Alaska Supreme Court rejects proposed set net ban initiative
JUNEAU (AP) The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot initiative that sought to ban commercial shore gill nets and set nets in urban, non-subsistence areas. The decision reverses a...
View ArticlePolice: Masked men rob Anchorage pizza delivery driver of money, pizza
Anchorage police are asking for help identifying three masked men who robbed a pizza delivery driver Thursday morning in Southwest Anchorage. The robbery was reported just before 11 a.m. near...
View ArticleIntense winds, record high temperatures seen across Alaska
As a second storm moved through the area Wednesday, intense winds and record high temperatures were seen throughout the state. Anchorage hit a record high temperature for Dec. 30 of 45 degrees,...
View ArticleFormer North Slope police chiefs face investigations over reports of missing...
Two former police chiefs for the North Slope Borough Police Department are being investigated by federal and state agencies following misconduct allegations brought forward by an officer who describes...
View ArticleTroopers, search teams look for Houston woman missing since Tuesday night
Search efforts are underway for a 56-year-old woman who went missing from her Houston home Tuesday evening, Alaska State Troopers say. Diana Pittser was last seen at around 8 p.m. Tuesday night when...
View ArticleKodiak police release video of controversial struggle with autistic man
KODIAK -- Police reports, video and audio recordings obtained today through a public records request reveal new information about a controversial Sept. 16 encounter between Kodiak police and a man...
View ArticleFBI reviews webcam images as part of Downtown plane crash investigation
The FBI is reviewing webcam photos in its investigation of Tuesday's Downtown Anchorage plane crash that killed pilot Doug Demarest and damaged the Brady and Carr-Gottstein buildings. The series of...
View ArticleMedics evaluated patient at Anchorage pilot's home night before plane crash
Hours before an Anchorage man was killed while piloting an unauthorized flight, police and medics responded to an emergency call at the pilot's home. Doug Demarest, 42, died when a Civil Air Patrol...
View ArticleFish and Game forecast could mean early fishing for Stikine River king salmon
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is predicting a return of about 34,000 king salmon to the Stikine River next year in southeast Alaska. KFSK-FM reports the estimated return is large enough to...
View ArticleAlaska Supreme Court rejects proposed set net ban initiative
The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected a proposed ballot initiative that sought to ban commercial shore gill nets and set nets in urban, non-subsistence areas. The decision reverses a 2014 lower court...
View ArticleCivil Air Patrol explains protocol amid investigation into Anchorage plane crash
As questions surrounding Tuesdays plane crash in downtown Anchorage mount, investigators have been working with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to find answers. CAP is a volunteer-based nonprofit...
View ArticleRescue efforts underway for starving, exhausted seabirds found far inland
The last day of 2015 proved to be the busiest for the Bird Treatment and Learning Center in five years. By 3 p.m. they had received close to 50 Common Murres, a type of seabird, and were expecting to...
View ArticleTROOPERS: Man faces slew of charges after high-speed chase Thursday on Elliot...
A Fox man faces several charges after leading Alaska State Troopers in a high speed chase on the Elliot Highway Thursday night, troopers wrote in a press release Friday. Troopers received a 911 call...
View ArticlePlane crash in Downtown Anchorage was a suicide, says family friend of...
UPDATE: A family friend and co-worker of the wife of the pilot killed in Tuesday's plane crash in Downtown Anchorage has said that Doug Demarest's death was a suicide. "We can confirm that it was a...
View ArticleFederal, state, local agencies favor Juneau hydroelectric dam plan in comments
Federal, state and local agencies haven't found any major obstacles to a plan to build a hydroelectric dam on Sweetheart Creek southeast of Juneau. The Juneau Empire reports that the Federal Energy...
View ArticleChild, 3, dead after being run over by truck in Stebbins
A 3-year-old child died Thursday after being run over by a truck in Stebbins, Alaska State Troopers wrote in a dispatch. Thursday afternoon, troopers were notified that 3-year-old Dwight Pete was...
View ArticleTwo injured in New Year's Day shooting at Muldoon house party; suspects at large
Two people were shot at a house party early New Year's Day in East Anchorage, police wrote in a press release Friday. Police received reports of gunfire around 1 a.m. at a home near the 8000 block of...
View ArticleMan dead, two women seriously injured in Knik-Goose Bay crash
One man is dead and two women are seriously injured after a head-on crash New Year's morning on Knik-Goose Bay Road, Alaska State Troopers told Channel 2 News. Trooper spokesman Tim Despain said the...
View ArticleTeam finishes translation of Holy Bible into modern Yupik writing style
The Holy Bible is now available in the modern Yupik writing style. KYUK-AM reports that the translation was produced after nearly half a century of work by fluent Yupik speakers and the American Bible...
View Article2015 was the second-warmest year on record for Anchorage
The heat is on! As 2015 comes to a close, we now know it was the second-warmest year on record for the city of Anchorage. The average temperature out at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport...
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