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Legislators advance policy to limit Alaska’s spending; The Skagway courthouse destroyed by fire; Funding is being directed to help stock Alaska food pantries as part of a broader effort to address a state backlog in processing food stamp benefit applications
Alaska’s food stamp backlog is taking a harsh toll on rural communities; Bronson administration proposes $2.5M settlement for East Anchorage shelter construction; A ballot proposition aims to tackle longstanding problems with Chugach State Park
The closure of the Anchorage senior health clinic looms; Anchorage official said thick ice that had accumulated on the roof far exceeded the maximum weight at Turnagain CrossFit gym; Details on the roof collapse at the Palmer Public Library; Mayor Bronson sued and accused of firing Office of Equal Opportunity director in retaliation for investigating alleged illegal acts
Anchorage will celebrate Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples Day; Alaska House of Representatives vote to reprimand David Eastman; Season’s snowfall isn’t yet too heavy for the vast majority of Anchorage rooftops
Are Bohemian waxwings getting drunk on fermented fruit?; Assembly introduces proposal to grant four weeks of paid parental leave to some municipal employees; Alaska House of Representatives vote unanimously to support Alaska’s largest potential oil and gas development in decades
The unseen driver of Alaska’s record jail deaths: Suicide; Alaska’s election reform has begun gathering signatures; New study shows that twice as many pregnant or recently pregnant Alaska women died in 2021 as compared to recent years
Alaska Native supporters of Willow oil project push for approval in D.C.; Anchorage gym collapses during event, killing 1
Justice Department finds Anchorage School District illegally restrained and secluded students; Longtime state employee and Republican Party supporter to lead the Alaska Division of Elections; Governor's amended budget unveiled Wednesday
Girdwood wants to figure out its own solutions to its housing crisis; Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena may have to stay open as a homeless shelter through the summer; Mayor Bronson issues subpoena over his hiring of the former Health Department director
Alaska Native leaders, US senators advocate for Willow oil project; Alaska joins federal abortion pill lawsuit; President Biden to nominate an Alaskan to serve as the first U.S. Arctic ambassador-at-large
The cursed ship that could not survive Alaska; Mayor Bronson's new municipal attorney; The new Republican-dominated House majority caucus is still trying to determine its priorities
A man’s death in a Fairbanks snowbank; Railbelt utilities again scramble to fill expected Cook Inlet gas shortages; Embattled company running school buses in Mat-Su is operating without local permits
Anchorage’s 2023 tourism outlook is promising; Alaska Senator presses for answers about the Chinese spy balloon; Exam score needed to become an attorney could be lowered in Alaska; Alaska Senate hastily withdraws oil and gas property tax bill
A large-scale housing project in Girdwood rejected; Anchorage School Board on Tuesday updated its policy surrounding academic honesty and ChatGPT; Assembly takes first step toward legal action against Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration
An influential friend of Mayor Bronson at the center of several City Hall controversies; Alaska-based nonprofit plans to open a new behavioral health clinic in Wasilla; Former CEO of Alaska Child & Family sentenced on federal charges
New Mat-Su facility adds detox beds; Niki Tshibaka resigns; Another round of snow and difficult driving conditions in Southcentral; More details on the polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby
Assembly leadership proposes ‘online checkbook’ to boost transparency; Mayor Bronson backs expanded port design; Alaska college scholarship sees record-low acceptance rates
The annual Battle of the Books; Senate Education Committee introduces new bill; Lawyers stop accepting new clients facing serious felony charges in Bethel and Nome Superior Courts; Department of Public Safety release draft policy on body cameras
Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga numbers perilously low; Long-awaited North Slope oil development study released; former state Sen. Josh Revak joining Alaska office as state director
EPA issues long-awaited final determination halting Pebble mine; Mat-Su school bus drivers strike; Funding for a $99 million gym at Fort Wainwright;
Alaska scrambling to clear a months long food stamp backlog; Bus driver strike at Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District looming; Two allowing Alaska to raise revenue introduced; 21-year-old man was shot to death in downtown Anchorage
Alaska public worker shortage fuels renewed interest in pension plan; 1 person dead, 1 injured in a head-on car crash in Wasilla; Anchorage history QA
8 elementary schoolers were dropped off at the wrong stop in Anchorage last month; Halibut Cove restaurant owner indicted on federal charges; Anchorage’s labor shortage will cost the economy thousands of jobs; Mary Peltola snags a seat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
8 Anchorage elementary schools are going without hot lunch; Anchorage Municipal Attorney resigns; Anchorage judge expected to issue decision sexual abuse charges against Alaska’s former acting attorney general; Anchorage Assembly activates its subpoena powers;
The Alaska Legislature begins budget-making process;Girl dropped off at the wrong bus stop and lost in Anchorage; longtime Anchorage medical clinic for seniors set to closing
Fairbanks utility signs deal to buy liquefied natural gas trucked from the North Slope; Snowstorm and rain forecast for parts of Susitna Valley Monday into Tuesday; Palmer woman dies in a 2-car head-on crash on Old Glenn Highway
Anchorage Mayor Bronson’s office accused of using City Hall surveillance video to track staff; Alaska USA will change its name to Global Credit Union; Anchorage Assembly to hold special meetings on fired municipal manager’s allegations against the mayor
Anchorage may need to extend winter homelessness shelter use into spring; The Alaska House of Representatives elect a new speaker; University of Alaska Anchorage celebrated the opening of its Pride Center;
Alaska Railroad employees safe after train derailed by avalanche debris near Girdwood; Polar bear fatally mauls woman and boy in Northwest Alaska
Alaska’s population is still younger than US, but is aging at a dramatic rate; 4.6 earthquake shakes Southcentral Alaska; FDA decision could increase access to abortion pills across Alaska; Construction to start on bridge over landslide site in Denali National Park
Hundreds of Alaska glaciers are expected to disappear in the next 80 years; Assembly members question whether city is violating law by paying road service contractors for snow removal in Anchorage Bowl; An Alaska miner told Joe Rogan that a museum dumped valuable mammoth tusks into a New York City waterway
Anchorage man wins largest-ever Lotto Alaska jackpot; Oil production on Alaska’s North Slope increased slightly in 2022; National Park Service wants to reinstate bans on “controversial” hunting and trapping activities
Former municipal manager Amy Demboski threatens legal action against Mayor Bronson; What's ahead ahead at the upcoming legislative session?; Mat-Su school workers vote to authorize a strike
Anchorage’s newest pop-up bar features no alcohol; A vacant Midtown for the homeless; Anchorage school officials considering changing when students need to show up for class; Residents is asking the state to change how it manages the animals
Sled dogs are finding new homes with help from an Alaska nonprofit; A new chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; Anchorage Democrat meets residency requirements to take office
Alaska lawmakers look to increase school spending; GCI outage shuts down some Alaska 911 calls; Retired sled dogs are finding new homes with help from an Alaska nonprofit
Alaska Representative Peltola open to discussing a coalition majority; Investigation into the Ketchikan police chief accused of placing a man in a chokehold is ongoing; Alaska’s largest oil producer is suing the state in a dispute with another oil company;
4 dogs boarding a bus in Skagway goes viral; Two house fires occurred over the weekend in Anchorage; University of Alaska is set to gain hundreds of thousands of acres of land
Holiday flight woes cost a Fairbanks man a new heart; David Eastman eligible for office; An update on single family home prices in Anchorage; Mary Peltola looks ahead to her first full term in office
