Alaska Morning News: April 3, 2026 8am

Alaska Morning News: April 3, 2026 8am

The COVID pandemic, when oil prices went negative for a day, is the only time in the index’s nearly 20-year history when prices were more volatile than they are right now.

Alaska’s newest kelp hatchery recently finished its first growing season in a mobile shipping container in Kodiak. The hatchery aims to help kelp farmers on Kodiak Island boost how much they can grow.

Geopolitical tensions last year caused some international travelers to cancel their vacations to the United States, and locally, Alaska tourism operators were navigating a puzzle of uncertainty.

The ruling is in, but uncertainty isn’t over.

Alaska already has some of the most expensive coffee in the nation.

A group of businesses that call the pristine wilderness home is mobilizing against the mine, with the goal of keeping the coast wild.

The mine is in the middle of Lake Clark National Park, near the base of Mount Iliamna.

Lawmakers are scheduled to take public comment on the tax portion of Dunleavy’s plan Thursday evening.

Fresh fruits and vegetables now arrive to stores in rural Alaska the next day.