After 148 days in Juneau, the Alaska House of Representatives has ended its work, but lawmakers are expected to soon be back on the job… Continue reading
On the same day they killed the centerpiece of Gov. Bill Walker’s 13-point plan to fix Alaska’s deficit, members of the Alaska House voted to… Continue reading
Alaska’s new education commissioner is coming to Juneau from a rural school district with fewer than 500 students.On Thursday, the state school board announced the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said the three men killed Tuesday in a traffic crash on a remote Aleutian island were all from Anchorage.Troopers say… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Department of Corrections inmates walking away from halfway houses in Alaska’s largest city are becoming a public safety problem, according to the Anchorage… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage woman is being held on suspicion of felony assault and operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs after a traffic… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A former Fairbanks chiropractor and gun dealer received 17 years in prison for soliciting the murder of federal officers and others involved in… Continue reading
The Alaska House Finance Committee on Thursday evening failed to muster enough votes to advance a modified version of Senate Bill 128 that preserves its… Continue reading
BETHEL — The Association of Village Council Presidents is like a sinking ship without a captain, according to a tribal delegate for the troubled organization,… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker urged lawmakers Wednesday to continue work on the flagship legislation of his 13-point plan to balance Alaska’s multibillion-dollar deficit, tempering his words… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials said all state courts will be closed every Friday at noon beginning July 1 to cut operating costs during the state’s… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said a traffic crash on a remote Aleutian island killed three people in a van.Troopers said the van was carrying… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The National Park Service says a climber on Alaska’s Denali mountain died Tuesday of an unknown illness.The climber’s name, gender and home country… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A former Ketchikan resident and Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show lumberjack won FOX’s “American Grit,” a military-style endurance reality TV show.Mark Bouquin of Colden,… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Alaska Airlines CEO Brad Tilden said Wednesday that he might keep the Virgin America brand, running it and Alaska as two different… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — The Ketchikan Police Department, Alaska State Troopers and Adult Probation office searched a Ketchikan building near Ward Cove on Monday and turned up… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature has approved a cut to oil and gas drilling subsidies that promises millions in savings but fails to close a loophole that… Continue reading
Smoking rates continue to decline in Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.Between 1996 and 2013, the number of adult smokers… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Nearly 400 scientists have signed a letter urging President Obama to eliminate the possibility of Arctic offshore drilling in the near future by… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska officials say a new federal rule that will require judges to ask whether a child is a Native American during foster-care and… Continue reading
