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4 Kenai families lose homes in earthquake
KENAI — Vincent Calderon and Carrie Gaethle had just gotten their two children back to bed after being…
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Woman dies in Sterling Highway head-on crash
SOLDOTNA — A 19-year-old Soldotna woman died Monday in a head-on crash on the Sterling Highway. Alaska State…
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Alaska Airlines pilot faces alcohol charges
LOS ANGELES — A California airline pilot has been charged with piloting an Alaska Airlines jet full of…
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School district tries building meals kids will buy – and eat
ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage School District’s dietitian is fed up with kids who hate their school lunches, so…
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Bethel woman sentenced in father’s heroin death
ANCHORAGE — A Bethel woman who fatally injected her father with heroin will spend up to two years…
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Alaska finishes 2015 with unemployment rate of 6.5 percent
JUNEAU — Alaska finished 2015 with an unemployment rate of 6.5 percent. The state labor department says the…
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Photo: Log now, canoe later
Sitka National Historical Park maintenance worker Jared Hazel nails down wooden blocks to keep a red cedar log…
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Skagway business proposes lottery kiosks, stalled by regs
JUNEAU — An innovative fundraising method could take hold in Alaska after residents of a remote town developed…
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Noise could limit future Fairbanks gun ranges
FAIRBANKS — Noise concerns may lead Fairbanks to set rules for future gun ranges near neighborhoods in the…
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Indigenous leader: Save Native languages from extinction
UNITED NATIONS — A Canadian tribal chief is calling for urgent efforts to revive indigenous languages, saying their…
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Magnitude-6.8 quake jolts Alaska; 1 home explodes
ANCHORAGE — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in south-central Alaska and jolted the nerves of residents in…
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Mallott signs marijuana regulations, but Department of Law warns of security gap
Lieutenant Gov. Byron Mallott signed Alaska’s first commercial marijuana regulations on Friday, but regulators and legislators now face…
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US seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn…
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State creates special investigative unit to handle police misconduct
Gov. Bill Walker and Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards have released more details of their plan to establish…
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Ketchikan rejects marijuana business ban
The City of Ketchikan will not prohibit retail marijuana businesses within city limits. The Ketchikan City Council, by…
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Former Sitka park chief files discrimination suit
Mary Miller, former superintendent of Sitka National Historical Park, filed a lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court,…
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Bill to update Alaska Military Code of Justice advances
JUNEAU — A bill that would update Alaska’s Military Code of Justice and strengthen penalties for certain violations…
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Federal agency calls for research into seabird deaths
ANCHORAGE — A federal laboratory that assesses disease in wildlife is calling for more research into the deaths…
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Anchorage School District plans to cut teacher jobs
ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage School District is looking to close a projected $10.9 million budget gap by cutting…
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Highway officials monitor overflow near Dalton Highway
ANCHORAGE — State highway officials are watching overflow that has emerged near a northern section of the Dalton…