Alaska wildlife action plan faces uncertainty as Trumps seeks to end grant funding

Alaska, like other states around the nation, is compiling a 10-year plan to guide conservation of sometimes vulnerable wildlife populations. Alaska’s State Wildlife Action Plan, which is in draft form, identifies “species of greatest conservation need” …

Alaska is considering whether to allow oil and gas exploration on state land near the Yukon River

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is considering whether or not to open state-owned land near the Yukon River to oil and gas exploration. In a public notice published in May and renewed June 18, the agency said it “intends to evaluate the …

Former Area Man Dies after being hit by train in Alaska

A fatal incident occurred on Monday, June 23, when a Talkeetna Alaska man, Brian Neudecker, 45 formerly of Redwood Falls, was struck and killed by an Alaska Railroad train while riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) near Montana Creek. According to a …

Klamath Falls Claim Gold at Todd Ryan Memorial Tournament in Wasilla, Alaska.

WASILLA, Alaska – The Klamath Falls Falcons (14-3) defeated the Madisonville Rangers (7-5) in the title game of the Todd Ryan Memorial championship game 7-1, becoming the second Oregonian team to win the event. The Falcons earned their spot in the …

Alaska village swaps diesel for solar and biomass power

At a glance: Galena is replacing diesel with solar and biomass energy A new solar farm will save 100,000 gallons of diesel annually Biomass heating powers school, creates local trade jobs Energy transition boosts reliability in subzero emergencies GALENA, …

Post Falls company creates world’s largest crown for Alaska brown bear

Post Falls company makes world’s largest crown for bear Tundra the brown bear receives titanium crown at Minnesota zoo Veterinary dentist Dr. Grace Brown led the rare procedure Procedure deemed successful; Tundra is recovering well DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — An …

Moose wanders into firehouse in Alaska

An Alaska brown bear has a new shiny smile after getting a huge metal crown for a canine tooth

Who was Olga, the Alaska Native drawing devotion as Orthodoxy's new saint?

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — “St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the world’s second-largest Christian communion -- gained a …

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, she was a “matushka,” or …