Frostbite poses a life-changing threat to homeless Alaskans; Municipality switching up how it relays emergency messages to residents; Alaska's Tallest building in the works; Fairbanks resident was killed Wednesday afternoon in a Parks Highway crash
Keeping animals away from planes is a never-ending job at Anchorage’s airport; Sale of Alaska’s largest natural gas utility approved; 44,000 acres in Southwest Alaska permanently protected
a wilderness guide stumbled upon Alaska’s northernmost glacier; Many Alaskans may no longer be able to send their prescriptions to Fred Meyer; Major oil prospect on federal land in Alaska hanging in the balance; Two Anchorage Assembly members are leaving their terms
Anchorage Assembly leaders plan inquiry into Bronson administration spending; Blizzard warning for Mat-Su; Dramatic decline in teen smoking largely offset by boom in e-cigarette use; Anchorage Democrat facing a legal challenge;
Details on Anchorage’s departed city manager; A unanimous vote to raise capacity inside Sullivan Arena homeless shelter; Biden administration sued over next week’s planned lease sale in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
Anchorage school budget deal finalized; The trial of Alaska state Rep. David Eastman; Deering's runway emergency plan
Snow forces many Anchorage stores to temporarily close; Demboski out as municipal manager; Governor Dunleavy announces new permanent commissioner
Department of Justice investigation finds Alaska unnecessarily institutionalizes children, violating federal law; Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena shelter is full. As temperatures plunge, homeless seek refuge in a crowded warming area; Costco pursues new Business Center store in Anchorage at former Sam’s Club at Tikahtnu Commons
Third winter storm hits Anchorage; Preserving the Western Arctic caribou herd; Alaska state lawmaker accused of violating the state constitution’s disloyalty clause
Arctic Report Card 2022 results; Trial of far-right Wasilla Representative begins; Soldotna man dies in a collision with a moose
Starving seabirds on Arctic coastlines show climate change; Anchorage recovering from snowstorms; Public Safety employee killed by musk ox encounter
Alaskan sleeper agents and Operation Washtub; More snow hammers Anchorage; Man hospitalized after commercial building explosion
24 people believed to be homeless have died outdoors in Anchorage this year; Ironman Alaska triathlon race has been discontinued; New storm expected to bring heavy snow to Anchorage; Anchorage is increasing fines for noisy vehicle
Alaska's cannabis industry may be hitting its ceiling; More election recount news; A calling for increased conservation measures as snow stock declines
No action on Mayor Bronson's Sullivan Arena shelter plans; Snow across Anchorage; Veteran musher will not be running in the 2023 race
Alaska continues to lose ground on wages compared with other states; Up to 11 inches of snow in Anchorage; Recounts in two legislative races; Division of Elections Director announces retirement;
An Alaskan-led tech company blocks spam with a charity donation request; Unusually high rates of influenza and RSV, continue to fill pediatric units in hospitals around Alaska; Senator Murkowski condemns Donald Trump’s weekend social media post; A freak December warming for the Arctic
2023 Iditarod sign-ups match all-time low; Amazon plans to build facility in Anchorage; Anchorage elementary school worried about their fate
Highly pathogenic bird flu still spreading in Alaska; Details on the pilot killed in Matanuska last month; A major blow to the proposed Pebble mine
White House announces $50 million to relocate 2 Alaska communities; 27-year-old man presumed dead boat goes overboard in Southeast Alaska; Mayor vetoes changes made to 2023 city budget and alcohol tax spending plan
NTSB urges new safety rules for Ketchikan flightseeing tours; Fire in the Western Alaska community of Stebbins; North Star CEO stepping down
An oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet; Alaska power companies talk community solar farms; Murkowski's push for Alaska projects
The Anchorage phone book of 1939; Below freezing temperatures coming to Alaska; Anchorage’s grade for bonded debt lowered
More Alaska election results; A new study on moose hunting; Anchorage Assembly approves $587 million city budget; 2 West High students in custody after loaded gun brought to school
Officials tabulate ranked choice results in Alaska; Anchorage Assembly to consider eliminating all parking requirements for new developments; Alaska Native corporations take argument over carbon credits revenue to court
Safety issues around the Sullivan Arena shelter; Moose rescued from Soldotna basement; Senator Murkowski's thoughts on the midterms
Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital; What the proposed Albertsons-Kroger merger could mean in Alaska; Crowded ERs in some of Alaska’s hospitals lead to lengthy waits; 4 die outside Seattle after Alaska company’s plane crashes
Orphaned bald eagles return to the wild; The state of Alaska's economic health; Man rescued in the mud at Turnagain Arm
The Anchorage School District says Language immersion now "off the table"; Democrats and progressives make gains in Alaska; Bill providing federal protections for same-sex and interracial marriages advances; Two missing Selawik residents located
APD to carry Narcan kits; An update on Alaska’s statewide races; A significant change in the Anchorage Assembly
An Alaska Native relations policy in the works; The health commissioner's new role; LGBTQ+ themed books at the forefront in Homer; Man fatally shot in an Anchorage mobile home park identified
; Flu and cold season is off to an early start in Alaska; A glimpse of life after incarceration in Juneau
An Alaska Legislature being closely divided; Pilot dead in a Matanuska plane crash; Two rural Alaska polling locations open late
Alaska's election results; Eagle River teacher dies while scuba diving in Whittier; A vehicle collision killed one woman in South Anchorage
Election day in Alaska; Kipnuck principal bullied Native school staff members; Eagle River woman dies while scuba diving
Anchorage's local landsca pe changes of the last century; Kaktovik numerals accepted by computers; One of the biggest caribou herds in the world on the decline
Potential closure of Anchorage elementary school; UAA volleyball shatters NCAA Division II attendance record; Alaska’s fifth governor Bill Sheffield dies at 94
A major school budget shortfall; An Alaska gubernatorial campaign roundup; Alaska’s lieutenant governor talks the ballot counting process
The importance of abortion in Alaska's elections; Village school shut down; Problems at rural Alaska polling places
Anchorage man charged with arson in apartment complex fire; Snow expected for Southcentral Alaska through Wednesday; Hatchery operator to pay $1M for illegally burning waste oil
Voters to decide when an election is held if a mayor resigns; Democrat Jennie Armstrong faces a lawsuit;
A new nonprofit promises a fresh start for Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena shelter; Peltola calls partisanship a national threat in debate; A new fentanyl prevention bill;
Further spending on the East Anchorage homeless shelter stopped; The latest snow covering Anchorage; A new plan to anonymously report bullying in schools
Alaska GOP votes to censure top Senate Republican; Lieutenant governor candidate withdraws over Pierce sexual harassment allegations; Governor Dunleavy urges EPA to stop veto of Pebble mine
2 Alaska asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia; Iditarod Trail Committee drops COVID vaccine requirement; Details on a 150-bed homeless shelter and navigation center in East Anchorage; Early in-person voting kicks off in Alaska
How Alaska’s push to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge backfired; Alaska gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce; Groups want former Alaska Native hospital site revitalized
Alaska’s four candidates for governor sparred over crime, abortion access and the state budget Wednesday night; Transgender students in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District are now banned from using bathrooms and changing facilities that match their gender identity; The making of U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Murkowski
The making of a U.S. Senate candidate Pat Chesbro. As a Democrat in a red state, the longtime educator and administrator knows she’s an underdog. “But I’m fighting for the right things,” she said.
