Alaska and Hawaiian’s New Joint Rewards Program Is the Best News in the Loyalty Space This Year

For years, U.S. airline loyalty programs have been marching toward the same model: Earn status based on how much you spend, not how much you fly. However, a new joint loyalty program is offering travelers unprecedented flexibility in how they earn points. …

Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit eerily echoes Chamberlain’s ‘Peace in our time’

At the risk of repeating it yet again, history offers the flawed promise uttered by then British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on his return from the infamous 1938 Munich Conference. Now it is the elusive promise of peace in the wake of the Russian …

Aug 21: Rick Thoman’s Climate Highlight for Western Alaska

The 2024 State of the Climate report was recently published by the American Meteorological Society. This is the 35th annual report issued by the society. Several other organizations issue global climate reviews, but this one and NOAA's Arctic Report …

NORAD F-16s Intercept Russian Spy Plane Near Alaska 2 Days in a Row

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org U.S. Air Force F-16s intercepted a Russian spy plane operating off the coast of …

Stories from Alaska field biologists | Outdoor Explorer

Many federal workers are retiring or moving on from their jobs studying the natural world. This episode features two field biologists with years of experience studying birds in Alaska. They share their stories, what they studied and what they learned over …

State loses appeal against feds and Alaska Native groups over rural priority for subsistence fishing

A woman cuts salmon at a fish camp along Kuskokuak Slough on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel on June 28, 2014. (Bob Hallinen / ADN) A federal appeals court has ruled against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration in its battle with the federal government …

LETTER: Putin charged with war crimes so why was he not arrested in Alaska?

Dear Editor, Open letter to all civilizations, America welcomes Putin on American soil. The president of United States shakes his hand and gives him a warm greeting. Something has been left out of this meeting which took place with the president of United …

When Putin’s in Town, Alaska’s Slavic Christians Keep Praying for Peace

Not All Gravy: Alaska’s Wild Biscuit History

Photo by Gregory Hartley I’m sitting outside Biscuitclub in downtown Anchorage. It’s a colorful repurposed hallway in the Alaska Marketplace on 4th Avenue. I’m waiting for my biscuits and gravy. Owner Haleena Hanson has run this downtown shop for six years …

Alaska Leaders Criticized for Energy and Infrastructure Policies

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Rep. Nick Begich and former Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized the Trump administration’s energy policies in a recent op-ed. They argue these policies have harmed Alaska’s construction industry and job growth. In the …