JUNEAU — House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement for use of any excess earnings from a fund set up to help rural areas faced… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Wildlife Troopers are investigating two cases of wanton waste of caribou in northwest Alaska.Troopers found multiple cow caribou killed… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State labor officials have fined an Anchorage assisted living home $75,000 for alleged safety and health violations in the death of a caregiver… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature is moving slowly to address the state’s $4 billion annual deficit, but it will move quickly this weekend as proceedings are displaced… Continue reading
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board has voted unanimously to ask the public to comment on draft regulations allowing recreational marijuana users to enjoy pot products… Continue reading
The U.S. Senate’s commerce, science and transportation committee has approved an amendment that allots $150 million for a new heavy polar icebreaker.The amendment, offered by… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has ordered state flags lowered in honor of former Superior Court Judge Ben Esch, who died Monday of leukemia.The announcement was made… Continue reading
KODIAK — Federal wildlife managers say efforts to remove a herd of more than 2,000 feral cattle on Chirikof Island that have long gone without… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks City Council has shot down an attempt by the Fairbanks North Star Borough to rename a prominent downtown road.The Council decided… Continue reading
DENVER — The upcoming wildfire season across the U.S. isn’t expected to be as bad as last year’s infernos, when a record 15,800 square miles… Continue reading
Even as members of the Alaska Legislature promote a slow-and-steady approach to fixing Alaska’s $4 billion annual deficit, Gov. Bill Walker said he wants to… Continue reading
KENAI — It was business as usual at the Carl’s Jr. in Kenai for the last few weeks before it closed — except no meat… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska will soon become the first state in the nation to allow customers to smoke pot and snarf marijuana edibles at authorized retail… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers are looking for the driver of an all-terrain vehicle who fled after a weekend crash that left a person injured… Continue reading
The latest version of a measure to reform state subsidies for oil and gas drilling calls for replacing a controversial tax credit program by 2020.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Marijuana regulators in Alaska plan to consider rules this week for consuming marijuana products at authorized retail pot stores — a first among… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A mass of exceptionally warm water in the northeast Pacific Ocean could shake up recent predictions of higher salmon runs in Alaska this… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — An online fundraising effort that took in $6,110 to pay medical expenses of a Fairbanks girl was taken down after the website creator… Continue reading
The Alaska House Finance Committee has approved a bill that would eliminate most state employees’ merit raises until oil prices rise, but Juneau legislators say… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two people killed last week in a Seward Highway crash north of Girdwood were residents of Kasilof.Alaska State Troopers say 36-year-old Jackson Moore… Continue reading