Anchorage School District recommends closing 6 elementary schools amid budget crisis; Alaskans need 84 cents of postage on by-mail ballots; Peltola leads Palin and Begich by $2 million in fundraising for U.S. House seat; The making of a U.S. Senate candidate: Pat Chesbro
Alaska liberal and moderate legislative candidates see fundraising leads in key races; Murkowski and Sullivan split on Biden judicial nominees; Search continues for man charged with attempted murder and arson linked to Soldotna fire; Anchorage’s Suicide Peaks receive new Dena’ina name of Yuyanq’ Ch’exAlaska liberal and moderate legislative candidates see fundraising leads in key races; Murkowski and Sullivan split on Biden judicial nominees; Search continues for man charged with attempted murder and arson linked to Soldotna fire; Anchorage’s Suicide Peaks receive new Dena’ina name of Yuyanq’ Ch’ex
CIRI looks to triple power at Fire Island wind farm; Anchorage will soon launch a way to crowdsource potentially lifesaving help; Alaska school districts face fiscal cliff with high inflation and flat funding
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is reviewing the heights of all the bridges on the Glenn Highway after a semi hit a highway overpass last month; A man who went missing on a hunting trip near Sitka died this week, Alaska State Troopers said that his body was found beneath a cliff; A man drowned early Wednesday after police said that he drove into a gravel pit filled with water while being pursued by Fairbanks officers
Alaska campaign finance regulators are set to determine whether Dunleavy’s campaign is illegally coordinated with an independent group; Gov. Dunleavy says he will vote 'yes' for a constitutional convention in November; The Anchorage Assembly has withdrawn a controversial plan to open the city-owned former Golden Lion Hotel
Republicans Palin and Begich continue to attack each other while urging voters to ‘rank the red’ in U.S. House race; First official snow in Anchorage area makes morning commute chaotic for some; Alaska cancels Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons over worries of population collapse; A Fat Bear Week champion is crowned as Katmai’s bears bask in global spotlightRepublicans Palin and Begich continue to attack each other while urging voters to ‘rank the red’ in U.S. House race; First official snow in Anchorage area makes morning commute chaotic for some; Alaska cancels Bering Sea king and snow crab seasons over worries of population collapse; A Fat Bear Week champion is crowned as Katmai’s bears bask in global spotlight
Mayor of the Mat-Su city of Houston resigns suddenly; Biden administration releases vision for U.S. strategy in the Arctic; U.S. Forest Service assesses where to put public use cabins
School closures likely as Anchorage School District reckons with a budget crisis; Troopers plan to launch statewide body-worn camera program; A small Fairbanks company wants to build Alaska’s biggest wind farms; As more Alaskans are rescued from wilderness, this is what happens once you hit SOS
Rep. Peltola's 'pro-fish' positions are put to the test in Kodiak; 2 Russians who reached St. Lawrence Island were trying to avoid military service, Murkowski’s office says; A new storm system with high winds hammers Alaska, some brace for more flooding
Fat Bear Week is on! How to vote for your favorite bulky bruins of Alaska; Anchorage School Board allocates almost $60 million in one-time state funding; Mat-Su assembly bans voting machines for borough elections starting next year; 2 Russians detained, taken away from Alaska's St. Lawrence Island
With winter near and no commitment to a plan from Mayor Bronson, Anchorage Assembly pursues more shelter options; Alaska Permanent Fund board names new CEO to manage $74 billion portfolio; Patient escapes and damage reported at North Star youth psychiatric hospital over the weekend
Storm expected to hit areas of Western Alaska damaged by last month’s typhoon remnants; Federal trial begins for Eagle River nurse practitioner charged with deadly opioid over-prescribing; Where are workers to fill all the empty jobs in Anchorage? It’s complicated.
The Anchorage School District is deciding how to spend $100M in one-time funding that can only go so far; Investigators found high rates of bed sores and extended isolation among Providence nursing home patients, leading to $310K fine; Geologist whose 2013 discovery ‘revolutionized’ North Slope oil exploration lays plans to drill again this winter; Anchorage's Centennial Campground is closed as homeless residents are bused back to Sullivan Arena
Alaska’s U.S. senators want to honor the late Rep. Don Young by naming a volcano after him; Biden approves total federal coverage of Typhoon Merbok; Two people died in recent days after spending less than two weeks in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections; Veteran Iditarod musher Jessie Holmes badly injured while helping clean up damage left behind by a historic storm
Spotlight on the chubby cubbies: Fat Bear Junior is the portly prelude to Fat Bear Week; Federal inspectors fault assaults, escapes, improper use of locked seclusion at North Star youth psychiatric hospital; Alaska Permanent Fund CEO’s firing based on ‘deficient’ evaluations but no evidence Gov. Dunleavy was involved, investigation finds
Anchorage Assembly OKs funding for emergency homeless sheltering in Sullivan Arena and elsewhere; Debris removal set to begin after Juneau landslide damages 3 homes, causes outages; Maine man sentenced to 75 years in Alaska cold-case murder and rape of woman at UAF
A plane crash in Matanuska-Susitna; Former attorney general pleads not guilty; US Coast Guard ship encounters Chinese guided missile cruise; The Forest Service has millions of dollars for new public use cabins in the Chugach and Tongass. It wants your advice on where to build them.
