That law requires the federal Environmental Protection Agency to regulate and phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons, commonly used in refrigerants but a significant contributor to climate change.
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Alaska senators introduce bipartisan bill intended to revive a pension program for state workers
One in five state jobs is vacant, and reintroducing a pension will help the state fix its recruitment problems, bill sponsors said.
Alaska Airlines’ flying salmon is about to be extinct
Alaska Airlines will paint over “Salmon Thirty Salmon,” the custom Boeing 737 that looks like an 129-foot-long Alaska king salmon, the company confirmed Monday.
Alaska school board and Gov. Dunleavy pick new education commissioner
Former special education teacher Susan McKenzie will be the new commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
Alaska Senate votes to support Willow oil project as all legislators line up behind the effort
The Department of the Interior is scheduled to release its final decision on the project as soon as March 6, and state legislators are only the latest group trying to sway the federal government in the last days before the decision.
Sitka’s Mount Edgecumbe volcano shows more signs of reawakening, scientists say
The movement doesn’t mean an eruption will happen soon — or even at all — from Southeast Alaska’s most prominent volcano, but it’s significant enough that the observatory has raised the volcano’s threat level.