The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has approved plans for a new marijuana store on Front Street and Juneau’s first marijuana testing lab, but board members… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska election officials say information on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Libertarian Gary Johnson have been added to the online version of… Continue reading
A Skagway man will be arraigned Monday on two counts of third-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons. The charges stem from… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Auto insurers believe drivers who text, use smartphone apps or are otherwise distracted are a big factor in the recent surge in traffic… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Community Foundation says fewer people have decided to give up portions of their annual oil wealth check to support nonprofit organizations… Continue reading
BETHEL — The Army National Guard is turning its recruitment efforts to Alaska Natives as it seeks to find soldiers equipped with subsistence skills.The Guard… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Americans in the health insurance markets created by President Barack Obama’s law will have less choice next year than any time since the… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — An energy company lawyer said Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas touched her inappropriately at a 1999 dinner in suburban Washington. Thomas… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Attorneys plan to seek mediation in a lawsuit between the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.In a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two men suspected of an Eagle River robbery were tracked down through a cellphone taken from the victim.Anchorage police said 27-year-old Kyon Watson… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A bear mauled a man out with his dogs before dawn Thursday on a runway of the small airport in the southern Alaska… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has proclaimed November Avalanche Awareness Education Month.Alaska ranks number one in the nation for avalanche deaths per capita. Six lives were lost… Continue reading
KENAI — If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye could.The lake in the Matanuska-Susitna region, located… Continue reading
KENAI — Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now delivers two to three babies… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now.The assembly passed a policy at its Oct. 11 meeting outlining who can give… Continue reading
KENAI — Teachers and support staff in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have voted to ratify a tentative agreement on their contracts.The Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Responders have collected an estimated 350 gallons of mixed fuel oil and water from a spill that occurred when a fuel trailer overturned… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Voters weighing who they will support for president should consider issues such as energy development and opportunities for developing Alaska’s resources, U.S. Sen.… Continue reading
SITKA — Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is asking Gov. Bill Walker to include Southeast Alaska in the regions for which the governor is seeking federal disaster… Continue reading
