SITKA — Is Sitka interested in finding out about the presence of heavy metals, contaminants and nutrients in some of the subsistence foods we eat?… Continue reading
There’s a saying that you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.Evidently, that doesn’t apply to free buildings.On Tuesday morning, the Legislative Council voted… Continue reading
Since 1884, fish processors and biologists have kept intimate track of the number of salmon caught in Bristol Bay. On July 6, that figure passed… Continue reading
The owners of the controversial downtown Anchorage Legislative Information Office Building have filed a claim seeking $37 million from the state of Alaska.In the claim,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said a driver died Monday morning in a crash on the Glenn Highway.The name of the female driver was not… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police investigating the deaths of two people on a bike trail have released photos of two men who may have information on… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man suspected of stabbing his father early Monday has been charged with three counts of felony assault and one of felony… Continue reading
BETHEL — Alaska’s Akiachak tribe is preparing to inventory land for federal trust status following a federal appeals court decision allowing Alaska Native communities to… Continue reading
The 29th Alaska Legislature on Monday began its fifth special session since the gavel first sounded in January 2015, but lawmakers appear uncertain on their… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker organized the signing ceremony for Senate Bill 91, but Kara Nelson and Kris Sell seized the moment.After the speeches, Juneau Police Department… Continue reading
The 29th Alaska Legislature will start its fifth special session on Monday, bringing lawmakers from across the state back to Juneau. Don’t expect all of… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by nine this week to 440.A year ago, 863… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Officials say two orphaned moose calves were captured at Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve Friday and will be moved to a wildlife… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Hundreds of people rallied in Midtown Anchorage in the wake of two black men fatally shot by officers in Louisiana and Minnesota and… Continue reading
SAXMAN — The Southeast Alaska city of Saxman has been awarded a $60,000 grant to replace the roof of its clan house.The Ketchikan Daily News… Continue reading
KODIAK — The University of Alaska Fairbanks and state officials are seeking public input on new guidelines for how coastal communities should respond to tsunamis.New… Continue reading
HOMER — David Stammen of Sidney, Ohio, reeled in his first halibut aboard a Homer Ocean Charter boat — followed by 12 more over the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The publisher of Alaska’s largest newspaper was able to free herself from her partially submerged and sinking airplane after it dove nose-first into… Continue reading
One casualty of this year’s state budget cuts is an aid program that assists low-income households with their winter heating bills.The Alaska Department of Health… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE - A dead humpback whale that washed ashore near one of Anchorage’s largest parks will be left for nature to take its course.KTUU reported… Continue reading
