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How to turn ocean waves into renewable energy

The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form of renewable energy.

Unlock the Best Black Friday Deals Without Breaking the Bank

Learn how to shop like a pro this Black Friday with smart strategies and tips to snag the best deals while avoiding overspending.

Bears at an Army base in Alaska broke into Humvees and ate dozens of MRE meals

Bears struck at least twice on an Alaska Army base, climbing inside military vehicles and eating dozens of pre-packaged meals.

Alaska Public Media Expands Radio Shows with New Hosts

Alaska Public Media has added new hosts to three of its weekly local radio programs, including Alaska's former Chief Medical Officer.

EPA fines Hilcorp for hazardous waste violations on Alaska oil field

An oil company founded by a major donor to Donald Trump has agreed to pay EPA nearly $224,000 to settle allegations of hazardous waste violations at its Alaska facility.

On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: ‘We would love to home your basket’

On National Indigenous People’s Day, we present this first-person story about how a retired therapist from Petaluma began the process of “homing” baskets, blankets and other items with the people whose ancestors created them.

Overdose deaths are down nationally, but up in many Western states

Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the center of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast, where deadly fentanyl and also methamphetamine are finding more victims.

OPINION: Richard Fineberg’s profound but little-known Alaska legacy

From a dry cabin in Interior Alaska, he went head-to-head with some of the largest corporations in the history of money.

Environmental group seeks limits on Alaska trawling

The international advocacy organization Oceana is pushing for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to take action on trawling. The nonprofit released a statement Oct. 7 calling on the council to limit trawling in the Bering Sea and Alaska fisheries, saying it is a threat to sensitive seafloor habitats.

FAA investigating Sonoma County airport after whistleblower complaint about level of safety staffing

The probe comes after The Press Democrat spotlighted staffing and safety concerns at the airport in a pair of investigations published earlier this year.

Miss Manners: How should I have responded to a cashier’s overstep?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I need to know how I should have responded to a cashier who overstepped. Some background: I had my second child about 15 months ago. My husband and I are not looking to have a third. I’m still breastfeeding, which makes my cycle rather unpredictable; still, I was concerned recently when I seemed to be about a week late.

Emirates really isn't happy with Boeing — and will be having a 'serious conversation' about the latest 777X delay

Emirates is the biggest customer for the Boeing 777X, and its president is not impressed with the latest delay announced by the embattled planemaker.

Surge in overdose deaths has moved westward, even as they fall nationally

Despite an encouraging national dip in the past year, overdose deaths are still on the rise in many Western states as the epicenter of the nation’s continuing crisis shifts toward the Pacific Coast, where deadly fentanyl and also methamphetamine are finding more victims.

Ten of the best ‘coolcations’ you should book (plus five close to home)

If tourist crowds and ever-soaring summer temps are getting too much, there’s an easy solution for a no-sweat trip.

US to deploy THAAD missile system in Israel: What is it? Will it be a game-changer in West Asia?

The US is deploying its advanced THAAD missile system to Israel. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is designed to intercept ballistic missiles at high altitudes using kinetic energy.

1312 Stimulus Payment Eligibility: How to know if you'll get this payment next week?

Alaska residents are about to receive a boost with the $1,312 payment from the state's Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD), a program that distributes a portion of the state's natural re

8th Congressional District: Gabe Evans

Republican Gabe Evans spent a decade working as a police officer in Arvada and served in the U.S. Army and with the Colorado Army National Guard, before in 2019.

Hawai‘i’s Most Profitable Companies 2024

On the most recent Top 250 Companies list, many small and medium companies with Maui operations reported revenue drops as a direct result of the Lahaina wildfire. They include VIP Foodservice, the Pacific Whale Foundation, JR Doran/Ceramic Tile Plus, Atlantis Submarines and The Art Source.

American birdman battles bloodthirsty polar bears at the end of the world - and he has seen the future

For five decades Seattle-based George Divoky, 78, has completed an annual solo pilgrimage to a hostile island off the coast of Alaska to study his beloved seabirds. Now he has a stark warning.

