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Alaska’s 60 legislators come from all corners of the state, and convened in Juneau on Tuesday as the 34th legislative session kicked off.
With aligned majorities in the House and Senate, priorities are set to include education funding, public pensions and election reform.
The House and Senate both formalized their bipartisan majorities during the first day of the session.
President Donald Trump says he’s changing the official name of Alaska’s — and North America’s — tallest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley. It’s the latest chapter in a long struggle over what the mountain should be called.
For the time being, the building is not open to the public, just eight people can play the machines at any one time, and they must be invited, according to a statement from the tribe.
The contrast between the declining Western Arctic herd and the thriving Porcupine herd is correlated to different levels of shrub growth, a product of climate change.
Boosters of a mining road in the backcountry northwest of Anchorage are poised to get a $100,000 federal grant for trail work. Some locals see it as part of an under-the-radar effort to push the road forward.
The order removes Biden-era restrictions on new development in Alaska.
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack Obama’s administration ordered that the mountain be renamed as Denali in 2015.
The weekly reports from the municipality’s third party oversight entity offer a small window into the conditions and challenges in Anchorage’s winter homeless shelters.
The weather service warned of 30 to 45 mph winds, with gusts up to 80 mph, for higher elevations around Anchorage and Eagle River.
Anchorage’s citywide celebration is Sunday, with several events slated for the holiday on Monday as well.
The 121-day session is set to start Tuesday in Juneau.
By plane, car, mail and personal luggage, these ingredients arrive at local restaurants and storefronts at all costs.
The resident is undergoing treatment in Anchorage for the highly contagious virus. Meanwhile, state health officials are tracking down “several dozen” individuals the patient was in contact with while contagious.
Bronson, a former commercial and military airline pilot, was selected months after losing his mayoral reelection bid.
The Alaska researchers studied radio astronomy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and had their own tracking station in a clearing in the forest on the northern portion of university land.
The plan would divide Mat-Su Central into two programs: one with an in-person class requirement, and one with reduced high school graduation credit standards.
The governor’s decision applies only to flags on state property. Flags on federal property are expected to remain at half staff.
About 1,000 immigrants have come here since Russia invaded their country in 2022, advocates say.
The Tanusha began taking on water Wednesday morning about 23 miles southeast of Kodiak, authorities say.
Alaska grocery shoppers on average were willing to pay $1.90 extra for a head of lettuce if it was labeled as “Alaska Grown,” the study found.
After three companies expressed interest, the state Division of Oil and Gas started the formal process that may result in new exploration at Augustine Volcano.