State appoints Carol Beecher as elections director
Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom has appointed Carol Beecher as the new director of the Division of Elections, filling the vacancy created when Gail...
Legislation supports women’s rights to choose
A bipartisan group of four U.S. senators, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, recently reintroduced legislation to protect women’s rights to access both contraception and...
Mariner evacuated from NOAA research vessel
A mariner aboard the NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson was medevacked by the Coast Guard on Tuesday, Feb. 14, after reporting to have experienced...
An update from Senate District P
Hello from Juneau.With the legislative session now in its second month, the Capitol is a busy place. It’s great to be meeting in person...
Eleanor Andrews: ‘I could do anything I wanted’
By Mayowa AinaFor the Black in Alaska ProjectEven as a kid, Eleanor Andrews didn’t shy away from fighting for a cause. She beat up...
Bristol Bay drift gillnetters face boat inspection
Bristol Bay commercial salmon drift gillnet permit holders have been advised by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers of upcoming inspections during the summer fishery to...
All signs point north for Heli-Adventures
Imagine for a moment: you’ve just taken off in a helicopter to hit the slopes on what experts in the industry call the holy...
Murkowski: why wasn’t spy balloon shot down over Alaska?
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is commending the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) for shooting down high-altitude suspicious objects over the United States...
Alaska Ocean Cluster/AFDF form merge
Two seafood industry entities have merged to further realize the potential of maritime industries in Alaska, according to an announcement from two major fisheries...
Amending marine legislation would boast aid marine debris program
A bipartisan group of sponsors say legislation introduced in Congress in February would ease delivery of federal resources and enter into cooperative agreements for...
