New transgender guidelines spark controversy in Anchorage School District
On Thursday afternoon, the Anchorage School Board took up it's district's new administrative guidelines when working with transgender and gender nonconforming students and employees. School board...
View ArticleTwo former postal workers in Anaktuvuk Pass indicted for misappropriating...
Two former postal workers in Anaktuvuk Pass have been separately indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for multiple counts of misappropriating postal funds, the U.S. Attorney's Office...
View ArticleMine project asks to subpoena former EPA official in lawsuit against agency
The group behind the Pebble Mine project is asking for a former Environmental Protection Agency official to be subpoenaed as part of their lawsuit against the agency. The Pebble Limited Partnership...
View ArticleFire crews respond to house fire near Huffman Road
Anchorage fire crews are responding to a house fire in South Anchorage, Friday morning. The blaze is at 12351 Lilac Drive in the Huffman area. "The fire was reported to us at 8:06 a.m. by the...
View ArticleUnemployment rate in Alaska remains steady at 6.7 percent for July
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Alaska in the month of July was stable and almost unchanged since June, officials from the Department of Labor wrote in a press release Friday. The...
View ArticleAnchorage police warn people to 'drive sober or get pulled over'
Anchorage Police are warning people to 'drive sober or get pulled over,' police announced in a press release Friday. The Anchorage police department are participating in the national campaign that...
View ArticleJerry Active to sentenced to 359 years for 2013 murder of elderly couple,...
A Togiak man found guilty of the gruesome 2013 double murder of an Anchorage couple and sexually assaulting a 2-year-old child and a 91-year-old woman, was sentenced today to 359 years behind bars....
View ArticleA Year Later, Chevak Still Waiting for Justice for Roxanne Smart
The community of Chevak in Southwest Alaska has been breathing a collective sigh of relief after the arrest of a man in July for the murder of Roxanne Smart, according to a story originally posted by...
View ArticleOfficials say rainfall in Sitka was a 'once in 50 year event'
UPDATE August 21: Officials have identified the two bodies found in the Sitka landslides as two brothers - 26-year-old Elmer Diaz and 25-year-old Ulises Diaz. The search continues for the third...
View ArticleSitka officials brace for rainfall Friday that could halt search efforts for...
Sitka officials are racing against time as heavy rains are expected, which could halt search efforts for the third and final man missing in the Tuesday landslide. Significant rain fall is expected to...
View ArticleWATCH: A thief tries to steal fish right off a Wasilla girl's fishing rod
An 11-year-old Wasilla girl and her grandfather try to go camping and fishing a couple of times each month. But lately, they haven't been coming home with much. Not because the fish aren't biting, but...
View ArticleForecast for a warm Alaska winter remains strong
The Climate Prediction Center has released its three-month forecast and all of Alaska is tilted toward a significantly warmer than average Fall/Winter. Long term forecasts, extending through Winter...
View ArticleFAA issues flight restrictions ahead of President's visit
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday that it will be issuing a series of temporary flight restrictions over various parts of Alaska later this month. The flight restrictions will...
View ArticleFire chief: 5 more overdose on spice; calls mounting
Five people appear to have overdosed on the drug spice this afternoon near Bean's Cafe, Anchorage Fire Chief Denis LeBlanc said. Rescuers responded to an area across the street from the busy soup...
View ArticleJerry Active sentenced to 359 years for 2013 murder of elderly couple, sexual...
A Togiak man found guilty of the gruesome 2013 double murder of an Anchorage couple and sexually assaulting a 2-year-old child and a 91-year-old woman, was sentenced today to 359 years behind bars....
View ArticleKenai's coalition versus its association
"Biology versus politics," that's how the Kenai Area Fishermen's Coalition has termed its protest against the Kenai River Sportfishing Association. In the past week, the coalition has organized...
View ArticleA truck, a golden retriever, and one small rescue in the Sitka landslide
SITKA -- Firefighter Engineer Craig Warren arrived at the site of the Kramer Avenue landslide Tuesday morning shortly after the first report came in around 10 a.m. His initial reaction was to search...
View ArticleUA adopts new sexual consent policy
The University of Alaska Anchorage Director of Student Conduct and Ethical Development said a newly adopted affirmative consent policy was adopted three weeks ago and it's meant to eliminate a gray...
View ArticleSeen this woman? Anchorage Police seek public assistance finding missing...
Anchorage police are asking for the public's help in finding a 22 year-old woman who went missing on Thursday evening. Nancy Sourivong was last seen leaving the trailer park at 1200 Dimond Boulevard...
View ArticleJason Derulo to perform at Alaska State Fair
Jason Derulo, 2014's most played male artist, will perform at the Alaska State Fair on Sep. 6, a State Fair official announced Friday. Derulo will replace Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, who were...
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