St. Louis mayor: No interest in new NFL team

ST. LOUIS — The NFL is abandoning St. Louis again, and this time, the mayor has no interest in trying to bring pro football back.League… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By JIM SALTER

Browns hire Hue Jackson as coach

CLEVELAND — Hue Jackson has experience as a head coach, knows the AFC North and has fixed quarterbacks.Just what the Browns were looking for.The Bengals… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By TOM WITHERS

Olympic gold medalist Picabo Street charged with assault

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Olympic gold-medalist skier Picabo Street has been charged with assault and domestic violence after authorities say she pushed her father… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By BRADY McCOMBS

Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawrence Phillips, a star running back at Nebraska and first-round NFL draft pick whose pro career quickly unraveled amid disciplinary problems,… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By DON THOMPSON

New findings in scandal concern anti-doping firm

PARIS — Findings reported by The Associated Press that track and field officials contemplated hiding the full extent of Russian doping before the 2012 London… Continue reading

  • Jan 14, 2016
  • By JOHN LEICESTER

Alaska’s Congressional delegation has likes and dislikes in Obama’s final State of the Union

Sitting in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, found some things to like in President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union… Continue reading

Billy Brown of the Discovery Channel series "Alaskan Bush People"

Out of the bush and into prison

After rejecting an earlier plea deal for being too lenient, a Juneau judge on Monday accepted a new deal for two Alaska reality TV stars… Continue reading

Billy Brown of the Discovery Channel series "Alaskan Bush People"

State to rebuild Baranof Warm Springs harbor

The Alaska Department of Transportation is seeking bids for a $1 million to $2 million project to rebuild the harbor at Baranof Warm Springs, a… Continue reading

NTSB: Plane was destroyed after hitting Anchorage building

ANCHORAGE — The National Transportation Safety Board says wreckage from a small airplane that struck a downtown Anchorage building last month was incinerated in the… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College now implementing UA’s tobacco ban

KENAI — Staff and students at the Kenai Peninsula College have started the spring semester with the campus’ new tobacco ban now in effect.The policy… Continue reading

Anchorage police respond to disturbance, fatally shoot man

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police responding to a disturbance at a home shot and killed a man Tuesday night.Police in an announcement said two officers responded… Continue reading

Alaska Airlines seeks long-term presence in Petersburg

Alaska Airlines is looking to stay in Petersburg for the next 50 years. According to a public notice filed Monday, the airline has requested a… Continue reading

In this July 13, 2007 photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region near the village of Iliamma.

No bias in EPA’s study of Pebble Mine

JUNEAU — A government watchdog found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of… Continue reading

In this July 13, 2007 photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region near the village of Iliamma.

Soldotna man arraigned following Spice bust

A Soldotna man pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday after the tobacco shop he worked in was busted for selling synthetic marijuana known as Spice.William… Continue reading

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska's land and who owns it

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska’s land and who owns it

Two weeks ago, a group of militiamen occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Their mission, they say, is to get the land turned… Continue reading

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska's land and who owns it

BP to cut 4,000 jobs, Alaska workforce by 13 percent

BP is cutting 4,000 jobs worldwide and some of those reductions will likely be in Alaska.An intra-company email obtained by the Alaska Journal of Commerce… Continue reading

Pilot Station helps authorities following armed jailbreak

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say residents of Pilot Station helped them catch two men who escaped following an armed jailbreak.Alaska State Troopers say 22-year-old… Continue reading

Around Town

Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel to organize and calculate data in the workplace. Free.… Continue reading

President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, to the residence from the Oval Office, hours before giving his State Of The Union address. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: Future depends on fixing politics

WASHINGTON — Lamenting the nation’s persistently deep divides, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday night that opportunity and security for American families “will only happen if… Continue reading

President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, to the residence from the Oval Office, hours before giving his State Of The Union address. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

2 Navy boats held by Iran but will be returned

WASHINGTON — Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused… Continue reading