Results of a lease auction test the idea that royalty reductions could attract new investment in natural gas development.
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‘We’re always going to be surprised’: Wrangell’s tragedy highlights Alaska’s lack of landslide monitoring
Scientists say Southeast mostly lacks the kinds of monitoring that could make people safer.
St. Olga of Kwethluk to become first-ever Yup’ik saint
The late Orthodox missionary and scholar Fr. Michael Oleksa played a key role in compiling the accounts of holiness essential to the official process of Olga’s glorification.
At the Governor’s Mansion, a celebration of the holiday season
Gov. Mike Dunleavy offered holiday greetings and shared tens of thousands of cookies with crowds of visitors at the annual event.
The Juneau School District’s administrative services director has resigned
The district is now seeking a contractor to help revise this year’s budget and develop next year’s.
Dunleavy proposes $14 million in food stamp crisis fixes
Alaska’s backlog of SNAP applications doubled between August and November.
Federal fisheries managers hold Bering Sea pollock quota steady
The pollock trawl fishery has faced increasing criticism for its perceived role in Alaska’s salmon crash.
Olympians-turned-volunteers power elite cross-country ski races in Anchorage
The events have drawn Olympians, top-level junior athletes and a contingent from Canada for some of the highest-level races in North America this year.
Tribes celebrate historic deal with White House that could save Pacific Northwest salmon
The White House has reached what it says is an historic agreement over the restoration of salmon in the Pacific Northwest, a deal that could end for now a decades long legal battle with tribes.
Gov. Dunleavy’s budget includes large PFDs, but no increase to per-student education funding
The biggest single expense would be $2.3 billion for permanent fund dividends.