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
DENVER — A woman who went to the hospital with severe abdominal pain on Christmas Eve 2013 remembered feeling “out of it” after getting a… Continue reading
MARSHALL — A man and woman drowned Friday afternoon as they attempted to launch a boat into the Yukon River in the Alaska village of… Continue reading
BETHEL — Villages near Bethel have had an uptick in alcohol-related incidents since the first liquor store opened in the town in more than 40… Continue reading
After a month of debate, the Alaska House of Representatives has approved legislation that cuts the annual state subsidy for the oil and gas industry.In… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted 16-4 to send the state’s $1.6 billion capital construction budget to the House.The $1.6 billion budget is in many ways… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Two passengers in a car were injured Wednesday night on the road into Denali National Park and Preserve. One passenger was in critical… Continue reading
SEATTLE — Greenpeace has filed a complaint against a University of Washington fishery scientist, claiming that at times he fails to disclose in articles the… Continue reading
A sweeping reform of Alaska’s criminal justice system has passed the Legislature and is headed to Gov. Bill Walker.On Friday, the Alaska Senate voted 14-5… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The president of the University of Alaska is calling for a broad restructuring of the institution to deal with financial woes that he… Continue reading
