ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers are awaiting a report from the state medical examiner before releasing names of two victims in a fatal Parks Highway… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week declined… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The state’s senior senator has called her Alaska’s “secret agent” in the White House.Indeed, Raina Thiele, an Alaska Native with roots in Bristol… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker said Friday that he didn’t want to hold up a vote to continue work on a major gas line project… Continue reading
The City and Borough of Juneau has lost a boundary dispute involving the Petersburg Borough. In a decision released Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court sided… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature’s Legislative Council has postponed a decision on its expensive Anchorage offices.In a presentation Friday, Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak and chairman of the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Volunteers on Friday were rebuilding a public art installation that was damaged by tides and high winds at an Anchorage beach, and the… Continue reading
The e-cigarette industry is getting organized. Clear the Air Alaska, a trade association representing retailers in Alaska, announced its creation on Thursday.In a statement, spokesman… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A new state report on Anchorage’s spice problem confirms that spice-related emergency calls have spiked in the past year and that the synthetic… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage jury Thursday convicted a 39-year-old man of murder in the death of his uncle.Prosecutors say Ralph Nayokpuk (neye-AHK’-puhk) was convicted of… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The winning side of an Alaska village power dispute is asking a federal judge to help evict former tribal officials from their old… Continue reading
The phone book isn’t dead, but it’s clearly dying.On Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott signed a regulation that repeals the requirement that Alaska telephone companies… Continue reading
CHEYENNE — Energy-producing states around the country are feeling the sting of lower prices for oil, natural gas and coal as they struggle to cover… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. did not renew the contract for a South Carolina-based consultant once identified as the leader of the state’s… Continue reading
The Alaska Division of Forestry is proposing to upgrade a road on Prince of Wales Island as it prepares for a timber sale on state… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A judge is giving attorneys time to discuss a possible resolution in a case involving members of the family associated with the Discovery… Continue reading
KIANA — The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation is monitoring a spill of about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel at a northwest Alaska village.The agency… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for a man suspected of trying to steal a car at gunpoint on the city’s east side.Police say the… Continue reading
KENAI — Several organizations on the Kenai Peninsula are voicing their opposition to a state plan that includes building parking lots near the mouth of… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The only school in the small rural Interior Alaska community of Beaver is facing closure due to low enrollment, forcing some families to… Continue reading
