Alaska News

A 47-foot fin whale that washed up on Anchorage’s tidal mudflats in November is still drawing visitors, a month later. Why?

The Senate passed the bill early Saturday, sending it to the desk of President Joe Biden.

The Alaska State Troopers post is part of the 2026 budget proposal released last week by Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

Alaska State Troopers also said methamphetamine found in a honey bucket led to the arrest of a Mug-Shot Saloon bouncer on a probation violation.

Alaska’s two Republican U.S. senators, Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, immediately pushed back, saying they support the Koyukon Athabascan place name for the mountain long favored by many Alaskans.

Bargaining parties say they’re hopeful, though the outcome will depend on funding in the next state budget.

State employees firing from planes and helicopters over a large game unit could also target bears in a proposal before the Alaska Board of Game in January.

Officials trying to reduce pedestrian fatalities say the devices can help identify drivers who flee after striking cyclists or people on foot.

Meet Snowzilla’s friend, Snow Ella, who has popped up in the city’s Ship Creek industrial area.

Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by a tuckered herd of flying reindeer.

There are now five competing sales tax proposals, including one scaling it back to an “advisory vote.”

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he would issue an executive order creating the department in January.

The long-running and escalating dispute had seen $17.5 million in pandemic-era funds withheld for Alaska.

Science writer Ned Rozell shares some of the highlights from the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union earlier this month.

In Alaska, researchers found that the percentage of hospital deliveries involving hemorrhage increased from 7.4% in 2016 to 9.4% in 2023. In 2022, some 743 births involved a maternal obstetric hemorrhage, representing 10.1% of hospital deliveries.

The city also is seeing the return of Mark Spafford, a former general manager of Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services, who will now serve as LaFrance’s deputy municipal manager.

To compensate for the lack of icebreakers, the Coast Guard plans to increase the number of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft deployed to the region.

Storms moving into the Gulf of Alaska are expected to push a warm front into the coast, leading to periods of light rain and freezing rain starting Saturday morning.

A ChatGPT-generated image of Alaska included some strange-looking waterfowl. Northern Journal investigates.

Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal important details, Oceana’s lawsuit says.

The petitions are the first step in a long process to get repeal initiatives on the 2026 ballot.

The Anchorage Assembly approved a contract with nonprofit Henning Inc. to open a 50-person warming area on the eastern side of downtown.

The change comes after Alaska Education Commissioner Deena Bishop told school districts to reconsider the practice.