Alaska Government News

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is distributing the money to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington and will allocate the remainder as additional needs arise.

A view of the north side of the Pavlof Volcano erupting on Thursday taken by a pilot flying at 6,000 feet.

For many years, climate change has displaced millions in the developing world - and now America is seeing its first climate refugees .

On this edition of Su Valley Voice, KTNA's public affairs program, the topic is the abuse of vulnerable adults: the elderly and mentally ill.

Alaska Zoo officials say the cub named Kali will leave Tuesday for the Buffalo Zoo, and it's with a sad heart that Alaskans and the Alaska Zoo say goodbye.

The Guardian's Suzanne Goldenberg takes a fossil fueled trip to a remote Alaskan village to tell us recent global warming caused it to sink - but that's not the cause "America's First Climate Refugees" are actually a victim of a poorly executed previous government relocation program in 1959 and a change in ocean patterns in 1976.

The largest US state by total area, Alaska has an extremely varied topography ranging from volcanic islands to lakes and marshland, glaciers, rugged mountain ranges and flat tundra.

What are we doing Alaskans? The Susitna Dam project appears to be a "go" despite a huge constituent outcry.

Starting next week thousands of Alaskans will see their weekly unemployment insurance benefits shrink due to federal sequestration budget cuts.

Newtok is losing ground to the sea at a dangerous rate. Unless its population can be relocated in time, an entire community will cease to exist and the villagers will become America's first climate refugees A child plays in a flooded area of Newtok village.

Alaskans today have tremendous potential opportunities that can provide lasting benefits for decades to come.

Each Saturday, this feature links and excerpts commentary and reporting from a dozen progressive state blogs in the past seven days around the nation.

In this 2012 photo released by National Geographic Channels and Brian Catalina Entertainment, Dallas Seavey, center, shoots at a target as Tyrell Seavey, left, and Willi Prittie watch in Strandline Lake, Alaska.

Dallas Seavey knows what it's like to mush across the wilds of Alaska. Now it remains to be seen how he survives being dropped off in the middle of that wilderness and navigates his way out without the help of a dog team.

Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St.

Quite a legal battle is shaping up over the expansion of oil and gas development into Alaska's western North Slope frontier.

Lex Patten told the Anchorage Daily News that his gift to the USS Anchorage pays tribute to his late father, Allen Patten, a World War II Navy veteran.

Three years ago, outdoor writer, photographer, and consummate sportsman Peter Mathiesen left his hometown of St.

Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.

As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid considers holding another vote on legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers, two Democrats who voted against the Manchin-Toomey amendment last month showed no signs of budging.