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Many of the delegates say they’ll vote for Biden at the Democratic National Convention, but some are acknowledging his disastrous debate performance last week and the impacts of age.
Award amounts for the college scholarship will increase by almost 50%, which supporters say should help keep more Alaska high school graduates studying in the state.
The Riley Fire was at 10% containment Tuesday morning as power remained out in Glitter Gulch and thousands of park visitors made other plans.
Alaska Division of Forestry officials confirmed Tuesday that a vehicle fire caused the Montana Creek Fire. It wasn’t immediately clear if the two fires were connected.
Officials with Alaska State Parks had tried on multiple occasions to haze the bears away from the campground, but were unsuccessful.
A coalition of North Slope local and regional governments, tribal governments and Native corporations has sued to overturn new environmental protections in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska.
Gov. Dunleavy vetoed the money because it is unclear whether it will be needed, his office said,
The icefield, source of more than 1,000 glaciers, is shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, scientists say.
During an inauguration address in Town Square Park on Monday, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she’s focused on building “good government,” transparency and accountability.
The Alaska Railroad canceled train service to the park, forcing many travelers to extend stays in Anchorage and elsewhere. Power outages and a lack of flush toilets and running water at lodges near the park added to the difficulty.
The Anchorage Police Department had not previously said what caused Lisa Fordyce-Blair’s death on June 20.
Vehicles were being turned around at the park’s only entrance along the Parks Highway, and the park’s tour and transit bus outings were canceled.
The Matanuska River, running high with snowmelt, is threatening the highway near Mile 63 as well as about 13 miles east near King Mountain.
Elsewhere along the Parks Highway, firefighters were working to slow the Montana Creek Fire south of Talkeetna that had grown to 172 acres.
After a steep population drop in Western Alaska’s reintroduced wood bison herd, a state biologist sees a plan for a new herd in the Interior as promising. But two tribal groups oppose it.
It’s likely 18 months to two years before the state starts selling carbon credits. Several unknowns remain.
State officials say they made no mistake, but the overpayment rate looks high because they disobeyed federal rules during the backlog crisis.
State transportation officials, who had previously said the road wasn’t immediately threatened, now say they’re starting emergency repairs.
Significant air and ground resources were responding to the rapidly growing wildfire in Mat-Su.
Eight students and professionals are troweling the floury tan soil of Hollembaek’s Hill to learn more about the distant past in Interior Alaska.
The governor cut over $230 million from the operating and capital budgets with his veto pen.
The court declined to rule on whether correspondence allotments could be used at private schools, sending the question back to a lower court.
Officials say Anchorage likely now has more latitude to clear any encampments that it deems problematic and unsafe, even without shelter beds to offer homeless campers.