April 30, 2026 • Sen. Lisa Murkowski says Congress needs to assert itself with the Trump administration on its war with Iran. Also, Alaska Native artists decry the online marketplace Etsy's ban on ...

When opportunity knocks, open the door. For Secretary of State William H. Seward, opportunity literally arrived with a knock on the door. On the evening of March 29, 1867, the Russian minister to the ...

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JUNEAU, Alaska — The Trump administration on Thursday finalized plans to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to potential oil and gas drilling, renewing a long-simmering ...

UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL: Today, President Donald J. Trump approved the appeal of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA), directing his ...

The truck that arrived ahead of schedule at Allyssa Canoy’s home in Fairbanks brought enough heating fuel for the frigid winter months ahead — and a surprise bill for $2,600. Canoy and her two sons ...

Way back in 1991, as the once-mighty Soviet Union disintegrated and Westerners cheered, Vladimir Putin’s favorite rock and roll band released “Don’t Fool Around, America,” a patriotic hit about an ...

Alaska, one of the most remote and strategically important states of the United States, has suddenly become the focus of global headlines. On August 15, US President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet ...

An Alaska cruise is at the top of many travelers’ bucket lists, and for good reason. Many of the state’s wildlife-filled fjords and epic glaciers are often difficult to reach by land, making a cruise ...

The best time to cruise Alaska isn't obvious—until you're quietly sailing along its calm waters under a cloudless, late-spring sky. It was on one such day that someone on board spotted a whale ...

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