JUNEAU

Environmentalists urge US to plan ‘phasedown’ of Alaska’s key oil pipeline amid climate concerns

Sports
Daniel Miller

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old ...

Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those ...

Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in 13 million acres of Alaska’s petroleum reserve

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 ...

Biden looks to nudge further ahead with Alaska and Wyoming Democratic delegates

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — President Joe Biden looks to nudge further ahead in his party’s nomination for reelection with Democratic voting Saturday ...

Students walk out of schools across Alaska to protest the governor’s veto of education package

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Students in Alaska’s capital walked out of school Thursday and marched through the halls of the statehouse to ...

Alaska governor threatens to veto education package that he says doesn’t go far enough

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has threatened to veto an education package overwhelmingly passed by lawmakers after a ...

Alaska snow of more than 100 inches breaks records, collapses roofs

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Traffic stops in Anchorage as moose lumbers across snowy road A moose brought traffic to a halt in Anchorage, Alaska, as snow ...

Alaska governor’s budget plan includes roughly $3,400 checks for residents and deficit of nearly $1B

Politics
Amanda Smith

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled a budget plan Thursday that would pay residents an oil-wealth dividend of ...