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Ketchikan borough considers body cameras for animal control
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough's Department of Animal Protection is considering equipping field officers with body cameras.
Barge brings tsunami, other marine debris to Seattle
A barge carrying hundreds of tons of marine debris collected on shorelines in Alaska and British Columbia has arrived in Seattle for sorting and recycling.
Synthetic drug blamed for 30 Anchorage hospitalizations
Anchorage police say at least 30 people have been taken to the hospital over the past four days with health problems stemming from the use of a synthetic drug called Spice.
State flags removed from Fairbanks bridge due to conditions
A display of America's 50 state flags has been removed from a Fairbanks bridge due to their worn condition and an ongoing debate about Confederate symbols.
Anchorage police investigating shooting of 3-year-old
According to a release from the department, police received a call just after noon on Wednesday reporting the shooting at a home in southeast Anchorage. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.
Woman injured in bear attack near Sterling
A 20-year-old woman was flown to an Anchorage hospital after she was mauled by a brown bear near a popular recreation spot on the Kenai Peninsula.
Thieves who stole flags from Capitol turn themselves in
The three men who climbed the Alaska Capitol and stole the American and Alaska flags have turned themselves in to police.
Legislative Special Session Cost Nearly $1M
The two special sessions held as lawmakers struggled to agree on a state budget cost more than $886,000.
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Officials announce Yukon Quest purse of at least $115,000
Race officials will offer at least $115,000 to the winner of the 2016 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
July was wettest on record for Juneau, says weather service
The National Weather Service says this July was the wettest on record for Juneau, with 10.4 inches of rainfall at Juneau International Airport.
At Least 7 Vehicles Involved In Fatal Seward Highway Wreck
Alaska State Troopers say one person is dead and numerous others are injured in a highway crash involving at least seven vehicles, including a tour bus.
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Health nonprofits strained by delay in grant payments
Some of Alaska's social service agencies say they are feeling strained finances caused by delayed state grant funding caused by the Legislature's late budget and expenditures on a new state computer accounting system.
EPA announces $445K settlement with North Slope Borough
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with Alaska's North Slope Borough over alleged hazardous waste violations.
Activists rappel off Oregon bridge to stop Shell icebreaker
More than a dozen activists rappelled off the St. Johns Bridge in an effort to stop a Shell Oil Arctic icebreaker from leaving Portland.
University of Alaska Fairbanks cuts $20 million from budget
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has announced it will cut $20 million from its budget this upcoming year.
Court Strikes Roadless Rule Exemption in Tongass
A divided federal appeals court has affirmed a lower-court decision that would reinstate prohibitions on road-building and timber harvests in roadless areas of the nation's largest national forest.
Federal laws have banks turning away marijuana businesses
Federal laws tying marijuana money with money laundering has banks turning away marijuana businesses.
Wreckage of crashed Alaska sightseeing plane recovered
The wreckage of a sightseeing plane that crashed near Ketchikan last month, killing all nine people onboard, has been recovered.
Woman fatally shoots herself outside Seward prison
A woman is dead after corrections officers say they saw her shoot herself in the head when the prison didn't meet her demands for inmates to be released.
UAS names director of Ketchikan campus as interim provost
The University of Alaska Southeast has announced Priscilla Schulte as this school year's interim provost, while the search for a permanent provost is expected to begin in August.