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
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s senior culinary manager gets to be creative with the menu.Ray Flores, 51, likes to make new recipes. Recently, he’s been… Continue reading
SITKA — Budget projections have Sitka Community Hospital with a positive bottom line in 2017.Assembly members unanimously approved a $25.5 million hospital budget last week… Continue reading
KENAI — While some students worry about math tests or an upcoming sporting competition, a handful at Aurora Borealis Charter School and Kenai Central High… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Volcano Observatory has lowered the threat level for a remote volcano near the Aleutian Islands.The observatory said eruptions and minor ash… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The state Department of Labor says Alaska’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 percent in April.That’s the same rate as March… Continue reading
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says allegations of doping by Russian athletes undermine the confidence in the competitive process of the Olympics and a… Continue reading
A last-minute move made by the Alaska House-Senate Conference Committee on the state budget that could decrease Ketchikan School District funding by $237,000 has Ketchikan… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man sought for questioning in the disappearance of a remote Bering Sea island woman killed himself before he could be questioned by… Continue reading
