Authorities have identified human remains found nearly a year ago on a downtown Juneau seawalk near the state Department of Labor building as one of two missing men thought to have drowned four years ago.
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Rebounding oil prices mean two idled Cook Inlet fields are operating again
When Glacier Oil and Gas suspended operations last spring, North Slope crude was averaging less than $30 a barrel.
The Philippines vaccinated 7.6 million people in 3 days. Duterte demands even more
The Philippine government, beset by charges of incompetence and corruption in its handling of the pandemic, has mounted a vaccination campaign that any of its Southeast Asian neighbors might envy.
Fairbanks curler to compete in Winter Olympics
Fairbanks curler Vicky Persinger has earned a place on the U.S. team that will compete in the Winter Olympics in China in February.
Metlakatla takes fishing rights dispute to federal appeals court
The Metlakatla Indian Community tribal government argues that a 1891 law gives its modern-day members unfettered rights to commercially fish around Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island.
Alaska Native Corporations, the last to get CARES Act funds, are having trouble spending it. They have until year’s end
Without an extension, the corporations have just three more weeks to find an authorized way to spend the money, and in some cases they’re running into a spending logjam.
2021 Indigenous Wrapped
(c) Nathan Mallon / “Never Forget” by Nicholas Galanin The Best of the Wormhole part II: Indigenous Wrapped 2021 was a history-making year for Indigenous people in pop culture + music + film + tv + fashion. Check the ripple effects that are already making waves, including work by local Alaskan artists.
Juneau affordable housing project gets $350,000 boost from Rasmuson Foundation
The Rasmuson Foundation provided a financial boost last month for AWARE’s affordable housing project.
Newscast – Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021
In this newscast: Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation’s executive director was removed from her position; Kevin Meyer has been the focus of criticism from conservatives unhappy with last year’s election; Rasmuson Foundation gives funding to Juneau’s domestic and sexual violence shelter; Alaska crab boat captain who was on “Deadliest Catch” admitted to dealing heroin; Preliminary report on a fatal crash in Kodiak comes out
To increase access to testing, Alaska tribal health group mails free kits to detect sexually transmitted infections
Before the testing program was announced last year, the only way to get tested in a village in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta was through a local clinic or community health aide. Another option was to fly to Bethel.








