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.

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.”

Free T-shirts reading "Tua-i Digital Divide!" handed out at the June 3 event reflect the unique tribal-private partnership that has made the high-speed fiber internet network possible.

The spring hunt of any waterfowl except scoters will be closed beginning May 30 at 12:01 a.m. through midnight on June 29. Scoter harvest will be closed between June 4 and July 4.

The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.

The disappearance of glaciers is not only leading to the creation of new fish habitat, but it's also creating opportunities for the multibillion-dollar mining industry.

Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin, in an order issued May 19, said the department’s decision to shoot bears earlier this month in violation of a previous court ruling justified her decision to keep the temporary restraining order in place beyond the 10 days that is standard in Alaska law.

Backyard Buoys, a project that has put real-time ocean data in the hands of Arctic whalers, will soon be making its way to the mouth of the Kuskokwim River.

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.