FAIRBANKS — A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks students were caught in an avalanche near Summit Lake during a mountaineering class trip and some… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A remote Alaska volcano rumbled and sputtered Wednesday but was no longer spewing the massive ash clouds that disrupted airline traffic earlier in… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison and… Continue reading
The calendar in today’s Capital City Weekly lists the Juneau Student Symphony’s “Spring is in the Air” concerts as happening April 3 and 4. While… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas… Continue reading
Due to mild weather, the city will open Montana Creek Road ahead of schedule this season.The road in the Mendenhall Valley sits just beyond the… Continue reading
NORMAN, Okla. — Buddy Hield’s results have usually caught up with his imagination.This season has surpassed even his wildest dreams as Oklahoma heads to the… Continue reading
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Frustrated Republicans grappled privately with new fears about Donald Trump’s impact on their party Wednesday, as the billionaire businessman’s rivals targeted… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Still reeling from attacks in Brussels and Paris, world leaders are wrestling this week with the chilling prospect of the Islamic State… Continue reading
LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Egypt formally asked Cyprus on Wednesday to extradite a detained Egyptian man who authorities say admitted hijacking a domestic EgyptAir flight… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The FBI’s victory in breaking into a San Bernardino killer’s iPhone without Apple’s help merely prolongs a battle over how far… Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. — Craig Sager has a blood clot behind his right ear that is affecting his hearing, and that’s just another annoyance he is… Continue reading
Students will resume Alaska’s standardized test today after a fiber optic glitch more than 2,000 miles away interrupted them earlier this week.Phil Loseby, Juneau School… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted 15-5 to approve a bill banning smoking in most public buildings across Alaska.Senate Bill 1, brought forward by Sen. Peter… Continue reading
A bill allowing terminally ill Alaskans the ability to try experimental drugs has passed the Senate Health and Social Services Committee. The advance was announced… Continue reading
If the Alaska Legislature holds a special session this year, the Alaska Senate wants it to take place away from Juneau.In a 13-7 vote Wednesday,… Continue reading
This week’s Native Issues Forum will feature guest speakers Rep. Cathy Muñoz (R-Juneau) and Rep. Bryce Edgmon (D-Dillingham). The talk starts at noon on Thursday… Continue reading
The crowd at Tuesday’s Juneau Board of Education meeting had one key topic in mind: cultural education.The meeting started with a full room at the… Continue reading
At the end of Tuesday afternoon’s Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, was envisioning a bridge.Constructed of four interlocking pieces of legislation, the bridge… Continue reading
The Alaska Judicial Council heard public comment Tuesday that members should ignore results from a recent poll ranking Alaska Supreme Court justice nominees, while others… Continue reading
