With an extraordinary upset on Election Day, Democratic underdog Justin Parish defeated Republican incumbent Cathy Muñoz for a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives.Parish,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters have given the longest serving Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives more years in office.Rep. Don Young, who was first… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her bid for re-election, fending off a crowded field of challengers that included the man who beat her… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are seeking a man suspected of firing a gun in a downtown nightclub and hitting himself twice in the leg.Thirty-year-old Andrew… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan cafe that’s been in business for about 80 years has been torn down to make way for retail and living space.James… Continue reading
Even before the polls open Tuesday morning, Alaska’s election is already setting records.Through Monday morning, 68,547 Alaskans had cast votes in the general election. That’s… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska voters will decide a rematch of a contentious U.S. Senate race, a fight for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat and the future… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 46-year-old western Alaska woman is in custody after a shooting that left a man wounded.Mara Daniels of the village of Elim is… Continue reading
BELLA BELLA, British Columbia — The Heiltsuk Nation in British Columbia says a barge has flipped and sunk north of the site where a tug… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Hundreds of mourners including Gov. Bill Walker paid their respects Sunday at the funeral of a Fairbanks police officer killed in the line… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A California city manager has been selected to serve as the new manager for Alaska’s Ketchikan Gateway Borough.The Borough Assembly picked Ruban Duran… Continue reading
SITKA — The Sitka Historical Museum is moving forward with plans to reopen next summer with new exhibits that tell more about the city’s rich… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 12 this week to 569.A year ago, 771… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — It took David Rumph Jr. more than five decades to learn that his calling in life is to help people die.Rumph is the… Continue reading
KENAI — One relative newcomer to the Last Frontier wants to know what it is that makes Alaskans inherently, well, Alaskan.Hedy-Jo Huss recently moved to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Employees and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration aren’t the only ones with questions for the Blood Bank of Alaska.Blood Bank of Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for boreal… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Historical Commission has been asked to consider renaming a 344-mile river in Alaska’s Interior from the Birch Creek river to its… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker announced Friday that he has a treatable form of prostate cancer, but said it won’t prevent him from performing… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police and Alaska State Troopers are at the scene of a 10-vehicle accident along a bridge on the Glenn Highway.Troopers spokeswoman Megan… Continue reading
