According to a civil complaint filed in Bethel Superior Court on June 12, negligent actions by Anchorage-based Trygg Air placed passengers aboard a March 7 charter flight from Scammon Bay to Anchorage in imminent fear of death.

Amid an outcry from tribes and subsistence advocates, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council said funding and scheduling concerns could delay final action on chum bycatch until April 2026.

Funding cuts made by the Trump Administration mean the community of Mertarvik will go without new housing construction for the third consecutive summer.

The federal agencies issuing key permits and approvals for the Donlin Gold mine in Southwest Alaska need to reevaluate the potential for a large spill of mine waste, according to a federal judge’s decision on June 10 in an ongoing lawsuit. But the judge didn’t throw out the permits and approvals entirely.

This village’s climate relocation was supposed to be a “blueprint” for climate change response. Some experts say it’s a cautionary tale.

According to a public notice published on June 6, the board will meet in July in Anchorage to consider changing the state’s predator control program to allow the killing of “brown and black bears in addition to wolves to aid in the recovery of the Mulchatna caribou herd.”

Former Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum committed $50 million to a private equity fund shortly before leaving office, raising concerns within the Department of Revenue.

Using samples gathered from a permafrost tunnel north of Fairbanks, researchers have awakened microbes that were last active as far back as 40,000 years ago.

The weekend’s potential storm is reminiscent of 2022’s ex-typhoon Merbok, which caused millions of dollars in damage across western Alaska.

Sen. Sullivan says the crime rate justifies sending in the troops. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, on the other hand, considers it inappropriate.