Federal job losses hit home in Alaska. How hard? We don’t know yet.

Last July, Dan Ruthrauff was on the North Slope with colleagues, outfitting black brant with metal leg bands. It was the sort of thing he did year after year as a federal research biologist. He wishes he was still working as a federal scientist, adding to …

Alaska Airlines says Portland will be ‘relief valve’ to Sea-Tac hub

As Alaska Airlines embarks on its mission to become a trans-Pacific carrier, connecting the West Coast to Asia, its Seattle hub will be the center of connections. Neighboring Portland, then, will be the “relief valve,” CEO Ben Minicucci told financial …

Alaska should fix problem, not put American Samoans in jail

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —American Samoans in Alaska are being criminally targeted based on confusion related to Alaska’s election administration system and because they are labeled so-called “non-citizen” U.S. Nationals by the federal government. On …

Emma Fellman named Alaska Female Athlete of the Year

One of Juneau Glacier Swim Club’s most team-loved and opponent-respected swimmers capped off her season with the state’s highest swim honor on Sunday as Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé senior Emma Fellman, 18, received the Alaska Female Athlete …

Wyoming, Montana, Alaska are the Least Reliant States on Chinese Imports

Before winning his second term, President Donald Trump pledged to impose a tariff as high as 20% on all foreign imports and another punitive 60% tax on imports from China. Within his first three months, the Trump administration has enacted sweeping tariffs …

Alaska Becomes First State To Mandate Cancer Warning Labels On Alcohol

Alaska has become the first state to require alcohol retailers to post warnings linking alcohol use to cancer. A provision in Senate Bill 15, introduced by Representative Andrew Gray (D-Anchorage), mandates signage stating: “Alcohol use can cause cancer, …

Heads up: What you need to know about May Day protests planned for Alaska this week

Partisan protests are ahead for this week in Alaska and across the nation. Alaska’s socialists, progressives, never-Trumpers, and Democrats will be part of the nationwide wave of May Day demonstrations, repurposing the traditional socialist labor holiday …

Alaska becomes first state to require warnings about alcohol link to colon, breast cancers

Correction: The headline and article have been corrected to reflect the fact that Alaska is the first state to require warnings of the link between alcohol use and colon and breast cancers. California requires warnings for a link between alcohol and cancer …

A key player in moving Interior Alaska off fossil fuels? Multibillion-dollar mining corporations.

North of Fairbanks, hundreds of workers at Alaska’s biggest gold mine dig up, haul, crush and grind thousands of tons of ore each day, year-round.  The sprawling Fort Knox mine consumes $40 million worth of power every year — more than any other business …

‘One of the best presidents for Alaska’: Top official touts Trump’s moves to unleash American energy