Grand jury indicts teen in Anchorage shooting death

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man on murder charges in a shooting death on a rural road.State prosecutors say Kutay… Continue reading

Troopers release details of rural police officer shooting

ANCHORAGE — A rural Alaska police officer shot Wednesday night was struck three times but managed to escape and help another witness.Alaska State Trooper investigators… Continue reading

2 charged in $30,000 burglary of rural village store

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have arrested two people suspected of burglarizing a village store and stealing more than $30,000 in cash and checks.Troopers said… Continue reading

Giant cruise ship makes historic trip in melting Arctic

NOME — The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community’s docks on its inaugural visit.Instead,… Continue reading

A fire destroyed the Clearwater Lodge early on Thursday, May 15, 2014.

Delta Junction lodge reopens 2 years after arson

FAIRBANKS — A decades-old lodge in Delta Junction that was burned to the ground in 2014 has been rebuilt and is now open for business.The… Continue reading

A fire destroyed the Clearwater Lodge early on Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Destiny Neade of Fairbanks reacts afar receiving the first ever permit for a marijuana retail store in Alaska during a meeting of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday in Anchorage. Neade and her husband, Nick, hope to open their Fairbanks store, Frozen Budz, by Oct. 1, 2016.

Pot regulators approve first retail license

ANCHORAGE — The owners of Frozen Budz have high hopes now that they’ve received Alaska’s first retail marijuana license.Destiny Neade, co-owner of the Fairbanks business,… Continue reading

Destiny Neade of Fairbanks reacts afar receiving the first ever permit for a marijuana retail store in Alaska during a meeting of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday in Anchorage. Neade and her husband, Nick, hope to open their Fairbanks store, Frozen Budz, by Oct. 1, 2016.
Crews worked to clear this landslide that blocked Mitkof Highway in September of 2009.

Petersburg wants land exchange to stop logging plan

PETERSBURG — Petersburg Borough officials are seeking a land exchange to stop the Alaska Mental Health Trust from logging on a steep hillside where there’s… Continue reading

Crews worked to clear this landslide that blocked Mitkof Highway in September of 2009.
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl.

Alaska secures new grant funding for opioid research

KODIAK — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is set to receive nearly $3 million in federal funding each year to fight opioid… Continue reading

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl.

With hopes fading, Murkowski, lawmakers meet on energy bill

WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to approve the first major energy bill in nearly a decade got a jump-start Thursday as lawmakers convened a long-delayed meeting… Continue reading

K2 Dronotics co-founder Ben Kellie operates a modified drone on Island Lake in Nikiski. He and his brother, Nick, were testing a prototype LiDAR system, a surveying technology that allows them to gather aerial data over snowy terrains.

Game of Drones: One company’s quest to survey Alaska

KENAI — How would an inspection of a 200-foot tower only accessible via Kenai Lake normally be done?A surveyor could row, row, row a boat,… Continue reading

K2 Dronotics co-founder Ben Kellie operates a modified drone on Island Lake in Nikiski. He and his brother, Nick, were testing a prototype LiDAR system, a surveying technology that allows them to gather aerial data over snowy terrains.

Washington man charged in $2.7-million Alaska fraud case

ANCHORAGE — A Washington state man suspected of bilking more than a dozen Alaskans of a total of $2.7 million was arrested Thursday after being… Continue reading

Regulators delay decision to allow pot use in stores

JUNEAU — The board regulating Alaska’s fledgling legal marijuana industry started a two-day meeting Wednesday during which it was expected to approve licenses for the… Continue reading

BP has no Prudhoe gas marketing info to share, company says

BP has no Prudhoe gas marketing info to share, company says

BP Exploration Alaska hasn’t, and can’t, market its Prudhoe Bay natural gas, company officials wrote in the revised plan of development for the North Slope… Continue reading

BP has no Prudhoe gas marketing info to share, company says

Feds release report on Chugach National Forest management

KENAI — The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with updating its management plan for the Chugach National Forest on the eastern part of the… Continue reading

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 photo, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein prepares to spray-paint "I approve this message" in red paint on the blade of a bulldozer at a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the area of Morton County, N.D. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said Tuesday that authorities plan to pursue charges against Stein. (Alicia Ewen/KX News via AP)

Green Party’s Jill Stein charged with trespassing, mischief

A North Dakota judge issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment… Continue reading

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 photo, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein prepares to spray-paint "I approve this message" in red paint on the blade of a bulldozer at a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the area of Morton County, N.D. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said Tuesday that authorities plan to pursue charges against Stein. (Alicia Ewen/KX News via AP)

Richardson Highway tank spill totals more than 3,500 gallons

ANCHORAGE — Alaska state environmental officials said a fuel spill from an overturned fuel tank off the Richardson Highway totaled more than 3,500 gallons.The Department… Continue reading

A dry-erase board at the Alaska Division of Elections headquarters in Juneau shows Ambler precinct's five absentee votes missing from the final tally.

State certifies primary election results, but recount is imminent

Editor's note: This article has been updated due to a correction. The article reported that absentee votes from the village of Ambler were not received by… Continue reading

A dry-erase board at the Alaska Division of Elections headquarters in Juneau shows Ambler precinct's five absentee votes missing from the final tally.

All races: Final 2016 primary election results

Following are the results of the Aug. 16 statewide primary elections. The primary election selects one candidate from each party for November’s general election. Independent… Continue reading

Walker: State will sue over game management rule

The state of Alaska and the federal government are headed back to court — again — to resolve another instance of “federal overreach,” Gov. Bill… Continue reading

It’s Miller v. Murkowski – again

Joe Miller is again challenging Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate, and this time he’s running as a Libertarian.Late Tuesday afternoon, just hours before the deadline… Continue reading