“These storms are not going to be the only ones, and we need to come together and sit down at the table and make the right decision for all Alaskans.” - Rayna Paul, Kipnuk’s tribal administrator and environmental coordinator, reflecting on the rebuilding process after ex-Typhoon Halong
(Photo provided by the Alaska National Guard)
By Jenni Monet
A year after ex-Typhoon Halong, the struggle for two Alaska communities to find safer ground has become part of a national debate over who should bear the costs of the climate crisis.
(U.S. Air Force photo)
By James Brooks
At a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan said America’s war with Iran is worth the resulting increased cost of fuel and food for Americans.
“No matter what it is, it’s a small price to pay for stopping them from having a nuclear weapon,” Trump said of Iran.
By Yereth Rosen
More buses and cars will be allowed to travel on the sole road through Denali National Park, under a rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service.
The new rule sets a limit of 160 permitted vehicles a day for the season that runs from the week before Memorial Day to the week after Labor Day. The current limit for that period is 10,512 vehicles in total, or about 100 a day.
(Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
Department of Justice hasn’t requested late removal of suspected noncitizens from Alaska voter rolls
By James Brooks
One day after the U.S. Department of Justice requested the state of California remove suspected noncitizens from that state’s voter list, a spokesman for the Alaska Division of Elections said the DOJ has not made a similar request here.
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