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Alaska’s favorite ice guessing game has 44 winning tickets
NENANA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s favorite guessing game didn’t appear to be too hard to predict this year.…
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Chef teaches kids to love healthy foods
FAIRBANKS — Raise your hand if you like kale. That was Robert Dell’Amore’s request to the group of…
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How Alaska’s population might change by 2045
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s population will continue to climb over the next 30 years, inching closer to the 1…
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Bethel library closing for 3 months of renovations
BETHEL — Bethel’s only library will be closed for at least three months as the Kuskokwim University Campus…
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US rig count drops 5 this week to 415, another all-time low
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by five…
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Coal seam fires again spark wildfires near Healy, coal mine
ANCHORAGE — Underground fires in coal country near the interior Alaska community of Healy have again touched off…
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Army sets up base camps on Denali
KAHILTNA GLACIER — Three U.S. Army Chinook helicopters the size of city buses ascend higher and higher in…
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Trump sweep of GOP deflates federal land transfer push
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Donald Trump’s apparent lock on the Republican presidential nomination means advocates of large-scale transfers of…
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Dems hope conventions can unite Sanders, Clinton fans
PORTLAND, Maine — Democrats are hoping to use state conventions to unite supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie…
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House pursuing appeal of Medicaid suit decision
JUNEAU — The Alaska House has given notice that it plans to keep fighting Gov. Bill Walker’s authority…
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Grand jury indicts Eagle River man in shooting death
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted a 29-year-old Eagle River man on charges of first-degree murder…
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Fairbanks woman named state’s top secondary school principal
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks principal has been named Alaska’s secondary school principal of the year. The award for…
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Schools can decide on transgender athletes
ANCHORAGE – Alaska’s governing body for high school activities says it is leaving it up to schools to…
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Tourists use homeless shelter to grab free grub
KETCHIKAN — Cruise ship passengers have been hanging out at a Southeast Alaska homeless shelter to get free…
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Alaska Highway closed in BC by wildfire
Four kilometers of the Alaska Highway in northeast British Columbia has been closed by a wildfire, the government…
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Walker attends first meeting of new tribal advisory council
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has attended the first meeting of the new Governor’s Tribal Advisory Council, a…
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AG hires lawyer who advised threatening gas leases
A former Alaska Gasline Port Authority legal consultant with historically hard line views on producers’ obligations under state…
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For bill seeking to restrict sex ed, it was try, try, try and try again ─ then succeed
The fourth time was the charm for a bill that places restrictions on the teaching of sexual education…
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House OKs crime bill
In a 28-11 vote, the Alaska House has approved Senate Bill 91, a sweeping reform of Alaska’s criminal…
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Couple forced daughters to live in basement, face child neglect charges
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska couple faces child neglect charges after authorities said their two teenage daughters lived in…