2025 Kobuk 440 to feature fresh snow, mix of mushing experience
Dogs and mushers will go for one last ride in the Kobuk 440, the mushing season-finale in Alaska, when 13 teams take off in a mass start in Kotzebue Thursday. While the lack of snow and poor trail ...
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How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for their future ancestors
With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their ...
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Federal cuts hurt food security programs in several Alaska Native villages
For farmers in Tyonek and reindeer herders in Nome, cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grants and staff challenge local ...
DOGE Cuts Deflate NOAA’s Balloon Network, Putting Accurate Weather Forecasts in Jeopardy
Weather balloon operations will stop or be reduced at 11 locations across the country due to staffing shortages caused by ...
Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty
When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal health 15 years ago, she focused her research on tribal cultural and ...
DOGE cuts reduce weather balloon launches, diminishing ability to forecast extreme conditions
Billionaire Elon Musk's DOGE cuts for the Trump administration have reduced weather balloon launches, diminishing the ability ...