Already home to about 40 percent of the federally recognized Indian tribes in the United States, Alaska might soon be able to claim more. The U.S. Department of the Interior wants to […]
New Alaska tribes?
Deadly cold
The brutally cold temperatures that have long defined Alaska were easing across a vast stretch of the Interior on Monday even as the National Weather Service cautioned of the dangers of frostbite […]
Indian country
News analysis Just in time for the political season in Alaska, the administration of President Donald Trump has withdrawn and is reviewing a Department of the Interior decision on lands-into-trust that […]
Second bear fatality
Second Alaskan in two days killed by a bear
Grizzly bear gone lost
Fate may have intervened to save the life of a young grizzly bear on whose head Denali National Park officials imposed a death sentence earlier this month. The subadult bear appeared doomed […]
Global warming reprieve?
As the day draws close for the start of Alaska’s biggest winter sporting event — the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — the National Weather Service is promising a climatic shift back […]
