The Alaska Legislature is entering the final week of its 30-day special session with the biggest item of the year still unresolved.The ball is largely… Continue reading
PALMER — A man suspected of driving nearly double the Glenn Highway speed limit was arrested Friday morning after crashing into road signs.Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man is being held on suspicion of felony assault following a shooting Thursday night in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood.Police say 21-year-old Cody… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The company behind a proposed hydroelectric dam project in Juneau is one step closer to beginning its operations after federal regulators determined it… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Denali National Park rangers say the remains of a 22-year-old Georgia man were found this week by backcountry hikers.The remains are believed to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Wildlife officials in Alaska’s largest city now believe a moose and not a bear caused severe injuries to a man this week.The Alaska… Continue reading
NORTH POLE — Three concrete walls jut out of the dirt and shimmy across the ground like humongous eels.The walls on Doughchee Avenue off of… Continue reading
SITKA — It’s been about four decades since the band CornSilk played the tunes of the Beatles and Crosby, Stills & Nash in bars along… Continue reading
KOTZEBUE — Though farming outside in the tundra of the arctic isn’t an option, an Alaska Native company is working to grow fresh produce for… Continue reading
WHITTIER — The Prince William Sound community of Whittier would normally be bustling with seasonal workers, but with Great Pacific Seafoods shutting all its processing… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Friday she is directing her office to develop a series of consultations with Alaska Native leaders to… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by six this week to 414, the second consecutive… Continue reading
KODIAK — State officials are seeking an inspection of structural issues that have plagued the ferry Tustumena for nearly a decade and could impact winter… Continue reading
JUNEAU — When the Legislature convened nearly five months ago, there was broad acknowledgement that something needed to be done to address Alaska’s multibillion-dollar deficit… Continue reading
There were cheers, hoots and completely sober discussion Thursday as the state of Alaska approved the first licenses ever awarded for a commercial marijuana business… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Authorities say a body believed to be that of a missing Air Force airman from Texas has been found in an Alaska lake… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Six walrus hunters whose boats were trapped by Chukchi Sea ice were lifted to safety Wednesday by the Coast Guard.The agency said the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Responders in Alaska’s largest city shot and killed a bear Thursday that was wandering in the vicinity where a man might have been… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three Alaska groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to force a decision on cleaning up chronic air pollution in Fairbanks, the… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A Moose Creek farmer has lost a permit to fertilize his land with human waste after Fairbanks North Star Borough officials found his… Continue reading
