Recognizing Southeast Alaska as a mining district

Published 1:30 am Thursday, March 12, 2026 Many Alaskans and folks Outside, including in Congress, do not realize that the Tongass National Forest is a Volcanic Mass Sulfide area the size of West Virginia and, accordingly, a major Alaska mining district. …

Attempt to censure Alaska lawmaker over ‘ICE OUT’ sign held during Begich address fails

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska House minority Republicans failed Wednesday to censure House Majority Whip Zack Fields, D-Anchorage, after he held a handwritten “ICE OUT” sign during Congressman Nick Begich’s annual address to the Legislature Tuesday. The …

After legal loss, groups drop lawsuit that challenged Alaska oil exploration plan

A coalition of environmental and tribal groups have withdrawn their attempt to stop wintertime survey work by ConocoPhillips in parts of the federally controlled National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on the North Slope. Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, …

American Indian and Alaska native peoples experience higher rates of fatal police violence in and around reservations

  Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study on the subject from researchers at Drexel …

Remote Alaska’s ‘queen of badassery,’ Sue Aikens, shares life lessons and tales from the frontier

Few may be as comfortable off the grid as Ammi Midstokke, who pens The Spokesman-Review Outdoors column of the same name. Even fewer find comfort on the extreme far reaches to the extent of Sue Aikens, who has spent much of her existence braving day-to-day …

UPDATED: South African Airways, Air India ‘adjust’ fares while Fiji, Alaska and Hawaiian airlines stay stable

South African Airways has advised that airfares will rise across its network, effective 13 March. “This update reflects the ongoing volatility in global operating conditions, including continued instability across parts of the Middle East region and …

State Supreme Court hears oral arguments in youth challenge to Alaska LNG Project

Alaska’s Supreme Court is again considering whether the proposed Alaska gasline project violates the Constitutional rights of a group of young Alaskans. The case was dismissed last year by a superior court judge and is now being appealed to the state’s …

Begich urges State Lawmakers to support Alaska LNG project during annual address

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III (R-Alaska) urged state lawmakers to help facilitate the proposed Alaska natural gas pipeline project during his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Tuesday. “My request to you is not to become a roadblock,” Begich said. “ …

Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly The Alaska Senate moves forward a high profile budget bill, and environmental groups sue the federal government over its plan for two million acres in the Interior. Plus, Sitka gets special recognition for being a culinary …

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