U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski held a roundtable in Anchorage with Interior Department officials Tuesday to hear from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok leaders about challenges the communities still face and ideas for how to move forward.
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Dunleavy pushes skeptical senators to move forward with Alaska LNG tax cuts
Dunleavy called on lawmakers to pass a bill with a tax rate low enough to convince investors and creditors to provide the estimated $46 billion the project will cost.
Newscast – Tuesday, May 5, 2026
In this newscast: As the Juneau Assembly moves forward with ending the city’s involvement in Eaglecrest Ski Area’s controversial gondola project, they’re now trying to figure out what to do with the parts; Last year, missing woman Tracy Day’s family requested a death declaration hearing as a way to ask police officers questions about their investigation. But the judge said their questioning wasn’t allowed – even though it was allowed for the family of another Alaska Native woman who went missing elsewhere in the state; The Norton Sound community of Shaktoolik said their goodbyes to Kelly Hunt at a memorial service this weekend; The Alaska Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a closely watched election reform bill yesterday
Q&A: The do’s and don’ts of staying safe in bear country
Human-bear interactions are not necessarily uncommon in Southeast Alaska. But they can be dangerous to the bear as well as the human.
Juneau Assembly moves forward with plan to sell gondola parts at financial loss
At an Assembly committee of the whole meeting Monday night, the Assembly asked city staff to pursue a plan to terminate the project and sell all its parts and equipment.
A tribal project is producing hyper-local climate data and strategies for Haines
The goal is to identify and plan for potential climate impacts on traditional life and infrastructure in the area.