The University of Alaska Fairbanks is nearing agreement on a partnership that would establish a new veterinary medicine program.

A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him.

A western Pennsylvania judge who abruptly resigned last year was charged Thursday with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him.

The Pennsylvania State Police have charged a western Pennsylvania judge with stealing cocaine from evidence in cases before him before he abruptly resigned last year.

Army officials say 50 soldiers are due back in Alaska on Friday following a seven-month deployment to Afghanistan.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. is seeking comments on a plan to ban smoking in more than 600 of its public housing units.

The state Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers has a new director.

After drifting toward shore on a floating drill rig tilted by 30-foot swells and 45-knot winds, then riding a basket up to a hovering Coast Guard helicopter, Todd Case said he would revise the towing plan for the vessel on a winter trip across the Gulf of Alaska.

A gap in an ice jam is slowly draining a massive backup of water upriver from the community of Fort Yukon.

A gap in an ice jam is slowly draining a massive backup of water upriver from the community of Fort Yukon.

A federal judge sentenced a Montana man to three years in prison on Wednesday for attempting to board a flight in Sacramento, Calif., with four loaded guns.

A gap in an ice jam is slowly draining a massive backup of water upriver from the community of Fort Yukon.

Two dozen Kuskokwim River fishermen have been found guilty of illegal fishing, despite their arguments that fishing restrictions infringe on their religious rights.

The rig manager aboard a Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling barge says a second tug could have prevented it from running aground in December off a remote Alaska island.

A Canadian guide has been sentenced after admitting he guided two hunts in Alaska in which undersized Dall sheep were killed.

Two dozen Kuskokwim River fishermen on trial this week for illegal fishing have been found guilty by a judge in Bethel.

A former Anchorage police officer accused of using a state database to look up confidential information about a woman he arrested and had sex with also urged prosecutors to drop drunken driving charges against her, charging documents say.

The state of Alaska is planning to replace a ferry that serves Kodiak and southwest Alaska but has been out of service for repairs since November.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks professor is disputing the claim that this year's Nenana Ice Classic culminated with the latest river breakup in the history of the 97-year-old guessing game.

The flooding situation in the community of Fort Yukon continues to unfold.