Ben Townsend, KNOM

Fourteen miles of land along the Nome River — one of western Alaska's key salmon and subsistence rivers — are now owned by Nome's local Native corporation for permanent conservation and stewardship.

The House vote was overwhelming and bipartisan, 404-14. The no votes were all Republicans.

The Kigluaik Mountains are home to wildlife and is a hotspot for subsistence users. But buried within it is also graphite, a key ingredient for batteries.

The model, created by a team based in Michigan, forecasts 72 hours of sea ice movement through a colorful web-based animation.

The Rookie of the Year award goes to the fastest first-timer to complete the 1,000-mile race to Nome. This year it's Jesse Terry, one of three Indigenous rookies in this year's race. He is Anishinaabe and calls Sioux Lookout, Ontario home.

Iditarod teams now head onto frozen sections of Norton Sound, where windstorms have been known to derail a frontrunner's championship aspirations.

Snow continued to fall Saturday as 37 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams mushed through Alaska's largest city.

In a January memo, U.S. Secretary of Defense ordered the Pentagon to do a line-by-line review of 8(a) contracts worth over $20 million.

The Seward Peninsula Subsistence Regional Advisory Council opened a meeting with tributes to longtime council member.

Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations.