During a visit to Bethel, Alaska, first lady Jill Biden highlighted hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to improve internet access in Alaska Native communities.
Items by Victoria Petersen
The Willow project threatens local lifeways and wildlife in Nuiqsut, Alaska.
Mushers and sled dogs adapt to warmer temperatures and worse trail conditions at the world-famous race.
The state’s legislative session has just begun. Here are the bills climate activists are watching.
Read a Q&A with Yup’ik fisher and activist Alannah Hurley on the fight for Bristol Bay’s future.
Frozen rivers are vital transportation routes for communities outside the state’s traditional road system.
The buyers plan to transform 40 acres of fire-scarred land into a sustainable, Indigenous-led farm.
A proposed LNG project spanning the state would export natural gas, but could harm land, wildlife & subsistence harvests.
A network of mutual aid organizers provides meals and supplies for people experiencing homelessness.
Residents in nearby Nuiqsut worry that oil and gas development is ‘too fast and too much.’
Chaotic salmon returns leave some Alaskans with an abundance of salmon, and others with none.
The closure of Healy Unit 2 signals a rise in renewable energy projects around Alaska.
Drought, heat and thunderstorms have started fires across the state.
The Nenana Totchaket Agricultural Project aims to fight food insecurity in the state but could interfere with local trappers’ ability to gather food.
Climate change is making landslides more likely and preparation vital.
Alaska’s marine highway still faces uncertainty under severe budget cuts.
States and municipalities from Alaska to California struggle to dispose of old vessels without federal support.
But President-elect Biden could reinstate them once in office.
As glaciers retreat and permafrost thaws, massive landslides threaten coastal communities.
How scientists use models to understand blazes — and where those models fall short.
The economic, legal and political obstacles to petroleum extraction on Alaska’s North Slope.
Since Alaska’s largest regional airline went bankrupt in April, roadless communities have been searching for ways to restore service.
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