Organizations

Manages Alaska's sport and commercial fisheries, hunting regulations, subsistence harvests, and wildlife conservation. Sets annual seasons, bag limits, and permit rules.

Second-most-populous borough in Alaska, home to Fairbanks, North Pole, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Covers 7,444 square miles of Interior Alaska under extreme continental climate.

Alaska's state transportation agency, responsible for highways, airports, harbors, and the Alaska Marine Highway System. Publishes road projects, airport bids, and ferry schedules statewide.

Alaska's state capital, a unified home-rule city and borough on Gastineau Channel. Not reachable by road; accessible only by ferry, airplane, or ship. Home to the state legislature, the Governor's Office, and Mendenhall Glacier.

Alaska state government's executive branch, headed by the Governor and 15 cabinet departments. Oversees education, public safety, transportation, health, commerce, and natural resource management for the 49th state.

Hub city of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; Bethel City Council and municipal government.

Municipal government of North Pole, a Fairbanks North Star Borough city on the Richardson Highway southeast of Fairbanks and adjacent to Eielson Air Force Base. City Council regular meetings are recorded and posted publicly.

Alaska's statewide law enforcement, patrolling non-municipal Alaska from Ketchikan to Utqiagvik. Publishes the Daily Dispatch of statewide incidents. Division of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.

NOAA forecast offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. Issues warnings for marine weather, river breakup, avalanches, fire weather, and aviation across Alaska.

The upper chamber of the United States Congress — 100 senators, two per state, six-year terms. Confirms federal judges and senior executive appointments, ratifies treaties, and shares legislative authority with the House of Representatives. Alaska's senators are Lisa Murkowski (R) and Dan Sullivan (R).

State public health agency covering Medicaid, epidemiology, behavioral health, senior services, and emergency medical services for rural and urban Alaska.

Alaska State Troopers, Wildlife Troopers, Village Public Safety Officers, the State Crime Lab, and fire and life safety. Covers search and rescue and rural law enforcement across the state.

Alaska's bicameral legislature — 20-member Senate and 40-member House — meeting in Juneau from January to May each year. Sets the state budget, oil and gas policy, school funding, and the annual Permanent Fund Dividend calculation.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska's fastest-growing region and commuter belt for Anchorage. Home of the Iditarod headquarters, Hatcher Pass, and the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.

Alaska's tax collection agency and home of the Permanent Fund Dividend Division. Manages state investment accounts, oil and gas taxation, and the PFD payout each fall.

AIDEA — Alaska's public-private economic development bank. Finances infrastructure, loans to Alaska businesses, and owns major state assets like the DeLong Mountain Transportation System.

Regional Alaska Native nonprofit serving 42 Athabascan villages in Alaska's Interior. Runs health, tribal government, natural resources, and social service programs across 235,000 square miles.

Federal agency managing 72 million acres of public land in Alaska — more than any other state. Oversees oil and gas leasing, mining claims, backcountry recreation, and wild horse herds.

Highest court in Alaska's state judicial system; hears appeals from the Court of Appeals and Superior Court.

Unified home-rule city and borough on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska. Former capital of Russian America; now a fishing, tourism, and seafood processing hub with the Sitka Sound at its center.

ANTHC — statewide nonprofit Tribal health organization serving Alaska's 229 federally recognized tribes. Operates the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage in partnership with Southcentral Foundation.

State-owned corporation managing the Alaska Permanent Fund — the $80+ billion sovereign wealth fund built from oil royalties that pays the annual Permanent Fund Dividend to residents.

U.S. federal agency regulating civil aviation (FAA). Oversees Alaska's airports, bush and Part 135 operations, airspace, and aviation safety.

Southernmost borough in Alaska, gateway to the Inside Passage. Known for rainforests, totem poles, commercial fishing, timber history, and a thriving cruise tourism industry.

Municipal law enforcement for the Municipality of Anchorage, including patrol, investigations, and public information.

Fairbanks city government news, including public meetings and projects like the Chena River Walk development.

Anchorage tribal nonprofit serving Alaska Native and American Indian residents of the Cook Inlet region. Workforce development, education, family wellness, and youth programs.

Alaska's largest private employer and health system; runs Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage plus hospitals in Valdez, Seward, Kodiak, and the Mat-Su.

Resource Development Council for Alaska (RDC) — statewide non-profit, membership-funded organization made up of businesses and individuals from all resource sectors (oil and gas, mining, fishing, timber, tourism). Hosts the recurring Breakfast Forum series and other resource-policy conferences.