Alaska's Energy Desk

Samuel Moore voted for Mitt Romney, John McCain and George W. Bush. But, he says, he can’t support Donald Trump.

Ancient microbes, unusual ice structures, mammoth bones – there’s a lot happening below the surface in the Fairbanks Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility.

The first snowfall in Anchorage came nearly right on schedule. On average, the city has at least a trace of the white stuff on October 16th, four days earlier than the date of this year’s first snow. Anchorage climatologist Brian Brettschneider keeps track of first snowfalls around the state, along with lots of other climate…

Alaska led the country in volume and value of fish landings, bringing in three times the money and more than five times the amount of seafood as the next largest ports.

“The first time I saw one, I was amazed. I didn’t know what I was looking at,” said Bob Stone, a fisheries research biologist at NOAA.

For the first time since Alaskans began donating in 2009, the Alaska Community Foundation’s Pick.Click.Give. program saw a drop in donations.