The 2023 winner beat Chunk, whose attack on her cubs postponed this year’s Katmai National Park and Preserve contest.
Environment
Spruce Root’s ‘green bank’ receives $10 million boost for clean energy projects
The Native-led economic development nonprofit will dole out loans to help Southeast Alaska communities ditch fossil fuels.
In surprising move, Bering Sea snow crab fishery to reopen after 2-year closure
According to Fish and Game, estimates of total mature male biomass are above the threshold required to open the fishery.
Dozens of fish died near Kensington mine; months later, regulators haven’t determined what killed them
State fish scientists say the circumstances of the fish kill suggest that it stems from a water quality problem, but regulators say they’re still waiting from data from the Kensington gold mine’s operator.
Juneau hunters recount brown bear attack on Admiralty Island that left one battered, but alive
Even though everyone walked away from the encounter with a brown bear sow, it left the seasoned hunters rattled.
Community-led flood fighting group discusses evacuation plans for Mendenhall River neighbors
About 60 people crowded into Riverside Baptist Church on Thursday evening. Most of them experienced flooding firsthand during the record-breaking glacial outburst in August.