-
After years of assessments, a major step forward in riverbank stabilization for the Kuskokwim Delta coastal community has been derailed by wide-ranging cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
-
An ongoing research project on the Yukon and Koyukuk rivers aims to give communities short-term information about erosion in their communities and track how permafrost thaw changes the way greenhouse gasses are released into the water and atmosphere.
-
Scientists worry as services that provided detailed and historic information about sea ice, snowpack, glaciers, and other Arctic conditions are being discontinued.
-
Bethel’s Kuskokwim Ice Classic tripod tripped the clock at 4:10 p.m. on May 5, 2025, marking breakup in Bethel. That’s three days earlier than breakup at Bethel last year.
-
Diminishing the workforce is central to the Trump agenda and among the big impacts in the first 100 days of his term. It’ll be months before we see how many jobs Alaska lost.
-
The draft cuts would eliminate several research institutes the agency funds in Alaska, including the one where Rick Thoman works.
-
The milestone for the tribal-private partnership that has unspooled hundreds of miles of fiber optic cables along the seafloor, riverbeds, and tundra of the region comes at a time when little is certain about the future of rural broadband.
-
The Canadian mining company announced on Tuesday (April 22) that it had signed a roughly $1 billion deal to sell its 50% stake in the Donlin Gold project. Novagold Resources, also headquartered in Canada, will now hold 60% of Donlin Gold, making it the primary owner of the project.
-
While the Trump administration emphasizes fossil fuel extraction and pauses funding for renewable projects, the Alaska senator describes renewables as key to energy independence.
-
Both harvesting and egging for Emperor geese are closed this season. Black Brant geese can be harvested, but egging is not permitted.
-
If the state Department of Fish and Game predator control takes place, it would be the third year of a program that has so far killed 180 bears and 19 wolves.
-
The board’s action allows the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to continue killing bears and wolves for a third season in the range of the shrunken Mulchatna caribou herd.