This story was originally published in the Anchorage Press. Subscribe here. This spring, ExxonMobil made big news in Alaska. For years, the multinational oil giant had ignored the periodic auctions
After decades of paying a premium for new construction homes, builders are adjusting how they build to control costs, and it shows. New homes are now selling for about the
(Mia Bennett) Arctic islands are sometimes places where the world comes together, whether in the form of a Norwegian-Russian post office or multilingual classroom in Longyearbyen. But they are also
The Trump administration is proposing to loosen the regulation of offshore Arctic oil drilling by revoking several safety regulations put in place during the Obama administration. The U.S. Department of
Anne Hartnett Hi, I’m Anne Hartnett with Agent Publishing. I’m joined today again by Matthew Gardner, chief economist at Gardner Economics, to break down what we’re seeing so far in
A baby wooly mammoth found near Dawson City, Yukon, in 2022 was named ‘Nun cho ga,’ which means ‘big animal baby’ in the Hän language of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First
Early in-person voting began Monday at 10 locations in the Railbelt, Juneau and Nome for Alaska’s Aug. 18 statewide primary election. As of July 31, just under 10,000 voters had
The Alaska Beacon, Alaska Public Media, KTOO and the Anchorage Daily News worked together this year and have created a voter guide to help Alaskans make informed choices when they