Latest from Becky Bohrer
Alaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's wish list for the incoming Trump administration includes oil and gas exploration in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and reversing restrictions on logging and road-building in a temperate rainforest that provides habitat for wolves, bears and salmon.
'It's a bird! It's a plane!' In Alaska, it's both, with a pilot dropping turkeys off to rural homes
In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there's no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb.
Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
The purported sighting caused a stir on St. Paul Island, a birding haven sometimes called the "Galapagos of the North" for its diversity of life. That's because stowaway rats can quickly populate and overrun remote islands, devastating bird populations.
Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood
About 100 homes and some businesses were damaged by rapidly rising floodwaters that crested around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to initial estimates. In some areas, cars floated as people scrambled to evacuate.
U.S. judge suspends Alaska Cook Inlet lease, pending additional environmental review
An environmental review underpinning a 2022 oil and gas lease sale in Alaska failed to properly analyze the potential impacts on endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales, a federal judge has ruled in suspending the lone lease stemming from that sale.
Cruise ship-free Saturdays would ease burden of tourism, say some locals in Juneau, Alaska
Every day from May to October, throngs of tourists descend on Juneau, Alaska, with peak days seeing up to 18,000 visitors. Some locals say it's ruining what they love about the small capital city of 32,000.
Environmentalists urge U.S. to plan 'phasedown' of Alaska's key oil pipeline amid climate concerns
Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a "managed phasedown" of the 1,287-kilometre pipeline, which is Alaska's economic lifeline.
A new agreement would limit cruise passengers in Alaska's capital. A critic says it falls short
A new agreement between Alaska's capital city and major cruise lines seeks to cap the daily number of cruise ship passengers arriving in Juneau starting in 2026, though a prominent critic of the cruise industry said Tuesday the planned limits do not do enough.
1 Malaysian climber dead, 1 rescued near the top of Alaska's Denali
A climber from Malaysia who was stranded for three days near the top of North America's tallest mountain following a summit push was rescued Friday, but his partner was dead, officials said.
2 climbers suffering from hypothermia await rescue off Alaska's Mount Denali
Two climbers awaited rescue near the peak of North America's tallest mountain Wednesday, a day after they and a third climber in their team requested help after summiting Denali during the busiest time of the mountaineering season, officials at Denali National Park and Preserve said.