Biden approves Western Alaska disaster request as FEMA arrives to assess storm damage; State seeks suggestions for $58.5 million in opioid settlement funds; Dunleavy campaign calls for complaint alleging ‘scheme’ to be dropped
Sullivan Arena back on the table as a possible 150-bed emergency homeless shelter; Alaska congressional delegation pushes for quick approval of big North Slope drilling project; Mat-Su school board enacts mandatory daily minute of silence; Chair of Alaska oil and gas commission steps down for out-of-state position at refinery
Former acting attorney general indicted on sex abuse charges; Alaska once again has the highest rate of women killed by men in the nation; 9-year-old seriously injured in attack by brown bear on Palmer Hay Flats; As $3,284 Permanent Fund dividends hit bank accounts across Alaska, economists predict widespread impacts
How pieces of life in Nome were lost in the storm; The scope of destruction left by the historic storm; A environmental review of the proposed 200-mile Ambler Road is in the works
Where do Alaska bats hibernate during the winter?; Assessing damage from one of the worst storms on record; 2 new possible locations plans for sheltering homeless Alaskans
Alaska's pharmacist shortage; Western Alaska storm weakens and floodwater recede; Mat-Su school board considers mandatory classroom ‘moment of silence’
A landslide traps an Anchorage 10-year-old; Anchorage homeless shelter project meets its end; Mat-Su school officials last week banned transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms
How groups of Alaskans weathered the pandemic together; Anchorage will not use its recreation centers in the Spenard and Fairview neighborhoods for emergency homeless shelters; A strong summer for the visitor industry in Anchorage; A tax on e-cigarettes vetoed
Mary Peltola sworn into office as Alaska’s new U.S. Representative; Governor signs letter opposing a recent move to forgive some student loan debt to eligible Americans; Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor asked to voluntarily step down; A Wasilla community health clinic will close down
Mary Peltola visits home before heading to Congress; Alaskans who hold federal student loan debt may soon feel some relief; A proposal for a new airport; Buzz Kelley suspending campaign
Clock ticking on Anchorage’s last COVID-era homeless shelter; Wasilla lawmaker appears in court over Oath Keepers membership; Burst of rain triggers landslide at Anchorage apartment complex; Court rules public has a right to access gated Hillside trail
Alaska mushing legend Lance Mackey dies at age 52; Mat-Su school officials will no longer allow transgender students to choose bathrooms; The Interior Department’s initiative to remove a derogatory word for Indigenous women; Eligible Alaskans can receive a $3,000 check
A Fairbanks priest accused of sexual misconduct involving a parishioner; Governor Dunleavy accused of engaging in a “scheme to subsidize and coordinate;" Vic Kohring was killed Tuesday in a head-on collision; Man faces numerous felony charges after shooting vehicles on the Glenn Highway
Chugach State Park feels new pressures; The Connection Overcomes Addiction event in Anchorage; Mary Peltola's surge of national attention; A hunter attacked by brown bear near Ship Creek
Palin again calls on Begich to drop out of U.S. House race; The factors driving Alaska’s tight housing rental market; A “widespread presence” of lithium in Alaska; Hospitals and health care facilities relying on travel nurses from the lower 48
A new documentary captures the ‘Alaska Gold Kings’ hockey team; Photos report new details from a deadly 2021 plane crash; The first black Alaska State Troopers colonel; Polaris warns not to ride a number of popular snowmachine models
Leaf-munching larvae in Alaska; Mary Peltola is the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race; The legal challenge against Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman; Wasilla motorcyclist was killed and hit a moose
A new pumpkin record at the Alaska State Fair; Lucrative permits lost for the world’s largest sockeye run; The final results of Alaska’s special U.S. House race; Son of former Alaska Rep. Dean Westlake indicted on murder charges
The salmon mystery of Bristol Bay; Alaskans will finally learn who will take over the state’s sole seat in the House of Representatives; 36-year-old man who was shot and wounded by an Anchorage police officer faces attempted murder charges; Bus contractor shortage in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
The history of UFO sightings in Alaska; Help scientists discover when a mammoth last roamed Alaska; A potentially dangerous interaction between a vessel and a floatplane in Halibut Cove
Friends remember two recent Anchorage car crash victims; Environmental groups are suing the Biden administration over the Peregrine oil field; Palmer man convicted on 10 felony counts; The Anchorage Assembly overrides several vetoes from Mayor Dave Bronson
Alaska's special U.S.House Race results; Demanding action on long-delayed body cameras for Anchorage police officers; The municipality removes human resources director from library personnel complaints; Assembly kill proposal to change the municipal clerk into an elected position
Bob Hope's multiple visits to Alaska; More details involving a wreck over the weekend on 15th Avenue and Cordova Street; Tara Sweeney dropping out of the U.S. House election; An Alaska license plates update
Harry Potter Lake pulls a disappearing act on Alaska’s North Slope; Son of former Alaska state Rep. Dean Westlake charged in his death; A new homeless shelter in Anchorage; Seward’s Silver Salmon Derby has come to a close
Results from Alaska’s first ranked choice vote are still days away; 2 dead in string of collisions near downtown Anchorage; Alaska's snow crabs have disappeared
Alaska moderates see success in legislative primary results; School bus chaos in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; New ranked choice system already under attack by politicians
A $10 million infusion for Alaska's health care workforce; The latest Alaska election results; Anchorage Assembly will begin its own planning for emergency winter shelter; Possible investments in a huge oil field on Alaska’s North Slope
The logistical nightmares in Anchorage over school bus service suspensions; Election day in Alaska; The Kenai Peninsula’s popular Russian River Campground will be closed through May; Mayor Bronson's latest vetoes
The All Alaska Reptile and Exotics Expo; A woman was injured by a black bear Sunday; A new mural is being painted on a building in downtown Anchorage
Assembly directs $11.8 million in federal relief toward possible Anchorage hotel purchase for low-income housing; Alaska Supreme Court rules against forward funding for education, confirms limit on legislative power; Anchorage motorcyclist killed in a crash with a calf moose; After surviving a mass shooting in Las Vegas 5 years ago, this Alaskan lost everything. Then he built something new
A diesel fuel spill in North Slope Borough; Ranked choice voting is keeping politicians and voters on their toes
The Anchorage School District faces a bus driver shortage; Russian aircraft enters Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone; Families of four tourists killed in a Southeast Alaska floatplane crash last year sue Holland America Line; Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit comes to Alaska
Anchorage health department director resigns; Rivers swell in Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Landslides close Skagway cruise ship docks; US House candidates vie for historic wins
A crash course in whale science from Inupiat hunters; The teens charged in the murder of David Grunwald have been sentenced; Child care in Alaska is in crisis
The time Metallica came to Anchorage; 2 killed in a Fairbanks shooting; The 37th annual running of the Crow Pass Crossing; An update on the homeless residents at Centennial Campground
Demolition begins on historic 4th Avenue Theatre; The eldest member of a wolf pack that at the Alaska Zoo has died; An update on the woman who showed a “white privilege card” instead of a driver’s license; Mayor Bronson's Library pick not accepting offer
Why don’t Anchorage police carry Narcan?; More workers from outside the city and state are being hired; Global Credit Union has merged with Alaska USA Federal Credit Union
An Alaskan cyclist's rough ride at Tour de France Femmes; A new bill grants pay increases to thousands of Alaska state employees; The Municipality of Anchorage is running out of gas money; Legislation intended to expand U.S. military and shipping activity in the Arctic to combat Russian influence in the region to be introduced
Homer’s food scene and their infusion of new options; Lisa Murkowski joins bipartisan coalition for bill protecting abortion and contraception access; The 16 other U.S. Senate candidates; Plans for an interchange on the Seward Highway outside the community of Girdwood,
Alaska’s history of collisions between planes and animals; No injuries reported in West Anchorage hotel fire; Alaska's first case of monkeypox; A new facility that could expand cargo at Anchorage International
How a kayaker lost his prosthetic leg in Campbell Creek; A bill recognizing Alaska’s Native tribes has been signed; No new evidence in the deaths of three children in the Fairbanks area
