Alaska

$200M federal grant boosts major project to upgrade Railbelt electric grid, allowing more renewables

An Alaska energy agency has accepted a massive federal grant to build a power line across Cook Inlet that, once built, will allow more...

South Anchorage legislative race could determine control of Alaska House

An open legislative seat in South Anchorage could determine control of the Alaska House in November, setting the stage for a high-stakes race between...

Among Alaska’s most unlikely residents, wood frogs are the farthest north amphibian cannibals

Their staccato voices can make a muskeg bog as loud as a city street, though most are so small they could sit in a...

Reaching Alaska finally

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the 22nd in a series of stories adapted from William Kelley's book, "Wind Socks, Grass Strips, and Tail-Draggers." Last...

Hawaiian Airlines employees begin receiving notices of post-merge future

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaiian Airlines began notifying its 1,400 non-union employees Friday about their futures now that its merger with Alaska Alaska is a...

Higher minimum wage, sick leave & employee rights: Alaska voters consider ballot measure 1

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A $15 minimum wage, small business sick leave requirements and 'protecting workers' constitutional rights' are what ballot measure 1 supporters...

Public hearings planned for Alaska’s minimum-wage and ranked choice repeal ballot measures

The Senate Finance Committee takes public testimony on Senate Bill 114, on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Photo by...

Doyon subsidiary wants 20% of key North Slope pipeline

Doyon, the Fairbanks-based Alaska Native corporation, is asking state regulators for permission to acquire 20% the pipeline that connects the Kuparuk oil field,...

Dems roundly condemn death threats against Supreme Court they’ve repeatedly disparaged

Democrats roundly condemned political violence on Thursday after news that a suspect had been arrested for threatening to hurt and kill six of the...

Whooping cough spike reaches epidemic level in Alaska, public health experts warn

Dr. Janet Shen has been a pediatrician at the Children's Clinic in Anchorage for almost thirty years. And she said in the past few...

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