Cousin-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Cousin — Iluwaq Amlesqanek iluwangq’rtua. – I have many cousins. The term cousin can be applied to a confusing array…
A key player in moving Interior Alaska off fossil fuels? Multibillion-dollar mining corporations.
North of Fairbanks, hundreds of workers at Alaska’s biggest gold mine dig up, haul, crush and grind thousands of tons…
Alaska Faces Youth Mental Health Crisis as Sole Recovery Center Closes
JUNEAU – Alaska lawmakers are raising urgent concerns following the announcement that Providence will close the state’s only sub-acute short-term…
Trump Pushes Supreme Court to Let Musk’s Cronies Seize Social Security Data
“Why do Elon ‘Social Security’s a Ponzi scheme’ Musk and his DOGE cronies need to stick their fingers in your…
Republicans Set to Give Self-Described ‘DOGE Person’ Keys to Social Security Agency
“A vote for Trump’s Social Security Commissioner is a vote to destroy Social Security,” warned one advocacy group. The U.S.…
Asked If He Must Uphold the US Constitution, Trump Says: ‘I Don’t Know’
“I’m not a lawyer,” the president said in a newly aired interview WELKER: The 5th Amendment says everyone deserves due…
The ‘Hole-in-the-Ground Girl’
Leanne Bulger recently found a new hole in the forest floor on the west end of Fairbanks. Into it, she…
Murkowski, Schatz Reintroduce Legislation to Help Veterans with Disabilities
Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Deliver for Veterans Act. This legislation expands…
Congressman Begich Champions Investments in Aviation and U.S. Coast Guard Through T&I Committee Budget Reconciliation Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK), a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, applauded the release of the Committee’s budget…
Coast Guard to Begin Full Production Activities for Polar Security Cutter Hull 1 and Low-Rate Initial Production for the Waterways Commerce Cutter
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security approved full production of the first U.S. Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC), April 30,…