JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker signed an administrative order Thursday directing state agencies to pursue grant funding to help combat opioid abuse in Alaska. The… Continue reading
University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen presented an upbeat, optimistic State of the University address to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, but a… Continue reading
Juneau apparently likes a winner. According to records released Wednesday by the Alaska Public Offices commission, Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, raised $44,403.60 in his campaign… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Fire officials in Alaska’s largest city say a federal team will assist in the investigation of an apartment complex fire that left two… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Natural gas for at least 10 days has leaked from an underwater natural gas pipeline in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and floating ice has… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A trade group for Alaska commercial fishermen is flagging concerns with a state House proposal that would reinstitute a personal income tax. United… Continue reading
A New York investment firm tore apart claims by the owners of the Pebble mine project that developing the prospect is economically viable in a… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young says he never smoked marijuana, but he’s a member of the newest caucus on Capitol Hill — the… Continue reading
Alaska Air Group Inc. turned a $911 million profit in 2016, extending its streak of record annual earnings to seven years while also closing the… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Preparations for the world’s most famous sled dog race are underway in Fairbanks now that the race’s official start has been moved from… Continue reading
The Alaska House has voted to correct itself. In a 36-0 vote Wednesday morning, lawmakers approved House Bill 77, the annual revisor’s bill that corrects… Continue reading
It was only four votes, but it represented the Alaska Legislature’s biggest opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 12 years. On… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has issued a public health disaster declaration stemming from the abuse of opioids such as heroin and prescription painkillers,… Continue reading
UPPER KALSKAG — A 48-year-old man suspected of assaulting a woman relative in a southwest Alaska village has been charged with two counts of felony… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — State transportation officials say construction on a $20 million road project in Fairbanks could begin as soon as this summer thanks to federal… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker’s proposal to triple the state’s jet fuel and aviation gasoline taxes by 2018 is causing turbulence within the state’s flying community. If… Continue reading
BETHEL — Federal wildlife officials are looking to open up a subsistence hunt this year for a goose that’s been off-limits to hunting for the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The president of a state-sponsored gas pipeline corporation is pledging greater openness with Alaska lawmakers, many of whom have grown increasingly skeptical about… Continue reading
JUNEAU — State revenue officials estimate it would cost $14 million to develop software and otherwise build a system that would allow the state to… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers have arrested three men suspected of stealing an ATM from a rural Fairbanks store. Troopers say 35-year-old Joshua Ritter, 55-year-old… Continue reading
