When he spots one, he hops into his wooden motorboat and roars toward it, chainsawing any roots or branches that might still be attached, a hand-rolled cigarette never far from his lips. Then he drags ...

A report says more renewable energy and other policies would lower Alaska's high energy costs, but Congress is poised to cut ...

Congressman Nick Begich has hit the ground running during his first six months representing Alaskans in Congress. As House ...

Nearly two dozen states, cities and local municipalities will see some form of a minimum wage increase starting July 1.

In a polarized Washington, Alaska's senior senator is a moderate in a Republican Party dominated by President Trump. She ...

New provisions that benefit whaling captains and rural hospitals appear to be aimed at winning over Senator Lisa Murkowski, ...

Political uncertainty swirls around the future of 10-year state plans like that of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

In rural central Alaska, a village is in the midst of a clean energy transformation that locals say will boost savings, build ...

Larry Persily is a longtime Alaska journalist, with breaks for federal, state and municipal public policy work in Alaska and ...

Expanding oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could threaten these birds by disrupting their habitat and adding noise to the landscape. Many other species also depend on ...