Southwest

Last month at Katmai National Park, the final hours of two brown bears played out in front of an online audience of thousands. The two animals laid down and died within days of each other.

The woman “told Fedolfi to stop, and asked if he had ‘done this before’ at which point Fedolfi took his hands off her head,” according to charging documents.

The program is facing problems with one major hiccup — no one has signed up yet. Now, several agency officials are working to raise awareness about the program.

Pebble got a sympathetic ear from the Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.

State officials have committed their support to Bethel following a fire at the Kilbuck campus that destroyed one school and damaged another along with a set of dorms.

Producers and consumers in southwestern Alaska see one upside to climate change. It’s now possible to farm in parts of the tundra where agriculture was unheard of just a few years ago.