Duluth man charged in Canada with making threats on airplane

DULUTH, Minn. — A northern Minnesota man accused of making threats on a flight from Alaska to Colorado faces two charges in Canada.The Royal Canadian… Continue reading

Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes… Continue reading

State’s budget nibbles start to bite into CBJ

Nobody is calling their lawmaker to complain about the loss of municipal airport matching funds.In the debates about declining oil revenue and the state’s $3.5… Continue reading

Alaska’s Congressional delegation has likes and dislikes in Obama’s final State of the Union

Sitting in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night, Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, found some things to like in President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union… Continue reading

State to rebuild Baranof Warm Springs harbor

The Alaska Department of Transportation is seeking bids for a $1 million to $2 million project to rebuild the harbor at Baranof Warm Springs, a… Continue reading

NTSB: Plane was destroyed after hitting Anchorage building

ANCHORAGE — The National Transportation Safety Board says wreckage from a small airplane that struck a downtown Anchorage building last month was incinerated in the… Continue reading

Kenai Peninsula College now implementing UA’s tobacco ban

KENAI — Staff and students at the Kenai Peninsula College have started the spring semester with the campus’ new tobacco ban now in effect.The policy… Continue reading

Anchorage police respond to disturbance, fatally shoot man

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police responding to a disturbance at a home shot and killed a man Tuesday night.Police in an announcement said two officers responded… Continue reading

Alaska Airlines seeks long-term presence in Petersburg

Alaska Airlines is looking to stay in Petersburg for the next 50 years. According to a public notice filed Monday, the airline has requested a… Continue reading

In this July 13, 2007 photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region near the village of Iliamma.

No bias in EPA’s study of Pebble Mine

JUNEAU — A government watchdog found no evidence of bias in how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted a study on the potential effects of… Continue reading

In this July 13, 2007 photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region near the village of Iliamma.

Soldotna man arraigned following Spice bust

A Soldotna man pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday after the tobacco shop he worked in was busted for selling synthetic marijuana known as Spice.William… Continue reading

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska's land and who owns it

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska’s land and who owns it

Two weeks ago, a group of militiamen occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. Their mission, they say, is to get the land turned… Continue reading

Broken Up: Southeast Alaska's land and who owns it

BP to cut 4,000 jobs, Alaska workforce by 13 percent

BP is cutting 4,000 jobs worldwide and some of those reductions will likely be in Alaska.An intra-company email obtained by the Alaska Journal of Commerce… Continue reading

Pilot Station helps authorities following armed jailbreak

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say residents of Pilot Station helped them catch two men who escaped following an armed jailbreak.Alaska State Troopers say 22-year-old… Continue reading

Proposed ordinance would make Fairbanks pot club illegal

FAIRBANKS — Proposed legislation in Fairbanks would make the city’s first private pot club an illegal facility.The operators of The Higher Calling, which opened in… Continue reading

Alaska police can force out village leaders who won’t leave

ANCHORAGE — A federal judge on Tuesday allowed police to use force if needed to remove former officials of an Alaska tribal village who have… Continue reading

FILE - In this March 3, 2014 file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska speaks in Houston. The committee has voted to approve Dr. Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, but the nomination may face trouble on the Senate floor. Murkowski said she will hold up the nomination until she has reassurances from FDA that genetically modified salmon will be labeled as such. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Senate panel OKs Califf as FDA commissioner

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s choice for commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration won easy approval from a Senate panel Tuesday, but two senators… Continue reading

FILE - In this March 3, 2014 file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska speaks in Houston. The committee has voted to approve Dr. Robert Califf to be commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, but the nomination may face trouble on the Senate floor. Murkowski said she will hold up the nomination until she has reassurances from FDA that genetically modified salmon will be labeled as such. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
In this Thursday photo, dead common murres lie on a rocky beach in Whittier. Federal scientists in Alaska are looking for the cause of a massive die-off of one of the Arctic's most abundant seabirds, the common murre.

Starvation suspected in die-off of seabirds

ANCHORAGE — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend’s boat and spotted white… Continue reading

In this Thursday photo, dead common murres lie on a rocky beach in Whittier. Federal scientists in Alaska are looking for the cause of a massive die-off of one of the Arctic's most abundant seabirds, the common murre.
City finance director Bob Bartholomew, center, speaks during a special Assembly meeting with the Juneau legislative delegation in the Assembly chambers on Tuesday. Also shown are city lobbyist Kevin Jardell, left, Sen. Dennis Egan, center, and Deputy Mayor Jesse Kiehl, right.

Assembly has breakfast with a side of bad news

The pastries were sweet, the news was not.On Tuesday, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly hosted its federal lobbyist, state lobbyist and two members… Continue reading

City finance director Bob Bartholomew, center, speaks during a special Assembly meeting with the Juneau legislative delegation in the Assembly chambers on Tuesday. Also shown are city lobbyist Kevin Jardell, left, Sen. Dennis Egan, center, and Deputy Mayor Jesse Kiehl, right.

Bill would ban prison marriages, but not for the reason you think

In his younger years, Anchorage Republican Rep. Bob Lynn served as a police officer in Tucson, Arizona.Last year, when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex… Continue reading