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New Alaska Bitcoin mine would use as much power as the state’s largest coal plant produces

The startup planning the operation near the North Slope oil fields would power its computers not with coal but with another fossil fuel: natural gas that’s currently going unused.

Psychedelica, Salmon, and Science: Welcome to Trollfest

Last weekend, Juneau gathered at Centennial Hall for Trollfest, a celebration of art, music and environmentalism inspired by the legendary artist Ray Troll.

Nearly 50 Years at DIPAC Hatchery

Next year, Douglas Island Pink and Chum (DIPAC) Macaulay Salmon Hatchery will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.

UAS professors on the front-lines of glacial outburst flood prediction

A team of researchers will help to better map and predict the Suicide Basin glacial lake outburst flood that has devastated Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley.

At Juneau Assembly Meeting, Cruise Lines Dodge Question on Toxic Discharges

Last week the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly held a joint work session with members of the Cruise Lines International Association of Alaska

Trail Blazers: Dustin Newman

To the 27-year-old boat builder, paddling a kayak serves as a means to renew a healthy relationship to the waters that have sustained his people for millennia.

Murkowski calls for reversal of cuts to critical low-income energy program, Sullivan doesn’t

Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is calling out the Trump administration for its haphazard cuts to a critical program that thousands of Alaskans rely on.

Oyster Farms: A Step Towards Diversifying Alaska’s Aquaculture Scene

For most around Juneau, a ride out the road is the closest thing to a road trip our town has to offer.

The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets

A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more profitable. But over the last 50 years, it has hollowed out many Indigenous coastal villages where residents no longer can earn a living by harvesting salmon.

Murkowski calls Greenland an ‘ally, not an asset’ as Trump fixation deepens

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump renewed his brazen call for the United States to buy or seize Greenland for its critical natural resources.

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