Alaska and Hawaii

"Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents."

"Over the past two summers, a pair of remote and treeless volcanic islands in the eastern Bering Sea broadcast signals of climate change danger in the marine ecosystem that feeds Alaska residents and supports much of the state’s economy."

"Crews on Tuesday began evaluating damage from a surprise downpour that sent floodwaters raging through a neighborhood near downtown Honolulu — the latest bout in a series of storms and flooding that have pummeled the state over the past two weeks."

"Trump officials are heralding a potential new coal plant in Alaska, but the project faces mounting opposition and tricky data center politics."

"The Trump administration said this week that its recent sale of the rights to drill in a contentious area of Alaska generated record revenue for federal oil and gas lease sales."

"A proposed aquarium fishing ban is in play as state aquatic resource officials move to revive the controversial fishing practice."

"Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three plunged into the frigid water. One friend drowned, and Brown, 45, later died of hypothermia, leaving behind five children."

"The National Park Service has proposed a regulation that would defer to state regulations in managing wildlife in Alaska’s national preserves. It is similar to a 2020 regulation put forward by the first Trump administration, which removed bans on bear baiting, using artificial light to spotlight dens to kill black bears, taking wolves and coyotes during denning season, and more."

"It’s 60-below-zero on Feb. 11 in Eagle Village, Alaska, and Jody Potts-Joseph is sewing a pair of mukluks for Jessie Holmes, a good friend and co-competitor in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race."