Alaska Beacon

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As three seasons of bridge work loom, Denali managers and tourist industry adjust

by Alaska Beacon in Energy & Environment Jun 3, 2023 — 7 min read

by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon June 3, 2023 By midsummer in 2026, visitors will likely be traveling over a sophisticated new bridge that clears a geologic hazard that has become a poster child of climate change in Alaska. Until then, the National Park Service and the tourism industry will be...

Construction to start on bridge to be suspended over landslide site in Denali National Park

by Alaska Beacon in Energy & Environment Jan 14, 2023 — 6 min read

by Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon January 13, 2023 A remedy is on the way to overcome a barrier to visitor movement through one of Alaska’s premier tourist attractions. But it still will take some time to happen. The National Park Service has selected a contractor to build a suspension...

Alaska follows other states, bans social media app TikTok from state-owned electronics

by Alaska Beacon in The Web Jan 9, 2023 — 3 min read

Alaska crab fishery collapse seen as warning about Bering Sea transformation

by Alaska Beacon in Energy & Environment Dec 19, 2022 — 5 min read

Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House, steps down from leadership

by Alaska Beacon in The House Nov 18, 2022 — 5 min read

Russian asylum seekers who boated to Alaska island are Indigenous, Murkowski says

by Alaska Beacon in Russian-Ukraine War Oct 25, 2022 — 2 min read

Peltola sworn in as member of U.S. House

by Alaska Beacon in Elections Sep 14, 2022 — 3 min read

Five takeaway lessons from Alaska’s first ranked choice election

by Alaska Beacon in Elections Sep 3, 2022 — 5 min read

High levels of toxins in clams follows rapid warmup in Gulf of Alaska waters

by Alaska Beacon in Energy & Environment Jun 22, 2022 — 2 min read