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Gwich’in and conservation groups renew lawsuit to stop Trump administration’s ANWR leasing program
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (700+ words) A tribal organization and several conservation groups have taken legal action to stop the Trump administration's plans to allow oil drilling across the entire coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Their amended filing, in U.S. District Court in Anchorage,…...
US Supreme Court rejects state petition to take up fight over Alaska subsistence
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1434+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a lower court's decision in a case involving subsistence fishing in Alaska, a decision that keeps in place a unique federal protection viewed as critical by Alaska Natives. "Petition DENIED," the Supreme Court…...
Book review: Steeped in Inuit culture, âLeave Our Bones Where They Layâ offers a universal message
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (688+ words) Leave Our Bones Where They Lay" By Aviaq Johnston; Inhabit Media, 2025; 136 pages; $16.95. For generations, Jupi and his ancestors were raised to be storytellers, specifically for Kipik," Aviaq Johnston writes in her remarkable new novel Leave Our Bones Where They Lay....
Opinion: Building Fairbanks, one small project at a time
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (522+ words) Every so often, life hands you a project that stretches you. Recently, I took on one that was larger and more complex than anything I'd done before. Standing in an empty building on a cold Fairbanks day, flashlight in hand,…...
Opinion: Alaska doesnât need bigger ideas. It needs better execution.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (781+ words) As Alaska looks ahead to its next gubernatorial election, we will again be awash in big, flashy policy proposals: new energy systems, infrastructure investments, economic diversification, housing solutions and promises to fix what has long frustrated residents across the state....
Anchorage reports 45 outdoor deaths in 2025, only a slight drop from recent record years
1+ week, 1+ day ago (893+ words) Forty-five unhoused people died outdoors in Anchorage in 2025, according to data released this week by the Anchorage Police Department. The toll is lower than the bleak record of 50 such deaths the city recorded in 2023 and then repeated in 2024. But it's…...
Letter: The future of Alaska
1+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) Letter: The future of Alaska'Anchorage Daily News Letter: The future of Alaska The governor again abdicates his responsibility to submit a realistic budget to the Legislature. You would think in his final year he would actually take this responsibility seriously....
Major redesign planned for one of Anchorageâs busiest â and most dangerous â highway interchanges
1+ week, 3+ day ago (699+ words) A major redesign is planned for the Seward Highway and Tudor Road interchange, a central corridor for Anchorage's road network where both traffic jams and accidents are common. The Midtown intersection, where more than 80,000 cars pass daily, is the busiest…...
Opinion: Alaskaâs best infrastructure deal is hiding in plain sight
1+ week, 4+ day ago (480+ words) Alaska's transportation system quietly supports nearly every part of daily life in our state. Roads connect families and communities. Airports link rural Alaska to essential goods and services. Bridges keep freight, emergency responders and commerce moving safely across long distances....
Book review: Alaska anthropologist and SâKlallam elder tell a story of treaty rights and fisheries management
1+ week, 5+ day ago (601+ words) My Heart is Good: Treaty Rights and the Rise of a S'Klallam Fishing Community" By Ron Charles and Josh Wisniewski; Empty Bowl, 2025; 191 pages; $20. My Heart is Good" is a history of treaty rights in Washington state, told through the life…...