It might seem like the big weather story this winter was the spate of snow and cold that hit the East Coast. But a more prolonged and sobering story was all the snow and cold that did not hit large parts of the West, and especially Alaska. Today, the Sierra Nevada’s snowpack hovers at around […]
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Jewell, Murkowski square off
The Interior Secretary and Alaskan Senator spar over money and the environment.
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Keystone isn’t the only pipeline proposal out there
As XL languishes in political controversy, new pipeline projects gain ground in Canada and Alaska.
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Demographic shifts and the Native voting block
In 1980, 20 percent of the U.S. population was minority; today, 37 percent is.
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Tribal sovereignty remains Alaska’s unfinished business
Do Alaska Native tribes posses sovereignty?
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Canada’s mining boom spills into U.S. waters
How do you protect a river that begins in another country?
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Plunging oil prices are saving Alaskan ecosystems — for now
The new governor shelves controversial roads, dams and other developments.
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‘I Am Alaskan’
The surprising diversity of the 49th state, through Brian Adams’ lens.
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Reading Murkowski’s tea leaves
As chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the senator from Alaska holds much sway over Western issues
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The Forest Service bets on second-growth logging in Alaska
But can timber still keep island communities in the Tongass afloat?
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New law protects Alaska Native women
The ability to prosecute domestic violence may be the first step toward creating Indian Country in Alaska.
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How Native Americans have shaped the year’s biggest environmental debates
And how lawmakers can improve their record next year.
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Drilling the Arctic comes with a 75 percent chance of a large oil spill
Key findings from a new environmental analysis.
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Alaska’s energy labs
Hybrid technologies help distribute power in isolated communities.
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In the footsteps of a roving genius
Photographs and an interview from high peaks of the Alaska Range.
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Solace at the end of Homer Spit
When I quit my job and joined a pilgrimage of heartbroken dreamers staggering toward Alaska.
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The Young and the reckless: Alaskan congressman’s offenses draw spotlight
Don Young might be the most volatile politician in America.
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Extraction taxes are on the ballot
North Dakota and Nevada voters might learn something from Wyoming.
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Outside spending soars in the West’s key Senate races
Colorado and Alaska have the most expensive midterm battles in the region.