JUNEAU — A pilot project to increase access to a drug that counteracts opiate overdoses could expand to Alaska.Fred Meyer pharmacies have started providing customers… Continue reading
UNALASKA — Officials say a hiker has been rescued after he became stranded 100 feet up a cliff face Sunday evening in Unalaska.Fire chief Zac… Continue reading
An Alaskan federal judge on Monday fined a Wrangell father and son $100,000 for lying about where they were fishing for halibut in the Gulf… Continue reading
Oil prices continue to lurk at less than $40 per barrel, and despite hope for a legislative salve, Standard & Poor’s is lowering the state’s… Continue reading
A missing Juneau snowmobiler was found safe and without injuries late Monday.Alaska State Troopers began searching for 28-year-old Christopher Hausler just after 6 p.m. after… Continue reading
The deaths of three women over the course of one week has spurred some residents of the central Kenai Peninsula to reach out to support… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Troopers and search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a 35-year-old man believed to have died in an avalanche in Hatcher… Continue reading
The following Q&A was conducted with Gov. Bill Walker on Dec. 23, 2015, at the Juneau Empire. This is part three of the interview. Read… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A pilot who crashed a small Civil Air Patrol plane into office buildings in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, was using the search-and-rescue aircraft without… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Officials say all eight people aboard a small plane that departed from Fairbanks and crashed near its destination of Anaktuvuk Pass have been… Continue reading
PILOT STATION — Alaska State Troopers are investigating a break-in and damage at a village school.Troopers say the principal of the school in Pilot Station… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Entering an underground mine means leaving behind the topside world, its trees and natural light, and going into a dark, dirty environment with… Continue reading
The following Q&A was conducted with Gov. Bill Walker on Dec. 23, 2015, at the Juneau Empire. This is part two of the interview. Part… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — When the early-season snow melted this winter and left Anchorage’s ski trails covered in ice, Lauren Fritz, a professional cross-country skier, went out… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Dalton Highway is passable, though reduced to one lane in some areas, after an avalanche forced a closure.The Department of Transportation has been… Continue reading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — With same-sex marriage now legal nationwide, lawmakers in numerous states are preparing for a new round of battles in 2016 over… Continue reading
HONOLULU — December usually marks the start of humpback whale season in Hawaii, but experts say the animals have been slow to return this year.The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The death of a man whose plane clipped one building before smashing into another in the heart of downtown Anchorage was a suicide,… Continue reading
The following Q&A was conducted with Gov. Bill Walker on Dec. 23, 2015, at the Juneau Empire. This is part one of the interview. Part… Continue reading
KODIAK — The city of Kodiak said its officers acted professionally during a September incident in which an autistic man was restrained.On Thursday, the city… Continue reading
