Members of the the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee stopped in Juneau Monday to talk about expanding logging and mining in Southeast Alaska.

The class action lawsuit alleges the state has placed foster kids at risk and seeks system-wide reforms.

Duop Tharjiath, 29, had been held at the Alaska Psychiatric Institute for more than five years when he died there in March.

Researchers are studying rockslide risk in the tourism-dependent town as part of a regional effort to help seven tribal governments understand and respond to local geohazards.

Doug Huntman got his turtle when he was 12. “Obviously I have a lot of gray hair on my face now,” he says. “I'm 55, so that is a long time to have a pet.”

The board approved a draft of a new policy that could sanction physicians for providing gender affirming care to minors in the state.

Former Anchorage Daily News opinion page editor Michael Carey says he was impressed by the care Haycox took in researching and writing.

The Alaska Cat Cafe in Wasilla has helped several felines find fur-ever homes.

The Interior Department plans six lease sales, but industry interest has been mild in the gasfields Southcentral Alaska relies on for heat and power generation.

Alaska Marine Lines will no longer ship electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles to Alaska or Hawaii. Last week, the barge company announced the policy change in a statement due to the fire risk associated with shipping large lithium ion batteries.