Talk of Alaska

Salmon hang to dry on a rack at Lake Clark National Park in 2018. Lake Clark is part of the Bristol Bay region. (National Park Service)

Food connected to one’s culture does more than nourish the body,…

Zolian Tacang of Myanmar poses for a portrait with the bok choy he’s just harvested to sell at Grow North Farm’s first farm stand of the season on June 24, 2021, in Mountain View. The farm gives refu…

Items inside the Mountain View community fridge include canned goods and produce as well as menstrual pads and baby formula. (Wesley Early/Alaska POublic Media)

High prices at the gas pump and the gro…

The Arctic’s strategic location and energy assets are drawing more U.S. military interest than ever before. A new Department of Defense regional center for security studies based at Joint Base Elmend…

Secure vestibules require visitors to go through multiple locked doors and walk through the front office before entering the rest of the school. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media)

School security is …

Participants in Celebration 2014’s grand entrance walk through downtown Juneau. (Photo by Heather Bryant/KTOO)

Indigenous groups gather every other year in Juneau for Celebration, arriving by plane, f…

Solar and wind projects are providing increasing amounts of energy to Alaskan communities. Improved efficiencies, less pollution and independence from relying on expensive fuel shipments are making r…

Will Alaska always be an oil state, or is there a future in which energy development isn’t the end-all-be-all of our economy? What would a transition to that future look like? A group of community or…

The Kwethluk Fire on April 22, 2022, when it was estimated at 9,693 acres. (Alaska Division of Forestry photo)

It’s wildfire season in Alaska. Several fires have already burned in the state, including…

Pulled out of the ocean by Sitka Tribe’s Resource Protection staff, herring eggs are bagged and delivered to elders and tribal citizens by drive-through pick-up. Sitka, Alaska. April 9, 2020. (Berett…

Many people who are involved with the criminal justice system have mental health issues, substance use disorders, or both. Instead of going to prison, some people choose to participate in the Alaska …

A map of Arctic shipping routes, including the Northern Sea Route over Russia. Maersk is about to test that route with a cargo ship for the first time. (Public Domain photo courtesy the Arctic Counci…

Coastal erosion reveals the extent of ice-rich permafrost underlying active layer in the Teshekpuk Lake special area of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve . (Photo by Brandt Meixell/USGS)

Climate cha…

With 48 candidates in the running to serve the remainder of Congressman Don Young’s term, Alaskans have a big decision to make in the upcoming pick-one primary election. What do Alaskans need to know…

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Alaska continues to lead the nation in rates of violence against women. Two councils recently established by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s office are tasked with addre…

We all know a thing or two about isolation in Alaska. But the pandemic brought on a level of loneliness that many of us haven’t encountered before. Even two years in, we’re just beginning to understa…

Rep. Don Young in his Washington, D.C. office in 2017. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Rep. Don Young’s death is a monumental loss for Alaska. For nearly 50 years, Young’s bombastic style both helped…