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By Bering Land Bridge National Preserve - Shishmaref- Erin edit, CC BY 2.0, The Alaskan village of Shishmaref has voted to relocate because global warming puts its residents at risk of being washed away - or at least that's the simplified narrative environmentalists and the media peddle. Shishmaref, a small town of nearly 600 people just north of the Bering Strait, has become a poster child for global warming.
Southeast Alaska's House districts are 33, 34, 35 and 36. The Senate districts, which each include two House districts, are Q and R. Southeast Alaskans heading to the polls Tuesday will find few legislative candidates on their ballots. That's because the region's four House and two Senate districts have no primary contests .
The right to vote is a foundation of our democracy and exercising that right is important. This year more than 19,000 Alaskans have registered to vote and most of them did it via our new online service.
Federal officials attended the Summit to hear what unique obstacles Alaskans face, when seeking treatment and recovery. Featured speakers included U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, among others.
In this hub city and in the small villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, an unusual political battle is brewing in the primary race for state House. Four-term Democratic incumbent Bob Herron is bristling, challenger Zach Fansler is vowing to "fix Juneau" and the Democratic Party is firmly in the race - on the side of the challenger.
Two Good Samaritan vessels rescued 46 people Tuesday night who abandoned their sinking fishing boat in the Bering Sea off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, the Coast Guard said. There were no reports of any injuries as the crew members were transferred from life rafts to the merchant ships, in a fairly calm seas, Coast Guard Petty Officer Lauren Steenson said.
Two Good Samaritan ships were helping rescue 46 crew members who abandoned a sinking fishing vessel in Alaska's Aleutian Island chain, Coast Guard officials said Tuesday. There were no reported injuries to the crew members, who had donned survival suits and then huddled in three large life rafts awaiting rescue after the 220-foot Alaska Juris started taking on water late Tuesday morning.
Presidential elections typically elicit cantankerous, but harmless, vinegar for the "other side's" candidate. The 2016 election cycle, however, has been more vitriol than vinegar.
At the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport last winter, as passengers streamed off the flight from Fairbanks, one man turned around and walked toward me.
Alaska Native communities won a significant victory against the state of Alaska on Friday when a federal appeals court ruled that tribes in the state have the right to place their land in federal trust.
Seagulls feed on fish scraps Friday, June 3, 2016, at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon cleaning tables Friday, June 3, 2016, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska.
Are campaign promises empty promises that no one expects candidates to keep? Have we become that cynical? Running as the "unity ticket" in 2014, Bill Walker and Byron Mallott promised to improve the state of Alaska's tribal relations.
Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan are playing the Washington, D.C. word game of the moment, in which they say they are supporting Donald Trump for president, but not endorsing him. There is no real difference between support and endorse, but Murkowski and Sullivan would love it if the former could signify a bare minimum level of approval, like a "D" in political science class.
Two maritime unions with 250 Alaska jobs at stake have begun a campaign to stop the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline from switching to a nonunion company for escorting oil tankers safely out of Prince William Sound, where the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in 1989. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
The Alaska Federation of Natives announced its two keynote speakers for this year's convention and both are from western Alaska. The AFN Board of Directors selected Megan Alvanna-Stimpfle to speak alongside Emil Notti.
The original AFN president and a former Congressional staffer will be the two keynotes speakers when the largest gathering of Native people in the United States holds its annual convention in Fairbanks this fall.
Jon Morris, left, and Aaron Amador, both of WHPacific, work a GPS receiver as they plot utility locations on Airport Vista Way in Santee. - John Gastaldo Jon Morris, left, and Aaron Amador, both of WHPacific, work a GPS receiver as they plot utility locations on Airport Vista Way in Santee.
Last week, Alaska senators Lisa Murkowski , Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young asked Secretary of State John Kerry to negotiate with Canadian leaders to make sure appropriate environmental safeguards are in place for mine development in Southeast Alaska. The congressional delegation explained the importance of this issue to Alaskans and the need for assurances that the water quality in transboundary waters between Alaska and Canada will be maintained.