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Is salmon science more sacred than Alaska Native religious rights?

Does salmon run survival trump religious needs in Alaska law? A judge found for the salmon, Monday, with the expectation that Yupik fishermen on trial for violating a state-ordered Kuskokwim River closure last summer would appeal that the First Amendment protected their fishing.

Rural Alaska
Craig Medred

Kulluk grounding: Shell Oil testimony opens Coast Guard hearing in Anchorage

The Coast Guard is in the process of determining what went wrong, when, and ultimately who is responsible for the New Year's Eve mishap when the Kulluk ran aground near Kodiak.

Suzanna Caldwell

Lucky streak: Back-to-back, 2-time winners in the Nenana Ice Classic

Warren and Yvonne Snow join very elite company as two-time winners of the annual Nenana Ice Classic. Last year's winner had won before, too. Is there a secret for these lucky Alaskans to guessing when ice rot turns to water?

Sean Doogan

Anchorage tax assessor charged with bilking Medicaid of $60,000

A city tax assessor from Anchorage is charged with improperly billing Medicaid for $60,000 after the woman's ex-husband blew the whistle on her.

PenAir cancels flights as Pavlof Volcano continues to puff smoke

At least one Alaska airline has grounded flights as the 8,000-plus-foot-tall volcano on the Alaska Peninsula continues spewing ash some 20,000 feet into the air.

Paddling 800 miles around Alaska's Cook Inlet with 2 children in tow

The Higmans -- two Alaska parents and two small children -- paddled into Anchorage last week in tiny inflatable boats via Turnagain Arm. They're in the middle of an 800-mile journey around Cook Inlet.OutdoorsCraig Medred

Give away Alaska’s fair share of oil wealth, give away Alaskans’ PFD checks

History tells us that if recently passed legislation to cut taxes on oil companies doing business in Alaska is not repealed by voters, Alaskans may soon say goodbye to annual Permanent Fund dividends and hello to a state income tax.VoicesRay Metcalfe

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Rural Alaska

Photos: Bethel fish trials pit salmon science against Native religion

Rural Alaska

Photos: Yukon River breakup floods Alaska villages

Alaska News

Photos: Alaska's Pavlof Volcano puts on show

Culture

Photos: Anchorage's farmers markets

Nation/World

In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance

As Myanmar's head of state visits the US, the first such trip in more than 45 years, religious and ethnic violence are being slowly addressed back home.
Oklahoma braces for more tornadoes

Two people are dead and at least 21 people were injured after tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma Sunday as part of a storm system moving northeast through the central portion of the US from Texas to Michigan. Forecasters confirm that a second series of storms will hit the same area by late Monday afternoon.

Events

An Evening of Music and Wine with Jared Woods

Kodiak Crab Festival

'Mary Poppins' the musical in Anchorage

Brewer & Shipley, Bellamy Brothers in Alaska

News & Politics

Alaska offers $50 million, hoping to join feds in probing ANWR's oil prospects

The 1002 area of ANWR off Alaska's North Slope may contain as much as 10 billion barrels of oil, and Gov. Sean Parnell is offering $50 million to join the feds in exploring it.Alex DeMarban

Joe Miller must pay Alaska Dispatch $85k in legal fees, judge rules

Kenai couple claims $318,500 Nenana Ice Classic jackpot

Kulluk grounding: Shell Oil testimony opens Coast Guard hearing in Anchorage

Voices

Give away Alaska’s fair share of oil wealth, give away Alaskans’ PFD checks

History tells us that if recently passed legislation to cut taxes on oil companies doing business in Alaska is not repealed by voters, Alaskans may soon say goodbye to annual Permanent Fund dividends and hello to a state income tax.Ray Metcalfe

Exploring difference between travelers and tourists as summer season arrives

With natural gas prospects, Susitna dam not needed

Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmon

Arctic

Caribou numbers crash 95% on Canada's Baffin Island

New results from a caribou survey on south Baffin Island in Nunavut confirms that the animals have largely disappeared from the region.CBC News

Spring in Barrow: round-the-clock daylight and dangerous cracks in sea ice

In Sweden’s Sami elections, land and water rights big issues

Analysis and politics behind Arctic Council's meeting