ANCHORAGE — Skygazers from around the country caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii on Tuesday for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that… Continue reading
For two hours Monday evening, Juneau residents offered their thoughts on the state operating budget proposed by the Senate Finance Committee.Some were so eager, they… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Federal meteorologists say the winter that has just ended was the hottest in U.S. records, thanks to the combination of El Nino and… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted a man suspected of distributing heroin in Dillingham.State prosecutors say 37-year-old Joshua Rivera is scheduled to be… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A tripod has been erected on the Tanana River for the 100th time since Alaska began its most popular guessing game, the Nenana… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A bill to overhaul the criminal justice system has advanced in the Senate, though questions remain about how much money it will save… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — BP has announced it will reduce the active rig count at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope, a move expected to cut oil… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has named Salvation Army development director Ivy Spohnholz the replacement for Max Gruenberg, the Anchorage Democrat who died in Juneau earlier this… Continue reading
If you didn’t know how important the Alaska House’s vote on Senate Bill 23 was, you only had to look at Michele Morgan.The founder of… Continue reading
KENAI — A Houston-based company that has been exploring oil and gas resources in the Cook Inlet area says it plans to leave the state… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration had a consultant evaluate a pitch to turn North Slope gas to gasoline and ship it through the trans-Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a passenger of a small plane was injured when the aircraft crashed north of Talkeetna after the pilot was… Continue reading
FORT KENT, Maine — Martin Massicotte of Quebec has won his seventh Can-Am Crown, the biggest sled dog race in Maine.Massicotte and his dogs arrived… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A shoulder injury forced a musher to drop out of the running Monday in the early stage of Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE— Officials say an autopsy report from the state medical examiner’s office has determined that a 26-year-old inmate died of natural causes.KTUU-TV reported that the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Legislation aimed at curbing and containing costs within Alaska’s Medicaid program advanced from a key Senate committee Monday after lawmakers were told of… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Two dozen quilts add quite a bit of height to a bed, and 25 quilts make it hip-high. Rainy Day Quilters Guild member… Continue reading
JUNEAU — State senators had a cool reaction to agency estimates on the fiscal impact of legislation intended to contain costs within the state Medicaid… Continue reading
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all genetically engineered salmon to carry the words “genetically engineered” or “GE.”The… Continue reading
SITKA — Archaeologists want to pay another visit this summer to a more than 200-year-old shipwreck near Sitka in a push to uncover more clues… Continue reading