Award-winning show ‘AXED’ after 23 series as star says it has ‘run its course’

AN award-winning reality show has been axed after a whopping 23 series on air. One of the show’s leading stars has admitted the programme has “run its course” after 12 years and

Indigenous women continue to face barriers to breast cancer care, report finds

Indigenous women aren't seeing the same gains in breast cancer outcomes as other groups as one woman's journey highlights reasons why

Arrest made during apartment fire evacuation, allegedly involved armed barricaded suspect

Anchorage police said they apprehended the suspect of a disturbance using “less lethal options,” after APD said the suspect, armed with a knife, had allegedly set the apartment they were barricaded in on fire.

MCLA Alums Honored for Excellence

Honorees Abaigeal O'Brien and Christopher Hantman with fellow members of the MCLA class of 2014. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

NATO Announces Nuclear Drills as Nobel Goes to Atomic Weapon Abolitionists

Disarmament advocate Beatrice Fihn stressed that the exercise is practice for “wiping out hundreds of thousands of civilians” with weapons that would also “flatten cities and poison survivors.” The NATO military block announced Friday that its annual nuclear exercise is set to begin this week—news that arrived just as Japanese atomic bomb survivors who advocate

Alaska’s Fat Bear Contest winner finishes ahead of the male that killed her cub

In a storyline better befitting a melodrama than a popularity vote, Grazer won her second Fat Bear Contest by defeating the male behemoth that killed her cub this summer.

The lion that walked through your yard

Grizzly and black bears remind humans that we are not at the top of the food chain in Alaska. Ancient Alaskans shared the grasslands with possibly an even more terrifying

Boeing's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year

Boeing has faced mechanical problems, safety problems, grounded planes, stranded astronauts, executive departures, a strike, and layoffs in 2024.

Growing legal fallout over Kindred resignation now includes challenge to high-profile opioid case conviction

An attorney for Jessica Spayd says that as the former Eagle River nurse practitioner’s federal opioid deaths trial was unfolding, the judge was texting about it to a former law clerk-turned-federal prosecutor he was romantically involved with.

Filipino-Alutiiq Word of the Week

Filipiinaq Filipiinat taitaallriit kiagmi pekcaturluteng kaanaRimen. – The Filipino people used to come in the summer to work in the canneries. People of Filipino heritage have been part of Alaska history for over two hundred and thirty years.

Here’s a look at tribal lands in the U.S. before there was forced removal

Among the relocated tribes were the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole. The Choctaw relocation began in 1830; the Chickasaw relocation was in 1837; the Creek were removed by force in 1836; and the Seminole removal triggered a seven-year war that ended in 1843.

USPS announces the last day people can mail Christmas presents

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced when people should send their Christmas presents to make sure the gifts arrive in time.

“People Love to Vote for a Raise”: Three States Gear Up for Minimum Wage Vote

Missouri, Alaska and Nebraska are voting on ballot measures that could raise wages for nearly a million workers.

Layla Hays, 2025 recruit from Alaska, commits to Iowa women’s basketball

Hays is listed as the No. 68 recruit in the 2025 class. She is the second member of Iowa’s class, joining Addie Deal and Journey Houston. Freshman Ava Heiden, from Oregon is expected to be the starting post when the Hawkeyes host Missouri Western in their exhibition game Oct. 30.

Video shows Coast Guard rescue 2 northeast of Key West

MIAMI – The Coast Guard released a video Saturday of a recent rescue at sea northeast of Key West. A crew in a Coast Guard helicopter from Miami found two people clinging to what was left of a 32-foot vessel after it started to take on water on Friday. The video shows when the Coast Guard crew hoisted them into the helicopter at night.

Anchorage Wolverines top Kenai River 3-2 in long-awaited return to Sullivan Arena

Jackson Stimple of the Anchorage Wolverines, brings the puck up the ice as Thomas Gunderson of the Kenai River Brown Bears, tries to steal it at the Sullivan Arena in Anchorage on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Book review: Twenty years later, Ned Rozell takes another pipeline walk

The science writer returned to the 800-mile Alaska Pipeline corridor, telling his own story within the structure of a time travel through the change that’s facing Alaska