ANCHORAGE — Three Alaska Native organizations are receiving federal funds to provide permanent housing to Native veterans at risk of homelessness.The funds totaling slightly more… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — According to Facebook, Ketchikan is finally located in Alaska.The Ketchikan Daily News reports that after almost a year of complaints, the social media… Continue reading
As the preseason is to the National Football League, prefile season is to the Alaska Legislature.Today, Alaska’s 60 lawmakers will release a slate of bills… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two men who escaped from jail in the village of Pilot Station with help from a third man are back in custody.Anchorage television… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A proposed change to Alaska’s police hiring standards would allow potential officers to have previously used prescription drugs not prescribed to them, a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state hunting… Continue reading
Use it, then lose it, was the fate of a long-delayed Kenai River habitat study until the Alaska Department of Fish and Game finally published… Continue reading
Alaska Raptor Center's Jennifer Cedarleaf gets a pygmy owl ready to weigh Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at the Alaska Raptor Center. The owl, which was… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Experts from around Alaska were participating in a daylong summit Wednesday to address housing challenges in the vast state that’s facing a growing… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot in a South Anchorage home.Police in a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Joe Miller said he is not seriously considering an election challenge to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski this year but has not completely dismissed… Continue reading
KODIAK — The response to Alaska’s Twin Creeks Fire last summer was swift, said a state report, but could use improvement.Local and state emergency personnel… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has decided to replace the head of the agency that sets rates for public utilities and pipeline carriers in Alaska.Chairman… Continue reading
Haines’ newest police officer accidently shot himself in the arm Tuesday afternoon, the Haines Police Department has announced.According to a brief press release, officer Brayton… Continue reading
The U.S.Geological Survey released the first digital geologic map of Alaska on Tuesday, providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of… Continue reading
A former Ketchikan resident was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker announced hiring and travel restrictions for state workers on Tuesday, the same day an agency lowered Alaska’s credit rating because… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Five of the eight people injured in a small plane crash in Interior Alaska over the weekend have been released from the hospital.Wright… Continue reading
ASTORIA, Ore. — The C-130 Hercules motored north along the Washington state coastline in the wee hours of a frigid New Year’s Day. Thousands of… Continue reading
