The polling place in the tiny Arctic village of Kaktovik never opened when Alaska had its primary election this summer ...

Under Alaska’s ranked choice general ... no one to respond to emergencies immediately. In North Slope villages, the borough, ...

United States Attorney S. Lane Tucker announced today that the Justice Department will monitor compliance with federal voting ...

A man who was detained at a southwest Alaska police department died after a fire broke out in the building, authorities said. Alaska State Troopers said they were alerted early Friday morning of a ...

If few companies want to drill more wells in the Cook Inlet, it makes sense to draw on the natural gas in another part of Alaska, the North Slope. In 2020, federal and state officials approved a ...

After graduation in 1968 I roughnecked in California for the “high” wage of some $3.50/hour before the new oil discovery in Prudhoe Bay enticed me to move to Alaska. There I again found ...

The Associated Press sent journalists in early October to one village above the Arctic Circle where the precinct failed to ...

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola is focusing the final days of her reelection campaign on how to slow outmigration from Alaska.

Peltola, 51, is in a tough reelection fight against Republican Nick Begich in a high-stakes race that could help determine ...

October 22, 2024 • Who should help shape the future of clean energy, land and water use, community health and sustainable economic growth in the far north? Three Alaska women have been selected ...

between the Arctic Ocean and Alaska’s North Slope, an area of vast, treeless tundra nearly the size of Oregon. The temperature can dip to 20 below zero F (29 below C) during the perpetual ...

KAKTOVIK, Alaska — This past summer ... 1,000 people — about 17% Native — on Prince of Wales Island. The North Slope Borough — akin to a county government in other parts of the U.S ...