Valdez 8th grader wins art contest
An 8th grader from Valdez landed a big art award last month. Joslyn Unger was this year’s overall state winner of the Alaska Fish...
Eni US pays $113K penalty for environmental violations
An Italian-based oil field company with several U.S. operations has paid a $113,000 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) penalty for failure to comply with Safe...
Proposed bill questions carbon footprint of electric vehicles
Five Republican senators, including Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, have introduced legislation urging a study of the true carbon footprint of electric vehicles and research on...
Bill would require code of conduct for U.S. Supreme Court
Legislation introduced in late April by Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Angus King, I-Maine, would require the U.S. Supreme Court to create its own...
Bruce’s Law reintroduced to combat fentanyl crisis
Bruce’s Law, legislation to raise federal prevention and education efforts surrounding the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by...
Washington family sold Philippine work as Alaska Native art
Three Washington state residents who operated several businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Indian Arts and Crafts Act...
Bear tracks on snow a sign of the season
Melt season is a sad time for people who enjoy the magic of snow crystals bonding so well to one another, resulting in a...
Interior Secretary defends Willow oil exploration project
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is defending the Biden administration’s decision to allow ConocoPhillips to begin its $8 billion project to drill for oil in...
EPA report shows health impacts of climate change on children
A new report compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency shows lifelong consequences of climate change on children’s learning, physical health, and housing security.The peer-reviewed...
Aurora expert helped expand Alaska tourism
When Syun-Ichi Akasofu walks by in the building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus that bears his name, I want to catch up...
