Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An empty classroom at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé in Juneau, Alaska (Photo by Lisa Phu/Alaska Beacon) An empty ...

This month, state officials 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 ...

My journey began from a deep-rooted fear — the fear of watching a livelihood, passed through generations of commercial fishermen, slip through my fingers. Three decades ago, I was a young Copper River ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has agreed to plug at least one additional abandoned well in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska provided it receives the money to do so.

News-Miner opinion: Former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy has long been tied to his humanitarian work, environmental advocacy and his controversial but transformative policies. Among the most ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) - 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a war that impacted Alaska as a battle front but also through the interment and evacuation of ...