BETHEL — Leaders of four village tribes are calling for an investigation into the Association of Village Council Presidents and its spending of federal funds.Documents… Continue reading
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Authorities in British Columbia said a United Airlines flight was diverted to Vancouver due to a security concern and a passenger… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Whether he’s walking city blocks looking for incapacitated inebriates or standing outside his office chatting, like on a recent December day, Community Service… Continue reading
The Alaska Supreme Court, in a 3-2 split decision, on Friday ruled that a woman who moved to a rural Alaska village to pursue a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday upheld as constitutional a state requirement that local governments help pay for education, reversing a lower court… Continue reading
The dozens or hundreds of new marijuana businesses in Alaska this year will be climbing a mountain.There’s one big difference between summiting Denali and opening… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz is calling on the state Legislature to add $290 million for the city’s unfinished Port of Anchorage modernization project… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The manager of a program that lets people donate money from their Alaska Permanent Fund dividends to nonprofits is optimistic they’ll continue giving… Continue reading
SITKA — Sitka’s assistant district attorney position will stay in the city following an announcement that the position to replace Jean Seaton, who is retiring,… Continue reading
Southeast Alaska will lose the most jobs since 2009, according to a new forecast from the Alaska Department of Labor.State economist Conor Bell published his… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature’s preseason has begun with 24 House bills and seven Senate bills released in the first round of prefiled legislation.Prefiling is the annual… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three Alaska Native organizations are receiving federal funds to provide permanent housing to Native veterans at risk of homelessness.The funds totaling slightly more… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — According to Facebook, Ketchikan is finally located in Alaska.The Ketchikan Daily News reports that after almost a year of complaints, the social media… Continue reading
As the preseason is to the National Football League, prefile season is to the Alaska Legislature.Today, Alaska’s 60 lawmakers will release a slate of bills… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Cancer is becoming the No. 1 killer in more and more states as deaths from heart disease have declined, new health statistics… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two men who escaped from jail in the village of Pilot Station with help from a third man are back in custody.Anchorage television… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A proposed change to Alaska’s police hiring standards would allow potential officers to have previously used prescription drugs not prescribed to them, a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A former beauty queen who hosted an adventure TV show has pleaded guilty to killing an Alaska grizzly bear without a state hunting… Continue reading
Use it, then lose it, was the fate of a long-delayed Kenai River habitat study until the Alaska Department of Fish and Game finally published… Continue reading
Alaska Raptor Center's Jennifer Cedarleaf gets a pygmy owl ready to weigh Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016, at the Alaska Raptor Center. The owl, which was… Continue reading
