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Fairbanks finds police chief conducted other business on job
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks mayor’s office says a former city police chief did have a conflict of interest…
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Anchorage teen dies in early morning street shooting
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy shot and killed in the Government…
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Heavy snow collapses Anchorage sports facility dome
ANCHORAGE — Heavy snow has collapsed the roof of an Anchorage sports complex. The Dome is closed and…
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US rig count jumps 35 this week to 694
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. leaped by 35…
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17-year-old boy dies when ATV flips on Iliamna Lake
KOKHANOK — A 17-year-old boy riding double on an all-terrain vehicle died in a crash on Iliamna (il-ee-AHM-nah)…
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Woman dies in 2-car Wasilla traffic crash; 3 others injured
ANCHORAGE — Wasilla police say a woman died in a two-car crash on Knik-Goose Bay Road. Anchorage television…
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Alaska ends 2016 with 6.7 percent unemployment rate
JUNEAU — The state labor department says Alaska’s unemployment rate ended 2016 at 6.7 percent. That preliminary, seasonally…
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Hawaii mother’s airplane child assault conviction overturned
HONOLULU — A federal judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a mother found guilty of assaulting her…
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Cannabis industry latest to be tangled in Anchorage permitting code
ANCHORAGE — Brian Coyle thought his marijuana lab, AK Green Labs, would open last September. Nobody told him…
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Amid recession, Alaska’s breweries find boom times
In 1986, Alaska was in the middle of a cataclysmic recession. Geoff and Marcy Larson decided it was…
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Walker debuts pay freeze bill: 5,000 workers would be affected
Gov. Bill Walker has officially proposed freezing the pay of approximately 5,000 nonunion state employees. Senate Bill 31…
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Sentencing reset for Alaska strip club owner in dumping case
ANCHORAGE — A sentencing hearing has been canceled for a second day in a row in the case…
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Feds declare salmon disaster for Gulf of Alaska fisheries
ANCHORAGE — The federal government has issued a disaster declaration for Alaska’s pink salmon fishery and several other…
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Capitol Decode: One-sentence summaries of the 37 new bills introduced so far
The first week of each session of the Alaska Legislature is always one of organization and preparation. With…
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Man dies on snowmobile trip from Kotzebue to Fairbanks
ANCHORAGE — A man who tried to drive a snowmobile from Kotzebue to Fairbanks was found dead near…
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EPA proposes OK of Fairbanks air plan, but more steps needed
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday it is proposing to accept a state of Alaska…
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In Alaska, minus 59 takes toll on cars, pipes, state of mind
ANCHORAGE — Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working. She owns a grocery store…
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Alaska’s recession will last through 2019, economists tell Legislature
State, university and private economists warned lawmakers this week that Alaska’s recession will last through 2019 — and…
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Bethel homeless shelter dealing with drunk residents
BETHEL — Operators of a homeless shelter in Bethel say they’re struggling to deal with intoxicated residents. Bethel…
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2 charged with burglary at Public Safety Department building
ANCHORAGE — A former Department of Public Safety employee will be arraigned next month on a felony burglary…