The Pretzel Chef trailer

Thief makes off with trailer used as mobile pretzel parlor

FAIRBANKS — It’s a twisted crime: Someone stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, a food truck that operates in Fairbanks, Alaska.The Pretzel Chef is a fixture… Continue reading

The Pretzel Chef trailer

Anchorage police seek 4 suspects, car used in street robbery

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for four robbery suspects who accosted a couple early Monday morning on the west side of the city.Police say… Continue reading

Troopers release name of man killed in crash

TOK — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the man killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash on the Alaska Highway.Troopers say 19-year-old… Continue reading

Man robs Anchorage bank, drives away with 2 others in SUV

ANCHORAGE — A man claiming to be armed robbed a bank Monday on Anchorage’s east side.Anchorage police say a man walked into the First National… Continue reading

State says first federal trust status application filed

ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials say the first application by an Alaska Native entity to put lands into federal trust has been submitted to the federal… Continue reading

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner's Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery on Monday.

Photos: DIPAC fieldtrip

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner’s Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and… Continue reading

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner's Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery on Monday.

With crime on the rise, Chugiak residents learn crime prevention

CHUGIAK-EAGLE RIVER — Crime is up in Alaska, according to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report which cites statistics from 2015. While the previous year… Continue reading

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.

Historic Kenai church gets new fire suppression system

KENAI — A system designed to extinguish fires without damaging the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church’s collection of icons, art and… Continue reading

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.
Pat Sarvela, one of the first nurses at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital works with tuberculosis patient Agnes Prosoff at the Alice Island sanitarium in the late 1940s.

Sitka nurses recall war against killer disease

SITKA — In some places during the 1940s and 1950s, nurses were seen as being “at the bottom of the totem pole” of the medical… Continue reading

Pat Sarvela, one of the first nurses at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital works with tuberculosis patient Agnes Prosoff at the Alice Island sanitarium in the late 1940s.

Troopers investigate death of woman in Willow home

WILLOW — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman at a home in Willow.Troopers say 41-year-old Elizabeth Foster was found dead Sunday… Continue reading

In this file photo taken April 2, 2016, Juneauites crowd the GCI store near Juneau International Airport for the launch of GCI's gigabit internet service.

Utility provider to bring high-speed internet to 7 villages

FAIRBANKS — High-speed internet is coming to seven Alaska villages next year.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports phone, wireless and cable provider GCI announced new towers… Continue reading

In this file photo taken April 2, 2016, Juneauites crowd the GCI store near Juneau International Airport for the launch of GCI's gigabit internet service.
In this photo taken Sept. 10 2016, a moose stands across the water at Snyder Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Commissioner turns down challenge of predator control rules

FAIRBANKS — Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game commissioner has rejected calls from petitioners critical of the state’s predator control rules to change the hunting… Continue reading

In this photo taken Sept. 10 2016, a moose stands across the water at Snyder Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Fairbanks man escapes from halfway house for second time

FAIRBANKS — Authorities are looking for a halfway house resident who escaped from a van that was transporting him back to the Fairbanks Correctional Center.The… Continue reading

Totem Heritage Center marks 40 years

KETCHIKAN — For the past four decades, the Totem Heritage Center has worked to preserve Native totem poles and artifacts from around Southeast Alaska.The center,… Continue reading

US rig count up 2 this week to 524

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by two this week to 524.A year ago, 795… Continue reading

Village council association gets first female CEO

BETHEL — A nonprofit tribal group criticized over its finances has hired its first female CEO.KYUK-AM reported Vivian Johnson Korthuis of the Village of Emmonak… Continue reading

Drunk driver hits Ketchikan welcome arch

KETCHIKAN — An alleged drunk driver damaged the Ketchikan Welcome Arch late Wednesday night.Ketchikan police, at approximately 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, responded to the 300 block… Continue reading

Democrat Begich backs independent Stock in Senate bid

JUNEAU — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock has won the endorsement of the last Alaska Democrat to hold the office.Stock said Friday that she’s… Continue reading

Shell halts proposed oil-by-rail project at its refinery

ANACORTES, Wash. — Shell Puget Sound Refinery announced Thursday it has terminated plans for a proposed oil-by-rail project at its refinery in Washington state.Under the… Continue reading

Fairbanks youth officer charged with distributing child porn

ANCHORAGE — A man who has worked as a juvenile justice officer at the Fairbanks Youth Facility has been charged with three counts of distributing… Continue reading