The value of the system matters because it helps determine the amount of property taxes the pipeline's owners must pay to the state and municipalities it crosses.

More than $15 million in annual federal funding for Alaska's 27 public media stations is at stake as the U.S. Senate this week is set to take up a Trump administration request to claw back federal funding.

Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that has experienced a handful of powerful quakes within the last five years.

The fate of Alaska’s smaller public radio stations is in doubt after Congress passed a bill to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Public broadcasters in Alaska are getting help from financial assistance programs due to the pandemic but still face an uncertain future amid the state’s long-standing fiscal challenges. Last year, Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed all state funding — more than $2.7 million — for the state’s 27 public broadcasters.

Agencies monitoring wildfires in Alaska have downgraded the state to Preparedness Level 3 (PL3) as of Wednesday morning.July 18 - 11 a.m.Fire activity has remained minimal on the Bear Creek Fire, according to Alaska Wildland Fire Information.

In the fall of 2019, Tom Begich and I sat in the Atwood Building lobby, waiting to meet with Gov. Mike Dunleavy. That meeting marked the start of a four-year effort to pass the Alaska Reads Act — a comprehensive policy aimed at improving early literacy for Alaska’s children.

The controversial program, aimed at boosting the population of a struggling caribou herd in Western Alaska, had been halted by court rulings because of legal flaws.