Northwest Alaska braces for another storm
Mother Nature just isn’t easing up on Northwest Alaska. Even as area rivers and streams remain swollen from last week’s
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Author: Alaska Dispatch News
Old mercury leads to tests for today’s Nome, Alaska gold rushers
Some of the droves of dredgers seeking gold off the shores of Nome, Alaska, are apparently pulling up mercury left
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Oil companies spend big against Alaska coastal initiative
Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and BP have contributed more than $400,000 in the last three weeks to defeat a ballot
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Alaska village declares disaster in wake of flooding
The Northwest Alaska community of Kivalina has declared a disaster in the wake of heavy rain that saw waters rise
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Fuel tank work proceeds after threats from youth in rural Alaska
A work crew back in the Western Alaska village of Stebbins, with security guards in tow, expects to complete a
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Alaska pilots face urban wildlife threat from musk ox
Tony Gorn sometimes finds himself herding animals near Nome. However, the small town of about 3,500 people on Alaska’s Seward
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Arctic drilling: Shell’s spill-containment barge was once for the birds
Royal Dutch Shell’s quest to open the U.S. Arctic Ocean to oil drilling, an undertaking that’s involved years of preparation
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Gunfire in Alaska village delays governor’s visit
Alaska Governor Sean Parnell’s plane ride Monday beyond the easy comforts of Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, met with an unexpected
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U.S. Coast Guard eyes all-terrain vehicles for Arctic Ocean
Top U.S. Coast Guard officials say the agency is well-prepared for Arctic missions, even as the agency shops for an
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Youth threaten workers, jeopardize fuel shipment to Alaska village
A mob of teenagers in a Western Alaska village allegedly stole four-wheelers and taunted a foreman with racially charged threats,
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Arctic sea ice near historic minimum despite freeze-up
Plunging temperatures and the shorter days of approaching winter transformed vast reaches of the Arctic Ocean into ice during October
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Controversial Alaska mine project discussed in Anchorage session
The controversy over potential mining development in one of the world’s most prolific and pristine fishing grounds landed in Anchorage
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Battling the effects of domestic violence in rural Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – To hear Ida Ross tell it, all she did was “help out the kids” for 40 years.
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Pebble Mine opponents strike gold with Alaska judge’s residency ruling
Just before the Environmental Protection Agency is set to hold hearings in Anchorage, Alaska, over its draft environmental assessment evaluating
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Crew attempting to row across Arctic Ocean in ‘tough spot’
Four rowers in July set out to do something dangerous and unprecedented: to row nonstop, and without support, across the
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