Police warn of slick road conditions in Anchorage
Anchorage police are responding to school bus in a ditch at Hillside Drive. No students were on the bus when it went off the road, said spokeswoman Jennifer Castro. Police are also reporting a...
View ArticleBail set at $50,000 for Selawik man accused of sex assault on girl who later...
A Selawik man, honored by the Alaska Federation of Natives with a law enforcement award in October, is behind bars in Kotzebue after supplying alcohol to a 16-year-old girl this week who later died....
View ArticleAnchorage man indicted on drug and gun charges for smuggling heroin to Alaska
UPDATE: A grand jury has indicted an Anchorage man on charges of conspiring to distribute a kilo or more of heroin, according to federal prosecutors. The indictment of James. E. Dickinson was handed...
View ArticleForest officials pulls back on proposed Mitkof timber sale
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) The U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn findings that the proposed timber sale on Mitkof Island near Petersburg has no significant environmental impact. The Ketchikan Daily News...
View ArticleMan found shot to death outside rural lodge bunkhouse
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) Alaska State Troopers say a 56-year-old man died in an apparent shooting outside the bunkhouse of the Port William Wilderness Lodge on Shuyak Island near Kodiak. Troopers found...
View ArticleBeware of phone scammers pretending to be Alaska State Troopers
Phone scammers are calling Alaskans and pretending to be Alaska State troopers or other law enforcement in hopes of getting personal information, Anchorage police warned today. Here is the full...
View ArticlePermanent Fund down 4.4 percent; still worth over $50 billion
Alaskas oil wealth savings account has tumbled a bit of late. The Alaska Permanent Fund was down 4.4 percent for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, said chief executive Angela Rodell in a news...
View ArticleDecision overturned in Kookesh illegal fishing case. 'I feel great,' he says
The Alaska Supreme Court has overturned an appeals court decision in a long-running subsistence fishing case involving former state Sen. Albert Kookesh. In a decision released Friday, the high court...
View ArticleUnalakleet volunteers search for 74-year-old woman missing since Wednesday
A Unalakleet woman has been missing for two days, prompting an intensive search of the Norton Sound village. Vivian Foote, 74, was last seen walking near her home at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, said...
View ArticlePolice ask for helping finding 2 witnesses in S. Anchorage shooting
Anchorage police are looking for a pedestrian and a bicyclist who are potential witnesses to the shooting that hospitalized a 37-year-old woman earlier this week. Investigators believe a bicyclist was...
View ArticleNASA releases data from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
... NASA recently released the first year's data from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), which is designed to track levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere. The images show...
View ArticleWalker makes leadership change for gasline team
In a continued transformation of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. board, Gov. Bill Walker has replaced the AGDC chairman with Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins. Hopkins replaces...
View ArticleThe Latest: Alaska pot regulators OK on-site consumption
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) The latest on the meeting of the Alaska Marijuana Control Board. (All times local): 11:35 a.m. The board tasked with writing rules for Alaska's legalized marijuana industry has...
View ArticleMuni fighting for day in court over troubled port project
The Municipality of Anchorage is asking for a jury to decide who's at fault in the troubledport project that's cost the city millions. Friday, attorneys with the Muni and Integrated Concepts and...
View ArticlePolice ask for help finding woman, 31, in need of medication
Anchorage police are asking for the publics help to find 31-year-old Sophia George, who is in need of medication. George was last seen walking at 5:45 p.m. today downtown, near East 4th Avenue and...
View ArticlePFD fraud an ongoing issue
Just as many residents expect their annual Permanent Fund Dividend check like clockwork, state investigators also expect to sniff out people trying to cheat the system every year. PFD fraud is an...
View ArticleAlaska pot regulators approve allowing marijuana use at certain retail stores
The board tasked with writing rules for Alaska's recreational marijuana industry voted to allow some retail pot stores to permit on-site consumption, a first among the states that have legalized the...
View ArticleNWS warns of high avalanche danger for Hatcher Pass
A backcountry avalanche warning is in effect for Hatcher Pass, the National Weather Service announced Saturday. The warning was put into effect 6am Saturday and will continue through 6am Sunday....
View ArticleAlaska Gasline Development Corporation president resigns
Alaska Gasline Development Corporation president Dan Fauske announced his resignation from the position at a board of directors meeting Saturday morning. Fauske, a former executive director of the...
View Article4-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey registers for 2016 race
Four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey is getting ready for the 2016 race. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Mackey said he decided to race after consulting with his doctor. A surgery set for...
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