Alaska legislative leaders say Gov. Mike Dunleavy's plan to establish a state agriculture department could be rejected as soon as next week. Dunleavy issued an executive order in January to create the cabinet-level department that was intended to improve Alaska food security.

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.

A radio station owner and his two friends were killed after heli-skiing onto a rugged Alaskan mountain and getting trapped in a massive avalanche on Tuesday. David Linder, 39, Charles Eppard, 39, and Jeremy Leif,

Half the Assembly seats are up for election, but most races are barely competitive and raising a fraction of donations seen during the last few cycles.

Persistent warmth and rains have wreaked havoc with ski races and other events in the Anchorage area. Organizers are adjusting and considering changes in the future.

Unusually warm conditions, connected to long-term climate change, are taking a toll on traditional winter sports in much of Alaska.

Minnesotans were in a group of skiers who are believed to be dead after an avalanche south of Anchorage this week, authorities have confirmed.