Alaska News Brief May 2025—Live like a hermit crab
I’d like to live like a hermit crab, carrying my protective shell...
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....
Throughout 2024, we threw parties and shared funny and true stories about...
Welcome to the first in our series called “beings and biomes.” For...
by Dawnell Smith President Jimmy Carter died this month, but his lifelong expression...
By Madison Grosvenor This month, the U.S. Department of the Interior held the...
Winter just started, according to the astronomical calendar, but most Alaskans have...
By Dawnell Smith A winning lawsuit can set the stage for legal interpretations...
By Dawnell Smith In the early 1980s and for decades after, Alaska legislators,...
The longest night is upon us, and that means seconds, minutes, and...
By Chase Hensel, board chair I was staying with friends in a coastal...
By Dawnell Smith The last decade feels like a dust storm—like a blur...
By Dawnell Smith Over coffee, Siobhan McIntyre talks about peering through the looking...
By Michelle Sinnott, staff attorney Eddie Vedder and the soundtrack to “Into the...
By Teresa Clemmer, legal director We’ve had an incredibly rainy summer—fifth wettest on...