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Fairbanks police ID officer involved in fatal shooting

FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police have released the name of an officer who shot and killed a man who took a hostage while fleeing authoritiesPolice in… Continue reading

Permanent fund board pitched on tax credit investment

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is pitching the board overseeing Alaska’s oil wealth nest egg on a potential investment in the state’s oil and… Continue reading

Native groups criticize fair board over rappers’ ejection

FAIRBANKS — Alaska Native organizations are calling on an Interior Alaska state fair board to address issues of minority treatment and cultural insensitivity after a… Continue reading

In this July 7, 2016 photo, police tape hangs from a hand rail near where two people were killed on the Ship Creek Trail in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The double homicide is among nine unsolved cases this year in which people have been found dead in Anchorage parks, trails and on isolated streets. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Unsolved homicides put people on edge in Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — A rash of unsolved outdoor homicides in Alaska’s largest city is putting residents on edge.Altogether, the deaths of nine people who were killed… Continue reading

In this July 7, 2016 photo, police tape hangs from a hand rail near where two people were killed on the Ship Creek Trail in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The double homicide is among nine unsolved cases this year in which people have been found dead in Anchorage parks, trails and on isolated streets. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
After the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on Sept. 4, 1971, recovery teams stayed in touch with handheld and short-distance radios that linked them to Juneau.

The disaster that taught us to fly safely: 45 years after Flight 1866

In the first week of September, 45 years ago, Robert Mottram flew by helicopter to the Chilkat Mountains west of Admiralty Island. It was not… Continue reading

After the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 on Sept. 4, 1971, recovery teams stayed in touch with handheld and short-distance radios that linked them to Juneau.
Image courtesy of PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation This computer-generated illustration shows Lockheed Martin's LMH-1 hybrid aircraft, which transportation company PRL Logistics plans to base in Kenai in 2019.

Hybrid aircraft to be based in Kenai

KENAI — By 2019, people looking south across Kenai’s river flats or standing on its beach might occasionally see a giant, three-lobed ovoid rise into… Continue reading

Image courtesy of PRL Logistics and Straightline Aviation This computer-generated illustration shows Lockheed Martin's LMH-1 hybrid aircraft, which transportation company PRL Logistics plans to base in Kenai in 2019.
Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage

APOC will wait to hear fundraising complaint against Anchorage lawmaker

The Alaska Public Offices Commission will wait at least two weeks to consider a complaint filed by the Alaska Democratic Party against a practice that… Continue reading

Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage

Southeast Alaska school closing down over lack of students

PETERSBURG — A school on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska that saw only a handful of graduates last year is closing its doors… Continue reading

This Wednesday Aug. 31 photo provided by Alaska State Troopers shows the wreckage of a Cessna 208 Caravan, strewn from the bare earth at right to the left center, involved in a deadly midair collision with another small plane over a remote area near the village of Russian Mission in western Alaska. A total of five people died in the Wednesday morning crash. Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of the four Alaskans and a Montana man who died.

Rough terrain complicates efforts to recover bodies in crash

ANCHORAGE — Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of four Alaskans and a Montana man who were killed when two small planes collided… Continue reading

This Wednesday Aug. 31 photo provided by Alaska State Troopers shows the wreckage of a Cessna 208 Caravan, strewn from the bare earth at right to the left center, involved in a deadly midair collision with another small plane over a remote area near the village of Russian Mission in western Alaska. A total of five people died in the Wednesday morning crash. Rough terrain complicated efforts to recover the bodies of the four Alaskans and a Montana man who died.

Sitka scrambles to act after finding moderate landslide risk

SITKA — Sitka officials are working on public safety issues after finding one area of the city is at risk for a landslide.The Daily Sitka… Continue reading

Man shot, killed by Fairbanks police ID’d

FAIRBANKS — Authorities have identified a Fairbanks man who was fatally shot by police after they say he took a person hostage and ignored officers’… Continue reading

Feds provide money for sanitation in villages

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s rural communities are set to receive $27 million in federal funds to help improve sanitation.The funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture… Continue reading

Alaska GOP chair suggests new election for state House seat

JUNEAU — The chairman of Alaska’s Republican Party has suggested that another election be held in a state House district where ballot issues during the… Continue reading

State analyzing higher claims for expanded Alaska Medicaid

JUNEAU — Costs for Alaska’s expanded Medicaid program have exceeded first-year estimates by roughly $30 million so far, leaving some concerned about the impact the… Continue reading

Survey: More adults use marijuana, don’t think it’s risky

NEW YORK — Marijuana use is becoming more accepted among U.S. adults as states loosen pot laws, new national survey data shows.More are using marijuana,… Continue reading

Marijuana sits in a bowl from which it is packaged and sold to customers, at The Station, a medical and retail cannabis dispensary, in Boulder, Colorado., Thursday, Aug. 11.

Alaska attorney general: Marijuana social clubs illegal

JUNEAU — Alaska’s attorney general said Wednesday that marijuana social clubs are illegal, addressing what had been a hazy area following the state’s legalization of… Continue reading

Marijuana sits in a bowl from which it is packaged and sold to customers, at The Station, a medical and retail cannabis dispensary, in Boulder, Colorado., Thursday, Aug. 11.

The Latest: Troopers say no survivors in western Alaska midair crash

ANCHORAGE — All those on board two small planes died in a midair collision Wednesday in western Alaska, state troopers said.Troopers did not say how many… Continue reading

Police ID 2nd man found dead in park

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a second man who was found dead in a local park over the weekend.Police said 34-year-old… Continue reading

This July 2016 photo provided by Alaska State Parks shows an old cabin at Big Delta State Historical Park 90 miles southeast of Fairbanks that was recently moved back 50 feet because of an eroding riverbank. The Alaska State Parks agency is turning to crowdfunding to raise money for erosion protection at the park.

Alaska State Parks agency to crowdfund for riverbank project

ANCHORAGE — With Alaska’s fiscal crisis drying up funding for a number of state projects, officials hope a crowdfunding campaign will raise $50,000 toward shoring… Continue reading

This July 2016 photo provided by Alaska State Parks shows an old cabin at Big Delta State Historical Park 90 miles southeast of Fairbanks that was recently moved back 50 feet because of an eroding riverbank. The Alaska State Parks agency is turning to crowdfunding to raise money for erosion protection at the park.
Maj. Gen. John W. Schaeffer, Jr. (Ret.)

Alaska Native elder and leader dies at age 77

ANCHORAGE — John Schaeffer Jr., an Inupiat Eskimo elder and tribal leader in northwest Alaska, has died. He was 77.Schaeffer was the first president and… Continue reading

Maj. Gen. John W. Schaeffer, Jr. (Ret.)