FAIRBANKS — Alaska lawmakers have voted to advance a bill aimed at improving interactions between law enforcement and people with disabilities. The House passed the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage state senator has introduced a bill to increase the state tax on studded snow tires. Republican Cathy Giessel told Anchorage television… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A year after tens of thousands of common murres, an abundant North Pacific seabird, starved and washed ashore on beaches from California to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A spokesman for U.S. Rep. Don Young says the Alaska congressman has been named chairman emeritus of the House Natural Resources Committee. Young… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — La Nina, we hardly knew ye. U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday the cool flip side to the climate phenomenon El Nino has faded… Continue reading
Oprah Winfrey will take a cruise this summer in a place she’s never been before: Alaska. The trip launches a partnership between O, The Oprah… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly says he will not support making the city a sanctuary for immigrants living in the U.S. without legal permission.… Continue reading
Alaska’s chief justice told lawmakers Wednesday that he’s optimistic and hopes they will find a solution to the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. Then again, “Candidly,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Records show Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough spent about $115,000 for the Borough Assembly to attend a five-day trip to Seattle where assembly members… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS —A 40-year-old Fairbanks driver suspected of crashing into a boy on a bicycle and not stopping has been formally charged. Prosecutors charged Howard Martinez… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police said an officer received a “significant” injury after a fight with a suspect. Police early Wednesday morning responded to the Carrs… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives voted 38-0 on Wednesday to require that police be trained to interact with people who have non-visible disabilities. House Bill… Continue reading
Last summer, Rep. David Guttenberg a Democrat from Fairbanks, sat in a meeting of the House Finance Committee and voted against a bill that would… Continue reading
PETERSBURG — A seafood processing company will stop canning salmon at its facility in the Southeast city of Petersburg this year in response to a… Continue reading
BETHEL — Members of Bethel’s volunteer search and rescue organization are dealing with a spike in alcohol-related calls this winter, which is putting a strain… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Talk to three Alaska business leaders and you’ll probably get three different takes on the state’s recession. Still, Wells Fargo leadership echoed other… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Police in Alaska’s largest city are investigating a reported break-in at U.S. Rep. Don Young’s congressional office there. Anchorage police spokeswoman Renee Oistad… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters in the nation’s northernmost town won’t get a chance at the polls after all to repeal the community’s new Inupiat Eskimo… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Faculty members at a second branch of the University of Alaska have approved a resolution of no-confidence in the president of the statewide… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage officials are set to consider a proposal that would allow ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to operate in the city… Continue reading
