Bob Griffin: Alaska vs. Mississippi show why education reform matters more than money

A recent columnist compared Alaska and Mississippi in the percentage of the state budgets that goes to K-12 education.  That simplistic view avoids the real story about the huge difference between Alaska and Mississippi state government spending.  In …

$1702 Stimulus Payment: Last Day to Apply for 2025 Alaska PFD Revealed

$1702 Stimulus Payment: Alaska is giving out special $1,702 payments to residents this year through its Permanent Fund Dividend program. This money comes from Alaska’s oil wealth and goes directly to people who live in the state. The payment is bigger than …

DOGE-Alaska: Document drop on how Anchorage Assembly spends on staff, and staff returns the favor

The Assembly has spent over $1.13 million on staff who serve individual Assembly members from 2018 to now. These are not the generalist staffers, but more like the legislative aides to each member. The Assembly hires them through a sole-source contract. …

Alaska glaciologists reflect on a rapidly changing icescape

Mendenhall Glacier on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Listen to this story: https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/24GlacierScience_web.wav Glaciers shape the land and lives of Alaskans — …

Interior Department reiterates plans for Alaska resource extraction, to Alaska delegation’s delight  

Interior Department officials are vowing anew to step up oil and gas exploration and development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) and the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, lifting legal barriers to exploit the state’s …

OPINION: Raising Alaska oil taxes would jeopardize our economy for generations

As we chart our economic future, the contentious issue of raising oil taxes has once again reared its less than attractive head. Long reliant on income from our petroleum resources to fund government, Alaska now stands at an important crossroads. The …

Teenager killed after triggering avalanche, fourth person to perish in snow slides in Alaska this month

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old Tucker Challan of Soldotna was recovered from the avalanche Sunday by …

World News | Man, 2 Children Found Alive After Alaska Plane Crash

Juneau (Alaska), Mar 25 (AP) A man and two children were found with injuries that were not life-threatening on Monday near the wreckage of a small plane on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula that had been reported overdue the night before, authorities said. The …

Three aboard missing Alaska plane found alive

Three people were found alive by a search and rescue team after their plane went missing. An adult and two children were rescued after a good Samaritan spotted them on the wing of the plane in a lake 50 miles away from Anchorage, Alaska.

Teen killed after triggering avalanche in Alaska, where 4 have died in snow slides this month