He's also been steadily working to make Alaska maps more accurate. The explanation he's come up with for why a creek and hill on Little Kiska got these names is: expediency. Per the "Dictionary of ...

Alaska officials have voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The features in question ...

He’s also been steadily working to make Alaska maps more accurate. The explanation he’s come up with for why a creek and hill on Little Kiska got these names is: expediency. Per the ...

He wishes he was still working as a federal scientist, adding to the knowledge of Alaska shorebirds, migration patterns and reproductive ecology. But Ruthrauff is now listed as a former employee ...

Alaska could lose several research institutions and a pipeline into science for budding researchers in the state if the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospher ...

Even with the Senate’s cuts, preliminary figures show that the operating budget — when combined with other budget bills — ...

Reductions include a $7.5 million cut to Spring Creek Correctional Center, with the intention to close a housing unit. • Almost $18 million would be cut from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. The ...

In this Sept. 23, 2011 photo, Kathryn and Greg Kalal load German Butterball potatoes into a trailer behind their four-wheeler at their farm in Trapper Creek, Alaska. Among the thousands of colorful ...

Southern Alaska is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an area around the Pacific Ocean that is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, according to the USGS. Check this page and download ...

The Alaska House chamber in Juneau. A multipartisan coalition has controlled the House since 2016. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon) At a time when the future of democracy and the strength of the ...

Daniel Ksepka, the curator of a new display at the Bruce Museum, said he focused on Alaska because it is “on the front line” of global warming. By Shivani Vora Reporting from Greenwich ...

Prospecting for rare-earth minerals at the proposed Sheep Creek mine south of Darby will continue in 2025, after the ...