The Department of the Interior is planning to lift some restrictions on development within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
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Hikers can finally walk the US side of the Chilkoot Trail. But what happens at the border?
The U.S. portion of a historic, 33-mile hiking trail between Skagway and British Columbia has been off limits to backcountry explorers since 2020.
There’s an event nearly every day of Juneau’s Pride month
One organizer says she wants to create chances for people to connect with their community amid attacks by the Trump administration.
UAS hires new education school dean and Sitka campus director
The new dean has served in an interim position since 2023. The new Sitka Campus Director comes as the former administrator retired.
Cost of living initiatives fall short on signatures to make Juneau’s local ballot
The three petitions seek to cap the local property tax rate, remove sales tax on food and utilities, and make in-person voting the default again in Juneau’s local elections. Advocates will get another 10 days to get the remaining signatures.
Trio of Trump officials tour Alaska under promise of ‘unleashing’ state’s resource potential
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA administrator Lee Zeldin are part of a group that will travel to the North Slope on Monday and later participate in Governor Mike Dunleavy’s sustainable energy conference in Anchorage.