Environment

The federal workforce is a mainstay of Southeast Alaska’s economy, and a reduction in force could touch multiple sectors.

Four fatal landslides in Southeast Alaska over the last decade have sparked a region-wide effort to better understand and prepare for mounting risk.

Tensions over a levee that’s taking shape in backyards along Mendenhall River have come to a head, with one homeowner filing suit against the city alleging that officials did not go through the proper process for approving the project.

The Red Chris Mine in British Columbia border is already 89 square miles, bigger than Wrangell Island. And the mine — just 25 miles from the border — could get bigger.

Hilcorp has signed oil leases with Doyon, the Indigenous-owned corporation for Interior Alaska. But there’s intense opposition from local tribes.

Student reporter Samuel John shares a status update on the new school in Mertarvik, the new townsite for Newtok after sustained coastal erosion.