Across the region, wind chills hovered around 50 degrees below zero for multiple days, reaching -58 at Bethel’s airport. Now the region is beginning to thaw out, thanks to a massive high-pressure system over the Gulf of Alaska.

Alaska's congressional delegation introduced legislation on Wednesday, Jan. 14 that aims to reduce bycatch in parts of southwest Alaska using better marine data, technology, and gear.

According to a notice published Dec. 15 in the Federal Register, the Interior Department is conducting “a targeted review” of the program mandated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA).

Amid ongoing legal battles and opposition among tribes in the region, Donlin Gold's general manager, Todd Dahlman, offered a bold timeline for potential completion of the proposed massive open-pit mine.

For the past 20 years, NOAA’s Arctic Report Card has documented changes in the region, which continues to warm faster than the rest of the globe.

The decision has implications for mining and drilling projects on private and federal lands, experts say.

The new Mulchatna predator control program, aimed at boosting caribou numbers, has the same flaw that caused judges to overturn the earlier program, plaintiffs claim.

Three lawsuits take aim at a Trump administration-approved land trade that would allow for a road through designated wilderness in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

Donlin Gold says the FAST-41 designation will not accelerate the mine’s timeline nor allow it to skip required steps. Environmental and tribal groups have raised concerns.

During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence site known as Umkumiut.