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Anchorage woman dies in rollover crash outside Seward

ANCHORAGE — A 30-year-old Anchorage woman died Sunday in a crash outside Seward.The woman’s name has not been made public.Alaska State Troopers took a 911… Continue reading

Anchorage man shot after walking in on apparent burglary

ANCHORAGE — A man returning to his southeast Anchorage apartment early Sunday afternoon walked in on an apparent burglary and was shot.Anchorage police say the… Continue reading

Searchers find overdue hiker looking for “Into the Wild” bus

DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — A 45-year-old man from Mexico was located unharmed Monday after failing to return on time from a hiking trip… Continue reading

German injured falling 300 feet down Alaska glacier

VALDEZ — A 42-year-man from Germany is being treated at an Anchorage hospital after falling nearly 300 feet down a glacier.The accident happened Saturday at… Continue reading

Sylvia Harvey, right, runs ballots through a vote counting machine in Juneau on Monday as election officials recount votes in the House District 40 primary race between incumbent Rep. Ben Nageak and challenger Dean Westlake.

Recount confirms Westlake defeated Nageak in race

ANCHORAGE — A recount has confirmed the challenger in a northern Alaska legislative race defeated incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak of Barrow in the Aug. 16… Continue reading

Sylvia Harvey, right, runs ballots through a vote counting machine in Juneau on Monday as election officials recount votes in the House District 40 primary race between incumbent Rep. Ben Nageak and challenger Dean Westlake.
Jennifer Wambach holds a Steller's jay that was shot with a blowgun dart. Veterinarians Dr. Ralph Broshes and Dr. Dorothy Sherwood removed the dart from the jay, as well as another jay shot with a dart. Both jays were released back into the wild.

Retired Homer vet rescues darted Steller’s jays

HOMER — Two Steller’s jays trying to fatten up for the winter almost met an early end last week. Someone in downtown Homer shot the… Continue reading

Jennifer Wambach holds a Steller's jay that was shot with a blowgun dart. Veterinarians Dr. Ralph Broshes and Dr. Dorothy Sherwood removed the dart from the jay, as well as another jay shot with a dart. Both jays were released back into the wild.

Walker headed back to Japan

ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has plans for one overseas trip, but not two.The governor is headed to the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Tokyo later… Continue reading

Kodiak weighs supporting ferry system funding plan

KODIAK — Kodiak officials are considering a funding proposal to help develop a plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System.Mayor Pat Branson says there have… Continue reading

US rig count up 11 this week to 508; Louisiana up 8

HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 11 this week to 508.A year ago, 848… Continue reading

Coast Guard rescues 3 after plane crash near Kodiak

ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard rescued three people after their plane crashed near Kodiak on Friday afternoon.A Coast Guard spokesman said in a statement that… Continue reading

Police perceive threat on banner at site of officers’ deaths

HOONAH — A banner that a police chief said appeared to threaten law enforcement has been taken down.KTUU-TV reported 68-year-old Wanda Culp hung the sign… Continue reading

Grand jury indicts teen in Anchorage shooting death

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man on murder charges in a shooting death on a rural road.State prosecutors say Kutay… Continue reading

Troopers release details of rural police officer shooting

ANCHORAGE — A rural Alaska police officer shot Wednesday night was struck three times but managed to escape and help another witness.Alaska State Trooper investigators… Continue reading

2 charged in $30,000 burglary of rural village store

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have arrested two people suspected of burglarizing a village store and stealing more than $30,000 in cash and checks.Troopers said… Continue reading

Giant cruise ship makes historic trip in melting Arctic

NOME — The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community’s docks on its inaugural visit.Instead,… Continue reading

A fire destroyed the Clearwater Lodge early on Thursday, May 15, 2014.

Delta Junction lodge reopens 2 years after arson

FAIRBANKS — A decades-old lodge in Delta Junction that was burned to the ground in 2014 has been rebuilt and is now open for business.The… Continue reading

A fire destroyed the Clearwater Lodge early on Thursday, May 15, 2014.
Destiny Neade of Fairbanks reacts afar receiving the first ever permit for a marijuana retail store in Alaska during a meeting of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday in Anchorage. Neade and her husband, Nick, hope to open their Fairbanks store, Frozen Budz, by Oct. 1, 2016.

Pot regulators approve first retail license

ANCHORAGE — The owners of Frozen Budz have high hopes now that they’ve received Alaska’s first retail marijuana license.Destiny Neade, co-owner of the Fairbanks business,… Continue reading

Destiny Neade of Fairbanks reacts afar receiving the first ever permit for a marijuana retail store in Alaska during a meeting of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday in Anchorage. Neade and her husband, Nick, hope to open their Fairbanks store, Frozen Budz, by Oct. 1, 2016.
Crews worked to clear this landslide that blocked Mitkof Highway in September of 2009.

Petersburg wants land exchange to stop logging plan

PETERSBURG — Petersburg Borough officials are seeking a land exchange to stop the Alaska Mental Health Trust from logging on a steep hillside where there’s… Continue reading

Crews worked to clear this landslide that blocked Mitkof Highway in September of 2009.
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl.

Alaska secures new grant funding for opioid research

KODIAK — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is set to receive nearly $3 million in federal funding each year to fight opioid… Continue reading

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. More than 28,000 Americans died from overdosing on opiates in 2014, a record high for the nation. That’s 78 people per day, a number that doesn’t include the millions of family members, first responders and even taxpayers who feel the ripple of drug addiction in their daily lives. A rise in prescription painkillers is partially to blame: The sale of these drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and so has the number of Americans dying from an addiction to them. When prescriptions run out, people find themselves turning to the cheaper alternative heroin and, increasingly, the even more deadly drug fentanyl.

With hopes fading, Murkowski, lawmakers meet on energy bill

WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to approve the first major energy bill in nearly a decade got a jump-start Thursday as lawmakers convened a long-delayed meeting… Continue reading