Crowds swelled over the holiday at a Native American protest over an oil pipeline in North Dakota, but encounters with police remained peaceful.
Environment
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge manager retires
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Manager Anne Marie LaRosa is exchanging one island for another and retiring to Hawaii.
Ask a Climatologist: Dreaming of a white Thanksgiving? Dream on, Anchorage.
In Alaska, a white Thanksgiving is usually a given for most of the state. But not this year. The entire state is below normal for snowfall.
Two Athabascan men join Standing Rock protest
On the chilly plains of North Dakota, organizers estimate that around 2,500 people are now gathered near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation to support the Great Sioux Nation, or Oceti Sakowin, in their efforts to stop an oil pipeline from crossing under the Missouri River near their reservation. Recently, two Athabascan men from Alaska visited the camps in Cannonball, ND.
Woman injured at Standing Rock protest might lose arm, family says
Sophia Wilansky, a 21-year-old protester, has been hospitalized with a gruesome injury. Protesters say it was caused by a police concussion grenade; police say they have not been using grenades.
New head of Subsistence Board says local voices are essential
Hydaburg Mayor Anthony Christianson has been appointed the new chair of the Federal Subsistence Board.
The Standing Rock resistance is unprecedented (it’s also centuries old)
Many say the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance is beyond anything they’ve experienced before. But there are preludes in Native American history, and you don’t have to look too far back to find them.
Group releases study on fishing, tourism dollars from Southeast Alaska rivers
Three major rivers that flow out of Canada into Southeast Alaska could provide a combined $1 billion in value for tourism and fisheries on this side of the border over the next three decades.
Police, protesters clash near Dakota Access Pipeline route
Both sides faced off overnight on a highway bridge that has been a flashpoint in the ongoing protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline. At least one person was arrested.
UFA homes in on salmon habitat issues
The United Fisherman Association conducted a survey to find out what issues fishermen cared about. The answers will help the group learn how to develop its new Salmon Habitat Information Program.