The idea of scrapping Denali, the traditional Athabascan name, reopens a longstanding debate over what to call North ...

Lee House has lived and worked in Sitka since two summer storytelling internships with the Alaska Conservation Foundation in ...

Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher defended Alaska election as secure, trustworthy and fair, despite some glitches.

Lee House writes in a commentary that it’s fitting that a Tongass Christmas tree, nourished by salmon, has salmon ornaments ...

Premiums for Alaska health insurance plans on the federal marketplace will increase again, following a 50% rise over the past ...

Experts and advocates said the effort to ban trans athletes from school sports would face significant delays and challenges.

Laine Welch covered news of Alaska’s seafood industry for print and broadcast for over 30 years from Kodiak. She retired in ...

Many Seattle-based boats are factory trawlers that target pollock, cod, rockfish, flounders and other “groundfish” species.

The short-term spending package avoids a shutdown and will give Congress until mid-March to negotiate agreement on funding ...

Statistics show an increase in obstetric hemorrhages in Alaska, with the highest rates reported in the southwestern and ...

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The bargaining parties announced a deadlock in negotiations earlier this month, and agreed to the federal mediation process.