The Alaska House has voted to urge President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America’s tallest peak as Denali

It’s possible the current administration could completely remove the Roadless Rule in short order and begin fielding proposals for new logging roads through the forest.

ProPublica journalist McKenzie Funk says the Aiviq has a history of failures and design problems, but the Coast Guard doesn’t have a lot of alternatives.

After two consecutive years when meltwaters burst out of a basin on Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier and devastated neighborhoods in that part of the capital city, a team of scientists has received a grant of nearly $1 million to assess the hazards that could produce repeat occurrences.

Governor Mike Dunleavy will deliver his 7th annual State of the State address in Juneau on Tuesday at 7 p.m. He is expected to outline key priorities for Alaska’s future.

In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times

Meet the 11 freshmen: Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik, represents District 40 in the Alaska House. Photographed on January 24, 2025. (Marc Lester / ADN) Robyn Burke, 33, said the first few days have felt “a little surreal.”

Among the most visible signs of Alaska’s shrinking population: several school districts are considering school closures.

Some Anchorage School District parents told Juneau lawmakers Monday they support a plan from members of the mostly Democratic member bipartisan majority to increase per-student funding, known as the Base Student Allocation — or BSA.

The Alaska House voted Monday to adopt a resolution urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his executive order renaming the tallest peak in North America. The bipartisan House majority sought to quickly move a measure that would signal to the Trump administration that Alaskans opposed his idea of changing the name of the mountain from Denali back to Mount McKinley,

Dunleavy’s bill, which was introduced in the House and Senate on Wednesday, would also close in-person early voting five days prior to Election Day. More than 73,000 Alaska voted early in the most recent general election, including more than 15,000 who cast their early ballots in the five days preceding the election.

The Alaska Cultural Trust, hosting a fundraising brunch Sunday at the Rie Muñoz Gallery and planning to visit lawmakers’ offices at the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, is typic