Becky Bohrer
The Associated Press
Juneau, AK, United States
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Recent articles by Becky:
Alaska court upholds voter-approved election changes
The Alaska Supreme Court has upheld as valid a voter-approved election system that would end party primaries in the state and institute ranked choice voting in general elections. → Read More
Baby abandoned in box on frigid Alaska street corner
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A newborn baby was reported in stable and healthy condition Monday after being found days earlier abandoned in a cardboard box in frigid temperatures near a rural intersection around Fairbanks, according to authorities in Alaska. Alaska State Troopers, in a statement, said they were notified around 2 p.m. Friday that a baby had been found abandoned. → Read More
Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill
The massive infrastructure bill signed earlier this year promises to bring change to Native American tribes that lack clean water or indoor plumbing through the largest single infusion of money into Indian Country → Read More
Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill
The infrastructure law includes $3.5 billion for the federal Indian Health Service, which provides health care to more than 2 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives, plus pots of money through other federal agencies for water projects. → Read More
Tribes lacking water see glimmer of hope with massive bill
The infrastructure law includes $3.5 billion for the federal Indian Health Service, which provides health care to more than 2 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives, plus pots of money → Read More
Infrastructure bill to aid US tribes with water, plumbing
The massive infrastructure bill signed earlier this year promises to bring change to Native American tribes that lack clean water or indoor plumbing through the largest single infusion of money into Indian Country. → Read More
Native corporations face deadline for federal relief funds
Alaska Native corporations face a year-end deadline to use federal coronavirus relief funds that the U.S. Supreme Court in late June ruled they were entitled to → Read More
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski to run in 2022; Trump backs rival
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she's running for reelection next year → Read More
Alaska corporation sues over Arctic refuge leases
An Alaska state corporation that was the main bidder in an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge says it is suing federal officials over what it calls improper actions that are preventing lease activities → Read More
Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals
Alaska is experiencing one of the nation's sharpest upticks in COVID-19 infections, and it's worsened by a limited health care system that largely relies on hospitals in its biggest city → Read More
Rural Alaska at risk as COVID surge swamps faraway hospitals
Alaska is experiencing one of the nation's sharpest upticks in COVID-19 infections, and it's worsened by a limited health care system that largely relies on hospitals in its biggest city. → Read More
EPA seeks to restart process that could restrict Alaska mine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will seek to restart a process that could restrict mining in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, which is renowned for its salmon runs → Read More
Alaska lawmakers face crunch to pay checks from oil wealth
Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth this year, or even when they might get the unique payout just for living in the oil-dependent state → Read More
Alaska lawmakers face crunch to pay checks from oil wealth
Alaska residents don’t know how much money they might get from the state’s oil wealth this year, or even when they might get the unique payout just for living in the oil-dependent state → Read More
Judge throws out Trump-era approvals for Alaska oil project
A federal judge in Anchorage has thrown out Trump administration approvals for a large planned oil project → Read More
Recovery of Alaska plane wreckage on hold due to bad weather
Efforts to recover the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed in southeast Alaska last week and killed six people is on hold as investigators await a break in poor weather conditions → Read More
Reduced visibility hampers Alaska plane wreckage effort
Foggy, reduced-visibility conditions have delayed efforts to recover the wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed in southeast Alaska, killing six people → Read More
Coast Guard: 6 dead in Alaska sightseeing plane crash
The U.S. Coast Guard says a sightseeing plane crashed Thursday in southeast Alaska, killing all six people on board → Read More
Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise
A Utah man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise → Read More
Corps: Appeal review for Alaska mine could take over a year
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it could take more than a year to weigh an appeal by a developer seeking to build a copper and gold mine in a region that supports the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery → Read More