Governor Mike Dunleavy has declared a state disaster emergency for the 2024 August Juneau Glacier Flood. The Disaster Declaration funds emergency response efforts and activates the state’s Public Assistance and Individual Assistance Disaster Recovery Program. […]
by Ned Rozell NOGAHABARA DUNES — Karin Bodony has walked us to a sandy bowl, a place she has perhaps visited more than any other living person. Karin is a biologist with the U.S. Fish […]
by Balinda O’Neal The Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs recognized a 103-Year-Old World War II soldier for securing his veteran benefits 78 years after his honorable discharge at a ceremony at the Alaska Veterans Museum […]
by the Alaska SeaLife Center Staff The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) is caring for a female Pacific walrus calf that arrived from Utqiagvik on July 22, 2024. Walruses are rare patients for the Wildlife Response […]
Statement from American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Government Relations Director Emily Nenon. The passage of two bills late in the 2024 legislative session marks a significant step forward in easing the cancer burden in […]
by NOAA Alaska Regional Office Community support key to removing a plastic packing band from sea lion’s neck. For the second year in a row, three experts successfully freed an entangled Steller sea lion in […]
by Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Southern Alaska fire activity remains low. Southern Alaska begins to see slightly warmer weather with partly cloudy skies as temperatures gradually rise. Fire activity remains low, with […]
by Ned Rozell From space, the Nogahabara Dunes are a splotch of blond sand about six miles in diameter surrounded by green boreal forest. Located west of the Koyukuk River, the dunes are the site […]
Alaska Governor Dunleavey issued the following proclamation on June 3rd, 2024, commemorating those who were lost in Alaska during World War II. WHEREAS, on June 3, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, […]
Jun 29, 2024 WHEREAS, the State of Alaska is thankful for the continuation of strong international relations with the Republic of Korea, and Alaskans appreciate the Korean community’s many contributions to the economic and cultural […]
This week (June 28th, 2024)— three new Regional Public Safety Officers have begun work in Northwest Alaska and Southeast Alaska through the DPS Village Public Safety Officer Division. Regional Public Safety Officers (RPSO) have similar […]
The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) admitted a newborn harbor seal pup to the Wildlife Response Program on June 4, 2024. The abandoned pup was rescued from Kenai Beach. An initial call came to the ASLC […]
by Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection June 23, 2024 Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms continued to move across Southwest Alaska on Saturday and are forecast to continue through Sunday. There are 30 active […]
The Alaska Division of Oil & Gas issued results for its annual Cook Inlet and Alaska Peninsula lease sales today (June 12th, 2024). The Cook Inlet sale earned the State of Alaska $177,636 in cash […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is notifying the public of the verified expansion of invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) distribution in Alaska waters. Carapaces of these invasive crabs were collected on […]
In March 2023 the Alaska Board of Game approved and directed the department to implement a revised Intensive Management Program to increase abundance of the Mulchatna caribou herd (MCH), which has been closed to hunting […]
The State of Alaska, along with many other states for whom coal is an important natural resource, today (June 7th, 2024) filed a petition in U.S. District Court, District of Washington D.C., asking the court […]
Individuals and families with damage or emergency expenses encouraged to apply. The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DHS&EM) will be accepting applications for the State Individual Assistance (IA) and Temporary Housing programs […]
by Ned Rozell Ben Jones suspected he had found something special when he squeezed into a volcanic cave and saw pale wooden poles, some with ends shaped like a willow leaf. When he crawled in […]
Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received reports of an aircraft crash at 10:03 AM on April 23, 2024, around seven miles south of the Fairbanks International Airport on the Tanana River. A preliminary investigation revealed […]
by Kailey Napoka This is the interview with Daniel Andrew of Tuluksak about his trip to Juneau. What did you learn in Juneau Things like working, listening, and talking. How to be in meetings. Who […]
by Ned Rozell Denali, North America’s highest peak at 20,310 feet above sea level, always seemed abnormally high to Peter Haeussler. He is a geologist who has studied the mountain for years and has also […]
This week (Feb. 26th, 2024), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution, introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan and cosponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska), to nationally recognize February 16, 2024 as “Elizabeth Peratrovich Day,” […]
On Monday (Jan 29th, 2024), Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 26 other states in an Iowa and Utah-led letter to the Biden Administration, supporting Texas’s border defense. “The lack of resolve by the federal […]
