Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a...
JUNEAU, Alaska - On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their...
Russia’s Tu-95: The Old Bomber That Just Might Be Near Unstoppable
In early May, the U.S. Air Force intercepted two Russian Tu-95 "Bear" bombers near Alaska, highlighting the enduring relevance of this Cold War-era aircraft....
Alaska’s ferry system receives $177.4 million in federal funds
The Alaska Marine Highway System has been awarded $177.4 million to go towards operational costs, bringing WiFi to passengers and replacing the oldest ferry...
Is Jones Act unconstitutional as it applies to Hawaii, Alaska?
There's a new legal theory against the Jones Act on the block, and I'm hoping that it has some legs. My colleagues and I...
Public hearings planned for Alaska’s minimum-wage and ranked choice repeal ballot measures
The state of Alaska will hold public hearings Monday and Tuesday on ballot measures that seek to raise the state's minimum wage and repeal...
Alaska Air National Guard rescues two plane crash victims in one sortie
Alaska Air National Guard members of 176th Wing conducted two missions in one helicopter sortie Sept. 15, rescuing two general aviation pilots at two...
US Moved Soldiers to Remote Shemya Island Alaska with Increased Russian Military Presence
The U.S. military had moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in the Aleutian chain of western Alaska...
Denali Borough’s Dan Polta is Alaska Superintendent of the Year
Denali Borough School Superintendent Dan Polta has come full circle. He first worked for the Denali Borough School District from 1995 to 2003, as...
Robert Seitz: Even 10 billion dead crab is not evidence of human-caused global warming
There has been a lot of press on the decline of the crab fishery in the Bering Sea. Most of the articles and presentations...
Looking back at the missionaries of Northern Alaska
In 1885, the Presbyterian cleric Sheldon Jackson, who came to Alaska with the intent of evangelizing, recognized the enormous size of the recently purchased...
