Business group projects 1,600 job loss in Anchorage in 2016

ANCHORAGE — A 2016 economic forecast prepared for the Anchorage Economic Development Corp. projects a loss of 1,600 jobs in Alaska’s largest city, including 600… Continue reading

Ketchikan holds vigil for missing

More than 125 people came out in the light rain and crisp breeze of Thursday evening for a prayer vigil on behalf of four men… Continue reading

Ketchikan police work multiple missing persons cases

The Ketchikan Police Department has heard local concerns circulating regarding several recent cases — including active missing person cases and a suicide — that foul… Continue reading

House, Senate Democrats promote equal pay ideal

Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and at a press conference marking the anniversary at the Alaska Capitol, Sen.… Continue reading

Murkowski reports ending 2015 with about $3.1M for campaign

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has reported bringing in more than $575,000 toward her re-election bid during the last quarter of 2015.Murkowski… Continue reading

Fairbanks woman to compete in race up Empire State Building

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman is going to the top of a New York skyscraper the hard way.Fairbanks radio station KFAR reports Kristen Rozell will… Continue reading

Engineered salmon banned from import

Two months after it declared a genetically engineered salmon safe to eat, the Food and Drug Administration has banned its import.On Friday, the FDA announced… Continue reading

Long-term corrections inmate dies at Anchorage hospital

ANCHORAGE — A 71-year-old man imprisoned for more than 40 years after a conviction for kidnapping and sexual assault has died.The Alaska Department of Corrections… Continue reading

Grand jury indicts Fairbanks man in 2015 shooting death

FAIRBANKS — A 23-year-old Fairbanks suspect has been indicted in the shooting death of a man whose body was found last year near the Tanana… Continue reading

Bethel district works to open Yup’ik immersion school

BETHEL — The Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel is working to open a Yup’ik immersion school in February.KYUK-AM reports that the district has leased… Continue reading

US rig count down 18 this week to 619; Texas down 13

HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 18… Continue reading

This undated booking photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows 20-year-old Foriegnne Aubert-Morissette who was found dead or dying with 19-year-old Selena Annette Mullenax at a scenic overlook on the city's west side.

Anchorage police investigate deaths at scenic overlook

ANCHORAGE — Tips started flowing in Friday after Anchorage homicide investigators appealed to the public for information on two people found dead or dying at… Continue reading

This undated booking photo provided by the Anchorage Police Department shows 20-year-old Foriegnne Aubert-Morissette who was found dead or dying with 19-year-old Selena Annette Mullenax at a scenic overlook on the city's west side.

Healthcare market on last life

And then there was one.The Alaska Division of Insurance announced Thursday that Portland-based Moda Health will no longer be allowed to sell individual health insurance… Continue reading

Sitka Police Lt. Lance Ewers shines a flashlight at the opening of a tunnel under a trailer in the Vitskari Trailer Park in Sitka, Alaska, Thursday, January 28, 2016, as he and the property's landlord, at right, inspect the property. A man wanted on criminal warrants was hiding under the trailer in what police called "an elaborate tunnel system." (AP Photo/Daily Sitka Sentinel, James Poulson)

Sitka fugitive found in tunnel

Sitka police arrested a man wanted on criminal warrants Wednesday after finding him hiding in what they called “an elaborate tunnel system” under a trailer… Continue reading

Sitka Police Lt. Lance Ewers shines a flashlight at the opening of a tunnel under a trailer in the Vitskari Trailer Park in Sitka, Alaska, Thursday, January 28, 2016, as he and the property's landlord, at right, inspect the property. A man wanted on criminal warrants was hiding under the trailer in what police called "an elaborate tunnel system." (AP Photo/Daily Sitka Sentinel, James Poulson)

Sitka, Petersburg seek to get closer to marijuana

Two Southeast communities want more access to marijuana — if the state will allow.Sitka and Petersburg have each requested the state relax its 500-foot buffer… Continue reading

S&P report delves into Alaska’s negative credit outlook

Standard and Poor’s Rating Services took a look at what makes some oil states’ futures look bleaker than others. The hardest-hit states forecasted oil prices… Continue reading

Cooper Landing murder trial delayed again

KENAI — The trial of a man accused of murder for the 2013 death of Genghis Muskox has been pushed back to April.Paul Vermillion, 32,… Continue reading

Wasilla bans pot businesses

WASILLA — Southcentral Alaska’s cannabis business just got more concentrated in Anchorage. A big chunk of the Valley, long a byword for marijuana cultivation, is… Continue reading

In this photo taken Wednesday, a woman cross-country skis in Kincaid Park in Anchorage. Alaska ranked second behind Hawaii in the State of the American Well-Being report from Gallup and Healthways, which was released Thursday.

Wellness survey tells us what we already know: Alaska rocks

ANCHORAGE — If you want to improve your sense of well-being, leave the Lower 48.A new report ranking all 50 states based on residents’ sense… Continue reading

In this photo taken Wednesday, a woman cross-country skis in Kincaid Park in Anchorage. Alaska ranked second behind Hawaii in the State of the American Well-Being report from Gallup and Healthways, which was released Thursday.

Arizona governor wants to split 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

PHOENIX — Arizona's Republican governor launched a renewed effort Thursday to break up the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, citing reasons outside longstanding GOP… Continue reading