Digital Archive launched in U.S. spotlights Indigenous boarding school history
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has launched a digital archive they hope will educate people about Indian
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Alaska
Japanese climber dies after fall on Alaska’s Mount Denali
Rangers found man’s body Monday, a day after they were contacted by family Rangers in Alaska have recovered the body
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Investigators say Alaska charter boat likely capsized after flooding, killing 5
Coast Guard ‘cannot definitively say exactly what caused Awakin to capsize,’ says lead investigator A fishing charter boat found partially
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Moose kills Alaska man attempting to take photos of her newborn calves
Animals are not normally aggressive unless provoked, spokesperson says A 70-year-old Alaska man who was attempting to take photos of
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Blog—How Alaska’s little-known spaceport revolutionized military conflict
At the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, in 2019, the Israelis successfully tested an anti-ballistic missile system that intercepts
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U.S. gov’t paying to upgrade section of Alaska Highway in the Yukon
By Gabrielle Plonka, CBC News $42.6M has been pledged for the project The Alaskan government has pledged $42.6 million for
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Biden administration blocks Ambler Road, strengthens protections for NPR-A
The U.S. Interior Department on Friday essentially rejected the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority’s proposal to build the Ambler
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Inuit Circumpolar Council launches archive to showcase Inuit global contributions
The Inuit Circumpolar Council-Canada has launched a digital database that the organization hopes will make their collections easily available and
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US to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district, Politico reports
The Biden administration is set to reject the construction of an access road to the Ambler mining district in northern
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Fishing moratorium on Yukon River chinook may be ‘too little, too late,’ panel hears
A new international agreement on chinook salmon stoked at times emotional debate at the Yukon River Panel meeting in Anchorage,
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Canada, Alaska suspend fishing of Yukon River chinook salmon for 7 years
In a bid to help the recovery of the Yukon River chinook salmon run, the federal government and the State
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‘A voice for the Arctic’: Fellowship for northern youth wraps up after 9 months
An inaugural fellowship saw 10 young people from across the North come together to share knowledge through cultural exchanges and community-based research.
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Environmental DNA offers scientists a look at salmon’s past and future
By Meredith Redick, KCAW – Sitka Scientists have many ways to track fish populations – but they usually require seeing
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Yukon’s $45M commitment to Skagway ore dock ‘shrouded in mystery,’ says opposition
The Yukon’s opposition parties are questioning why the government quietly shuffled nearly $45 million for a new ore dock in
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A southeast Alaska community wrestles with a deadly landslide’s impact
Jamie Roberts and her husband felt lucky when they found an A-frame cabin on forest-draped Wrangell Island in southeast Alaska,
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