Alaska’s biggest city gets grant for preservation projects in the municipality’s outskirts

Before Alaska’s largest city was founded, there were well-established small communities in the area. Now the municipality of ...
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Andrei Malgin: Here's Why Plans for a Tunnel Between Russia and Alaska Are Insane

No sooner had Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin hung up their phones than Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev ...

Why Did Russia Sell Alaska? The History of Russia’s Ties to the U.S. State

The meeting between President Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is taking place in a region rich with significance for ...

At a Native foods potluck for Western Alaska storm evacuees, a taste of home

There were bites of beluga whale. A jar of seal oil. Hemlock branches coated thick with herring roe. Salmon pies. Salmon head soup. Salmon bellies. Salmon strips. Salmon roe. Glossy canned salmon.
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Permafrost thawed by climate change threatens remote villages in Alaska

In the Arctic tundra of Alaska, climate change is forcing an Alaska Native village to relocate. Rising temperatures are melting the underground permafrost. The melted ice then mixes with the soil, ...

Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues

Hundreds of evacuees fleeing the remnants of Typhoon Halong were airlifted to Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on ...