Alaska produces a lot of crude oil, but many of the state’s utilities, businesses and homes run on natural gas, which is in dwindling supply near population centers.
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An Alaskan former politician and Native rights activist explains how Alaska came to be American – and what that meant for the state’s Native population.
Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small ones have been producing larger floods in recent years.
Four experts weigh in on ways to replenish the US teacher workforce and curb burnout.
The harvesters of the historic wild salmon run out of Bristol Bay, Alaska, were already facing tough competition from relatively cheap and plentiful farmed salmon. Then came the pandemic.
Alaska has been mostly spared from the virus, but the outbreak’s impact on its economy could still be catastrophic because of its reliance on seasonal tourism.
In 1867, the US bought Alaska from Tsar Alexander II for a tidy sum of $7.2 million. Trump probably wouldn’t be able to get that kind of bargain for Greenland.
How did Alaska, one of the richest states in the Union, end up with budget cuts that lawmakers on both sides say could wreck the state’s future? One answer’s found in three letters: PFD.
The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago is actually two tales and two intertwining histories.
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Assistant Professor of Applied and Natural Resource Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Professor of Education Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Associate Professor Journalism and Public Communications, University of Alaska Anchorage
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Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage