A new team at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage is studying microplastics — the tiny particles of plastic found in nearly every environment that can likely work their way into human tissues — with a a $5 million grant it got last year from NASA.
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Alaska officials impose statewide ban on two kinds of invasive berry-producing trees
State officials have barred the import, transport and sale of two fast-growing invasive species that were once popular garden ornamentals but have now wreaked havoc on natural vegetation.
Alaska vowed to resolve murders of Indigenous people. Now it refuses to provide their names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
Tongass Voices: Tara Thornton on the joy and heartbreak of fostering kittens
Juneau Animal Rescue relies on fosters to help with litters of kittens that people find around town, under buildings and porches.
Newscast – Friday, August 28, 2025
In this newscast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has named Stephen J. Cox to be Alaska’s next attorney general; The Juneau Police Department released the body-worn camera footage today of a violent arrest by an officer in late July. The video was released just a day after the officer involved resigned from his position; After a week of deliberation, the jury will continue to consider the evidence in a sexual assault trial against a former Juneau chiropractor next week; A small number of Alaska Native craftspeople in Southeast Alaska hunt sea otters to use as material for their work, but they say that’s become more time consuming and expensive in recent years, as local tanneries have shut down
Dunleavy says he won’t call Alaska lawmakers into another special session this year
The current special session will expire at the end of Sunday with Department of Agriculture issue unresolved.