12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (100+ words) Juneau Independent Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (304+ words) The Alaska Legislature will join Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration in seeking to defend the state’s anti-bootlegging punishments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted to hire an outside attorney to draft…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (456+ words) You may have seen me in a new ad speaking out about Sen. Dan Sullivan and Alaska’s trawl industry. I agreed to be in that ad because I believe our elected leaders have a responsibility to put Alaska’s resources and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (372+ words) A Republican-aligned group on Tuesday filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan J. Sullivan. Sullivan, who shares the same first and last name as incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, is one of four candidates in…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (636+ words) Crab fishing is practically synonymous with Alaska, but in recent years the Dungeness crab fishery has become less reliable. Many say that recovered sea otter populations are responsible for the decline. Now, after the summer commercial Dungeness season closed 20 days…...

5+ day, 56+ min ago   (250+ words) The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Tuesday lowered the alert level for Kupreanof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula after weeks of declining activity at the remote peak. Kupreanof hasn’t erupted in about 570,000 years, but in May, the observatory raised its alert…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (629+ words) On Monday, the Alaska Department of Law released a report that identified potential gaps in the Public Official Financial Disclosure documents filed by 91 different candidates for state office this year. The gaps were uncovered by department staff who consulted business…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (264+ words) The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. plans to ask the Alaska State Legislature for additional funding as it renews its pursuit of a proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline in 2027. Frank Richards, AGDC’s president, said the state-owned corporation will seek $2.5 million from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (276+ words) Juneau Independent During our 80 years in Alaska, we have seen many territorial senators and U.S. senators represent Alaska. Gruening, Stevens and lately Murkowski have seemed to understand their job was to do what was best for the country while looking out…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (789+ words) The Trump administration on Friday moved to exempt oil projects in federal territory on the west side of the North Slope from environmental reviews that have been standard for decades. An industry-initiated proposed rule announced by the U.S. Bureau of Land…...