Paula Dobbyn

It's not just the newspapers.

"While declines to print readership are almost a foregone conclusion, 'digital traffic to local news sites is experiencing a cratering similar to that of print,' State of Local News Project director Zach Metzger writes in the report. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/in-m...

Anchorage preparing to house more than 1,000 Western Alaska storm evacuees across 4 shelters Anchorage will temporarily shelter people at the Alaska Airlines Center, the Egan Center and the Fairview and Spenard recreation centers.

Anchorage is setting up four shelters that could potentially accommodate more than 1,000 people displaced by unprecedented storms that left entire Western Alaska communities largely uninhabitable.

In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska | Alaska Beacon Flights continued on a C-17 military transport plane Thursday evacuating hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok after the devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong.

In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska | Alaska Beacon Residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok began evacuating en masse on Wednesday, flying in military aircraft from their western Alaska communities which were devastated by ex-Typhoon Halong. On Wednesday…

In photos: Mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents begins from western Alaska, reports Corinne Smith for the @alaskabeacon.com

This is a very good paragraph.

From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

By Nancy A. Youssef

Glad to hear you’re continuing to report.

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

@nytimes.com reports on the resignation of four Alaska journalists.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Staff at 3 Alaska newspapers quit after owners give in to pressure from Republican lawmaker Much of the staff behind the Kenai Peninsula Clarion, the Homer News and the Juneau Empire resigned Monday, citing owner Carpenter Media's decision to edit a story without consulting them.

Most of the staff running three Alaska newspapers in Homer, Kenai-Soldotna and Juneau resigned in protest Monday.

“We cannot do our jobs knowing that pressure from an elected official can mean our stories are edited without prior consultation with us," they wrote.
https://akpub.io/4o371i7

Was the FCC’s pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air illegal? Here’s what the Constitution and Supreme Court say. #firstamendment #supremecourt #fcc #politics #news #jimmykimmel

Corals Won’t Survive a Warmer Planet, a New Study Finds

New study says more than 70 percent of Atlantic corals will "begin dying by 2040 even under optimistic climate warming scenarios."

Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River | Alaska Beacon Alaska Native communities along the Yukon River are fighting for the right to manage the river and save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the…

Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River, reports Alyssa Chioniere for @prismreports.org via @alaskabeacon.com

With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources To expand regional coverage while keeping costs down, HPPR aims to build out a “contributors network” of part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.

Born of necessity, far from ideal, High Plains Public Radio will build out a “contributors network” using part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.

Goal: "to serve more and to serve better." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

I wish them luck, do you?

One of at least 16 events planned across Alaska today, tomorrow and Saturday to protest the Trump-Putin summit and show solidarity for Ukraine.

Glacier Outburst Floods: Mendenhall Glacier Every year since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.

If you're a storymap kind of person, here's one that nicely explains what's happening & why with the glacial lake outburst flooding now underway on the Mendenhall River near Juneau. #akwx #ClimateChange #Flood #Glacier @spiraledu.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

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President Trump has said he wants the U.S. to build or acquire 40 new icebreakers to close the gap with Russia and to counter the growing influence of both Russia, and more recently China, in the #Arctic.

Although he wants to rid his island of reef-killing cesspools, Mayor Kimo Alameda said there's no money to help homeowners make the costly conversions to septic tanks. “It’s an unfunded state mandate and it’s stressing everybody out… especially on our island,” Alameda told me in recent interview.

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

A brush with ICE: Be prepared to prove citizenship Last weekend my sister-in-law’s brother — both are originally from New Mexico — was heading to Oklahoma to take care of some business. He thought he was going through a

The ICE agents did not care that he had a driver's license or service card. They also did not know or care about the fact his family, like many of us, has a 400-year history here in New Mexico. Their only concern was his last name — a very common Hispanic last name.

Toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning blamed for Alaska seal deaths | Alaska Beacon A die-off of fur seals last year at St. Paul is the first compelling case of fatal saxitoxin poisoning in marine mammals, scientists say.

Toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning blamed for Alaska seal deaths, reports Yereth Rosen, @yjrosen.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/14/t...

Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave Excavators are to begin a full investigation at the site of a former children's home.

BBC News - Tuam: How hundreds of babies and toddlers came to be buried in an unmarked mass grave - BBC News
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UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics

New: How UnitedHealth is trying to quiet its critics through legal threats against journalists, investors, doctors, filmmakers and others. The giant company is invoking the murder of its CEO to argue that intense criticism risks inciting future violence. 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/b...

Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline. | Alaska Beacon On May 2, the U.S. EPA canceled a grant to the Alaska village of Kipnuk to protect the bank of the Kugkaktlik River.

Floods are swallowing their village. But for them and others, the EPA has cut the lifeline, reports Ames Alexander for @floodlightnews.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/11/f...

Whales are considered a sentinel species because they feed throughout the water column by scooping up tiny crustaceans.

“They’re a good proxy for what’s in the environment,” said climate scientist Rick Thoman of UAF’s International Arctic Research Center, a study co-author @alaskawx.bsky.social

Local sheep(s).

Just some backyard beauty in Anchorage. #summervibes #alaska

Alaska’s state flower, advancing across my friend’s garden. So delicate but feisty. #forgetmenot

The "delicate, beautiful, tiny" fascism of Kristi Noem The right thinks Noem is the victim of Sen. Padilla's assault. But what about Rep. McIver?

Kristi Noem is seen as a "delicate, beautiful, tiny woman" while leading DHS, yet Rep. McIver was arrested for protesting it, and Sen. Padilla was tackled for even questioning it.

It's clear who gets to be “delicate, beautiful, and tiny,” and who is seen as a violent threat to law enforcement.

An rainbow arrangement of garden flowers placed on white fabric

Our brains love the colour gradation in rainbows, maybe due to our ancestors searching for sources of water. Looking at plants helps us recover from stress & looking at something we think is beautiful causes dopamine release.
I've posted this photo to alter your brain biochemistry for the better 🌿

Stealthy volcanoes can be especially hazardous when located close to population centers. Merapi in Indonesia, Galeras in Colombia, Stromboli in Italy and Popocatépetl and Colima in Mexico are examples, according to the paper.

Alaska detained 42 men arrested by ICE and flown in from out of state, amid federal crackdown | Alaska Beacon The Alaska Department of Corrections received and detained 42 men over the weekend who were arrested outside of the state by ICE.

Alaska detained 42 men arrested by ICE and flown in from out of state, amid federal crackdown, reports Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/06/11/a...