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A new paper shows how warmer ocean temperatures are impacting animals on land in addition to those that depend on sea ice.

The city Lands Committee is reviewing six proposals from groups hoping to lease or buy a city property in the Mendenhall Valley. The city previously leased the property to Juneau Youth Services for $1 a year, and may enter into a similar agreement with an applicant they feel meets an important need.

It’s a big road in a state with not that many of them. Proponents say it will enable growth of the mining industry, and create jobs. Detractors worry about impacts to subsistence.

Commercial crabbers in Southeast Alaska will have some opportunity to fish in offshore waters for king and Tanner crab fishing following decisions by Alaska’s Board of Fisheries in January.

When the Board of Fisheries finished its triennial meeting last week, action plans were passed to protect king salmon disappearing from the Chilkat and other rivers around Southeast. The next step? Breaking the plan to fishermen.

Gov. Bill Walker ordered all Alaska state flags be flown at half-mast today to honor Kodiak’s Judge Roy Madsen who passed away on Dec. 26.

Haines and Skagway residents have to wait another couple days for ferry service this week. Forecasted high winds and freezing spray canceled the state ferry LeConte for the third time since Friday.

Speaker Bryce Edgmon, a Dillingham Democrat, said in a press availability Tuesday morning that the caucus is giving Rep. Zach Fansler time.

Warming oceans are hurting the shellfish industry. Scientists are hoping that seagrasses, like seaweed, can help soak up extra carbon in the water.

The U.S. Senate on Monday rejected a bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of only two Republicans to vote “no” on the procedural motion.

The Trump administration has proposed significant cuts to the tsunami warning system, which includes all funding for dozens of sophisticated data buoys.

Although Sitka’s dreams of selling bulk water on the world market haven’t amounted to anything, the community has made quite a bit of cash not selling water.

Board game lovers from Juneau and elsewhere descend on Platypus Con every January. This year, more than 300 players stopped by the locally organized three-day gaming convention.

President Donald Trump is delivering his State of the Union address to Congress, which will be followed by a response from the Democratic Party. Journalists across the NPR newsroom will be annotating those remarks, adding fact-checks and analysis in real time. 

Lawmakers could spend one more year relying on savings, or tap into the Permanent Fund to cover multi-billion budget deficit.

The House majority caucus meets Monday evening and could remove representative, accused of assault, from the caucus and his committee assignments.

Early-rising Alaskans and night owls will be treated Wednesday morning to a celestial trifecta: a super blue blood moon, the first in about 150 years.

State regulators met with the public in Anchorage last Friday to discuss the permits for the proposed Donlin Gold Mine. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has released two draft permits that tackle one of the mine’s thorniest issues: how the company plans to dispose of chemicals like arsenic next to a river of subsistence fishermen.

British Columbia is taking the next step in a decade-long battle over Native tribal rights. The province has filed paperwork to appeal a decision that granted Washington state tribal members rights to their ancestral lands in Canada.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued another injured mariner from a fishing vessel near Cold Bay, marking the fourth such medevac in a week.