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Judge rules for the feds in a lawsuit against the state of Alaska over subsistence fishing rights

Kuskokwim king salmon caught near Bethel on June 12, 2018. (Katie Basile/KYUK) The federal government has won a permanent injunction against the state of...

Landslide-triggered tsunamis can strike without warning. Alaska researchers are trying to change that.

A sign points out a tsunami evacuation route in Pelican, Alaska, in July, 2023. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)Alaska is home to breathtaking fjords, massive glaciers and...

Kensington Gold Mine near Juneau reports 105,000-gallon tailings spill

A mine vehicle enters the Kensington Portal on Oct. 15, 2019. It’s one of two accesses for a network of about 28 miles of...

Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages

Annauk Olin, holding her daugher Tulġuna T’aas Olin, and Rochelle Adams pose on March 20, 2024, after giving a presentation on language at the...

New Coast Guard alert system aims to reduce the number of whales hit by vessels

Captain Rodney Myers stands on the bridge of the ALS Luna, headed for a berth at the Port of Seattle. The maritime community has...

Environmental DNA offers scientists a look at salmon’s past and future

Salmon lie on the deck of a commercial fishing boat. With refinements to eDNA tracking methods, researchers can now collect data about what fish...

Anchorage is about a foot shy of breaking winter snowfall record

A man pulls a sled full of shovels down Muldoon in Anchorage on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)Anchorage set several daily...

Alaska creates climate plan to reduce statewide emissions and fund a wide range of sustainable energy projects

A Panhandle Heat Pumps installer mounts a heat pump indoor unit in a home in Juneau in March, 2024. (Photo by Sally Schlichting, Alaska...

Alaska aquaculture is growing quickly, but faces roadblocks

Seaweed farming with Seagrove Kelp Co. in Doyle Bay, near Craig, on Prince of Wales Island. (From NOAA Fisheries)Aquaculture is a new, but rapidly...

Alaska development authority signs contracts with ex-Dunleavy aides, paying up to $295/hour

The Anchorage headquarters of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, shares space with a sister agency, the Alaska Energy Authority. (Photo by Nathaniel...

Federal appeals court declines to ‘criminalize’ Beaufort Sea oil and gas work

A polar bear walks along the shore in Alaska on Sept. 6, 2019. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)A three-judge panel of...

Amid salmon crash, Alaska’s Yukon River residents say a new pact with Canada leaves them behind

The Yukon near the Alaska village of Eagle last summer, when the river was unusually empty of boats due to bans on fishing for...
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