Birding brings visitors to Utqiaġvik; Anchorage Assembly approved millions in funding to tackle homelessness; Alaska State Troopers found four children dead in a Fairbanks-area home
A key part of the strategy to prevent more opioid overdoses; Seven injured in a floatplane crash near Lake Hood; More details on the mysterious death of Fred Lee
A minke whale goes airborne; Sen. Lisa Murkowski test positive for COVID-19; Spruce beetles are destroying Southcentral Alaska trees; Alaska’s wildfire season this year has seen fire not yet experienced before
What’s the deal with Anchorage’s airport train station?; Senators advocate for speedy approval of major Arctic oil project; Alaska’s US senators noncommittal on House contraception bill; Girdwood residents step up calls for worker housing in development
The Alaska teen featured on ESPN; Another black bear was killed by wildlife officials; The Alaskan Gubernatorial candidate's campaign cash; Heavy rain throughout Southcentral Alaska expected to continue
An Argentinian motorcyclist finally arrives in Alaska; The Salvation Army will now provide “on-site management of client care” at Centennial Campground; An area of Bristol Bay was temporarily closed to commercial salmon fishing this week; an Anchorage judge set bail at $1 million for a woman who was charged in two separate killings
Utqiaġvik’s eroding coast and a hope that a seawall can help keep them safe; The Richardson Highway reopened to a single lane of traffic; Lisa Murkowski PAC raises $2.4 million; A fight at centennial campground
The history of raccoons in Alaska; Dangerous conditions at East Anchorage campground; Rescuers end search for missing woman;
An Alaska pickup driver survives a 55 mph plunge; Assembly leaders calling on Bronson administration for a plan on homeless in East Anchorage campground; Judge request to block campaign finance provisions on ballot measure approved in 2020; A new phone number for help in a mental crisis;
An Anchorage police interaction and a 'white privilege card'; Two Alaska families who lost custody of their infants are suing Alaska Medical Center; The latest on drilling in Alaska’s Cook Inlet; The Richardson Highway will remain closed through the weekend
Most Alaskans are eligible for COVID-19 treatments once infected; An overdue single-engine plane has been missing since Monday; A supply camp was destroyed by a wildfire last weekend; Anchorage police investigating a shooting in East Anchorage
Chaos for homeless ripples into downtown Anchorage; Federal government is suing a fishing guide service out of Copper Center; an affordable housing builder has given the heart of Spenard a $40 million facelift
Is Anchorage’s sanctioned campground part of the mayor's homeless response?; Trump visits Anchorage; The Don Young Arctic Warrior Act; Biden's draft environmental review of the Willow Project
A report on health disparities experienced by Black Alaskans; Interior Alaska wildfire destroys homes near Anderson; A very dry Summer in Alaska; Denali National Park and Preserve will require masks
Many Alaskans are struggling to afford food right now; Four black bears were killed by local wildlife officials; Three survive from a sinking fishing boat in Southeast Alaska; rental prices in Anchorage soared over the past year
Capstone Clinic to reopen two of its busiest COVID-19 testing sites; disgraced Alaska oil services executive Bill Allen has died; Alaska Democratic Party director arrested for driving under the influence
Utqiaġvik celebrates Nalukataq; Results from Alaska's Mount Marathon race; Oil prices in Alaska have surged to their highest levels in a decade; Mayor Bronson's letter to property owners
Also: City ends use of Sullivan as homeless shelter; state cracks down on fireworks use amid high fire danger; more details on truck explosion at Valdez refinery
Tens of thousands of Alaskans to see reduced food stamp benefits; Trump to hold rally in Anchorage; governor signs budget with $3200 payments to Alaskans; more details on a fatal East Anchorage shooting
Used car prices in Alaska run amok amid a 'ridiculous' market; Tanker truck explodes at Valdez refinery; City's plan to provide homeless people with a place to stay at campground draws backlash
Also: Interior fires prompt recommendations to evacuate; helicopter pilot fighting fires dies in crash
A village on Alaska’s North Slope holds key to Biden’s climate policy; An extensive encampment at a Mountain View park has been cleared; A ruling that will keep Tara Sweeney off the ballot for the August special election in Alaska’s U.S. House race; Air Force ROTC cadet from Alaska died in an accident
An Anchorage homeless camp on the verge of being dismantled; A wildfire reported Thursday afternoon near Campbell Park; Senator Murkowski agrees with bipartisan bill aimed at addressing gun violence; A rockslide early Thursday closed the cruise ship dock in Skagway
Children under 5 are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine; A fire in a vacant restaurant building on East Fireweed Lane; Daniel Volland is winning the race for the newly created 12th Assembly seat; The University of Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team has reached its fundraising goal
A new music festival brings a 3-day party to Anchorage; Al Gross withdraws from U.S. House race; Mayor Bronson appoints his new municipal attorney
Alaska workers are facing a crisis in housing; Southcentral Alaska expected to see warmer weather; A Whittier Slug-Out update; Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ending monthly public meetings
The histories behind some of Anchorage’s park names; Anchorage’s homelessness plan negotiators call it quits; The 48th annual Anchorage Mayor’s Marathon
The Sullivan Arena homeless shelter will close in 2 weeks; Alaska’s first local ban on transgender girls in sports has been approved; A multi-year zinc exploration plan could be in the works
Little O’Malley Peak may now be the most accessible hike in Chugach State Park; The 4 leaders in the race for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat; Air quality warnings across a broad area of the state;
What’s next in Alaska’s U.S. House race; A small plane made an emergency landing on a street near downtown Anchorage; The commissioner for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources is stepping down; Fire on Alaska’s Southwest tundra isn’t unheard of
Thousands return to Juneau for Celebration; Smoke from wildfires in Southwestern Alaska is expected to continue spreading; The East Fork wildfire continues
The Alaska Run for Women returns; Alaska U.S. House runoff update; Anchorage Assembly member protests Bronson administration’s handling of a menacing voicemail; Tundra fire is still moving closer to Southwest Alaska villages
Alaska’s shelters struggle to house surrendered pets; The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation fines a seafood processing plant; An unusual storm in Alaska; Assault charges dismissed against a man accused of a random stabbing at the Loussac Library
Behind the reimagined ‘55 Ways’ guidebook; Assembly members postponed a vote on legislation that would add to city code a process for removing a mayor from office; The Alaska State Commission for Human Rights is suing the lieutenant governor;
A Baby formula shortage drags on for stressed Alaska parents; Alaska’s unemployment rate has reached its lowest level ever; Bail set at $15 million for a former Anchorage correctional officer
A Southeast Alaska village wants to build a tourism industry from scratch; Princess Cruises will close 1 of its five lodges in the state; The special election for a 12th Anchorage Assembly member; the Alaska Run for Women returns to an in-person format
plans for a new volunteer fire department in Two Rivers; High demand and low inventory catapulted average home prices in Alaska; A climber died after collapsing on Denali while trying to reach its summit; Leon, the Iditarod sled dog was found alive
Fishing season comes alive in Homer; The Anchorage Assembly has postponed a vote on "breach of the public trust" legislation"; Wednesday marks election filing cutoff day; Warm weather continues in Alaska
The Wasilla resident who nearly died in an ATV accident; Sarah Palin's campaign finance haul; An oil company has canceled a lease it had bought in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge early last year; Anchorage’s city-operated Sullivan Arena shelter will close June 30th
how Alaskans’ overstocked pantry shelves tell the story of anxious years; More and more Alaskans need help with food; More details on the he pilot of a small plane that crashed into the Matanuska River; The idea of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has become a flash point among left-leaning candidates in Alaska
Anchorage’s Hillside stares down a long-running wildfire threat; Conversation on gun control has reignited in Alaska; the Alaska Railroad plans to spend $80 million to replace and expand the old cruise ship dock in Seward
A community fridge has opened in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood; Increased fire danger through the Memorial Day weekend for Anchorage; Five electric utilities in Alaska will invest more than $200 million to upgrade the electric transmission system; $200 million in funding in the capital budget to help rebuild the Port of Alaska
