New archbishop named for Anchorage comes from Wyoming

ANCHORAGE — Pope Francis has named a new archbishop for Alaska’s largest city.The Catholic News Agency said the Vatican announced Tuesday the appointment of Bishop… Continue reading

DeBartolo, Whitney snag School Board seats

DeBartolo, Whitney snag School Board seats

Dan DeBartolo and Steve Whitney both secured seats on the Juneau Board of Education in the least competitive race of the night — other than… Continue reading

DeBartolo, Whitney snag School Board seats

Voters pass two of three tax propositions

City officials and Assembly members can stop holding their breath.Juneau voters have approved a ballot proposition extending the city’s temporary 3 percent sales tax for… Continue reading

Norton Gregory, left, Mary Becker, center, and Beth Weldon pose for pictures in the Assembly chambers after winning their respective Assembly seats in the municipal election on Tuesday.

Becker, Gregory, Weldon win Assembly seats

It was just after 8:30 p.m. when cheers and shouts of joy erupted in the Assembly Chambers of City Hall. Poll workers at the 10th… Continue reading

Norton Gregory, left, Mary Becker, center, and Beth Weldon pose for pictures in the Assembly chambers after winning their respective Assembly seats in the municipal election on Tuesday.
Election officials count votes at the Assembly chambers on Tuesday.

Newcomer Gregory wins Assembly seat

The Juneau Assembly has two new members.Norton Gregory came out ahead of incumbent Kate Troll after a narrow race, clenching 52.4 percent of the vote… Continue reading

Election officials count votes at the Assembly chambers on Tuesday.
Tara Bass, left, and budtender Reba Radey, right, hold the new retail marijuana license awarded Skagway's The Remedy Shoppe on Oct. 4, 2016. The store is the first in Alaska to receive its retail license.

Skagway business is first in the state to get permission to sell weed – once it arrives

Tara Bass is ready to sell you marijuana — once she gets some to sell.On Tuesday, Bass’ business, The Remedy Shoppe, became the first retail… Continue reading

Tara Bass, left, and budtender Reba Radey, right, hold the new retail marijuana license awarded Skagway's The Remedy Shoppe on Oct. 4, 2016. The store is the first in Alaska to receive its retail license.

Texting scam targets First National Bank customers again

For the second time this year, MasterCard customers banking with First National Bank Alaska are reporting receiving text messages asking for private information.In a press… Continue reading

Indigenous rights focus of Grand Camp meeting in Juneau

A dinner tonight at the Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall will launch the 2016 Alaska Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood Grand Camp gathering to deliberate indigenous persons’ civil… Continue reading

Assembly candidate Arnold Liebelt waves his sign to commuters on their way home at the corner of 10th Street and Egan Drive on the Municipal Election eve on Monday.

After disappointing primary, will Juneau voters show up?

When polls opened Tuesday, Juneau voters had plenty of options on the ballot — and plenty of things on their minds.Asked about their top issues,… Continue reading

Assembly candidate Arnold Liebelt waves his sign to commuters on their way home at the corner of 10th Street and Egan Drive on the Municipal Election eve on Monday.
Andrea Pitz holds up some of the bicycles that a bear chewed up over the weekend. A bear apparently tore the seats and punctured all the tires on the four bicycles that were parked at the Medvejie trail.

Problem bear poses a threat to public in Sitka

SITKA — Authorities are warning Sitka residents to be on alert after numerous bear encounters around the city, including one involving a bicyclist who was… Continue reading

Andrea Pitz holds up some of the bicycles that a bear chewed up over the weekend. A bear apparently tore the seats and punctured all the tires on the four bicycles that were parked at the Medvejie trail.
State gets $1.1 million to process backlogged rape kits

State gets $1.1 million to process backlogged rape kits

The state of Alaska has been awarded $1.1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to process a backlog of rape kits held by the… Continue reading

State gets $1.1 million to process backlogged rape kits
Members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Walker River Paiute Tribe talk in the background outside the federal courthouse as their lawyer, Rendal Miller of Winnemucca, Nev., discusses the lawsuit they filed under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 in Reno, Nev. The suit seeks a temporary injunction ordering the state and Washoe and Mineral counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections.

The Latest: Hearing on Nevada tribes voting access continues

RENO, Nev. — The Latest on a federal court hearing in Nevada about access to voting on two Indian reservations (all times local):1:35 p.m.A hearing… Continue reading

Members of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Walker River Paiute Tribe talk in the background outside the federal courthouse as their lawyer, Rendal Miller of Winnemucca, Nev., discusses the lawsuit they filed under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016 in Reno, Nev. The suit seeks a temporary injunction ordering the state and Washoe and Mineral counties to establish satellite polling places on reservations where they say Native Americans are being denied an equal opportunity to vote in the November elections.

Ex-Alaska official, son of legendary broadcaster, dies at 92

JUNEAU — Lowell Thomas Jr., a former Alaska lieutenant governor, author, adventurer, glacier pilot and son of the legendary broadcaster, has died.His daughter, Anne Donaghy,… Continue reading

Texas oil company announces offshore Alaska discovery

ANCHORAGE — A Texas petroleum drilling company announced Tuesday it has made a large-scale oil discovery off Alaska's North Slope.Dallas-based Caelus Energy Alaska LLC announced… Continue reading

Arguments scheduled in lawsuit over Alaska dividend

JUNEAU — Arguments have been scheduled for next month in lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s cut to this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend.State court Judge… Continue reading

North Slope Legislative election lawsuit goes to judge

The election for Alaska House District 40 is now in the hands of Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Guidi.On Monday, lawyers for the state of… Continue reading

Woman dies after reportedly injuring self cutting moose meat

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman after she reportedly was injured while butchering moose meat.Troopers said 60-year-old Vicky Mable… Continue reading

Officials: No survivors found after plane crashes in Alaska

ANCHORAGE — Authorities said rescuers did not find any survivors after a small plane carrying three people crashed in a remote area of western Alaska.Alaska… Continue reading

Troopers suspect moose attacked, killed woman in Alaska

WASILLA — Authorities in Alaska suspect a 74-year-old woman was killed by a moose.Alaska State Troopers said the body of Pattie Cucinello was found Sunday… Continue reading

Parties seek quick resolution in dividend lawsuit

JUNEAU — The two sides in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s cut to the dividend that Alaskans receive from the state’s oil wealth nest-egg… Continue reading