Matt Faubion
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Alaska Public Media.
Suzanne LaFrance recently marked her first year as mayor of Alaska’s largest city and discussed some of her accomplishments, the city’s response to homelessness, goals for increasing the city’s housing supply and ongoing public safety concerns.
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The 900-page tax and policy package fulfills several key campaign promises but also makes cuts that could boot millions from health care and food assistance programs. -
The vessel sank just minutes after leaving Homer Harbor on Tuesday evening. Nearby vessels responded quickly after a passenger called for help. -
The regulations went into effect Monday and will last through the end of September. -
NMFS now manages commercial salmon catches in the inlet's federal waters, but the state will continue to manage harvests in state waters. -
Troopers said 37-year-old Benjamin Edmund's body was found Wednesday night floating in a slough near the Yukon River community. -
The proposed ballot measure is meant to capitalize on the millions of cruise ship visitors that come to town each summer. -
Alaskans who rent out their cars on platforms like Turo and Getaround are no longer required to collect and submit state rental car taxes themselves. Few ever did. -
Cancer victims who were exposed to radiation from Cold War bomb tests at Amchitka have more time to apply for compensation. -
The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska says there's an untold story about Benny Benson's battle against racism. It passed a resolution to set the record straight. -
Isabelle Sam’s story isn’t uncommon. Like hers, Alaska Native families often carry the burden of unanswered questions when their loved ones die of unnatural causes.
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