The Alaska Legislature has signed an $11.8 million purchase agreement for Anchorage office space, allowing it to move out of a controversial building downtown.The agreement… Continue reading
The Alaska Court of Appeals has thrown out the sentence of a man who threatened to kill the members of a Kasilof community group considering… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man was charged Thursday on two murder counts after police found a dead body inside his midtown apartment.Kelly Frederick, who is… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker will allow a controversial bill restricting sex education to become law without his signature.House Bill 156, sponsored by Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla… Continue reading
BILLINGS, Mont. — U.S. officials announced plans Thursday to speed up permitting for oil and gas drilling on federal and Indian lands to reduce delays,… Continue reading
KENAI — Alaska’s largest commercial fishing trade organization has launched an effort to learn more about habitat conditions across the state and ways to keep… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 23-year-old Anchorage resident was arraigned this week on a charge of embezzling from a credit union.Federal prosecutors say Shanice Mano took more… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and all woman leaders are held to a higher standard than men, the chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic… Continue reading
The Bureau of Land Management has officially signed over almost the entire landmass of St. Lawrence Island to two village corporations on the island.St. Lawrence… Continue reading
The leader of Alaska’s Department of Motor Vehicles has resigned.Amy Erickson was hired to run the DMV in 2013 under former Republican Gov. Sean Parnell… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating a shooting that left a teenage driver wounded.Anchorage television station KTVA reported the 17-year-old boy was shot in the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The North Slope Borough has a new mayor following a runoff election last week.Harry Brower Jr. was sworn Tuesday after absentee and questioned… Continue reading
SITKA — Efforts to advance bulk water sales in Sitka have stalled amid missed payments.Members of the Gary Paxton Industrial Park Board of Directors this… Continue reading
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska will take a closer look at Alaska Electric Light & Power’s under-construction diesel power plant on Industrial Boulevard.In an order… Continue reading
KODIAK — If a jet needs a little extra space landing at the Kodiak airport, the runway has just been extended — 600 feet into… Continue reading
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski brought in more than $730,000 during the latest fundraising quarter.As of June 30, the Republican had nearly $3.1 million… Continue reading
In early summer, California blood banks had more Alaskan O negative blood than Anchorage.After moving into its $45.7 million, 57,000 square foot building earlier this… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A North Pole woman whose toddler son died of blunt force trauma has been sentenced to four years in prison, followed by five… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A problem in the engine room led to flooding on board a fishing boat off the Aleutian Islands, forcing the crew to abandon… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man suspected of using a knife to confront a rafting party along the Chickaloon River has been charged with four counts of… Continue reading
