The Ketchikan Police Department has heard local concerns circulating regarding several recent cases — including active missing person cases and a suicide — that foul… Continue reading
Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and at a press conference marking the anniversary at the Alaska Capitol, Sen.… Continue reading
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has reported bringing in more than $575,000 toward her re-election bid during the last quarter of 2015.Murkowski… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman is going to the top of a New York skyscraper the hard way.Fairbanks radio station KFAR reports Kristen Rozell will… Continue reading
Two months after it declared a genetically engineered salmon safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration has banned its import.On Friday, the FDA announced… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 71-year-old man imprisoned for more than 40 years after a conviction for kidnapping and sexual assault has died.The Alaska Department of Corrections… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A 23-year-old Fairbanks suspect has been indicted in the shooting death of a man whose body was found last year near the Tanana… Continue reading
BETHEL — The Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel is working to open a Yup’ik immersion school in February.KYUK-AM reports that the district has leased… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 18… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Tips started flowing in Friday after Anchorage homicide investigators appealed to the public for information on two people found dead or dying at… Continue reading
And then there was one.The Alaska Division of Insurance announced Thursday that Portland-based Moda Health will no longer be allowed to sell individual health insurance… Continue reading
Sitka police arrested a man wanted on criminal warrants Wednesday after finding him hiding in what they called “an elaborate tunnel system” under a trailer… Continue reading
Two Southeast communities want more access to marijuana — if the state will allow.Sitka and Petersburg have each requested the state relax its 500-foot buffer… Continue reading
Standard and Poor’s Rating Services took a look at what makes some oil states’ futures look bleaker than others. The hardest-hit states forecasted oil prices… Continue reading
KENAI — The trial of a man accused of murder for the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox has been pushed back to April.Paul Vermillion, 32,… Continue reading
WASILLA — Southcentral Alaska’s cannabis business just got more concentrated in Anchorage. A big chunk of the Valley, long a byword for marijuana cultivation, is… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — If you want to improve your sense of well-being, leave the Lower 48.A new report ranking all 50 states based on residents’ sense… Continue reading
PHOENIX — Arizona's Republican governor launched a renewed effort Thursday to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, citing reasons outside longstanding GOP… Continue reading
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska insurance regulators have suspended Moda Health Plan from accepting new or renewal policies in the state, citing concerns with the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — North Slope officials have called for a special election to recall Mayor Charlotte Brower after residents successfully gathered enough signatures on a petition.The… Continue reading
