Alaska News Brief August 2025— Darkness before the dawn
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
In 1650, after living through about eight years of civil war in...
By Dawnell Smith Marybeth Holleman found herself taking a leap of faith. The...
By Madison Grosvenor Each year in Alaska, caribou carve their way across thousands...
By Dawnell Smith When someone dies, someone else grapples with their stuff. They...
The true story that inspired the iconic book “Moby Dick” tells a...
By Madison Grosvenor While fireworks lit up the sky this Fourth of July,...
By Dawnell Smith Beluga whales look every bit as darling as the ones...
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska is undergoing rapid change. Melting sea ice, thawing permafrost,...
Last week the Trump administration took another swing at the Arctic and...
The sun ignites life, and a whole world rises up. The rhubarb in...
By Dawnell Smith An appellate court decision last week allows ConocoPhillips to continue...
By Dawnell Smith A few summers ago, I paddled with friends through the...
By Madison Grosvenor Twice a day, the ocean pulls away from Alaska's shorelines,...
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
By Dawnell Smith Congress is misusing a budget process to try to push...
By Christin Swearingen “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens...
By Madison Grosvenor Last month’s court ruling that found the State of Alaska’s...
Sigh. It’s been a month and then some. Late in March we got...
By Tracy Lohman The flight from Seattle to Tokyo was ten-plus hours and...
By Madison Grosvenor Alaska’s tundra is a land of extremes, where life has...
By Madison Grosvenor Last month, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance secured a major victory...
I never watched “The Apprentice” and don’t revel in people getting fired....
By Dawnell Smith Decades ago, bulldozers plowed interstate highways across the country without...
By Madison Grosvenor Imagine walking under the masonry arch of an old castle....
By Madison Grosvenor If you’ve seen Trustees on social media over the last...
How do you drink from a fire hydrant? Well, first, take a deep...
Welcome to our first piece in a series of articles about what...
By Dawnell Smith Wolverines belong to winter. They thrive in the cold, the mountains,...
In Alaska, February brings more hours of sunlight after months of long...
The Trump administration released a rash of executive orders on Jan. 20....