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Photo by Rhonda McBrideAlaska tribes were handed a setback from the Deputy Interior Secretary, who issued an opinion that takes away their jurisdiction over Alaska Native allotments and gives it back to the state. The decision threatens the Eklutna tribe's new Chin'an Gaming Hall near Anchorge, after decades of battling with the state over its right to build a casino on a Native allotment. -
Photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner/U.S. Coast GuardThe route would be a two-way corridor for ships to travel between the northern edge of the Bering Strait and the US-Canada maritime border.
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The 2023 report by the Not Invisible Act Commission focused on the disproportionate rates of assault and murder in Indigenous communities across the country– as well as unique issues faced by Alaska Native people. -
Josiah Patkotak received tens of thousands of dollars for at least 15 trips with his family — then the assembly voted to allow the practice. -
Reporters typically report on crime but are not immune. For KNBA’s Rhonda McBride, what happened in Midtown Anchorage early Thursday morning, was a teachable moment about why you never leave a car running, unattended. -
Alaska-based organizations say some project funds are getting frozen and unfrozen irregularly, stalling efforts to lower energy costs and protect homes in villages -
In recent years, researchers have documented salmon surviving in North Slope rivers, bowhead whales expanding their foraging grounds and humpbacks moving into the Arctic. -
"Before it was bride and groom. Now it says 'Party A' and 'Party B,'" says Phillip Mitchell, head of the Bureau of Vital Statistics
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The list of expenses is long: dog booties, dog food, race fees, veterinary care, equipment, fuel. -
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children. -
Since Russian invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 1,000 Ukrainians have resettled in Alaska. This month, they’ve marked the three-year anniversary of the war with demonstrations in Anchorage and Fairbanks to call attention to what they call an assault on Western democracy. -
The job as Alaska's Honorary Philippine Consul is mostly voluntary, but it's a big one. As the new consul, Evelyn Abello will serve Alaska's largest immigrant group, a population of about 30,000 people.
