BETHEL — The Bethel Police Department is expecting its newly upgraded 911 system to bolster officers’ response to emergency calls.The new system allows dispatchers to… Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission has fined GCI $2.4 million for failing to provide reliable 911 service in portions of Alaska.According to an email from FCC… Continue reading
Anchorage’s Providence Alaska Medical Center has become the first hospital in the state to demonstrate it can take care of a patient infected with the… Continue reading
Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff survived a floatplane crash Sunday in Halibut Cove on the Kenai Peninsula. Rogoff, who was piloting the plane when… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police arrested a man after a gunbattle between vehicles left two people wounded, marking the second shooting in the Mountain View neighborhood… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A woman in Alaska is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear while she was hiking on a trail with her two… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 56-year-old Anchorage man will serve 13 1/2 years in a federal prison on drug charges.U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason cited Antonio… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder and burglary in the shooting death of a man at a southeast… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have ruled the two people found dead on a popular downtown trail were the victims of homicide.Police on Tuesday identified the… Continue reading
The state Division of Oil and Gas has officially rejected BP’s 2016 operational plan for Prudhoe Bay, but is extending last year’s plan until Nov.… Continue reading
PETERSBURG — Two people are dead and two others are injured after a car they were in turned over into a ditch in Petersburg.KFSK reported… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks museum dedicated to Alaska’s state sport is struggling to attract visitors and might close if business doesn’t pick up.The Bouchard’s International… Continue reading
Three public areas near the Kenai Municipal airport have received new signage dealing with a new problem: remote-controlled hobby drones that city and airport officials… Continue reading
MCGRATH — An Alaska State Trooper in a floatplane rescued a 29-year-old New York City man who set out to build a cabin and live… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Volcano Observatory is again raising the threat level for a remote volcano near the Aleutian Islands.The observatory says seismicity at Pavlof… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — One month after the tires on 87 private airplanes were slashed at a small airport in Alaska’s largest city, police publicly released grainy… Continue reading
WASHINGTON, DC — Alaska Native tribes can now petition the federal government to take their land into “trust,” an action previously barred in Alaska that… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 10 this week to 431.A year ago, 862… Continue reading
BETHEL — Bethel Region High School will receive $7 million in state funding for a new kitchen and cafeteria.KYUK-AM reported the school currently does not… Continue reading
KENAI — After almost 90 years in the current, an old fishing boat has come to rest in front of the Kenai Visitor Center.The wooden… Continue reading