The size of Alaska’s population remained essentially unchanged for a second consecutive year, based on population estimates released today by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. From July 2022 to July 2023, the […]
The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium (AYK TC) applauds the recent appointment of three western Alaska Tribal members to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (the Council’s) Advisory Panel, leading to more Alaska Native representation on the […]
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) scheduled a teleconference only public hearing to receive additional public testimony on a proposal to change the rural status of Ketchikan. This proposal, submitted by the Ketchikan Indian Community, requests […]
by the K300 Race Committee Persistent above-freezing temps, forecast to continue until late Saturday, have forced us to further postpone the 36th Annual Bogus Creek 150. We now plan to start the race at 3pm […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game—Division of Sport Fish (Division), is accepting public comment from now through January 31 on the 2024 Statewide Stocking Plan for Sport Fisheries. The Division, with assistance from private […]
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a passionate champion of mental health, caregiving, and women’s rights, passed away Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2:10 p.m. at her home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96. She […]
Nome WAANT contacted Melissa Kava, 44 YOA of Savoonga on 12/20/2023, at the Bering Air terminal in Nome. Kava was found to be in possession of approximately 119 (11.9 grams) blue “M30” Fentanyl pills, and […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report on December 20, 2023, at 5:19 am, that Ethan Lewis, age 26 of Kipnuk, ran out of gas while traveling in a blizzard from Kipnuk to Chefornak during the […]
by Ned Rozell While we were sleeping, they were out there. Two red foxes, a male and female, pawing into spring snow on a hillside. The foxes had found the entrance to a tunnel dug […]
The Alaska State Troopers received a report on December 11, 2023, at 7:09 am, of two overdue snowmachiners who were traveling from Teller to Nome. An adult male and adult female were using a single […]
The Alaska State Troopers Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit recently conducted a focused enforcement effort to interdict illicit drugs and alcohol destined for Utqiagvik and the North Slope Borough. During the multi-day effort, 259 grams of […]
by Suzi Tanski A national report on missing, murdered and trafficked Indigenous people features a separate chapter on Alaska’s situation, according to a University of Alaska Fairbanks assistant professor who helped create the document. Michelle Demmert, […]
Michael Isaac, age 20, was reported missing to the Bethel Police Department on November 2nd, 2023. His family and BPD are asking the public for help finding him. He last spoke to his parents on […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report on November 10, 2023, at 3:14am, from a resident of Grayling about a house fire, and that two people may have been inside. The house was a total loss, […]
Two adults and two children were recovered, missing still are one adult and one child. Search efforts are ongoing. November 21, 2023, 9:00 am update On November 20, 2023, at 8:51 pm, a large landslide […]
by Mary George Elena Pasitnak is the Parent of the Month for October at the Akiachak School. Above is Elena with Principal Barron Sample. photo by Eranne Calda Akiachak Principal Barron Sample hosted an assembly […]
People Propel® Program, funded by Wild Alaska Pollock Fishing, achieves $50M in powersports purchases. This month (November), Coastal Villages Region Fund (CVRF) achieved a major milestone of $50 million in purchases by community members of […]
Residents in the Kusilvak Census Area and Yupiit Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA) affected by damage from the ice jam and snow melt flooding that occurred between May 12 and June 3, 2023 can now […]
Scholastic statewide program improves student achievement, increases self-esteem, and awards $49,000 in annual scholarships! The Alaska Academic Decathlon and Pentathlon are currently recruiting middle and high school teams for the upcoming season. The Alaska Academic […]
by Ned Rozell A few years ago, Randy Brown wondered if he might lose $50,000 he had just won as part of the Rachel Carson Award for Exemplary Scientific Accomplishment. The problem: He earned the award […]
This lone common eider ocean duck was busy diving and foraging for food along the shore on Nelson Island last week during low tide. Common eiders winter in southern Alaskan regions. photo by John Lincoln
by Jeff Richardson Analysis of a massive database of pink salmon DNA has revealed unexpected details about the abundant salmon species, including its ability to return to spawn at nearly the same spot within streams […]
by Jeff Richardson Researchers have confirmed that salmon are spawning in an Arctic Ocean watershed, suggesting that at least some salmon species could be expanding to new territory as climate change reshapes their habitat. The […]
Kieran Bentley, formerly of Napaskiak, Alaska has been named to Ithaca College’s Spring 2023 Dean’s List. He is the son of Talbert and Kimberly Bentley and is a graduate of the Z.J. Williams Memorial School […]
The Alaska State Troopers were notified on September 12, 2023, at around 8:50 pm, of a plane crash approximately 64 miles Northeast of Saint Mary’s, Alaska. There was also an Emergency Locator Transmitter activated that […]
