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The Kenai Peninsula is drying out. And this summer, fires have sprouted up in some unusual places.

The U.S. Interior secretary describes the new rules for carrying out the Endangered Species Act as improvements. But environmental groups disagree.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he was moved to restore the funds he vetoed after seniors spoke out on the importance of the program. But he also signaled many deep cuts will remain when he presents his revised operating budget.

One village leader said the cultures and traditions of Alaska Natives have prepared them to respond to the cuts. 

Monday was the deadline to be included on the ballot on Oct. 1. Four seats on the Juneau Assembly and two school board seats will be up for grabs. 

Middle school and high school teachers in Juneau last week learned how to weave — literally weave — Northwest Coast art into math lessons.

Nome is beginning its busiest cruise season to date, and with that traffic comes a learning curve for local businesses and vendors.

The Palmer Project cleared major milestones this year. They aren’t mining yet, but they completed all the necessary regulatory hurdles to expand their exploration operations underground next year.

Southeast Alaska has suffered from a drought and warmer-than-normal temperatures for about two years now. The month of July broke more records in the region.

There haven’t been any public protests against the proposed Donlin Gold mine in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta since last summer. But one tribe broke the silence with a resolution opposing the mine this month.

A panel of three 9th Circuit Court justices heard arguments Friday morning in Fairbanks in the appeal of a federal civil rights suit filed against the city of Fairbanks.

The Alaska State Commission for Human Rights has confirmed firing its executive director in July, after she had been on the job for less than a month, but the commission continues to say little about it.

As unemployment drops nationwide and in Alaska, job openings outnumber potential employees — and now business organizations are encouraging employers to consider an expanded labor pool in a push to fill positions.

In Anchorage, there are worries that vetoes to addiction treatment facilities and a homeless assistance program could exacerbate a problem that’s already worsening.

Storms tore more land away from Napakiak’s already heavily eroded riverbank last weekend. About 8 feet of bank fell into the Kuskokwim River, adding to the more than 100 feet of shoreline that has already been lost this year.

The Palmer Project near Haines received some key permits from the state last month. The project is not a mine yet, but the Constantine Metal Resources company hopes it will be one in the future. Conservation groups say the state hasn’t collected enough information to issue the permits.

The small southeast town of Wrangell gets just a sliver of the 1.3 million cruise ship tourists who visit Alaska this summer. Local tour operators say that’s not a bad thing.

The board of directors of Cook Inlet Region Inc., or CIRI, announced Thursday that they support the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

Typically, Alaska peony growers have a window of time when the flowers aren’t being harvested anywhere else in the world. But this summer’s record-breaking heat led to an early and fast harvest, leaving farmers here wondering what the future will bring.

Fort Greely’s missile defense complex has declared five “shelter in place” alerts over the past two weeks. The alerts coincided with recent North Korean missile tests.