Kodiak man sentenced to five years in drug trafficking case
A federal judge has sentenced Teodoro Berdan of Kodiak to five years in prison for one count of drug trafficking, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Karen Loefflers office. Berdan, 55,...
View ArticleLearn more about the 'Stone' figures of Point Woronzof
Created with burlap, plaster, cement and straw, these figures assembled along the Cook Inlet mudflats represent the stories of individual Alaskans grappling with or impacted by mental illness. Long in...
View ArticleTroopers suspend days-long search for missing Unalakleet woman
Alaska State Troopers have suspended search efforts for a missing Unalakleet woman after about 120 volunteers and four search and rescue dog teams were unable to locate her. ... Vivian Foote, 74, was...
View ArticleA warm, rainy Thanksgiving on tap for Southcentral
The large storm system moving through western Alaska isnt directly impacting much of Southcentral but it is ushering in warmer temperatures. Over the weekend, Anchorage experienced near average highs...
View ArticleNew fat tire bicycle trails open in Chugach State Park
Fat tire bike riders have had a lot to celebrate lately now that a fresh layer of snow is packing down newly opened trails in the Chugach State Park. While bike riders on Middle Fork Trail, Lost Cabin...
View ArticleMat-Su Borough to pay $160,000 in settlement with emergency responders
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough has reached a settlement with nine emergency responders who filed a lawsuit in January 2014 claiming they did not receive retirement benefits owed to them by the Public...
View ArticleConcerned Wasilla parents push to have controversial library book moved
A concerned parent is asking the Wasilla Public Library consider relocating a controversial book. The book This Book is Gay, by UK author James Dawson, was originally placed in the youth nonfiction...
View ArticleAnchorage police investigate double shooting on Wisconsin Street
Two men were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds following a shooting in West Anchorage Monday evening, Anchorage police said. ... The two men were shot when they confronted a male resident at his...
View ArticleMatanuska-Susitna Borough schools are closed today except Glacier View
Matanuska-Susitna Borough schools are closed today except Glacier View due to icy road conditions. Slick roads are making it unsafe for buses to safely travel. Here in Anchorage, schools are open...
View ArticleTesoro to buy Flint Hills assets in Anchorage, Fairbanks
Tesoro Corp. has announced that its Alaska affiliate will purchase a portion of Flint Hills Resources assets in Fairbanks and Anchorage. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that under the...
View ArticleTwo-car wreck in U-Med district closes two lanes near UAA
Anchorage police are reporting a multi-car collision in the U-Med district. No word on possible injuries. One westbound lane from UAA Drive to Northern Lights is closed as well as one southbound lane...
View ArticleTroopers: Woman dies on snowmachine trip between Northwest Arctic villages
A 31-year-old woman has been found dead beside her snowmachine in northwest Alaska following a search this week. Alaska State Troopers, along with the Northwest Arctic Borough Search & Rescue...
View ArticleTroopers identify Kodiak man killed in wilderness lodge shooting
UPDATE: Trooper have identified the 56-year-old man found dead outside a lodge bunkhouse on Shuyak Island north of Kodiak last week. They say the dead man is Steven McCaulley, a Kodiak resident. His...
View ArticleOne outbound lane of the Glenn Highway blocked as police respond to collision
Anchorage police are responding to a collision on the Glenn Highway between the two Birchwood exits at this hour. One outbound lane of the highway is currently blocked and motorists are advised to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: See what fire destroyed, and left behind, in Bethel elementary school
UPDATE: After receiving the all-clear on airborne asbestos danger, Lower Kuskowskim School District officials this morning made their first tour of the burned Kilbuck Building. Superintendent Daniel...
View ArticleSportsman Channel host, four hunters, plead guilty to poaching in Alaska
UPDATE: A cable TV hunting show host and four other hunters have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in a multi-year poaching operation in Alaska's Noatak National Preserve, according to federal...
View ArticleAnchorage judge convicts patriarch of family-run drug distribution ring
An Anchorage man has been convicted of various drug and weapons charges after a lengthy investigation into a family-run drug ring led to the arrest of him and his two sons in Jan. 2013. William...
View ArticleFighting cancer, Selawik woman struggles to bring daughter's body home
A grieving mother from Selawik is calling for more police in the Northwest Arctic village after the death of her 16-year-old girl led to charges against a substitute village police officer. Minnie...
View ArticleProspective marijuana businesses prepare as lawmakers finalize zoning...
As state and municipal lawmakers draw nearer to finalizing regulations, Marijuana Control Board chairman Bruce Schulte has recommended that marijuana entrepreneurs start preparing soon for license...
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