The Alaska Reads Act narrowly passed the Legislature; The Biden administration will renew its effort to prevent construction of the Pebble copper and gold mine; A chartered plane carrying three passengers crashed while landing; City officials passed an emergency ordinance that makes violating the current burn ban a misdemeanor crime
the construction projects happening in Southcentral Alaska that could change your summer driving plans; The board tasked with redrawing the state’s legislative districts “again engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering”; Governor Dunleavy on Tuesday signed legislation that could help bring nuclear microreactors to Alaska in the coming years
The benefits of cold plunging into frigid Alaska waters; Governor Dunleavy announces his running mate; Firefighters rescued a woman from the deck of a burning Anchorage Hillside home; The years-long closure of the East Cook Inlet clam fishery is set to remain in place
Is Seward ready for the return of cruise ships?; A new $2.2 million solar farm is generating power in two Alaska villages; The University of Alaska Anchorage awarded a $4 million federal grant
Gov. Mike Dunleavy won't call a special session; A lawsuit claims the Office of Children's Services is failing; A man is presumed dead after a fall at Denali National Park
The wealth disparities between Alaska’s US House candidates; The Biden administration is suing the state of Alaska; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; Updates on the 7-year-old Kodiak boy who was found dead
Another new construction project that includes the demolition of the 4th Avenue Theatre; Hilcorp claims to not have enough natural gas reserves for new contracts; A small plane with engine trouble flipped Monday afternoon; Three men charged with getting too close to the famed salmon-fishing bears at Southwest Alaska’s Brooks Falls have been sentenced
An 88-year-old fights off his attacker in an Anchorage complex for seniors; A Wasilla man who illegally shot a Prince William Sound harbor was sentenced; The Alaska House passes a sweeping reform of the state’s alcohol laws
The first and only principal of Anchorage’s Tyson Elementary is retiring; The state House on Saturday rejected the Senate-passed budget; 7-year-old Kodiak boy's body found; Just one cruise stop is scheduled for Anchorage this year
Two Iditarod mushers face backlash and fight for their finish place; The Biden administration has announced it will cancel a proposed oil and gas lease sale; New details on a soldier killed Tuesday by a bear; COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased in the past week
A new Democrat running for US Senate in Alaska; ConocoPhillips finally explains an unusual natural gas leak; The search for Sawyer Cipolla continues; Construction of a homeless shelter and navigation center approved
A devoted mother, struggled in secret; U.S. House candidate Al Gross has changed his position on who he will caucus with; Workers have started to clear a vast landslide that severed the community of Lowell Point; Nine skiers with Alaska connections have been named to the 2022-23 U.S. Cross Country Team
The effort of daylighting Fish Creek; Homer man arrested and charged with the murder of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane; A process for removing the mayor from office for a “breach of the public trust”; Willow blaze damaged a popular convenience and liquor store
Alaskans are already voting in the special U.S. House race; A landslide that crossed Lowell Point Road on Saturday night has cut off drivers’ access; New changes to the Chugach Electric Association; A Fairbanks resident is accused of shooting and killing another man
A 150-year-old Tlingit robe is inspiring Alaska’s next generation of engineers; The top oil producer in Alaska reported a sharp jump in quarterly profits; A homicide investigation at Turnagain Pass; Anchorage is expecting another round of federal COVID-19 relief funds
Mayor Bronson seeks an audit of the municipality’s election; Mayor Bronson has issued vetoes eliminating multiple changes to the city budget; Homer resident Gary Thomas died in 2020 after pressing a simple reset button on a frozen heating-system boiler
Senator Lisa Murkowski is facing backlash on abortion rights; An update on the Higher Education Investment Fund lawsuit; Anchorage families warned about the dangers of fentanyl
How bad are mosquitoes in Alaska?; How a man accused of fatally shooting another was caught; The Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race coming to an end?; Nearly three dozen small wildfires popped up around Alaska
Solar power is heating up in Alaska; Alaska's first bird flu virus case; A Kenai dentist is facing numerous federal bankruptcy charges; A Pilot Station man died after falling through the ice on the Yukon River
A slow start to Alaska’s cruise season is one for Juneau’s Filipino businesses; New concerns about militarization of the Juneau police; Valdez heli-ski guide died Monday in an avalanche; Actions against the federal government to assert its ownership of rivers and lakes have been announced
New rules give Alaska foster youths a voice in court; The prospect of a new strain of avian influenza is hovering over Alaska; Hatcher Pass Road reopened Tuesday; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska
North Slope’s sole veterinarian is gone, pet owners are in a bind; Ballots for Alaska’s first-ever statewide by-mail election will be sent Wednesday; Anchorage high school seniors will celebrate graduation at the Alaska Airlines Center this year; The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee is looking into a ConocoPhillips natural gas leak;
An information blitz on Alaska’s new election system is coming; Mayor Bronson's library director selection; The Biden administration roll back on a Trump-era land use plan; The first large cruise ship of the season has arrived in Alaska
Alaska needs more child care to aid economic recovery; Representative Don Young's replacement candidates held a lively debate Saturday; The Alaska Legislature is considering a state takeover of a major federal environmental permitting process; One dog died and several became sick after consuming potentially poisoned meat
Deb Haaland's visit to King Cove; Debating a new PFD formula; A Girdwood woman was struck and killed by an Alaska Railroad freight train
The future of the former BP building in Anchorage remains in limbo; Low-level marijuana crimes could be removed from the state’s criminal records database; A landslide along the road leading into Denali National Park and Preserve has significantly accelerated; A man deemed as a “person of interest” in a domestic-violence double homicide has been arrested
A new transmission line proposal is raising concerns; Masks on public transportation in Anchorage and Juneau no longer required; A new super PAC says it will back candidates who oppose the proposed Pebble mine project; Alaska is one of seven states that have only one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
What is climate change doing to the haul road?; Face masks will be optional at Alaska Airlines; U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland arrives in Alaska this week; Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration has rescheduled the second public meeting on a proposed 200-person homeless shelter in East Anchorage
Why the Anchorage school bond failed; Republican lawmakers declare the state is under attack from the Biden administration; A four-hour standoff Friday in downtown Anchorage; The Anchorage Wolverines hockey team goes to the playoffs
Luxury cruises to the Arctic have taken a hit from the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Anchorage School District’s new superintendent; Legislators push to pass an education bill; Hundreds of small earthquakes have been reported near a volcano in Southeast Alaska
How loose sled dogs killed a beloved pet in Wasilla; Unintentional drug overdoses surged in Alaska last year; Anchorage city election results;
The problem with tourists returning to Alaska this summer; The Tara Sweeney super PAC; The annual Alaska ritual of switching out studded tires returns; Details on the man shot and killed Saturday morning at a Midtown hotel
The aftermath of a SWAT standoff in Anchorage; Updates on a shelter and navigation center in East Anchorage; Reports claim Governor Dunleavy has taken several gifted hunting trips; A 22-year-old Anchorage man was jailed on murder charges
Snow crab decline hits Bering Sea island community of St. Paul; The Alaska House of Representatives weekend votes; Anchorage first graders at risk of not learning to read by third grade
Sarah Palin says she’s never left Alaska; The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; A Golovin man was in critical condition at an Anchorage hospital; An Iditarod sled dog remains missing
An alarming number of active-duty soldiers in Alaska died by suicide last year; An Anchorage city election update; Alaska biologists are forecasting another massive run of sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay; Anchorage police say a pedestrian was struck and killed by an Alaska Railroad train
How Twitter friends in Anchorage reached out to comfort Wendi Gratrix; Tuesday was the last day to vote in the 2022 Anchorage municipal election; The Alaska House opened debate on the state’s annual operating budget; U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit Alaska
