SAN FRANCISCO — Alaska Airlines has removed its last major hurdle to buying Virgin America.Alaska said Wednesday it agreed to settle a private antitrust lawsuit… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Responders say one person has died in a plane crash in Alaska’s interior.Clint Johnson, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska… Continue reading
KENAI — James Harris, an English teacher at Soldotna High School, is the state’s new Teacher of the Year.Harris was awarded the title by Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Marijuana shops have started to open up for business in Fairbanks, Juneau and Valdez, but Anchorage is still weeks away from having its… Continue reading
SITKA — The city of Sitka has been using diesel generators to fulfill resident’s increasing power demands as a hydroelectric plant remains shut down for… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Ocean waters are taking a toll on a sunken mini submarine 5 miles off the entrance to Pearl Harbor.The Japanese Imperial Navy vessel… Continue reading
SEATTLE — Dozens of flights have been canceled at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport because of winter weather conditions.Alaska Airlines canceled about 35 flights from morning until… Continue reading
DENVER — Surveys show a small but growing number of older adults are using marijuana — a trend that worries researchers who say not enough… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Alaska Airlines has won government approval to buy rival Virgin America after agreeing to reduce its flight-selling partnership with American Airlines.Parent company Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A missing Palmer teenager was pistol-whipped by an acquaintance, driven to a remote location and shot to death, according to an Alaska State… Continue reading
Alaska’s minimum wage will rise 5 cents, from $9.75 to $9.80 per hour in 2017, the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Monday.When… Continue reading
SEATTLE — A Coast Guard hearing is beginning into the sinking of the fishing vessel Alaska Juris.The boat sank off the Aleutian Islands in July,… Continue reading
SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines canceled about two dozen flights into and out of Sea-Tac Airport as snow was in the forecast throughout the Seattle area.KOMO… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks City Council is set to vote on whether the mayor’s new recommendation for police chief should be able to have the… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from the North Slope Borough Police Department while she worked there as an evidence… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The FBI is offering $5,000 for information on an arson fire three years ago at a church in North Pole.The agency is offering… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Byron Birdsall, a prolific painter who spent decades capturing Alaska scenes in watercolors, has died. He was 78.Birdsall died Sunday, his stepdaughter, Pamela… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Bethel police said a local couple has died in a weekend residential fire.Police said the bodies of 41-year-old Charity Alexie and 37-year-old Hans… Continue reading
KENAI — Manitoba cabin sits on a wooded hill overlooking a creek about three quarters of a mile from the Seward Highway. For much of… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — After spending years Outside studying community planning and development, Charlene Stern returned to Alaska to fulfill her goal of helping Native communities.“I’ve learned… Continue reading
