SITKA — A bear rescue operation in Sitka is planning to expand its facilities to accommodate an increasing number of visitors.The Fortress of the Bear,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Legislators this coming week will reach the half-way point of the scheduled 90-day session, with the House working toward finalizing its version of… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Pilot error and flawed safety procedures by an Alaska commuter air company contributed to a fatal plane crash in 2013 outside the village… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Ketchikan police are looking for three missing people and sending information to the FBI to determine whether any leads need further investigation.Family members… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A former educator at the University of Alaska Anchorage is going to prison for possessing and distributing child pornography.KTUU-TV reported Curtis Osterhoudt received… Continue reading
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Heading into the final week of July last summer, the Philadelphia Phillies had two formidable options to close out games: perennial All-Star… Continue reading
JUNEAU — As members of a Juneau Girl Scout troop looked on, the Alaska Senate on Friday narrowly passed a bill that would ban abortion… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley said he wants to delay proposed force reductions at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson at least a… Continue reading
The Alaska House is planning four days of public hearings on the state’s operating budget this week.The testimony will be divided geographically, with Juneau getting… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A deadly outbreak of canine parvovirus is being reported in Alaska’s interior, and is being blamed for several dog deaths.State veterinarian Robert Gerlach… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Anchorage Democrats have announced three finalists to fill the vacancy left by the late state Rep. Max Gruenberg.They are Taylor Brelsford, Kendra Kloster… Continue reading
A subcommittee of the Alaska House of Representatives is recommending a bigger budget for health services next year, but that increase comes courtesy of the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The head of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association says fraud and abuse provisions in a bill aimed at containing and… 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 12… Continue reading
SITKA — U.S. wildlife officials are investigating the removal of a federally protected eagle nest from land being developed near Sitka after the public raised… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has signed a bill to erase the online court records of people who have been acquitted of crimes in Alaska.Courtview is the… Continue reading
Three weeks after the head of Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development announced his departure, one of his deputies is headed out the door… Continue reading
JUNEAU — An Alaska lawmaker’s efforts to put a dent in the state’s rising prison population have run afoul of a victim rights’ organization and… Continue reading
The House subcommittee on the University of Alaska budget accepted a smaller cut than the one proposed by Rep. Tammie Wilson last week, but rejected… Continue reading
A subcommittee of the Alaska House is recommending big cuts to the budgets of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and state-funded tourism marketing efforts.The Alaska… Continue reading
