ANCHORAGE — Alaska wasn’t even a state yet when thousands of Alaska Natives volunteered for a citizens militia to protect the vast U.S. territory from… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A tiny village in Alaska’s interior is getting $450,000 in federal funding for repairs to a fire-damaged building housing the water treatment system.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A Catholic bishop in Juneau told the House Judiciary Committee that the church reversed a 75-year-old policy of allowing people of other faiths… Continue reading
Speaking to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott recalled a time when he was homesick.Attending college in Washington state, he couldn’t exactly… Continue reading
A proposed Alaska Constitutional amendment that failed to pass the 28th Alaska Legislature by accident is advancing toward a final vote in the 29th Legislature.Senate… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Oil and gas tax credits are setting up to be a major debate as the Alaska Legislature enters what are supposed to be… Continue reading
The Alaska House postponed consideration of a foster care reform bill on Thursday morning but still found time for a little yoga.House Bill 305, by… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A House Judiciary committee will hear testimony Wednesday afternoon on a bill that protects religious officials and others who refuse to perform same… Continue reading
JUNEAU — State officials are proposing a program to address high-cost health insurance claims in hopes of stabilizing rising rates on the individual policy market.Just… Continue reading
KENAI — Residents from Alaska and California have been arrested in Soldotna on drug and firearm charges after being connected to a stolen boat from… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks students were caught in an avalanche near Summit Lake during a mountaineering class trip and some… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A remote Alaska volcano rumbled and sputtered Wednesday but was no longer spewing the massive ash clouds that disrupted airline traffic earlier in… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison and… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted 15-5 to approve a bill banning smoking in most public buildings across Alaska.Senate Bill 1, brought forward by Sen. Peter… Continue reading
A bill allowing terminally ill Alaskans the ability to try experimental drugs has passed the Senate Health and Social Services Committee. The advance was announced… Continue reading
If the Alaska Legislature holds a special session this year, the Alaska Senate wants it to take place away from Juneau.In a 13-7 vote Wednesday,… Continue reading
At the end of Tuesday afternoon’s Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Anna MacKinnon, R-Anchorage, was envisioning a bridge.Constructed of four interlocking pieces of legislation, the bridge… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers are considering a bill aimed at preventing criminals from repeatedly returning to jail.The measure is part of a sweeping criminal justice… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a person has been found dead after a fire broke out in a home in the western Alaska village… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a fatal shooting of a man at an east-side apartment was preceded by an altercation with another person.Police say the… Continue reading
