JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker has signed into law legislation that would clear the way for the restaurant Dave & Buster’s to do business in… Continue reading
California could face a dangerous and difficult wildfire season in 2016 despite a relatively wet winter, federal officials warned Tuesday.Most of the rest of the… Continue reading
SITKA — Two companies are looking to secure new bulk water contracts in a million-dollar deal with Sitka officials to export water from a city… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — The State Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the body found underneath a fish processing plant in Ketchikan as that of a man who… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a body was found Wednesday in a homeless camp in midtown Anchorage.Police in a release said the body of a… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is bound for some kind of double-overtime, with lawmakers — even after a four-month extended regular session — unable to reach a… Continue reading
KENAI — A judge has denied a request by the attorney of a Sterling woman charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy to dismiss the… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is proceeding with plans to purchase an Anchorage office building.On Monday evening, the joint House-Senate Legislative Council voted 13-1 to give Sen.… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage officials say firefighting efforts to combat a wildfire that threatened homes in the Campbell Creek area were almost halted when crews spotted… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The prospect of a special session loomed as Alaska lawmakers hit their fourth month in regular session without agreement on a plan for… Continue reading
Two weeks before the deadline to sign up, no one has yet challenged either of Juneau’s two sitting delegates to the Alaska House of Representatives.If… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska’s two new ferries will be named the Tazlina and the Hubbard.Gov. Bill Walker’s office announced the new names in a release Tuesday.… Continue reading
The governor approves of House Bill 247. So does a majority of the House of Representatives. In a pair of hearings Saturday and Sunday, members… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Congress has passed legislation allowing for the sale of about nine acres of federally held property in Anchorage to the city.In announcing the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage police officer and three citizens freed a man trapped in a sport utility vehicle that crashed and burned Sunday.Police at about… Continue reading
BETHEL — When Bethel residents vote in the upcoming presidential election this fall, they will be doing so at a polling station.The Bethel City Council… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska Democrats are calling for changes to the Democratic National Committee’s delegate selection process.The rub with the current setup has to do with… Continue reading
A bill fixing a problem with the ballot measure that legalized marijuana in Alaska is advancing toward a final vote.House Bill 75 advanced out of… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A rural Alaska man who shot two state troopers to death was convicted Monday of two counts of first-degree murder.A Fairbanks… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan museum is working to document, catalog and store hundreds of totem pole fragments retrieved decades ago from southeastern Alaska villages.The Totem… Continue reading
