ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers are crediting a Scammon Bay village elder for the rescue of two people missing on a snowmobile trip.Despite medical issues… Continue reading
The resources committee of the Alaska House of Representatives will take public testimony at 1 p.m. today on a proposed increase to the state’s mining… Continue reading
On Wednesday, almost a full decade after the FBI raided the offices of six Alaska Legislators, the Alaska Legislature’s Select Committee on Legislative Ethics has… Continue reading
An error on the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend application is catching some Alaska parents unawares.From when the PFD filing period opened on Jan. 1 to… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Memorial services have been scheduled for the late state Rep. Max Gruenberg.Services are scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday at Resurrection Lutheran Church in… Continue reading
PETERSBURG — Fishing season for Tanner crab and golden king crab has opened in southeast Alaska.Fishing for the two crab species opened at noon on… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Fishing industry and lawmakers on Thursday puzzled over the origins of a proposed one percent tax increase in fisheries business taxes and fishery… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Five months after 25 Pacific walrus were found dead on a remote northwest Alaska beach, including some that were missing heads and tusks,… Continue reading
Eight Alaskans were honored with Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities Thursday evening at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center, including three Juneau residents.Hosted… Continue reading
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has had a busy week. On Monday, she was leading a field hearing of the U.S. Senate’s energy committee in Bethel. After… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott on Wednesday declined a request by Alaska Democrats to allow candidates not affiliated with a political party to run… Continue reading
JUNEAU — He could be considered the Justin Bieber of Alaska.Teen Internet sensation Byron Nicholai is a Yup’ik Eskimo from Toksook Bay, a tiny island… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The January figures are in, and Earth’s string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out:… Continue reading
Alaska’s senior U.S. Senator didn’t offer her advice on solving the state’s fiscal problems. Speaking to a joint session of the Alaska Legislature, Sen. Lisa… Continue reading
The state’s largest and oldest active brewery doesn’t typically take political positions, but on Tuesday night, one of its co-founders told the Alaska Senate’s Labor… Continue reading
An Anchorage attorney and MacArthur Foundation “genius” award-winner is challenging Sen. Lisa Murkowski in this fall’s general election.On Tuesday, Margaret Stock formally announced her independent… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Police in Homer have seized more than a thousand marijuana plants with an estimated street value of more than $1 million from a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska case about whether hovercraft can be used on waterways in federal parks is the last one that Supreme Court Justice Antonin… Continue reading
AMBLER — Alaska State Troopers say a woman from a northwest Alaska village has died of injuries suffered last week in a crash of two… Continue reading
Brewers, bar owners, restaurant owners, distillers, bartenders and distributors showed a popular front Tuesday as the Alaska Senate’s Labor and Commerce Committee took public testimony… Continue reading
