BETHEL — Authorities say the 4-year-old son of an Alaska State Trooper died Monday when he found a handgun and shot himself in Bethel.KYUK reported… Continue reading
A Soldotna woman was found dead on Saturday after walking into the woods on the side of the Kenai Spur Highway.Alaska State Troopers found the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — National Transportation Safety Board officials in Anchorage will begin sorting through applications as they look to fill positions left vacant by two of… Continue reading
KENAI — Federal scientists will begin using drones to monitor beluga whales in the Cook Inlet as part of an effort to restore the endangered… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The pilot of a small plane that smashed into a building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday was not authorized to fly the aircraft… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given Alaska an extension to meet national proof-of-identity standards.The 2005 federal Real ID law imposes tougher… Continue reading
Alaskans making minimum wage should check their paychecks after the new year. Alaska’s minimum wage rises to $9.75 per hour, rising from the current minimum… Continue reading
A pair of visiting Maine snowboarders were rescued from a snowy situation Saturday on Haines’ Mount Ripinski.According to a dispatch shared by the Alaska State… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The state transportation department says sailings of the state ferry Tustumena between Homer and Kodiak have been canceled, with forecasts calling for hurricane… Continue reading
“The Walking Dead” may be dead walking.Most Alaskans may lose access to the most popular scripted TV series in the U.S. if negotiations between the… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The water utility in North Pole, a city just south of Fairbanks, is looking to secure state funding for a $4 million wastewater… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker likened his first year in office to moving into a new house that catches fire on move-in day, with low… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will no longer be able to smoke, vape or chew tobacco on campus starting Thursday.The change… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a 24-year-old Russian Mission man died after his snowmobile sunk in an overflow area south of the western Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a 23-year-old Anchorage woman is under arrest after she passed out with her foot on the gas pedal of… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Meteorologists say a weather front is bringing high winds and warmer temperatures to much of Alaska, with extreme conditions prompting the closure of… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — When Peter Corey, former curator of the Alaska State Museum and the Sheldon Jackson Museum, died Sept. 20 in Sitka, he left behind… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — We often hear that Anchorage has some of the most diverse schools in America. In fact, East, Bartlett and West are the three… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Inuit hunter John Goodwin for decades has hunted oogruk, the bearded seal, a marine mammal prized for its meat, oil and hide.The… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — State and municipal leaders are in talks to change Alaska’s multi-billion-dollar pension system.Local leaders attended a meeting last week in Juneau to discuss… Continue reading
