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Stagnant funding results in Alaska pre-K school closure, instability for vulnerable children
Published 9:30pm Friday, February 2, 2024
Head Start programs scramble as COVID-19 relief and a one-time state funding boost peter out.
Read moreHigh job vacancies in Alaska state agencies can reduce services and lead to burnout
Published 9:30pm Monday, January 29, 2024
An average of about 14% of Alaska state jobs are unfilled
Read moreAt annual legislative speech, Gov. Dunleavy calls for more Alaska development projects
Published 9:30pm Monday, January 29, 2024
In his sixth annual State of the State address, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy promoted development projects, called on state lawmakers to advance his legislative ... Read more
My Turn: Two visions of Alaska’s future
Published 9:30pm Sunday, January 14, 2024
After two weeks of harrowing negotiations at the COP28 summit in Dubai, world leaders and oil giants decamped after agreeing to transition away from fossil ... Read more
Conservation group wants Alaska king salmon listed as an endangered species
Published 9:30pm Thursday, January 11, 2024
Climate change, government management, competition from hatchery fish cited as reasons.
Read moreAn Alaska Native mutual aid network tackles the climate crisis
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Smokehouse Collective invests in “our resilience as Native peoples to persevere in our cultures.”
Read moreAlaska opts out of $40 per-child summer EBT program
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Administrative requirements “greatly exceeds the benefit that would be issued to children,” state says
Read moreAlaska fishers, consumers likely to see higher seafood prices due to expanded Russian products ban
Published 9:30pm Friday, December 22, 2023
Political and industrial leaders praise Biden’s order, citing abusive practices by Russia and China.
Read moreResilient Peoples and Place: Celebrating and supporting Southeast Alaska’s growing arts economy
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Thousands of artists, tens of millions of dollars annually, generations of passing on traditions.
Read moreSealaska Corp. CEO Anthony Mallott stepping down effective Jan. 1
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Announcement comes days after Alaska Native corporation announces lower shareholder dividends.
Read moreWith little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for action
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities, advocates have pleaded for a crackdown on unintentional catch of those same ... Read more
Alaska Science Forum: Plastic in the rain of Southeast Alaska
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, October 25, 2023
“We found microplastics in every single rain sample (gathered in Juneau),” Sonia Nagorski told a group of people listening to her talk at the American ... Read more
Alaska Seaplanes halts Wrangell, Petersburg service as of Nov. 1
Published 9:30pm Friday, October 6, 2023
“Unfortunately, it wasn’t financially sustainable with the ridership,” company’s general manager says.
Read moreDispute about salmon and whales between Alaska and Washington again before federal regulators
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, October 3, 2023
NMFS seeks input for environmental impact statement in wake of court rulings.
Read moreAlaska Permanent Fund improves after money-losing year but withdrawals still exceed earnings
Published 9:30pm Monday, September 25, 2023
Earnings need to average 5% plus inflation to be sustainable; hasn’t happened past five years.
Read moreSoutheast Alaska gets first ‘A’ in annual economic report
Published 9:30pm Monday, September 18, 2023
Study finds strong rebound in region’s jobs and wages continuing into 2023
Read moreMy Turn: Traveling the Alaska way
Published 9:30pm Wednesday, September 13, 2023
The night before my team and I were scheduled to fly from Juneau to Haines on Seaplanes with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, ... Read more
Southeast Alaska wolves are not threatened or endangered, federal agency concludes
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, August 22, 2023
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service again rejects request to put them on Endangered Species List.
Read moreWith Alaska’s maritime heritage at risk of being lost, program seeks to preserve it
Published 9:30pm Monday, July 31, 2023
Alaska Maritime Heritage Preservation Program is open to funding projects by museums, others
Read morePeople now need to pass this quiz to hunt goats in Southeast Alaska
Published 9:30pm Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Officials hope online test helps hunters to identify and avoid shooting females.
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