Alaska is known for its harsh winters and endless road projects, but keeping the trails in Chugach State Park running smooth is a full‑time effort. Volunteers with the Chugach Park Fund discover that trail planning, material sourcing, crew hiring and fundraising happen all year round, not just in su
Alaska will close 12 more schools this year, adding pressure on families who depend on neighborhood education. While some leaders praise charter schools and homeschooling, they often forget how many households need the safety net of their local public school. Alaska’s rising cost of living means man
Alaska voters changed more than just voting rules in 2020. They also added a rule that says every dollar spent to sway elections must reveal its real donor. The idea is plain: people who put money into politics should be known to voters. Not just the committee or nonprofit that handled it, bu
All Weather at Home just flipped the switch on Canada’s biggest rooftop solar setup sitting on top of a busy window-and-door plant near Edmonton. The 1, 183-kW solar field stretches over 110, 000 square feet—about the size of two hockey rinks—and packs 2, 040 panels that each crank out 580 W. Togeth
Alaska’s top lawyer joins 13 other state attorneys and a group of Republican congressmen in asking the Environmental Protection Agency to label mifepristone as a contaminant that must be regulated in waterways. The drug is used with another medicine to end pregnancies. Studies say the method wor
Alphabet’s stock just doubled in a year. That’s the kind of jump usually left to start-ups and turnaround stories. Yet here’s a company that’s already the size of a small country, pulling it off while barely breaking a sweat. Its online ads business still pulls in over a hundred billion dollars eve
Alaska’s ice sheets are shrinking at an alarming pace, a change scientists trace back to rising temperatures around the planet. Every degree Celsius that summer gets warmer adds roughly three extra weeks of melt to a glacier, meaning more time for ice to disappear. Heatwaves are especially destr
Alaska is moving from long, cold nights into bright summer days, and that shift feels like a fresh start. The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is seeing more people walk across graduation stages each year, and that trend shows a bigger picture: students are choosing to study in their own stat
Alaska sits on a massive natural gas reserve, yet Anchorage struggles to keep up with fuel demand. Many leaders push for a new pipeline, but the price tag is staggering—$13. 2 billion just for the first phase, with a potential $44. 5 billion expansion for exports. That’s more than the entire state b
Alaska has long been told that oil and gas are its lifeblood, but the truth is more complex. The state’s Permanent Fund, which gives residents dividends, comes from a mix of natural resources, not just oil. In fact, federal spending is the biggest employer here, and oil is no longer the dominant job
