Sentencing reset for Alaska strip club owner in dumping case

ANCHORAGE — A sentencing hearing has been rescheduled for an Alaska man who was found guilty of illegally dumping human waste into a harbor from… Continue reading

Alaska opens trade, pipeline office in Tokyo

JUNEAU — The state of Alaska has opened an office in Tokyo to help promote trade and advance a long hoped-for natural gas pipeline project.… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker speaks during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Wednesday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Gov. Walker to attend Trump inauguration

JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker plans to attend Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Walker is a Republican-turned-independent who did not publicly endorse a… Continue reading

Gov. Bill Walker speaks during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Wednesday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Carolyn Kaster | The Associated Press

In Wyoming, DeVos gun remark more about safety than politics

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — In grizzly country, comments by President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary that schools should have guns on campus to protect against… Continue reading

Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Carolyn Kaster | The Associated Press

Alaska volcano erupts again, sends ash cloud to 31,000 feet

ANCHORAGE — An Alaska volcano active since mid-December has erupted again. Bogoslof Volcano in the Aleutian lslands at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday sent up an ash… Continue reading

Officials close Eagle River post office after vandalism

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Postal Service closed its Eagle River post office after a vandal damaged the main lobby. Anchorage television station KTVA reported employees… Continue reading

Anchorage red light camera proposal could go before voters

ANCHORAGE — A proposal that will go before the Anchorage Assembly would allow the municipality to install and use cameras to ticket drivers who run… Continue reading

AP FACT CHECK: Palin not blaming attack on ‘Mexican Muslims’

Sarah Palin isn’t blaming a recent fatal shooting at a Florida airport on “Mexican Muslims” despite the claims of a story being shared on social… Continue reading

Longtime Yukon Quest volunteer reflects on races

FAIRBANKS — After 20 years managing a checkpoint along the 1,600-kilometer Yukon Quest, Peter Kamper is looking forward to getting a different view of the… Continue reading

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, left, Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, and Rep. Sam Kito, D-Juneau, are sworn-in by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott on the first day of the first session of 30th Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Deficit is distant thunder as Legislature convenes

For one day, there were smiles.At times resembling students returning for the first day of a new high school year, the 30th Alaska Legislature convened… Continue reading

Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, left, Rep. Dan Ortiz, I-Ketchikan, Rep. Justin Parish, D-Juneau, and Rep. Sam Kito, D-Juneau, are sworn-in by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott on the first day of the first session of 30th Alaska Legislature at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Anchorage coalition gets $1.5M to help homeless teenagers

ANCHORAGE — The federal government has awarded $1.5 million to a coalition of Anchorage organizations that work to combat homelessness as part of a national… Continue reading

Victorious Inlet drifters file to vacate salmon rule

ANCHORAGE - A Cook Inlet salmon plan will take a lot more work from federal managers in the next few years.The United Cook Inlet Drift… Continue reading

Urgency in budget, but legislators face rifts

JUNEAU — Alaska legislators agree on the need to address the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit. But rifts remain over how best to do that, with… Continue reading

Silver, gold production steady in Southeast

ANCHORAGE - The metal mines of Southeast Alaska had consistent and positive production in 2016, according to year-end results released by the operating companies.Hecla Mining… Continue reading

Suspect turns himself in after fatal hit-and-run

ANCHORAGE — A man is facing prosecution in a fatal hit-and-run collision after turning himself into police.The name of the woman who died early Saturday… Continue reading

Plane makes emergency landing at Cold Bay

A Delta Airlines jet en route from Tokyo to Portland made an emergency landing at Cold Bay, a tiny, isolated town on the Alaska Peninsula… Continue reading

ConocoPhillips announces oil discovery

FAIRBANKS — ConocoPhillips has announced an oil discovery where production could start as early as 2023.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported the site in the Alaska… Continue reading

Tangled whale rescued near POW

A humpback whale entangled in a barge anchor cable near Prince of Wales Island was released through the work of good Samaritans last week.The rescue… Continue reading

Craig tribe gets Alaska’s first federal land trust

KETCHIKAN — About an acre owned by the Craig Tribal Association will be the first Alaska Native land to go into trust with the federal… Continue reading

This Dec. 10, 2016 photo, shows an oil spill from the Belle Fourche Pipeline that was discovered Dec. 5 in Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Little Missouri River, near Belfield, North Dakota. President Barack Obama's administration has scaled back new safety measures for the sprawling network of fuel pipelines that crisscross the United States after complaints from industry over the potential cost.

Oil pipeline safety scaled back over costs

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Barack Obama’s administration scaled back new safety measures for the sprawling network of fuel pipelines that crisscross the United States on… Continue reading

This Dec. 10, 2016 photo, shows an oil spill from the Belle Fourche Pipeline that was discovered Dec. 5 in Ash Coulee Creek, a tributary of the Little Missouri River, near Belfield, North Dakota. President Barack Obama's administration has scaled back new safety measures for the sprawling network of fuel pipelines that crisscross the United States after complaints from industry over the potential cost.