A bill eliminating Daylight Saving Time in Alaska is advancing in the Alaska Legislature after receiving its first hearing since last year.On Thursday morning, the… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Officials who shaped marijuana policy in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough last year are meeting again to tackle issues relating to the transportation of… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has approved a bill permitting Alaskans to carry weapons concealed on the campuses of the University of Alaska system.The decision was 13-5,… Continue reading
The latest version of a bill cutting the state’s subsidies to oil and gas drillers is about 40 percent of what was first proposed by… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Two Wasilla Republicans are working to limit special interest groups like Planned Parenthood from teaching in Alaska’s public schools.Rep. Lynn Gattis introduced her… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted unanimously to join a conference committee intended to create a compromise state budget for the coming fiscal year.The Senate and… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — North Slope Borough residents voted decisively Tuesday to replace Mayor Charlotte Brower.In a special election, 62 percent of voters cast ballots to recall… Continue reading
BETHEL — A Bethel hospital is moving to expand its facilities in hopes of improving health care in the region by increasing staff and cutting… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Air Force is planning about half a billion dollars in upgrades at Eielson Air Force in the next five years to make… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska House is expected on Thursday to consider a bill that would limit a governor’s ability to accept additional federal funds beyond… Continue reading
Alaskan Brewing Co. has lost two spots in the annual rankings of craft brewers by volume.According to the Brewers Association, the trade group for craft… Continue reading
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has denied a request by the state of Alaska to investigate a man for sexual misconduct with a minor.Bill Allen,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A Fairbanks-area man sought on a warrant used a can of pepper spray and tools thrown from the back of his pickup to… Continue reading
KODIAK — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska is pushing to get a new icebreaker in the Arctic to boost the nation’s defenses and investments… Continue reading
KENAI — An Anchorage man charged with the fatal shooting of a California man in 2013 has reached a plea deal with prosecutors.Paul Vermillion, 32,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A House fisheries committee advanced a rewrite of Gov. Bill Walker’s fisheries tax bill on Tuesday, diverting half of the potential revenue into… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Fishermen harvested nearly 533,000 salmon in Cook Inlet personal-use fisheries last year and the Kasilof River saw its highest sockeye salmon harvest to… Continue reading
A 30-year-old Juneau man, Patrick Venner, was found dead Sunday on a boat in ANB Harbor in Sitka, Sitka police said.Police said a drug overdose… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have arrested a driver suspected of crashing his car into a light pole and knocking out power to 400 customers… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska House has rejected Senate changes to a marijuana bill and voted to have House and Senate negotiators work on a compromise.The… Continue reading
