With oil prices low and likely to go lower, and uncertain federal revenue, senators say this year's budget is tight — and that next year's will be tighter.

A program that has subsidized commercial aviation rural routes and is particularly significant in Alaska is a target for a more than 50% reduction in funding under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.

An innovative program built around Yup’ik culture is helping to lead the way in the national conversations around the issue of suicide prevention. Financial and logistical obstacles have made implementation difficult in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, where suicide rates have remained high.

The 2025 Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod tripped the breakup clock on Monday, May 5, deciding one jackpot winner and four minute madness victors. But in an unusual twist of events, three of the five winners are related. The occurrence is far from a conspiracy — it just all comes down to a lucky number.

In the last few years, seasonal transitions in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have become more disruptive. Now every spring, when the region undergoes a great thaw and chunks of ice break free from frozen rivers, residents find themselves living in high water.

For decades, the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has been home to the nation’s highest rates of suicide. In the 1980s, the backlash to a Pulitzer Prize-winning series helped prompt decades of work from Indigenous leaders to build innovative prevention programs from within the region focused on community strengths.

While President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to talk about a deal to end the war in Ukraine, life outside the base gates in Anchorage rolled on.

Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin crammed in with journalists from around the world for a brief press conference with the two heads of state. They took no questions.

Some in Anchorage plan to protest. Others say it could elevate Anchorage's place in history. “It could be the new Versailles,” one resident said.

Local organizations ranging from Visit Anchorage to UAA have been helping to host hundreds of people still arriving Thursday at the height of the tourist season.