Do the right thing for Alaska's seniors

Alaska has the fastest growing senior population in the country. In order for this important group to continue living independently, avoiding costly state-funded care options, the state needs to step up. We need a $3 million increase for senior community …

Alaska Senate unanimously urges Congress to restore Alaska’s 90/10 resource revenue split from federal lands

The Alaska State Senate unanimously passed Senate Joint Resolution 19 on May 5, encouraging Congress to honor what it called “Alaska’s birthright” of the 90/10 split of revenue from mineral production on federal lands. The arrangement is guaranteed by …

Click Bishop, Nancy Dahlstrom file to run for Alaska governor

Two prominent Alaska Republicans, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and former state Sen. Click Bishop, have officially filed letters of intent to run for governor in the 2026 election, marking the first formal entries into what is expected to be a competitive race …

Indigenous Echoes: Statistical data gathering for Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Years ago, a tribal elder walked up to Dr. Charlene Aqpik and told her about cases that went undocumented. Two missing and murdered indigenous people who can’t be found in any database, article, or social media platform, whose …

Liz Cheney teases Alaska run at Anchorage talk

Liz Cheney answers questions in her dressing room before her talk. Photo by Justin Cox. Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney gave a talk on May 1 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. The talk, called “A Conversation with Liz Cheney,” was organized by UAA’s …

Carnegie sets sights on deploying CETO wave energy tech in Alaska

Australia’s wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chugachmiut, an Alaska Native tribal consortium, to explore the development of CETO projects in Southcentral Alaska. Source: Carnegie Clean Energy …

Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan criticizes Trump administration for not enabling fisheries surveys

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has issued a rebuke to the Trump administration, warning that the federal government is not conducting the surveys necessary to manage the nation’s commercial fisheries. “The federal government has to do two things: …

Alaska villages face soaring energy costs as GOP debate threatens clean energy tax credits

As Republicans in Congress battle over the future of clean energy tax credits, rural Alaskan communities like Noatak fear losing critical financial lifelines that help power their homes and reduce sky-high energy bills. Catie Edmondson reports for The New …

From Alaska Capitol’s cafeteria, author and illustrator claims Pulitzer Prize

Tessa Hulls was making sandwiches in the Alaska Capitol when she learned she had won a Pulitzer Prize. Her book, “Feeding Ghosts,” is a nonfiction graphic novel that documents three generations of women in her family, starting with her grandmother, who was …

River Break-Up in Alaska! Version 2