Alaska

The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted 8-3 to move towards consolidating the entire university system into a single accredited university.

Communities that depend on the Alaska Marine Highway System are making some pricey choices while they wait for the strike to conclude.

State and union representatives met this weekend with a federal mediator to discuss contract negotiations.

Juneau police officer Brent Bartlett was arrested while off-duty Sunday evening after his truck collided with another truck on the North Douglas Highway.

It’s still too early to know if petroleum even exists in the refuge in commercially-viable quantities. But if it’s found, Kaktovik’s residents are simultaneously positioned to be among the biggest beneficiaries, and to experience some of the biggest disruptions.

Dead chum salmon are lining the banks of one of the Yukon River’s largest tributaries. Koyukuk River residents and scientists alike suspect the deaths are related to the river’s warm water. A team of scientists headed to the river on July 26 to gather data.

As the city extends a civil emergency over an anticipated surge in homelessness, families worry they will have nowhere to go after budget vetoes.

Supporters of a full dividend have said the state should follow the formula in a 1982 law, while opponents have said the full amount would put the future of the earnings reserve and dividends at risk.

This year saw record-breaking temperatures in Bristol Bay – part of a temperature trend that spans decades. As the waters warm, scientists are trying to predict what could happen to the salmon.

With the month-and-a-half summer fishery compressed to less than two weeks, there was no room for error. But when the fishery finally opened, a series of unfortunate events hit.