Alaska’s ‘Superbowl’ of dog mushing, the Iditarod, set to run its normal northern route
By Ava White The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is less than a month away and set to run on its
Read more
Alaska
U.S. gov’t one step closer to expanding oil and gas leases in ANWR
By Tori Fitzpatrick Vuntut Gwitchin and CPAWS Yukon denounce call for nominations for Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Read more
Bear-cam collars reveal grizzlies’ lives on Alaska’s North Slope
The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals
Read more
Military helicopters over B.C., Alberta, Alaska, Yukon as part of Canada-U.S. training exercise
By Andrew Kurjata Exercise STRIKING BAT also sees Canadian forces working alongside Norway, Italy and Mongolia Canadian Armed Forces helicopters
Read more
Democrats say Peltola can win Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat. Really, though?
National Democrats cheered when former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola announced on Monday that she’s challenging U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan. Peltola,
Read more
Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, launches U.S. Senate bid
By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen Democrat to challenge Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan on cost-of-living issues in key midterm race
Read more
Heaviest snowfall in decades increases avalanche risk near Haines, Alaska
By Isabella Calissi Nearly 2 metres of snow fell last week in Haines, the most in one week since records
Read more
Lawsuit challenges the approval of an exploratory drilling program in Alaska petroleum reserve
Conservation groups and an Iñupiat-aligned group sued Thursday to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the
Read more
Gwich’in want Carney to advocate for protecting caribou, oppose Trump’s Alaska oil plans
AFN delegates resolve to pressure prime minister to protect key northern food source The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has
Read more
Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov’t over mines in far northwest
By Andrew Kurjata, Hanna Petersen Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission says impacts and rights don’t stop at border A group of
Read more
Congress approves measure to overturn Biden-era plan for Alaska petroleum reserve
Congress has passed a measure to overturn a plan enacted during the Biden administration that put off limits to oil
Read more
Alaska Ambler Road project back in focus as company outlines vision for work ahead
From Scandinavia to Siberia to the North American Arctic, a push is underway to secure new supplies of minerals central
Read more
Trump administration repealing protections for key swaths of Alaska petroleum reserve
The Trump administration said Thursday it is rescinding federal rules that were aimed at protecting from future oil and gas
Read more
Crews working to fix Alaska Native villages devastated by flooding. But will residents return?
By Becky Bohrer, Gene Johnson, Mark Thiessen More than 1,600 were displaced, many of them now adapting to different way of life
Read more
Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup’ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
Bt Becky Bohrer Winds and storm surge may have washed away thousands of unearthed artifacts A fragment of a mask
Read more