Avery Ellfeldt

5 days ago | kmxt.org | Avery Ellfeldt |Theo Greenly |Shelby Herbert |Alena Naiden

It's been more than 100 days since President Trump took office in January. That brief time has seen a torrent of sweeping changes to the federal government that could have major implications for Alaska. Those include mass layoffs of federal workers and funding freezes for infrastructure and clean energy projects. Tariffs have introduced some uncertainty for Alaska business owners as well as communities on the Canadian border.

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Avery Ellfeldt |Theo Greenly |Shelby Herbert |Alena Naiden

It’s been more than 100 days since President Trump took office in January. That brief time has seen a torrent of sweeping changes to the federal government that could have major implications for Alaska. Those include mass layoffs of federal workers and funding freezes for infrastructure and clean energy projects. Tariffs have introduced some uncertainty for Alaska business owners as well as communities on the Canadian border.

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Liz Ruskin |Eric Stone |Avery Ellfeldt |Ava White

Donald Trump has upended the government in the first 100 days of his second presidential term. He’s made his mark on Alaska in the process. In part that’s because the federal government has a big presence here, the state with the most federal land. Alaska also has, or had, a significant federal workforce and benefited from higher than average spending per capita. Trump has also written orders specifically for Alaska.

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Avery Ellfeldt

By high tide on Monday, the sky was overcast and spitting rain. Birds circled cacophonously above the Chilkoot River, and sea lions bellowed downstream. Haines resident Sonny Williams was there, too – posted up on the bridge that straddles the river nine miles outside of town. They were all there for the same reason: hordes of small black fish wriggling through the current below, a telltale sign of spring. Williams pointed as a school made its way upstream.

2 weeks ago | ktoo.org | Avery Ellfeldt

A federally funded program meant to help Alaskans lower both their energy bills and planet-warming emissions is set to roll-out this summer after months of uncertainty. Its ultimate aim is to defray the cost of installing electric heat pumps, which can heat and cool homes in place of fossil-fuel based systems – sometimes at a lower cost. Under the program, lower-income households will get $8,500 to put toward a heat pump. Higher-income households will get either $6,000 or $4,000.