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Anchorage detain youth in double homicide
ANCHORAGE — A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot…
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Photo: Baby owl
Alaska Raptor Center’s Jennifer Cedarleaf gets a pygmy owl ready to weigh Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at the…
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Miller: I’m not mulling Senate run
JUNEAU — Joe Miller said he is not seriously considering an election challenge to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski…
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Alaska analyzes response to 2015 Chiniak blaze
KODIAK — The response to Alaska’s Twin Creeks Fire last summer was swift, said a state report, but…
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Gov. Walker removes head of Alaska regulatory agency
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has decided to replace the head of the agency that sets rates for…
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Haines police officer accidently shoots self
Haines’ newest police officer accidently shot himself in the arm Tuesday afternoon, the Haines Police Department has announced.…
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Low oil prices prompt hiring limits
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker announced hiring and travel restrictions for state workers on Tuesday, the same day…
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5 passengers released following Alaska plane crash
FAIRBANKS — Five of the eight people injured in a small plane crash in Interior Alaska over the…
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First digital geologic map of Alaska published
The U.S.Geological Survey released the first digital geologic map of Alaska on Tuesday, providing land users, managers and…
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USCG helps ensure crabbers follow rules
ASTORIA, Ore. — The C-130 Hercules motored north along the Washington state coastline in the wee hours of…
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Alaska Fred Meyer could start carrying anti-overdose drug
JUNEAU — A pilot project to increase access to a drug that counteracts opiate overdoses could expand to…
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Stranded hiker rescued from cliff face in Unalaska
UNALASKA — Officials say a hiker has been rescued after he became stranded 100 feet up a cliff…
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Fishing violation nets Wrangell father, son $100K fine
An Alaskan federal judge on Monday fined a Wrangell father and son $100,000 for lying about where they…
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Man gets 10 years for trafficking meth into Ketchikan
A former Ketchikan resident was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking, according to the…
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S&P downgrades Alaska’s debt rating
Oil prices continue to lurk at less than $40 per barrel, and despite hope for a legislative salve,…
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Missing snowmobiler found uninjured
A missing Juneau snowmobiler was found safe and without injuries late Monday. Alaska State Troopers began searching for…
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Kenai residents rally in wake of recent deaths
The deaths of three women over the course of one week has spurred some residents of the central…
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Snowmachiner dies in apparent avalanche in Hatcher Pass
ANCHORAGE — Troopers and search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a 35-year-old man believed to…
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Walker: Jail death videos will be public
The following Q&A was conducted with Gov. Bill Walker on Dec. 23, 2015, at the Juneau Empire. This…
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Group: Pilot in Alaska crash took plane without permission
ANCHORAGE — A pilot who crashed a small Civil Air Patrol plane into office buildings in downtown Anchorage,…