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Clean Water Town Hall calls for HFO ban

Commentary Rachel Levy - October 16, 2025

This week, Juneau answered its last cruise ship port call of the season.

Anchorage cannabis cafe moves forward despite Assembly voting down smoking

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - October 10, 2025

Anchorage is set to get its first pot cafe early next year, marking the first place in the city outside your home where it will be legal to use marijuana.

Anchorage Assembly passes on pot-smoking spots

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton - September 4, 2025

If you’re looking for a legal place outside your home to light up a joint in Anchorage, you’ll need to keep waiting.

Dead humpback calf washes ashore near Douglas, reigniting concerns over vessel traffic

Environment Rachel Levy - July 31, 2025

NOAA Fisheries was notified of the stranded whale at 9 a.m. on July 26th, and a team was dispatched to assess the situation.

Dunleavy’s oil tax secrecy reveals the faults in Alaska’s oil system

News Matt Acuña Buxton - June 20, 2025

Alaska’s oil tax system is complicated even by tax standards.

Dunleavy’s veto of oil tax transparency bill leaves legislators wondering, ‘What are you hiding?’

News Matt Acuña Buxton - June 18, 2025

On Monday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill that legislators had hoped would shed light on how his administration is handling oil and gas taxes

Hiring teachers from the Philippines could mean brain drain for Filipino schools

Economy admin - June 17, 2025

When Alaska school administrators toured Pajo Elementary School, each class greeted them by welcoming them to the Philippines in both English and in Filipino.

New teachers are latest wave in the centuries-long history of Filipinos in Alaska

Economy admin - June 17, 2025

The first Filipino known to visit Alaska came in 1788, aboard a Spanish trading ship called the Iphigenia Nubiana.

Appeals court upholds approval of Willow project on Alaska’s North Slope

Courts Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon - June 16, 2025

In a split decision, the court says a flaw in the review was too minor to warrant overturning the 2023 approval for the huge oil field already under development.

From island nation to an island in Alaska: how Filipino teachers adjust to their new lives

Economy admin - June 16, 2025

Carmela Sison is one of Kodiak’s new special education teachers from the Philippines.

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