Background Articles

Hurricane-force wind gusts knocked out power across the Mat-Su Valley and parts of the Kenai Peninsula, prompting the Red Cross to open a shelter in Palmer and utilities to work overnight on restoration. A multi-family home fire in Wasilla also displaced residents.

In the face of changing climate, an updated planning tool will act as Anchorage's guide to preparing for and living with increased wildfire risk. A public comment period is open until Nov. 30.

With resources spread out over thousands of miles and dozens of communities, KYUK has tried to summarize what we know and don't know about the impact of the storm.

To reduce their unintended take of halibut, vessels in the bottom trawl fleet have an escape hatch in their nets that allows some of the larger halibut to swim free.

Iran’s worsening water crisis, described by a top United Nations environmental expert as a state of “water bankruptcy,” risks crippling the country’s infrastructure, undermining its stability, and weakening its influence internationally.