Among the most visible signs of Alaska’s shrinking population: several school districts are considering school closures.

Among the 60 state lawmakers who convened in Juneau this week are 11 who are serving in the Legislature for the first time.

There is 1 D1 North Slope high school boys basketball game in Alaska on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The first game, Lumen Christi vs Nunamiut, starts at .

(Photo by Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management) As ConocoPhillips builds its huge Willow oil drilling project on the western side of Alaska’s North Slope, federal regulators and residents of the ...

Alaska has 3,600 fewer students than it did 25 years ago, and the Fairbanks school district accounts for two-thirds of that loss. Brandy Harty is a Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board member.