New details in the Knik Glacier heli-ski crash; Alaska votes to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; Around 100 people gathered near downtown Anchorage on Friday evening in remembrance of Bishar Hassan; Donald Trump endorses Sarah Palin’s campaign for U.S. House
Death of Wasilla woman is investigated as homicide; With Alaska struggling to hire, state legislators consider revived pension plans for public employees; New levels of political coordination seen this year in high-stakes Anchorage city races; Rep. Don Young remembered for his irreverence, dedication to Alaska during Anchorage memorial
Funding ends for providers offering free COVID-19 tests; 28-year-old man accused of shooting a police officer has been indicted; The Alaska Capitol’s coronavirus outbreak grew to nearly three dozen active cases; New details on natural gas leak on Alaska’s North Slope
Family of four dies in house fire in Selawik; the latest on COVID-19 in Alaska; Anchorage extends emergency declaration for Eagle River
Neighbors come together after an avalanche closes upper Hiland Road; A coronavirus outbreak is sweeping through the Alaska Capitol; $11.5 million apartment building planned for downtown Anchorage is back on track; Someone shot gel-ball pellets at people who were on or near Anchorage school grounds
Backlash erupts over a Colony Days rebranding campaign; A watchdog group is calling on the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline; An update on the replacement of Republican Representative Don Young; Two candidates for Anchorage School District’s school board have dropped out of the race
An Anchorage mom who lost her son to fentanyl wants to tell her story; Big money is flowing in to support Anchorage Assembly candidates; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on Sunday issued an evacuation order after an avalanche near Eagle River; Members of the House Finance Committee voted last week to spend $532 million on outstanding oil and gas tax credits
Snow pileup has damaged Alyeska’s massive Valdez oil tanks; Assembly members approve a new redistricting map; Up to 2 feet of snow could fall in the Turnagain Pass area; Public memorial services are planned for Representative Don Young
A famous painter and a 1889 shipwreck in Southeast Alaska; A former police dispatcher in the Bering Sea coastal community of Nome has settled with the city; An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 shook Southcentral Alaska; Many Anchorage voters are starting to get their ballots in the mail for the upcoming municipal election
Replacing Don Young with an unprecedented by-mail election; A natural gas leak at ConocoPhillips; Human remains were found Tuesday off a trail in Anchorage’s Far North Bicentennial Park; Your thoughts on the pandemic and the Neighbors project
Bracing for a political sea change after the death of Don Young; Man accused of shooting an Anchorage police officer faces five counts of attempted murder; Alaska’s health department's two new agencies is now law; Don Young will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol
Representative Don Young dies at 88; A “lethal batch” of heroin circulating in Mat-Su; Who will fill the seat left vacant by the death of Don Young?; Deep snow this winter has caused more bison to move onto plowed roadways in the Delta Junction area
A Russian lawmaker wants Alaska back; Ballots have been mailed ahead of the April 5th municipal election; An update on the latest candidate campaign spending legislation; More on the 2022 Iditarod race
A Federal appeals court rules in favor to extend a road through Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; The Iditarod is coming to an end; An update on the 16-year-old boy whose body was found outside Big Lake Elementary School; the Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mayor Dave Bronson’s chief equity officer appointment
Brent Sass wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; Hundreds of thousands of ballots were mailed out for Anchorage’s April 5th municipal election; Rasmuson Foundation CEO will step down early next year; Big Lake Elementary School went into stay-put mode
How a mail carrier mushed from Nome to Washington D.C. to settle a bet; Brent Sass is on pace to achieve his first Iditarod victory; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; Two people were found dead inside a Soldotna cabin Sunday
A veteran musher at the top of his game, plans to step back from Iditarod racing; A possible snag to one of Alaska’s biggest new North Slope oil developments; Schools across the state are facing difficult decisions as they balance increasingly tight budgets; President Joe Biden’s order for a national ban on some imports from Russia could benefit the Alaska fishing industry
how the East High Thunderbirds are chasing Alaska basketball history as ‘a brotherhood’; The Alaska House of Representatives amended a proposed marriage-reform bill; Alaska state flag designer Benny Benson?; An Iditarod race update;
President Biden has banned the importation of Russian crude. What does that mean for Alaska?; Alaska is preparing to join a global movement by corporations and governments to sell their investments in Russia; the latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; Sonic Drive-In started serving its fast-food classics this week in South Anchorage
The musher who ran poodles in the Iditarod; Hillcorp Alaska Alaska has paid fines totaling over $180,000 for nearly three dozen Clean Air Act violations; Anchorage voters can now sign up to receive automatic tracking alerts; It’s the second full day of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Emma Broyles and the challenging assumptions about being Miss America; The 50th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has kicked off; Five members of a Wasilla church are flying to Poland to help support Ukrainian refugees; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska;
Questions about police body cameras in Alaska; The 50th running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race is officially underway; Alaska candidates can now collect unlimited campaign donations; A small plane crashed into the frozen Lake Iliamna
How a proposal to rename the Glenn Highway turned into a debate about torture; Home sales in Anchorage jumped to another record in 2021; Hatcher Pass Road will likely be closed for at least the next couple weeks; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced its new Alaska Region Director
A Ukrainian hockey player in Anchorage hopes to reconnect with his family; An additional $1,300 on top of the annual Permanent Fund dividend could be in the works; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; The Anchorage Assembly is moving ahead with a new political map
Why does Alaska have boroughs instead of counties?; A former Anchorage therapist was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison; Leading members of the state House and Senate can't stop the proposed split of two agencies; A Hydaburg man died last week of unknown medical issues
How fishermen saved a man from the frigid Cook Inlet waters; Alaska Permanent Fund Corp not selling their investments in Russia; the latest COVID-19 data in Alaska;
Alaskans with roots in Ukraine grapple with war in their homeland; State officials are looking for new ways to operate Alaska’s public health nursing program; High oil prices have Alaska revenue officials expecting hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue; The last day of the 2022 Fur Rendezvous was canceled
Alaska’s congressional delegation reacts to Russia’s attack on Ukraine; Avalanches are likely in the Chugach and Kenai mountain ranges; A quarter of Alaskans 5 and older are both vaccinated and boosted; The Fur Rendezvous festival is making it’s return
A fast vote on a formula to set future Permanent Fund dividends; The owner of a now-closed nightclub is trying to move his business; Masks and testing are no longer required in the Alaska State Capitol
How an Alaskan physical therapist was one of the US Ski Team’s secret weapons in Beijing; The Biden administration is moving to review a Trump-era decision in Northwest Alaska; What Girdwood residents have just learned about their drinking water; Retaliatory taxes on fish and oil exported from Alaska to Washington State
Juneau’s first bank robbery; A former nominee to the Alaska Board of Fisheries pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsworn falsification; Governor Dunleavy medical school proposal; More details on the death of a 20-year-old soldier on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
How Rosie Brennan changed U.S. cross-country skiing; A man is pushing to drill for coal-bed methane on a farm in Palmer again; More details on the Anchorage man accused of randomly stabbing a woman at the Loussac Library; Anchorage leaders want to stop using Sullivan Arena as a mass care homeless shelter
Another low flu winter in Alaska; Governor Dunleavy's faulty executive order; A handful of Alaska college students sued the administration of Governor Dunleavy; Anchorage Assembly member Christopher Constant will run for U.S. House
Money pours into the Anchorage Assembly and school board races; An Alaska judge upheld most of the state’s newly redistricted political map; The Anchorage Assembly is considering a proposal from Mayor Dave Bronson to give a property tax break to particular homeowners; Alaska COVID case rates continue to decline
