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Rural Alaska

Judge to decide Alaska Native religious defense in fishing trials

Native salmon fishermen who violated Western Alaska river closures in 2012 return to court Monday. A Bethel judge will decide if they had a religious right to break the law.
Jill Burke
Activists rally for subsistence rights
Showdown of subsistence vs. fishery science unfolds in rural Alaska courtroom
Alaska News

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

With his eyes on a possible 2014 U.S. Senate run, Alaska tea party politico Joe Miller has been dealt a financial blow after losing a legal fight with the media stemming from his last attempt to win a Senate seat.
Jill Burke
Ben Stein: Good Old Tail-Gunner Joe Miller
Publisher Joe Miller: New media trailblazer?
Alaska News

Fort Yukon prepares for flooding as Circle residents pick up pieces

Flooding hit the Interior community of Circle on Sunday, drenching nearly all the town's buildings. The ice is moving downriver rapidly and Fort Yukon is the next Alaska community in its path. Any flooding may begin by 9 p.m. Sunday.
Laurel Andrews
Yukon flooding shifts from one Alaska town to another
Fort Yukon prepares for flooding as Circle residents pick up pieces
Aviation

Sequester furloughs in rural Alaska could handicap aviators

Perhaps the most significant issue for Alaska aviators involves National Weather Service personnel in 19 offices across Alaska, who are scheduled for furloughs this summer. 
Colleen Mondor
Lawmakers cancel FAA furloughs, flee Washington -- by air
Runway repairs in Nome, like Bethel, limit air traffic

Clothes designed by Alaskans make splash

How do you show off your A-K bona fides? These designers give Alaskans a sheik way to represent the 9-0-7 without saying a word.Shop 907Leslie Boyd

With natural gas prospects, Susitna dam not needed

OPINION: It is ironic that Gov. Sean Parnell's administration is attempting to eliminate environmental protection safeguards yet is promoting the Susitna dam as a feel-good, mandatory renewable energy project.CommentaryDavid Hagen

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Rural Alaska
Photos: Yukon River breakup floods Alaska villages
Alaska News
Photos: Alaska's Pavlof Volcano puts on show
Shop 907
Alaskans offer stylish clothes designed by locals
Alaska Travel
Photos: Early summer adventures in Alaska, for Alaskans

Nation/World

Events

Brewer & Shipley, Bellamy Brothers in Alaska
'Pathetic Beauty' at Out North
Archaeologist to give presentation at Museum of the North
Third Photo Tuesday talk with Janice Parsley

News & Politics

VIDEO: Alaska volcano angry

Nearly a week after Mount Pavlof awoke, the 8,261-foot volcano on the Alaska Peninsula is still spewing ash up to 20,000 feet. Here's what it looks like.Alaska Dispatch
In Anchorage, mid-range housing market takes off
Sequester furloughs in rural Alaska could handicap aviators
Joe Miller must pay Alaska Dispatch $85k in legal fees, judge rules

Voices

With natural gas prospects, Susitna dam not needed

OPINION: It is ironic that Gov. Sean Parnell's administration is attempting to eliminate environmental protection safeguards yet is promoting the Susitna dam as a feel-good, mandatory renewable energy project.David Hagen
Penning some revisionist history about Kenai king salmon
How Bangladesh and US retailers can prevent manmade tragedies
Time to speak out for Anchorage's Coastal Trail, again

Arctic

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

University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers were in Barrow, testing the shore-fast ice along Alaska's North Slope, which has been getting thinner, breaking up earlier, and freezing later in the year.Molly Rettig
In Sweden’s Sami elections, land and water rights big issues
Analysis and politics behind Arctic Council's meeting
Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions at 22-year low