Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.
These masks, known for their distortion and asymmetry, are one of the oldest kinds of art in southwest Alaska.
Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park, even though they both recently received promotions. A judge has found the administration's firings illegal.
At the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, a quote from former President Ronald Reagan is engraved on one wall. “Let the 5,000-mile border between Canada and the United States stand as a symbol for the future," Reagan said upon signing a 1988 free trade pact with America’s northern neighbor.
Some telephone and internet services were restored Saturday night, two days after much of Southeast Alaska was disconnected due to a damaged subsea cable system, via temporary measures as a ship designated for permanent repairs is scheduled to arrive in Sitka on Monday.
Tara told Newsweek: "Moose are wanderers and they roam all over, so sometimes I see her multiple times a day and then sometimes I won't see her for months."
As the president pressures countries to buy more American energy, Asian officials and investors are reconsidering a hugely expensive plan stalled for decades.
The firings dealt a blow to an agency that provides everything from weather forecasts to fisheries management to cutting-edge climate science in Alaska.
Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they’re deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff purges and a forthcoming congressional budget reconciliation bill.
Although some of the details of the incident are sketchy, the U.S. government believed the account of pilot Tony Schultz.