Short-staffed National Weather Service field offices will be given special temporary authority to bring in additional staff ...

The Companion Fare benefit and bag-fee waivers can save you hundreds — if Alaska Airlines is (or can be) your go-to airline. For some, that won't be possible. Many or all of the products on this ...

The Alaska Senate is eyeing over $100 million in budget cuts, but a more than $85 million shortfall remains in the Senate's draft spending plan. The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday unveiled its ...

Alaska produces a lot of crude oil, but many of the state’s utilities, businesses and homes run on natural gas, which is in ...

T he National Weather Service (NWS) usually launches weather balloons or upper-air soundings, twice a day from 92 locations across the U.S., once in the morning and once at night, ...

With a month left in the legislative session, multiple lawmakers said it would be difficult to craft an education measure ...

The Alaska Legislature is set to meet Tuesday to vote on whether to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy's veto of a $1,000 increase to the Base Student Allocation, the state's per-student funding formula.

Upper air measurements are taken by a group of sensors called a radiosonde. A radiosonde is a very small instrument package ...