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Until recently, Gwich’in tribes were on the winning side of the battle over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Then, in late 2017, Congress opened the coastal plain to oil development.

Federal law prohibits sales of African elephant ivory, but a handful of states have now banned the sale of ivory more broadly. That has repercussions for Alaska Native walrus ivory carvers.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was not happy to hear President Trump say he would accept foreign intelligence on a political opponent.

Ocean acidification makes oceans more corrosive to crabs, clams and creatures at the bottom of the food chain, with impacts that reach all the way up.

No one in Alaska’s congressional delegation has read the complete Mueller report. Not yet, anyway.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says her Republican colleagues are not happy with President Trump’s plan to impose a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico.

Democrats in Washington, D.C., are still hoping to block drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latest attempt surfaced at a U.S. House committee meeting.

The Coast Guard expects to launch the first of three new icebreakers in 2024. But don’t expect to see much of it in Alaska.

Retired Adm. Thad Allen, a former Coast Guard commandant, says the country needs to wake up to the strategic importance of the Arctic Ocean and commit more resources to the region.

The bill is unlikely to become law, but the committee hearing offered Congress members a chance to argue their case. And some did so loudly.