Alaska Public Media

State needles insurers over climate, Arctic oil and gas policies

Alaska is conducting a “comprehensive review” of insurance companies it says may be discriminating against carbon intensive ...
Fairbanks KTVF on MSN

Western Arctic Caribou Herd, long Alaska’s biggest, continues its population decline

Subsistence users worry about reduced hunting opportunities that could cause harships in caribou-dependent rural villages.
Alaska Public Media

Biden administration plans new limits on oil leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Canning River, which flows on the western edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into the Beaufort Sea, is seen from the air on Aug. 23, 2015. The coastal plain of the refuge, through which ...
Government Technology

Responding to Disaster in Alaska’s Remote Arctic Villages

Strong floodwaters can uproot buildings and the infrastructure first responders need to reach victims. But what if there are no roads in the first place? Typhoon Halong struck the west coast of Alaska ...
The Boston Globe

The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — Early last summer, George Kaleak, a whaling captain in the tiny Alaska Native village of Kaktovik, on an island in the Arctic Ocean just off the state’s northern coast, pinned ...