KENAI — The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly begins every meeting with a prayer.Technically called an invocation, the borough code provides for local religious leaders to… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A man suspected of fatally shooting another man outside a Fairbanks bar last year has been arrested in Ohio.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage has welcomed a new male wolverine to join a female already on exhibit.KTVA-TV reported that Jumbo, a 3-year-old… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A 42-year-old North Pole resident suspected of shooting an Anchorage man to death last year at a North Pole home has pleaded guilty… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A nearly 600-foot chemical tanker ran aground on an Alaska island in the Bering Sea.The Coast Guard said there were no signs of… Continue reading
KENAI — If a concrete mixer ever dreamed of making something beautiful, Jenna Hansen is giving it a chance to live out that dream.With the… Continue reading
The first commercial licenses are issued, growers are gearing up to grow, the Marijuana Control Board is shuffling, and the Alaska marijuana industry is entering… Continue reading
HOMER — If an intravenous drug user goes into The Exchange at the South Peninsula Hospital Training Center to dispose of their used needles, they… Continue reading
KENAI — Kenai Peninsula officials have voted to send a measure that would double the cap on taxable purchases to the October ballot, while a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage woman will spend 20 years in prison for suffocating her 3-week-old daughter with a plastic bag.KTUU reports Sarah Bentley Johnson was… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Rural communities in Alaska are set to receive more than $16 million in federal grants to go toward their energy projects.The U.S. Department… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A state judge has denied an attempt to prolong litigation challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s authority to unilaterally expand Medicaid.The Friday action stems from… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. — After a short hop from Port Townsend to Victoria, British Columbia, 55 teams are on their way to Ketchikan, Alaska as… Continue reading
KODIAK — “Assault-style” guns are no longer being sold at four Coast Guard exchange stores that handle firearms, the agency confirmed.John Riley, chief operating officer… Continue reading
KODIAK — The Coast Guard base in Kodiak is beefing up its security with a new system that will affect the military installation’s civilian visitors.All… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has picked an attorney with oil and gas experience as his new commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources.Walker… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard is gearing up for the inaugural voyage of a luxury cruise ship through the Northwest Passage and said Thursday the… Continue reading
BETHEL — The city of Bethel will soon begin requiring nonprofit organizations to pay sales taxes after a 15-year delay in enforcing the change.City officials… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau.The nation’s Asian population grew at… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — There were major changes to Gov. Bill Walker's cabinet on Thursday, with announcements that the attorney general and the acting Natural Resources Commissioner were… Continue reading