The state Science Olympiad competition will be held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for a second year on Feb. 23-24, 2024. Middle school teams from across Alaska are encouraged to participate. Science Olympiad is […]
With five projects currently underway, GCI is bringing fiber to 24 rural Alaska communities. Super-fast internet speeds and unlimited data plans are coming to Deering and Kivalina! The subsea fiber project, recently announced by GCI, […]
by Ned Rozell Numbers of adult peregrine falcons on the upper Yukon River in Alaska have decreased by more than a third in the last three years, according to a scientist who has counted them […]
The Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Anchorage Police Department (APD) have released a first-of-its-kind Missing Indigenous Persons Report. The report provides reliable data and case transparency related to all missing persons in Alaska […]
Today (Aug. 26th, 2023) at the Palmer State Fair Governor Dunleavy signed into law House Bill 141, designating June 9th as Don Young Day. Congressman Young was born on June 9, 1933. The Alaska House […]
The Alaska Wildlife Troopers have completed their special enforcement operation for the annual Bristol Bay and Area M commercial fishery in Southwest Alaska. The annual Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon fishery is the largest Sockeye fishery […]
Congress did not grant the Secretary of the Interior the authority to change the compromises it negotiated when Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, (ANCSA), in 1971, the State argues in a motion […]
The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) is caring for a male Pacific walrus calf that arrived from the North Slope of Alaska on August 1, 2023. This is the Center’s first walrus patient in four years, […]
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute is pleased to report the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently purchased 3.7 million pounds of wild Alaska sockeye salmon, in 4 ounce fillet portions and 716,800 cases (24 cans/case) […]
Earthjustice reacts to legal filing seeking to overturn EPA determination vetoing the mine. Earthjustice joins with a broad and unified coalition of Tribes, Bristol Bay residents, commercial and sport fishers, environmental organizations, businesses, and many […]
by Balinda O’Neal and Alan Brown On June 22, 1955, two Russian MiG-15s from Siberia shot down a U.S. Navy P2V-5 Neptune plane flying a routine maritime patrol from Kodiak out over the Bering Sea. […]
House Bill 78, which designates September 10th as Alaska Community Health Aide Appreciation Day, has been signed into law by Governor Mike Dunleavy. The bill received unanimous support in the House and the Senate, further […]
Alaska State Troopers received a report on July 11, 2023, at 10:25 am, of an unoccupied skiff going in circles in the Nushagak River just downstream from the village of Ekwok. An investigation revealed that […]
by the Alaska Dept. of Law Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor emphasizes the importance of AM radio stations for emergency situations as some car manufacturers consider removing AM radio in electric cars, in a letter […]
The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) is proud to present six semi-finalist designs in the 2023 Artistic License Plate Competition, now available for public voting on the Alaska Arts and Culture Foundation website. […]
Congratulations to Tehya Titus of Minto, the newly crowned Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics (WEIO). WEIO festivities and events took place on July 12 – 15, 2023 in the interior city of Fairbanks. Six ladies […]
Regulatory Year 2023-2024 (RY23) hunting seasons for Nelchina caribou Tier I hunts RC561, RC562, and CC001 are closed by emergency order (R4-01-23). Permits for these hunts will not be distributed. Households are released from Unit […]
The Alaska Military Youth Academy celebrated its 60th class of cadets and more than 29 years of service to the State of Alaska as Class 2023-1 graduated 72 youth leaders from its ChalleNGe program on […]
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both R-Alaska, and U.S. Representative Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, today (May 5th, 2023) applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement that it has approved the purchase of up […]
Qiagyar Saddler, age 3, happily helps picks fiddlehead ferns before they unfurl with his family last Tuesday. They will make delicous akutaq with the fern greens.
Purchase underscores growing economic ties between Western and Southcentral Alaska. Coastal Villages Region Fund (CVRF) has expanded its investment portfolio with the acquisition of All Seasons Honda and Peninsula Ski-Doo in Homer, Alaska, known for […]
Mr. John P. Charlie of Bethel caught this king salmon while drifting on the Kuskokwim River last week for a first fresh taste of tasty chinook.
State and response partners actively engaged in flood response as of May 17th, 2023. State Emergency Operation Center Activation Level: 3 – Ongoing Response. The State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) is actively responding to flooding […]
The Kuskokwim Ice Classic has a winner – Mona Morrow of Aniak guessed the right time to win the $19,420 jackpot. The clock stopped at 4:48pm on May 18, 2023. Morrow is also the winner […]
Kristy Lincoln of Nelson Island harvested these delicious and sweet tundra bog greens last weekend. They are cooked and eaten with soup or seal oil. Kapuukaraat (pallas buttercup) are ready for picking in early spring.
