shot down a federal rule that would have closed a large part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing. Fish and Game said it would reopen the fishery Thursday.
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The Senate gun bill would close the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ Here’s what that means
Federal law prevents some convicted domestic abusers from owning a gun, depending on their relationship to the victim. The new gun safety bill would expand that definition to include dating partners.
University of Alaska faculty rally at the Capitol as administration and union continue mediation
The negotiating parties have two scheduled federal mediation meetings this month.
With hot, dry weather expected, Alaska boosts firefighting resources
Alaska is already having a historic wildfire season.
Starting this fall, you can take Alaska Native language courses for free at UAS
“Education was a vehicle of oppression and genocide and assimilation,” X’unei Lance Twitchell said. “Our goal is to transform it into a vehicle of opportunity and equity and healing.”
President of First Alaskans Institute testifies at committee hearing on federal boarding schools
La Quen Náay Liz Medicine Crow pointed to the history of Alaska Native youth being sent out of state to boarding schools and to punitive asylums in the Lower 48.