Bills about the alcohol-cancer link and youth vaping are up for lawmakers' consideration after versions ran into late trouble ...

2024 was a banner year for research on wildfire smoke and its impact on health, from brain functioning to fertility.

As legislatures convene in the coming weeks, many lawmakers are focusing on a key criminal justice issue for prisons and ...

The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It ...

Kylie Mohr is a correspondent for High Country News writing from Montana.

Emily Wakild is the Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for the Environment and Public Lands at Boise State University in Idaho. She is a historian of social and ecological change in Latin American and the ...

A pension bill that died in the House last year has been resubmitted and is one of 76 filed in advance of the session so far.

Draft recommendations include boosted marketing, development of new seafood products and more support for workers, among ...

Jus Tavcar writes in a commentary: "Moving toward sustainable aviation fuel could diversify the state’s economy." ...

Alaska population estimate is up by more than 4,300 people from last year's number, thanks to a revision and small growth.

Until last month, the U.S. Department of Education said Alaska underfunded four of its largest school districts by $17.5 ...

At a forum held by industry groups, legislators said Cook Inlet royalty relief will get a new look in this year's session.