Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Youth’s Climate Change Lawsuit October 10, 2019 By DAN JOLING The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is...
Source of Devastating 1964 Alaska Tsunami Discovered February 4, 2016 By DAN JOLING Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have solved a 50-year natural science mystery: the undersea source of tsunami waves that...
New Tsunami Hazard Found in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands January 15, 2016 By DAN JOLING Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely...
Alaska Governor Declares Disaster From Fire In Interior Village April 28, 2015 By DAN JOLING Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has declared a state disaster in response to a fire that crippled water service in the...
Alaskan Volcano’s Alert Level Reduced to Orange June 5, 2014 By DAN JOLING Rumblings under Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano have diminished, but scientists are keeping an eye on the state’s most active volcano in...
Exxon Valdez 25 Years Later, Spill Effects Linger in Alaska March 21, 2014 By DAN JOLING Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in...
Court Rejects Appeal of Wasilla Homicide Lawsuit February 12, 2013 By DAN JOLING The children of a woman killed by her husband at the home of a friend can’t collect damages from the...
Conocophillips Reaches Deals Over Alaska Spills December 20, 2012 By DAN JOLING ConocoPhillips has agreed to federal and state civil penalties of about $200,000 for spills of crude oil and contaminated water...
Alaska Increases Estimate of Salmon Disaster November 15, 2012 By DAN JOLING Alaska’s Commerce commissioner says the disaster from poor king salmon returns was worse than first estimated. In a letter to...
Alaska Railroad: Flood Damage, Lost Revenue May Top $1M September 26, 2012 By DAN JOLING Washouts of railroad track after heavy rains and revenue lost because of idled trains are likely to cost the Alaska...