BETHEL — Two federal agencies have weighed in on the potential impacts the proposed Donlin Creek mine could have on subsistence along the Kuskokwim River.Donlin… Continue reading
Chuck-e-Cheese and Dave & Buster’s need not worry for much longer. The Alaska Legislature is preparing a bill to shield arcades from the state’s gambling… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A Senate committee heard testimony on Wednesday on an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution and establish a mechanism for states to overturn… Continue reading
The tugboat Challenger, sunken in Gastineau Channel since September, will be lifted from the seafloor within three months, the head of marine pollution response for… Continue reading
The trans-Alaska Pipeline System is still 100 percent full.The speed of oil flow, not the amount of oil in the 39-year-old pipeline, is the issue… Continue reading
Stories on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 incorrectly identified Walt Monegan as a corrections commissioner under former Gov. Sarah Palin. He served as her commissioner… Continue reading
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to use earthquake-resistant designs when remodeling an existing building or building a new… Continue reading
If Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t enough to shake out the Republican presidential field, Alaska will sit among the deciding states.Eleven candidates have registered for… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers used a police dog to arrest two men suspected of burglarizing a Fairbanks home.Troopers just before 11 p.m. Sunday took… Continue reading
The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday voted its approval of a bill to restore the Permanent Fund Dividends of the Fairbanks Four and others… Continue reading
JUNEAU— An Alaska state senator suffered from a case of misidentification during a committee hearing Tuesday, confusing the name of assistant attorney general with an… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police say an Army sergeant died when he unknowingly fired a loaded gun to his head when trying to show a friend… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A bill attempting to mimic the success of a popular reality television show by establishing a statewide contest for license plate design has… Continue reading
SITKA — Officials have seen a spike in the number of dead deer washing up on the runway of Sitka’s airport during this year’s hunting… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A bill introduced in the Alaska House on Monday seeks to restrict the attorney general from serving on the governing body of a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — As a former Board of Fisheries appointee heads to court on Tuesday, Gov. Bill Walker is again wading into fisheries politics with the… Continue reading
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest has been largely protected from logging in a landmark agreement between aboriginals, forest companies, environmental groups… Continue reading
Cheap oil will be sticking around for a while.That reality is wreaking havoc and causing uncertainty for some governments and businesses, while creating financial windfalls… Continue reading
DALLAS — The big plunge in crude prices is taking a toll on Big Oil.Exxon Mobil Corp. said Tuesday that fourth-quarter profit fell 58 percent… Continue reading
LONDON — BP’s fourth-quarter earnings plunged 91 percent amid sharp declines in oil prices as the British energy company continued to make provision for the… Continue reading
