JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said the presidential race is creating uncertainty for down-ballot races like hers that she hasn’t experienced before.The Alaska Republican… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The two main candidates for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat vowed Monday to work with whoever wins the presidential election to advance Alaska’s… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller has reported raising nearly $200,000 for his campaign during the latest fundraising period.Miller ended September with nearly… Continue reading
BETHEL — Bethel’s fire department has been relying on a pair of dilapidated ambulances as it deals with an increasing number of calls, but recent… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Strong overnight winds hampered firefighters containing a wildfire north of Palmer.The state Division of Forestry says the fire 12 miles north of Palmer… Continue reading
On the morning of Oct. 18, 1966, Emil Notti, an Athabascan born in Koyukuk, called the first gathering of the Alaska Federation of Natives to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Police in Alaska’s second largest city say a man who shot and seriously wounded an officer and drove off in his patrol car… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A state trooper’s young son died after he inadvertently shot himself with a gun he found in the house. A boy in a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Libertarian party has a new chairman, weeks before the general election.Jon Watts takes over the role after the party’s board voted… Continue reading
BETHEL — Bethel sits on a river, but many people here don’t know how to swim. People drown in the Kuskokwim every year, and for… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Kathleen Leitgeb never set out to be an anthropologist, archaeologist and educational tour guide living in Fairbanks, but what started as a lark… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Alaska educational commission wants to add transgender students to a list of protected categories in its code of ethics.The Professional Teaching Practices… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Someone wanted a baker’s dozen from a 24-hour doughnut shop in Anchorage, and used a gun for the extra treat.Anchorage television station KTUU… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — While Russia has built up its military on its side of the Arctic, there is no evidence of Russian aggression in the region,… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan residents, getting their first meeting with Gov. Bill Walker since February, asked the governor about issues ranging from the Alaska Marine Highway… Continue reading
SITKA — Thursday was the 75th anniversary of an explosion that killed six men at a military construction site on Japonski Island.The death toll from… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Yukon River chinook stocks are on the upswing, according to a season summary, though not everybody is fishing for the surplus.Holly Carroll, the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Residents in the nation’s northernmost community have voted to change the name of the Alaska town to its traditional Inupiat Eskimo name.A slight… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two Southeast Alaska hunters have been cited for shooting swimming deer.Alaska Wildlife Troopers on Saturday seized six deer from the fishing vessel Sumner… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Owners of shuttered fertilizer plant in Nikiski have taken steps to reopen the facility but face the hurdle of obtaining a reliable supply… Continue reading
