The Alaska contingent joins a larger force of roughly 25,000 Air National and Army National Guardsmen from across the county.
“We’ve never before seen an environmental impact statement rammed through in such a short time,” said Bob Shavelson, advocacy director of Cook Inletkeeper.
A 47-year-old worker died Saturday at the Red Dog copper and zinc mine in northwest Alaska, according to mine operator Teck Alaska Inc.
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska has banned the sale of alcohol on the installation between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. in an atte…
Breast pumping breakrooms, banking regulations and the Board of Regents at the University of Alaska. Those are some of the topics covered in b…
Discussions are tied in with negotiations over who will lead the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate, which convene Tuesday. The two legislative bodies have yet to announce who will be the speaker of the House and Senate president.
In our personal and professional lives — or in our organizations — the difference in effort required to achieve excellent results rather than average is measured in inches rather than miles and in moments rather than years.
After nearly five decades in the timber industry, Southeast Alaska Native corporation Sealaska is transitioning out of its logging operations …
The American Association of University Women has three $1,500 scholarships available for local women who are resuming their education.
One of Alaska's largest fish processors is officially back home as …
The 2020 water development bill authorizes $379 million for the federal share of a long-sought deep-draft port in Nome among other projects in the state.
Superintendent Randy Trani feels like the district has been successful in offering in-person public education during the coronavirus pandemic, he said during an hour-long interview last week.
Department officials say the need for quick herd reduction and lack of previous public interest resulted in fall caribou hunt complaints.
Determined to fill the need for a healthy and tasty food place, back in 2015 Perez opened the original location of Stir It Up, a coffee stand located on Phillips Fields Road.
This is a sunrise shot from our deck on Dec 30th. The ravens always arrive every morning with the sunrise. Courtesy of Darla Theisen, Fairbanks
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