The Alaska House reached an agreement Monday intended to avoid a partial government shutdown just days ahead of the new fiscal year.

The Legislature passed a budget package last week. But Gov. Mike Dunleavy called it “defective,” citing as a concern the House’s failure to garner sufficient support for a procedural effective date vote.

Canada’s public safety minister says border restrictions on nonessential travel with the United States will be extended until July 21.

Alaska budget negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday on a state spending package that includes an estimated $1,100 dividend for residents this year.

An agreement announced between an Alaska Native village corporation and conservationists would restrict development on lands where a mine developer has proposed a road, a move that could create an obstacle for the proposed Pebble Mine.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday urged lawmakers to act on his proposal to place in the state constitution a new formula for the annual check residents receive from Alaska’s oil-wealth fund as the current special legislative session slumped along.

U.S. officials say Florida’s lawsuit against the federal government over conditions for cruise lines to resume sailing could threaten plans to restart cruising in Alaska.

The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration and reviving a political fight over a remote region that is home to polar bears and other wildlife — and a rich reserve of oil.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains north of Anchorage Sunday night and smaller tremors continued early Monday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday 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.