ANCHORAGE — Experts from around Alaska were participating in a daylong summit Wednesday to address housing challenges in the vast state that’s facing a growing… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 15-year-old boy has been detained after a woman and her teenage daughter were fatally shot in a South Anchorage home.Police in a… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Joe Miller said he is not seriously considering an election challenge to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski this year but has not completely dismissed… Continue reading
KODIAK — The response to Alaska’s Twin Creeks Fire last summer was swift, said a state report, but could use improvement.Local and state emergency personnel… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has decided to replace the head of the agency that sets rates for public utilities and pipeline carriers in Alaska.Chairman… Continue reading
Haines’ newest police officer accidently shot himself in the arm Tuesday afternoon, the Haines Police Department has announced.According to a brief press release, officer Brayton… Continue reading
The U.S.Geological Survey released the first digital geologic map of Alaska on Tuesday, providing land users, managers and scientists geologic information for the evaluation of… Continue reading
A former Ketchikan resident was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker announced hiring and travel restrictions for state workers on Tuesday, the same day an agency lowered Alaska’s credit rating because… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Five of the eight people injured in a small plane crash in Interior Alaska over the weekend have been released from the hospital.Wright… Continue reading
ASTORIA, Ore. — The C-130 Hercules motored north along the Washington state coastline in the wee hours of a frigid New Year’s Day. Thousands of… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A pilot project to increase access to a drug that counteracts opiate overdoses could expand to Alaska.Fred Meyer pharmacies have started providing customers… Continue reading
UNALASKA — Officials say a hiker has been rescued after he became stranded 100 feet up a cliff face Sunday evening in Unalaska.Fire chief Zac… Continue reading
An Alaskan federal judge on Monday fined a Wrangell father and son $100,000 for lying about where they were fishing for halibut in the Gulf… Continue reading
Oil prices continue to lurk at less than $40 per barrel, and despite hope for a legislative salve, Standard & Poor’s is lowering the state’s… Continue reading
A missing Juneau snowmobiler was found safe and without injuries late Monday.Alaska State Troopers began searching for 28-year-old Christopher Hausler just after 6 p.m. after… Continue reading
The deaths of three women over the course of one week has spurred some residents of the central Kenai Peninsula to reach out to support… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Troopers and search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a 35-year-old man believed to have died in an avalanche in Hatcher… Continue reading
The following Q&A was conducted with Gov. Bill Walker on Dec. 23, 2015, at the Juneau Empire. This is part three of the interview. Read… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A pilot who crashed a small Civil Air Patrol plane into office buildings in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, was using the search-and-rescue aircraft without… Continue reading
