Gov. Bill Walker and Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards have released more details of their plan to establish a unit in the Department of Law… Continue reading
Lieutenant Gov. Byron Mallott signed Alaska’s first commercial marijuana regulations on Friday, but regulators and legislators now face a headache from the FBI.In a memo… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land, arguing… Continue reading
The City of Ketchikan will not prohibit retail marijuana businesses within city limits.The Ketchikan City Council, by a 3-2 count at its meeting Thursday night,… Continue reading
Mary Miller, former superintendent of Sitka National Historical Park, filed a lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court, alleging gender and race discrimination in the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A bill that would update Alaska’s Military Code of Justice and strengthen penalties for certain violations has advanced from the House Judiciary Committee.The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A federal laboratory that assesses disease in wildlife is calling for more research into the deaths of thousands of common murres and other… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage School District is looking to close a projected $10.9 million budget gap by cutting 53 teachers next year and increasing class… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State highway officials are watching overflow that has emerged near a northern section of the Dalton Highway.The Alaska Department of Transportation says overflow… Continue reading
STERLING — Alaska State Troopers say a 47-year-old Kenai Peninsula man was found dead on a trail near the community of Sterling.The body of Leroy… 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 13… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A teenager at a Wasilla home was shot and wounded Thursday by a second teenager handling a gun.Alaska State Troopers took a call… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The dates have been set for the annual addresses by Alaska’s two U.S. senators to the state Legislature.U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is scheduled… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man suspected of burglarizing two Alaska businesses was delayed in his get-away by locking his keys in his car. A call to… Continue reading
The Secretary of Commerce adopted Amendment 111 to the Magnuson-Stevens Act on Wednesday, which cuts halibut bycatch limits for groundfish trawlers.The amendment aims to reduce… Continue reading
Development of the Graphite Creek mine near Nome has been delayed, but progress continues on the project that could become the country’s lone such mine.Executive… Continue reading
Alaska pollock is having a good 2016 so far, with boosted quotas, favorable certification and a federal rule that will give Alaska an edge over… Continue reading
It was Salesman Walker who spoke from the podium Thursday night in the Alaska Capitol.Delivering his second State of the State address, Gov. Bill Walker… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker is set to deliver his second State of the State address as Alaska grapples with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit amid… Continue reading
The head of the Alaska Marine Highway System gave the clearest statement yet that the ferry system will soon sell two of its 11 ships.Speaking… Continue reading
