U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced a bill on Thursday that would require all genetically engineered salmon to carry the words “genetically engineered” or “GE.”The… Continue reading
SITKA — Archaeologists want to pay another visit this summer to a more than 200-year-old shipwreck near Sitka in a push to uncover more clues… Continue reading
When a recreational boating accident happens, chances are that the operator was not paying enough attention or the lookout wasn’t doing his or her job.Operator… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A legislative panel on Thursday proposed reducing funds for Senate travel and for the division responsible for the statewide network of legislative information… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have responded to a 15-car pileup amid snowy conditions in the state’s largest city.Police said in a release that the inbound… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 13… Continue reading
JUNEAU — University of Alaska system president Jim Johnsen says a Senate panel’s recommendations for system funding are a major improvement over what a House… Continue reading
JUNEAU — An Alaska travel association is running a TV ad touting tourism as a great investment for the state as lawmakers mull cuts to… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The wife of late state Rep. Max Gruenberg wants her husband’s legislative records to help his work continue but officials say she can’t… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man in state custody has died at an Anchorage hospital.Alaska State Troopers say 26-year-old Mavaega Tautua had been housed at the Spring… Continue reading
Forty-five days through its 90-day session, the Alaska Legislature appears to be in much the same position it was last year, when lawmakers deadlocked and… Continue reading
One month after Barrow Fire Chief Vincent Nageak III was shot and killed by a North Slope Borough police officer, Barrow residents and the family… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Legislators are applying some creativity to the House version of the state operating budget as they grapple with a multibillion-dollar state deficit exacerbated… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Lawmakers will consider a bill that a legislative attorney says could violate provisions of the state and U.S. constitutions.Republican Sen. Mike Dunleavy’s SB… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is again asking the Army Corps of Engineers to advance a northern deep-water Alaska port to serve vessels in… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The director of the criminal division for the Alaska Department of Law testified Thursday that a bill to overhaul the state’s justice system… Continue reading
NUIQSUT — Rising from the edgeless, wind-scoured, snow-covered tundra on Alaska’s North Slope lies a million-pound drilling rig pulling the first commercial oil from a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — State officials want to change eligibility requirements that now allow non-citizens to collect monthly senior benefits.The proposed change from Gov. Bill Walker and… Continue reading
TOLEDO, Ohio — One of three Kodiak bears whose mother was killed by hunters has been relocated from Alaska to an Ohio zoo in a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A retired state educator has been named interim deputy commissioner of the state education department.Interim Commissioner Susan McCauley appointed Betty Walters to the… Continue reading
