In Alaska, one local beekeeper went to great lengths to make her beekeepers whole again after millions of honeybees died at an Atlanta cargo bay in the April sun.
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At a Soldotna gun shop, national news drives local sales
A shop owner says that whenever there’s unrest or something big in the news in the Lower 48 — even if it has little or no connection to Alaska — people come in and start stockpiling.
New federal proposal for offshore drilling includes possible Cook Inlet oil and gas sale
In a new proposed five-year plan for offshore drilling, the Department of the Interior floated the idea of auctioning off leases to oil and gas companies in the inlet in 2026. That’s in addition to 10 lease sales proposed for the Gulf of Mexico.
Abortion remains legal in Alaska, but some lawmakers hope a constitutional convention could change that
The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that abortion rights are guaranteed under the right to privacy in the state constitution.
In victory for commercial fishermen, court orders Cook Inlet fishery to reopen
A district court judge shot down a federal rule that would have closed a large part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing. Fish and Game said it would reopen the fishery Thursday.
Even with $5 gas, people are still driving RVs to Alaska
Gas prices have gone through the roof, but that hasn’t stopped RVers from filling Alaska’s campgrounds this year.