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Court: Refinery owners must share cleanup costs

FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Supreme Court says recent owners of a North Pole oil refinery share costs of cleaning up a contamination that has reached… Continue reading

Report recommends ways for UA to cut costs in athletics

ANCHORAGE — A new report highlights the uncertainty of the University of Alaska athletics programs, with some facing elimination as the university prepares to make… Continue reading

Anchorage police use gas to force suspect out of home

ANCHORAGE — A suspect who refused to leave his Anchorage home was forced out by police deploying irritating gas.The man was arrested early Friday and… Continue reading

Canadian rescued near ‘Into the Wild’ bus

FAIRBANKS — Authorities in Alaska say a Canadian man is the latest person to be rescued near an abandoned bus made famous by the book… Continue reading

Judge denies Nev. county’s claim to national forest road

RENO, Nev. — A dirt road in a national forest at the center of a decades-old dispute between the Forest Service and a rural Nevada… Continue reading

Grim news for gas pipeline

Tough global competition and low natural gas prices have Alaska’s partners in a multibillion-dollar trans-Alaska pipeline preparing to give up — at least for now.On… Continue reading

Girl dies of injuries suffered in village ATV accident

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage child has died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Aug. 11.Alaska State Troopers say that 10-year-old Aaliyahellie Shangin-Andrews… Continue reading

Troopers say powerful painkiller found in Alaska heroin

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say lab tests showed the presence of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in heroin seized from a village where four people… Continue reading

A life-size, fiberglass bear statue painted with nature scenes and rubber boots, part of a "Parade of Bears" display, stands in front of offices of Great Land Trust on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The statues were installed to increase awareness of grizzly and black bears that live within the municipality of Anchorage and to highlight an international bear conference hosted by the city. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Colorful bear statues roam Anchorage

ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s largest city is home to more than 300 grizzly and black bears and now more than a dozen multicolored ones.Life-size bear statues… Continue reading

A life-size, fiberglass bear statue painted with nature scenes and rubber boots, part of a "Parade of Bears" display, stands in front of offices of Great Land Trust on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, in Anchorage, Alaska. The statues were installed to increase awareness of grizzly and black bears that live within the municipality of Anchorage and to highlight an international bear conference hosted by the city. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
Julia Bevins, left, of Anchorage and Steve Jones of San Francisco wear polar bear costumes during a climate action rally on the Park Strip in Anchorage during President Obama's 2015 visit to the city. Alaska appears to be changing course on climate change, according to the Speaker of the House and one of the state's most prominent conservation scientists.

House speaker, noted conservationist agree: Alaska ‘flip flops’ on climate change

Rick Steiner and Mike Chenault agree on something.In separate announcements this week, both figures said an action this week by Alaska’s new attorney general represents… Continue reading

Julia Bevins, left, of Anchorage and Steve Jones of San Francisco wear polar bear costumes during a climate action rally on the Park Strip in Anchorage during President Obama's 2015 visit to the city. Alaska appears to be changing course on climate change, according to the Speaker of the House and one of the state's most prominent conservation scientists.
Gov. Bill Walker introduces Susan Carney, Alaska's newest supreme court justice, at the state bar convention on May 12, 2016 in Anchorage.

Alaska’s newest supreme court justice is inducted today

Don’t tell basketball jokes to Susan Carney. She’s heard them all.This afternoon, the former junior-varsity Harvard basketball player will become the newest member of the… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker introduces Susan Carney, Alaska's newest supreme court justice, at the state bar convention on May 12, 2016 in Anchorage.

Claims for expanded Medicaid group $30 million over estimates in first year

ANCHORAGE — Alaska has trouble affording the Affordable Care Act.Alaska’s new Medicaid enrollees are already costing more than what economists predicted they would in 2021.… Continue reading

Ex-Bethel officer pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault

ANCHORAGE — Authorities on Thursday defended the length of time it took to win a conviction against a former Alaska police officer accused of assaulting… Continue reading

Prison farm helps food bank meet demand

FAIRBANKS — Vegetable donations from a prison farm in Wasilla are helping the Fairbanks Community Food Bank handle a 25 percent increase in food requests… Continue reading

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Democrat drops out of House race for Anchorage district

Democratic candidate Ed Cullinane has withdrawn from his Anchorage campaign for a seat in the Alaska House.Cullinane, in a statement emailed to reporters Wednesday night,… Continue reading

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Walker fills vacancy on state Marijuana Control Board

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man opening a retail marijuana business has been appointed to the state Marijuana Control Board.Gov. Bill Walker announced Wednesday that Nicholas… Continue reading

Man sought on manslaughter charge surrenders to police

ANCHORAGE — A man sought by Anchorage police on a manslaughter charge has turned himself in.Anchorage television station KTUU reported 19-year-old Kuach Kuach surrendered Tuesday… Continue reading

FILE - In this May 6, 2015 file photo, a computer-based practice ACT English test is displayed on a computer monitor in Washington. Nearly two-thirds of this year's high school graduates took the ACT college entrance exam, and their scores suggest that many remain unprepared for the rigors of college-level coursework. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

ACT scores show many grads not ready for college-level work

WASHINGTON — The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year’s high school graduates aren’t ready for college-level course work.In… Continue reading

FILE - In this May 6, 2015 file photo, a computer-based practice ACT English test is displayed on a computer monitor in Washington. Nearly two-thirds of this year's high school graduates took the ACT college entrance exam, and their scores suggest that many remain unprepared for the rigors of college-level coursework. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE--In this Nov. 1, 2013, file photo, a car stops to allow a moose to cross Westpark Drive in Anchorage, Alaska. Moose killed by cars and truck along the Alaska road system are salvaged and donated to people on the Alaska State Troopers' "charity list" but the Alaska Moose Federation says all or parts of three moose killed recently have been stolen before they could be picked up and delivered for processing. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, file)

Roadkill thieves target dead moose meant for needy

ANCHORAGE — Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes… Continue reading

FILE--In this Nov. 1, 2013, file photo, a car stops to allow a moose to cross Westpark Drive in Anchorage, Alaska. Moose killed by cars and truck along the Alaska road system are salvaged and donated to people on the Alaska State Troopers' "charity list" but the Alaska Moose Federation says all or parts of three moose killed recently have been stolen before they could be picked up and delivered for processing. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, file)
In this Oct. 26, 2015 photo, Senate Finance Committee members to a presentation on Gov. Bill Walker's proposed buy-out of TransCanada in a gasline project at the Capitol. Low oil prices may jeopardize the possibility of brining an Alaska gasline project to fruition.

Analysis: Gas price drop renders pipeline questionable

A drop in global natural gas prices due to falling demand has made Alaska’s natural gas pipeline project questionable, a joint session of the Alaska… Continue reading

In this Oct. 26, 2015 photo, Senate Finance Committee members to a presentation on Gov. Bill Walker's proposed buy-out of TransCanada in a gasline project at the Capitol. Low oil prices may jeopardize the possibility of brining an Alaska gasline project to fruition.