(Juneau, AK) – In May of 2025, the Consumer Protection Unit launched an investigation into the tourism industry in Southeast Alaska for the purpose of ensuring the authenticity of claims that products were from or made in Alaska. Undercover investigators visited stores in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Skagway posing as tourists interested in buying authentic Alaskan souvenirs. […]
Ferry Operations Suspended Until Further Notice (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has temporarily suspended vehicle and passenger ferry operations at the Skagway Ferry Terminal after cracks were identified in the concrete abutment supporting the terminal’s vehicle transfer bridge and passenger walkway. The terminal office remains open to answer questions and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Governor Mike Dunleavy has issued a State Disaster Declaration in response to an imminent threat of catastrophic flooding caused by a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) originating from Suicide Basin, a side basin of the Mendenhall Glacier. The declaration follows formal requests for assistance submitted by the City and […]
Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Thursday announced that her bill allowing five Alaska Native communities to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) passed out of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR) by voice vote. The legislation, which would remedy a decades-long inequity for […]
