Recent Alaska Articles

For years, anyone who makes their living on the water in Alaska – or depends on what comes off those boats – has felt like they’re fighting with one hand tied behind their back. Sky-high fuel bills, labor costs that jumped 50% in two years, crab grounds that went quiet almost overnight, and Russian

Deep in southwest Alaska, a caribou herd that once roared across the tundra at nearly 200,000 strong has shrunk to barely 13,000 animals. Villages that depended on those animals for meat have gone years without a legal hunt. State wildlife officials say bears—and to a lesser degree wolves—are eatin