Coast Guard Cutter Munro completes 10,000-mile Alaska mission
Coast Guard officials said the Cutter Munro returned to Alameda, California in early March, following a 105-day, 10,000-mile Alaska patrol, during which its crew...
Chugach Alaska subsidiary acquires Vector Planning & Services
Chugach Government Solutions LLC, (CGS) a federal division of Chugach Alaska Corp., has acquired Vector Planning & Services (VPSI), a technology firm with extensive...
Pogo mine fined for hazardous waste management violations
Owners of the Northern Star (Pogo) LLC gold mine have been fined $600,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for improper storage, treatment, and...
State launches new effort to help refugees, legal aliens
Refugees and legal aliens living in Alaska may now find help in training and employment services at the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce...
Forest Service seeks local partners in managing Tongass National Forest
U.S. Forest Service officials say they are hoping for a collaborative effort of varied interests to help shape the future of forest management in...
Identifying polar bears by their footprints
Scientists in northern Alaska are learning about polar bears by scraping snow samples from the tracks they leave behind.That snow contains tiny flecks of...
Registration opens for Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival
Registration has opened for Homer’s annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, with an array of events May 3-7, celebrating the spring migration of Alaska shorebirds.Diego...
Tribes sue to stop Donlin Gold mine
Tribes representing Alaska Native people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have filed a federal lawsuit challenging on environmental grounds federal approval of permits that would...
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...
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...
