Alaska

With Western Alaska salmon runs weak, managers set limits on the pollock fleet’s chum bycatch

A measure years in the making will establish a cap for Alaska-bound chum salmon…

Alaska offers World War 2-era Highway bridge for free — on one condition

The state of Alaska has a bridge to give away. In a public notice…

In new agreement with state, Indigenous landowners soften resistance to Alaska’s Ambler Road

This article was originally published in Northern Journal, a newsletter from Nathaniel Herz. You…

Trump administration set to take bids in federal oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

The Trump administration is soliciting bids for what it intends to be the first…

A call for a more thoughtful Arctic security conversation

The Arctic is in the headlines. A recent flurry of statements from Washington about…

ConocoPhillips says North Slope drilling will continue mostly as planned after rig collapse

The company said it will replace “The Beast” with another Doyon rig. Oil giant…

Raising oil, corporate taxes is least-painful option for reducing Alaska deficits, ISER concludes

The Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA analyzed the side effects of…

Alaska’s Indigenous leaders call for solidarity with Greenlanders amid Trump’s threats

In Washington, D.C., politicians are debating U.S. annexation of Greenland based on abstract ideas…