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Lawmakers to wait on Alaska Supreme Court as families reel in wake of correspondence ruling

Over the last 26 years, Penelope Gold has used the state’s correspondence school program to homeschool six of her seven children. Most have graduated, but her youngest daughter is in fifth grade. For all that time, Gold said she...

Proposed Ambler road project cited as threat to Kobuk River in Arctic Alaska

This story was originally published in Alaska Beacon. Alaska’s Kobuk River, which flows out of the Brooks Range above the Arctic Circle, is among the most threatened rivers in the nation because of potential development of a 211-mile road that would...

Colorful Lake Clark homesteader remembered through historic log cabin rebuild in new documentary

Brown Carlson, a Lake Clark homesteader, arrived in the area in 1904 after he jumped ship into the frigid waters and swam away from his life as a Norwegian sailor.

More problems at Alaska’s state-owned investment bank, conservation group concludes

The reports arrive as AIDEA seeks permission from the Alaska Legislature to borrow as much as $300 million for a variety of as-yet-unidentified mining projects.

Your guide to voting in the upcoming Anchorage election

Voting centers will open next week around the city — mark your calendar and make a plan to ensure your voice is heard!

Vegan bakery ‘The Flaky Pastry’ hits sweet spot, sells out debut batch

Michelle Sinnott's vegan pastry venture, "The Flaky Pastry," started with a craving and a cottage license.

New grant could revolutionize home heating and power generation for Northwest Alaska

The 850 heat pumps represent one for “every residence” in the villages of Ambler, Buckland, Deering, Kiana, Kivalina, Kobuk, Noatak, Noorvik, Selawik and Shungnak.

New salmon study adds to evidence that pink salmon could be crowding out sockeye

Big energy news for the Northwest Arctic Borough, while a new study adds to the pile of evidence suggesting that booming, hatchery-boosted pink salmon populations could be harming wild sockeye.

Alaska Senate plans hard look at Dunleavy’s education demands

Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s threat to veto the Alaska Legislature’s education bill unless he gets a second bill filled with his priorities hasn’t exactly lit a fire under lawmakers. After the drag-out fight to pass the first bill, the...

Alaska’s budget crunch looms over school funding debate

Alaska faces budgetary challenges as legislators grapple with funding priorities, with limited room for new expenses.

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