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NOTE: This story originally appeared on www.the74million.org on Dec. 14, 2015. The Seventy Four is a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. The only way to visit the...
View ArticleOnly a third of psychiatric positions filled in state's only in-patient...
A nation-wide shortage of psychiatrists has reached Alaska and is affecting the state's only adult and child in-patient psychiatric hospital, the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. The director for the...
View ArticleAlaska Democratic party chair Wenstrup stepping down; Steinau taking over
Mike Wenstrup, the chairman of the Alaska Democratic party, is stepping down. Vice chair Casey Steinau will replace Wenstrup as chair in January. Party spokesman Jake Hamburg says Wenstrup has a child...
View Article2 years and $4 million later, dash cam project for police cars delayed by...
It has been nearly two years since the Anchorage Police Department was given $4 million to outfit it's fleet of 200 vehicles with dash cameras. But currently only 26 vehicles are using the updated...
View ArticleQ&A: Developer makes his case for controversial Alaska lawmaker offices
ANCHORAGE -- On Saturday, a group of legislative leaders is expected to continue the long-simmering debate over where to house the Legislature outside of the part-time lawmaking session. The state...
View ArticleSupporters call release of Fairbanks Four a civil rights milestone for Alaska
One day after a monumental legal decision freeing the Fairbanks Four, just what happened Thursday afternoon is beginning to sink in. An activist who helped lead the grassroots campaign to free the men...
View ArticleAnchorage bars, eateries, and others offer rides to impaired holiday drivers
With Anchorage moving into the holiday season, law enforcement and local organizations are teaming up to cut down on drunk or impaired driving. So far in 2015, about one out of every three drivers...
View ArticleCooking accident in South Anchorage restaurant leaves 2 employees injured...
Fire crews and emergency medical services are responding to a 'cooking accident' at a South Anchorage restaurant that left two employees injured, Anchorage Fire Department spokesman John See told...
View ArticleDay of charity: Anchorage businesses give back during the holiday season
Customers of Kindred Spirits in South Anchorage were able to score a free cup of coffee for any donation made to the Clare house Friday. A new Panda Express opened its doors to donate 100 percent of...
View ArticleUS Senate advances measure for possible deep-water port at Port Spencer
The U.S. Senate has passed legislation aimed at assisting the development of a deep-water port on Alaska's west coast for Arctic-bound vessels. The Point Spencer Land Conveyance Act conveys 2,500...
View ArticleBearded seal rescued from Nome parking lot after harbor iced-over
A bearded seal came ashore Thursday night and made its way into a parking lot on Nomes west side of town, according to a story originally published on KNOM. Gay Sheffield was one of the first on the...
View ArticleService set for upstate New York doctor missing after a skiing trip in Alaska
A service is being held this weekend for an upstate New York native who is presumed to have died while skiing in Alaska. Authorities say 33-year-old Dr. Liam Walsh of Wasilla, Alaska, failed to return...
View Article19-year-old man pleads not guilty to manslaughter charge in Juneau fatal...
A 19-year-old man is going to trail on a manslaughter charge in a fatal Juneau stabbing. The Juneau Empire reports a grand jury indicted Kevin Nauska last week, declining a first-degree murder charge...
View ArticleMan suspected of killing reality TV star Jimmy Gojdics in Fairbanks, released...
A Fairbanks man charged in a fatal shooting is no longer in custody. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 44-year-old Major Workman was released Friday after posting 10 percent of a $100,000...
View ArticleBurned down Bethel school to be housed in retail store for 3 to 5 years,...
The Lower Kuskokwim School District board has approved a lease with the Bethel Native Corporation that will allow the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yupik immersion school students to be housed at the Kipusvik...
View ArticleSafety instructions you can't ignore: Ravn Alaska crew member carols the rules
A Ravn Alaska flight attendant brought Christmas cheer to what is sometimes the most mundane and least appreciated part of a flight - the safety procedures. On a flight from Gailbraith to Fairbanks...
View ArticleLawmakers take 45 days to decide future of controversial Anchorage offices
ANCHORAGE -- Buy, lease, or sell: the question of what to do with controversial Downtown Anchorage legislative offices could remain unanswered well into January. The Legislative Council, a joint...
View ArticleFairbanks man's death ruled homicide; investigation recovers his missing truck
Officials are investigating the death of a man whose missing truck has been recovered. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 57-year-old Ron McKnight's body was found in his home Dec. 10 and the...
View ArticleMan arrested for DUI, child endangerment after troopers find truck stuck in...
Alaska State Troopers arrested an Anchorage man for driving drunk with two children in the car, troopers wrote in a press release Sunday. Troopers performing holiday impaired driving enforcement...
View ArticlePolice seek public help in identifying 'person of interest'
UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: Police wrote in a press release Sunday evening that the person of interest was identified and contacted. UPDATE: Anchorage police say that the person of interest that they seek may...
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