One of the few non-budget items on Gov. Bill Walker’s special-session agenda received its first hearing in the Alaska Senate on Wednesday afternoon.House Bill 200,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The deadline for entering the annual Denali National Park and Preserve road lottery is approaching.People can enter online and by phone through Tuesday… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Alaska officials are outlining new measures to control pollution in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, as federal regulators plan to upgrade two borough… Continue reading
The state of Alaska has suspended Medicaid payments to hospitals and clinics amid a continuing budget impasse in the Legislature, but the state’s director of… Continue reading
Twenty historic sites in national parks are vying for $2 million in preservation grants, and the public is invited to vote for their favorite places.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The lone insurance company expected to offer individual health policies to Alaskans next year will have until mid-July to make its requests for… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Fairbanks plans to close its cooperative extension service offices in Sitka and Anchorage by the end of October.Thirteen jobs… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska Department of Corrections officer suspected of a heroin-distribution plot at a state prison has been arrested on federal drug charges.Adam Jason… Continue reading
The vice president of operations with Morris Publishing Group has been named the new publisher of the Peninsula Clarion, a sister paper to the Juneau… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks is replacing its longtime groundskeeper of the city’s oldest cemetery with employees from the Public Works Department after a disputed bidding process.Starting… Continue reading
Members of the Alaska House Finance Committee showed a notable lack of enthusiasm Tuesday as they heard details of Gov. Bill Walker’s omnibus tax bill… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A driver’s complaint of someone impersonating a police officer has led to an investigation by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A former Anchorage municipal prosecutor has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for a $52 million wire fraud and money… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — The only survivor of a floatplane crash in Southeast Alaska that killed three Wrangell men remains in recovery at a Colorado hospital.Morgan Enright… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaskans participated in a yearly community walk in the state’s largest city to raise awareness about suicide and remember loved ones who took… Continue reading
EVERETT, Washington — In the spring of 1980, climbers Mike Helms and Bob Kandiko came upon two other climbers in peril near the summit of Alaska’s… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A minimum-security prisoner who escaped from a halfway house in Fairbanks came back three hours later, but it wasn’t to turn himself in.Alaska… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A high school freshman has died after collapsing at his region’s track and field championships.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Monroe Catholic High School… Continue reading
Alaska lawmakers convened the fourth special session of the 29th Alaska Legislature today, but though the state is 38 days from a government shutdown, urgency… Continue reading
SEWARD — A 38-year-old Seward man has been charged with attempted murder following a shooting Saturday morning at a remote site 60 miles north of… Continue reading