Plant a tree. Take a walk in the woods. Start recycling paper products. Whatever you choose to do, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection encourages Alaskans to take time for Arbor Day on […]
The University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Business and Security Management presented over $45,000 in cash prizes and awards during the 2023 UAF Arctic Innovation Competition on Saturday, April 22. The 14th annual competition was […]
by James Cockrell Today (May 15th, 2023), Alaska Peace Officer Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who have given their lives in the line of duty to protect and serve our communities […]
The beautiful and revered ice floed ocean provides hunters Carl and Jeff Lincoln who are brothers with a bearded seal during their successful hunt on the Bering Sea near their coastal home of Toksook Bay. […]
Today (May 1st, 2023), Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a proclamation encouraging Alaskans to recognize the importance of native plants to Alaska’s people, economy, and ecosystems by celebrating Alaska Native Plant Month in May 2023. To […]
Members of cohort represent 238 high schools from Akiachak to Yakutat. The University of Alaska announced today (April 27th, 2023) that 948 high school seniors across the state will graduate as UA Scholars, and be […]
The Federal Subsistence Board (Board) met by teleconference (open to the public) on April 19, 2023 and adopted Fisheries Temporary Special Action FSA23-01 for conservation purposes. Specifically, the Board closed Federal public waters of the […]
The Alaska House Majority has announced the passage of House Bill 141, which would establish June 9th as Don Young Day, in honor of the late Congressman. Don Young served as the United States House […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today (April 11, 2023) that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials at its gold mine and laboratory in Delta […]
by Ned Rozell While running through Bicentennial Park in Anchorage, biologist Jessy Coltrane spotted a porcupine in a birch tree. On her runs on days following, she saw it again and again, in good weather […]
Congratulations to the newly crowned 2023 Miss Fairbanks Native Association (FNA), Hailey Anganaran Moses of Fairbanks. And the 2nd runner up Miss Fairbanks Native Association Princess is Alana Amitatugaq Moses. Hailey and Alana are sisters, […]
Fisheries Temporary Special Action Request FSA23-01, submitted by the Native Village of Kwinhagak, requests the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) to close Federal public waters of the Kanektok River drainage to the harvest of Chinook and […]
Recipients receive regional recognition and $1,500 prize. Calista (cha-LIS-tah) Corporation is seeking nominations for its 2023 Shareholder Awards. Calista Shareholders and Descendants living within and outside of the Calista Region may be nominated for the […]
SalmonState today (Jan. 31st, 2023) cheered the issuance of a series of safeguards by the Environmental Protection Agency that will protect the headwaters of salmon-rich Bristol Bay, Alaska and prevent the construction and operation of […]
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected in a black bear in Southeast Alaska. This is only the second time HPAI has been detected in a bear. The bear, a cub in Bartlett Cove, […]
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announces a season open to the Goodnews River drainage winter moose hunt (RM621). The Goodnews River drainage hunt area (that portion that drains into Kuskokwim Bay south of […]
Alaska State Troopers Court Services Officer Curtis Worland was tragically killed today (December 13, 2022) – during a muskox attack near Nome. CSO Worland was attempting to haze a group of muskox from near a […]
by Brad Cole After work I walked down along the shoreline of the lagoon. That large inland sea can freeze in a single night, I thought, and within hours the soft ice turns hard and […]
by Ned Rozell One winter day not long ago, a reporter from the Sacramento Bee called. She had read a story I wrote about life at 40 below in Fairbanks. Meteorologists in the Sacramento office […]
The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the live nature cam network Explore.org have launched the network’s first live webcam stream dedicated to one of the Arctic’s most iconic animals: the muskox. The new muskox cam […]
$14.71 per unit is scheduled for December 6, 2022. Today (November 19th, 2022), the Doyon Settlement Trustees approved the Doyon Settlement Trust (DST) distribution amount of $14.71 per unit, or $1,471 per 100 units based […]
On September 22, 2022, Valdamire Kinegak was reported missing to the Bethel Police Department. Over the next few weeks, attempts at locating Mr. Kinegak were made by law enforcement and members of the community. On […]
by Rod Boyce Mention 3D printing and someone is likely to think about small plastic things such as customized Lego bricks or miniature dinosaurs. 3D printing is something entirely different at the University of Alaska […]
by Ned Rozell Vic Van Ballenberghe died on Sept. 22, 2022, at the age of 78. The man who knew moose better than perhaps anyone else on Earth had stood amid their knobby legs for […]
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