Alaska

When Dr. Ihi Heke talks to the land, the land talks back

New Zealand and Alaska may be on the other side of the globe from each other, but their Indigenous peoples have a lot in...

Alaska’s general crime rate rises while rapes drop

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - New state data shows Alaska's overall violent crime rate continues to fall, following national trends across the country that have...

New federal guidelines mandate a pay boost for Head Start staff. Can child care...

Students swing on a playground at Meadow Lakes Head Start in Wasilla, Alaska. It closed this year due to funding and staffing challenges....

Fat Bear Week 2024: How to vote for the fattest bear of them all

NEW YORK ( WPIX ) – Who is the chunkiest brown bear of them all? That’s what the National Park Service...

NT Maritime updates communications at Princess Lodges

The lodges are a division of Princess Cruises and Westmark Hotels, a Holland America Line subsidiary. In a new multi-year agreement, NT Maritime will...

Wild 2024 for Alaska State Fair; 2025 Will Be ‘Weird’

A record number of fairgoers made their way to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. Organizers counted 370,485 fairgoers from August 16 to September...

Ice cores show pollution’s impact on Arctic atmosphere

A Dartmouth-led study on ice cores from Alaska and Greenland found that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels reaches the remote Arctic...

Alaska’s chunkiest cubs face off in annual Fat Bear contest – which cuddly critter...

An Alaska national park’s yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the...

ADF&G Commissioner Says Fisheries Overall Remains Healthy

Challenges of climate change, market conditions and politics aside, Alaska's fisheries resources remain overall healthy, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang...

Alaska scientist Mike Sfraga confirmed as U.S. Arctic ambassador-at-large

Mike Sfraga, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, speaks on April 10 at the Arctic Encounter Symposium in Anchorage. Sfraga was confirmed by...

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