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For renters like Ann Dougherty, finding an affordable place to live has been difficult. “One bed, one bath, $1525. Let’s see if it’s got the square footage,” Dougherty said as she scrolled through Craigslist, looking for an apartment in Anchorage. “It does not have the square footage, but a lot of times, I feel like, a lot of times they’re like 600 square feet.” She’s a massage therapist who currently lives in Eagle River, but she wants to move closer to her work in Anchorage to cut down on car time and counter rising gas prices. Right now, including utilities, Dougherty and her roommate pay about $1,200 to rent an entire house in Eagle River. “But that’s like a 2,000 square-ft home, versus a little box,” Dougherty said.

Herring season wrapped up earlier this spring in Sitka Sound with the largest commercial harvest in the history of the Sac Roe fishery. Herring management nevertheless continues to be controversial, and – many would argue – weighted heavily toward market demand in Asia. But what exactly is that market?

A fifth-grader with a swoop of dark hair over one eye stands on the pebbly beach at Wrangell’s City Park, looking into the camera.

In January, Lottie Connelly got a call from her babysitter. They were out of formula, and her 10-month-old baby girl, Sloane, was hungry. On her way home from work, Connelly stopped by her local grocery store in Homer. She was looking for the formula she knows Sloane likes most: Enfamil Enspire.

A group of law professors wants the U.S. Ninth Circuit to reconsider a split decision from March that would allow a land swap. The swap would create a potentially life-saving road between King Cove and Cold Bay, but the road would cross a national wildlife refuge.

British Columbia officials rejected a proposed open-pit mine for the second time. In 2003, Vancouver-based Pacific Booker Minerals began the easement process for the gold, copper and molybdenum mine project on the shores of T’akh Tl’ah Bin, or Morrison Lake – about 200 miles east of Ketchikan. The project would cover about 5,000 acres.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday, February 28, that it will hear several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA. The law was passed in 1978 in response to the disproportionate removal of Native children from their homes, families and communities.

Originally put in place in the 1970s during peak beaver trapping, a regulation that requires submerged traps was both meant to prevent over-trapping of the species but also discourage targeting other species or decrease the risk of accidentally trapping another type of animal. But over the years, water levels fluctuate enough that could cause trappers to fall out of compliance.

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an omnibus spending package for fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act) into law.The nearly 3-thousand-page bill includes a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA.

Some Alaska Native Elders must make the tough choice of whether to give their Native corporation shares away to be eligible for federal programs like SNAP. A piece of federal legislation would exclude settlement trust benefits from counting against their eligibility for some federal programs.

A group of law professors wants the U.S. Ninth Circuit to reconsider a split decision from March that would allow a land swap. The swap would create a potentially life-saving road between King Cove and Cold Bay, but the road would cross a national wildlife refuge.