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Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, left, and Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, listen to Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, during a House Fisheries Committee meeting on transboundary issues at the Tom Stewart Building on Wednesday.

After first steps on transboundary mines, hunger for more progress

One week after Alaska agreed with British Columbia to research boundary-crossing rivers, a panel of Native leaders, environmental lobbyists, fishermen and scientists warned the Alaska… Continue reading

Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, left, and Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, listen to Richard Peterson, president of the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, during a House Fisheries Committee meeting on transboundary issues at the Tom Stewart Building on Wednesday.
An Alaska Airlines jet lifts off in December 2014.

Alaska boots passenger who hooted at female flight attendant

Alaska Airlines removed a man from a plane after he heckled a female flight attendant, calling out “sexy!” as she demonstrated how to use a… Continue reading

An Alaska Airlines jet lifts off in December 2014.
About two dozen people attended a public meeting to discuss the Badger Road Elementary School name Monday evening at the school on Bradway Road.

North Pole parents don’t want to change elementary school name

NORTH POLE, Alaska — Parents are urging the Fairbanks North Star Borough’s school board not to change the name of their children’s elementary school, although… Continue reading

About two dozen people attended a public meeting to discuss the Badger Road Elementary School name Monday evening at the school on Bradway Road.
n this file photo, Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, speaks during a House Majority Caucus press conference at the Capitol.

Alaska Supreme Court rules Westlake wins House seat

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision, giving a disputed state House election to the Democratic challenger.The court's decision came… Continue reading

n this file photo, Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, speaks during a House Majority Caucus press conference at the Capitol.
This Sept. 27, 2014 file photo provided by NOAA during the Aerial Survey of Arctic Marine Mammals project shows the walrus haul out at Point Lay, Alaska.

As walrus arrive, Alaska village tells visitors to stay away

ANCHORAGE — A remote village on Alaska’s northwest coast has begun a reverse tourism campaign. Residents want visitors to stay away.Pacific walrus by the thousands… Continue reading

This Sept. 27, 2014 file photo provided by NOAA during the Aerial Survey of Arctic Marine Mammals project shows the walrus haul out at Point Lay, Alaska.
Alaska gets extension to meet national ID standards

Alaska gets extension to meet national ID standards

JUNEAU — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given Alaska an extension to meet national proof-of-identity standards with the expectation that the state will… Continue reading

Alaska gets extension to meet national ID standards

Bethel to re-examine ATV laws after spike in citations

BETHEL — Bethel officials are set to reconsider their request for police to step up enforcement of laws banning all-terrain vehicles on city roadways.The City… Continue reading

In this file photo from March 2016, Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, speaks in favor of a bill during a House session.

Muñoz outpaces Parish and rest of House in election fundraising

Rep. Cathy Muñoz is running against Justin Parish to represent House District 34, but when it comes to fundraising, the Juneau Republican has no challenger.According… Continue reading

In this file photo from March 2016, Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, speaks in favor of a bill during a House session.
In this Mar. 27, 2009 file photo, smoke rises from the top a wood-fired boiler near a home in Fairbanks.

Groups sue to declare Fairbanks air out of compliance

ANCHORAGE — Two Alaska groups on Tuesday sued the Environmental Protection Agency, saying officials missed a deadline for deciding whether the Fairbanks North Star Borough… Continue reading

In this Mar. 27, 2009 file photo, smoke rises from the top a wood-fired boiler near a home in Fairbanks.

Murkowski, Sullivan resign GOP posts after denouncing Trump

JUNEAU —  Alaska's two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party after denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and saying he should… Continue reading

Report: Alaska’s Permanent Fund a model for other states

JUNEAU — Researchers are recommending other states look to Alaska’s Permanent Fund to learn how to grow funds supported by natural resource extraction.The Pew Charitable… Continue reading

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.