While kudos are due for President Barack Obama for his recent Marine National Monument designations in the Pacific and off New England, it is significant… Continue reading
Have you ever had a problem where the solution is so simple it felt like you already knew it, but just hadn’t thought of it… Continue reading
Juneau-Douglas High School graduate and Homer writer McKibben Jackinsky’s first book, “Too Close to Home? Living with ‘drill baby’ on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula” tells the… Continue reading
We heard last week that some Alaskans — including some here in Juneau — are asking Mark Begich to launch a write-in campaign for U.S.… Continue reading
Length of Residency: Moved to Alaska in 1992Education: Graduated college in Olympia, WA; attended UAS, UAFOccupation: BiologistFamily: Wife Sarah, sons James and AdrianCommunity Service: Lego… Continue reading
SEATTLE — Washington state adopted a new rule Thursday to limit greenhouse gas emissions from large carbon polluters, joining a handful of other states in… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arctic sea ice this summer shrank to its second lowest level since scientists started to monitor it by satellite, with scientists saying… Continue reading
KENAI — Alaskans know the climate is changing, ushering in warmer winters and summers and possibly changing the behaviors of fish and wildlife.Fishermen know the… Continue reading
Where can you find the highest number of bird species in Southeast Alaska? Where does the habitat of brown and black bears overlap? Audubon Alaska’s… Continue reading
BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal officials on Tuesday rejected greater protections for four species including the rabbit-like American pika, which researchers warn is disappearing from areas… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Business and labor groups launched a campaign Monday to include Arctic waters in the next federal five-year offshore oil leasing plan.The 20 groups,… Continue reading
Does climate change really exist? If it doesn’t, what are the explanations for many of the phenomena occurring throughout Alaska?From June 13-17, 23 people throughout… Continue reading
Alaska’s future needs work; yet the Legislature is AWOL.“Just in time” Senate Bill 21 “credits” arrive like the popular TV show “American Greed.” Low oil… Continue reading
NOME — The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community’s docks on its inaugural visit.Instead,… Continue reading
Rabies is a death sentence for any animal. Experts have wondered how a virus survives when it kills all the creatures it infects.“We don’t have… Continue reading
You can grow a 20-pound cucumber in Soldotna, but pay $5.79 for a one-pound bag of imported carrots in Kotzebue.When it comes to fruits and… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to approve the first major energy bill in nearly a decade got a jump-start Thursday as lawmakers convened a long-delayed meeting… Continue reading
A pair of 70-degree days escorted out the fourth-warmest August in Juneau history since modern recordkeeping began in 1936.According to the National Weather Service, temperatures… Continue reading
HELENA, Mont. — Wildlife advocates seeking federal protections for a fish found in Montana told a judge Tuesday that state efforts to improve conditions for… Continue reading
HONOLULU — Halfway between East and West, President Barack Obama traveled Thursday to one of the most remote corners of the ocean — Midway Atoll… Continue reading
