Installation of the Valley Transit Center bus chargers will begin March 31.
Alix Soliman
Climate & Environment Reporter, KTOO
“I write stories that shine a light on environmental problems and solutions. In the words of Rachel Carson, ‘The public must decide whether it wishes to continue on the present road, and it can do so only when in full possession of the facts.’”
When Alix isn’t asking questions, you can find her hiking, climbing or buried in a good book.
Alaska glaciologists reflect on a rapidly changing icescape
Glaciologists are trying to answer the big questions that remain about their future as the United Nations observes the first-ever World Day for Glaciers.
Some fired federal workers have been reinstated in Juneau
Reinstatements have reached the National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Forest Service in Juneau this week.
Army Corps secures funding to find a long-term flood solution in Mendenhall Valley
The agency received $4.75 million, but city officials say more money is needed for a fleshed-out feasibility study to assess potential solutions.
Decades after commercial fishing limits gutted Native fishing fleets, advocates call for change
Sustainable fishing policies passed in the 1970s have backfired in rural Native villages, where many family-run boats have raised their hooks and nets for good.
Trump’s executive orders to stimulate logging could fall flat in the Tongass
President Trump issued two new executive orders on March 1 to expand logging in national forests. They could affect Tongass National Forest, but some locals are skeptical.