The State of Alaska is holding a couple of oil and gas lease sales today that include millions of acres offshore and onshore in the Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula regions. KDLG's Mike Mason has the story.
The Alaska Board of Fisheries held a meeting Wednesday morning to consider moving the December meeting from Naknek to Anchorage. The December meeting is specifically focused on Bristol Bay. KDLG's Mike Mason has the story.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency answered questions from Senators Wednesday during testimony in front of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. KDLG's Mike Mason listened in and filed this report.
The losses from ill-fated bets made by the bank's London office have been expected to mount. But they're rising even faster than some predicted. Still, JPMorgan's profits from other operations will likely offset the billion dollar blunders.
As a whole, the nation's minority population continues to rise, following a higher-than-expected Hispanic count in the 2010 census. Minorities increased 1.9 percent to 114.1 million, or 36.6 percent of the total U.S. population.
Prosecutors describe the chaos leading to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, on the second day of Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial.
Climate change is causing ice withdrawal and creating stress for animals that live on it. When sick seals started showing up on the beaches off Barrow last July, some saw it as the latest evidence of global warming.
State officials say Wednesday’s Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale netted more than $6.8 million. Preliminary results indicate the sale is the second largest in Cook Inlet in a dozen years. Bill Barron, state Department of Natural Resources oil, says an gas division director, says five groups bid on 44 tracts.
Recycling in rural Alaska can be an expensive logistical endeavor. And as recyclable material makes its way to local landfills, some electronics can threaten groundwater supplies. As part of our ongoing series on recycling across the state, KDLG’s Dave Bendinger looks at one Naknek resident’s effort to establish an economically viable means to recycle electronics in Bristol Bay.
A brown bear frequenting popular spots along the Seward Highway and the Turnagain Arm Trail is showing signs of being uncomfortable with picture-snapping humans who have come far too close,
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 jolted Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula and Mat-Su just after 7 a.m. today. The quake, centered in South Anchorage, was 35.5 miles deep,
Two women have been charged with trying to buy black-market booze in Bethel after accidentally sending a text message about the alcohol to an off-duty Alaska State Trooper, troopers said.
The allegations against Representative Don Young, including that he used funds for hunting trips and charter flights to his home, came to light Friday when the F.B.I. released investigation materials.
Proposition 5, a bill that would have added protections for people regardless of ?sexual orientation or transgender identity? fell short in a citywide vote.
Airlines and airports are testing a guidance system that could reduce congestion and fuel consumption by allowing planes to take a more direct route to the runway.
Are you a music lover? Have you always wanted to be on the radio? We're looking for people in the Dillingham community who would like to have their own show on KDLG. It's great fun! People all over the Bristol Bay area would hear your... MORE