On the trail Alaska's first known serial killer; An Anchorage man was released from custody last month when a judge found him incompetent to stand trial; A proposal advancing in the Alaska Legislature would reduce the number of new taprooms at breweries and distilleries; Sarah Palin loses her libel lawsuit against The New York Times
Sarah Palin's lawsuit against The New York Times dismissed; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; Les Gara finds his Lieutenant Governor candidate
Is there a Prohibition-era tunnel network in downtown Anchorage?; A land proposal for west of the Susitna River is moving forward again; An Alaska-born athlete’s allegations of racially and sexually abusive conduct by a coach; Alaska’s political boundaries are now in the hands of an Anchorage Superior Court Judge
What happened at the Ketchikan High School basketball game?; Steven Downs guilty of the murder of Sophie Sergie; Anchorage may soon own and operate a second airport; Elvi Gray-Jackson is running for U.S. Senate
The Anchorage Public Library's recent discussion on ‘inappropriate literature'; Alaska Court system has resumed jury trials and facing a major backlog; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race loses a key sponsor
How Alaskan skier Rosie Brennan nearly made history; Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric institute has failed to meet federal regulations; A large bull moose stomps a sled dog team;
Fairbanks curler Vicky Pursinger exits the Winter Olympics; Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy introduces new legislation; More than 100 Alaska truck drivers rallied in the Anchorage area on Sunday; Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport has reported a significant comeback in 2021
The questions behind the death of an Anchorage man; The idea to extend Bragaw Street and Elmore Road is back; Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Don Young reiterated that the events of January 6th were unlawful; Alaska curler Vicky Persinger and her teammate were eliminated from the Beijing Olympics
Alaska National Guard members must be vaccinated; Alaska figure skater Keegan Messing is out of the Winter Olympics with COVID-19; Three teens stole a vehicle Wednesday from a Wasilla home with a 6-year-old child sitting inside; Two new COVID-19 testing sites have opened in Anchorage
Three Alaska storylines to follow at the Beijing Winter Olympics; The rate of new COVID-19 infections in Alaska has begun to slow; Two Alaska Psychiatric Institute doctors wrongfully fired have settled their case; The Alaska House of Representatives canceled a floor session Wednesday due to worries about COVID-19
Why is it called Abbot Loop, if it doesn't loop; Kenai Representative Ron Gillham returned to Alaska's state capitol; Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Director Jim Szczesniak is departing for warmer climates; Christopher Kurka has found his Lieutenant gubernatorial candidate
Can Alaskan cyberattacks be declared a disaster?; The first steps toward removing Rep. David Eastman have been made; The president of the pipeline company that moves most of Alaska’s crude oil to market is stepping down
Alaska’s COVID-19 case rate is again the highest in the nation; Governor Mike Dunleavy is proposing a funding injection to shore up Anchorage’s bustling Port of Alaska; Candidates in Alaska’s local and state-level elections this year will be able to collect campaign contributions triple the amount allowed in past races; Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s chief of staff is resigning
Embattled Alaska child abuse pediatrician will resign; Legislators agree to spend $100,000 and issue subpoenas for special inquiry into firing of Alaska Permanent Fund head; Alaska Legislature; Alaska House unanimously opposes pay cut for state legislators, bill goes to Gov. Dunleavy; Mayor Bronson vetoes Anchorage Assembly ordinance over meeting rules
Remains of Navy pilot returned to Anchorage family over 50 years after disappearance during Vietnam War; Alaska House considering action against Rep. David Eastman, ‘life member’ of group linked to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot; Biden names Anchorage attorney to serve as U.S. attorney for Alaska; Alaska reports nearly 5,500 new cases over 2 days as hospitals contend with stubborn staffing issues
The plan for Nome's port expansion; What to do if you get a frozen COVID test; a 19-year-old man shot at a Jeep filled with teenagers in Northeast Anchorage; A proposal for a boutique hotel project in downtown Anchorage is back on the table
The curious case of Judson Lathrop; Hospitals in Alaska are struggling amid the omicron surge; The numbers from Anchorage's 2022 property assessments
Why are there no billboards in Alaska?; When will the latest coronavirus surge peak?; Anchorage’s first chief equity officer has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against the city; A girl was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting Friday evening in East Anchorage
The Olympic cross-country team is packed with Alaskans; Governor Mike Dunleavy says state chief medical officer Dr. Anne Zink still has his confidence; An Idaho man arrested this month is accused of a killing in 1985; The effort to recall Anchorage Assembly member Jamie Allard will not be moving forward
Avoiding Omicron at the Bejing Winter Games; The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a new voter-approved elections system; A slate of grants worth more than $10 million for 36 tribal and village governments
Alaska Supreme Court weighs arguments over new election process; the chairman of the Alaska Permanent Fund’s board of trustees defended the board’s decision to fire Angela Rodell; A former Wasilla doctor was sentenced to prison for illegally distributing narcotics to his patients
A veteran developer is looking to develop housing in Girdwood; Face masks are required in the Alaska State Capitol; Kuskokwim 300 organizers have announced COVID-19 mitigations; How the volcano eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific affected Anchorage residents
How Anchorage restaurants are making drastic adjustments to deal with omicron; The latest on a new election system in Alaska; A 57-year-old Alaska pediatrician died while scuba diving
The hot mic incident at the Anchorage Zoom meeting; The Anchorage School District will continue to require masks in its buildings; A campaign to formalize the government-to-government relationship between federally recognized tribes in Alaska and the state is moving forward; A fix for a troublesome portion of the Denali Park Road could be coming soon
A golden retriever puppy is Alyeska’s newest avalanche safety asset; The latest COVID-19 data in Alaska; The former director of the Alaska Permanent Fund is blaming her dismissal on “political retribution”; Anchorage Police Chief Kenneth McCoy's new role after retirement
Alaska's hospital system during the omicron surge; Alaska grocers are scrambling to refill shelves after the recent winter storms; A 21-year-old Anchorage man died by suicide; Anchorage will have a 24-hour COVID-19 testing site
The story of an Anchorage resident from Afghanistan; The Alaska Court System fired the state’s longest-serving magistrate judge; Biden administration officials announced plans to return to Obama-era rules for oil and gas development in the vast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on the North Slope; Anchorage correctional officers pepper sprayed three incarcerated men
How do birds in Alaska survive the winter?; The Anchorage Downtown Partnership has changed how its safety ambassadors patrol downtown’s streets; A man was shot to death in the parking lot of the Alaska Club East; An Alaska figure skater won his first national title at the Canadian figure skating championships
Some Alaskans are having epic troubles trying to return home; The municipality of Anchorage spent more than $8,000 to post anti-panhandling signs; More than 500 claims for individual assistance had already been received by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Alaska has ended its longest stretch of population decline since World War II
Repairing Mat-Su after the New Years storm; A new lawsuit is challenging a decision by the administration of Governor Mike Dunleavy; Edward “Ed” Rasmuson, died at 81; Police have located located the mother of a baby found abandoned
Dealing with the powerful storm in Palmer and Wasilla; Public schools in Anchorage will stay open to in-person learning; Lawmakers’ daily expense payments will be cut by almost two-thirds;
1/4/22: Alaska has reported 3,700 new COVID; continue to cause chaos in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough infections in a 7-day period; A member of the seven-person board in charge of Alaska’s state fisheries has resigned; Two fines against Hilcorp totaling $64,000 have been upheld
Why doesn't Alaska salt the roads?; Strong winds hammered Southcentral Alaska on Sunday; COVID-19 cases in Alaska have again begun to rise; A newborn baby in a cardboard box was found alive after being abandoned in Fairbanks
COVID-19 homes test kits in Alaska; COVID-19 cases in Alaska have again begun to rise; Anchorage Assembly adopted updates to the city’s procedures for handling elections