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15-year-old arrested in assault of Anchorage bicyclist
Anchorage police have arrested a teenager in an assault that left a bicyclist with a skull fracture. Police say in a statement a 15-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday with assault charges referred against him.
Seattle protests influence John Kerry trade speech venue
Seattle officials told Secretary of State John Kerry he'd be better off avoiding the Emerald City to deliver a major trade speech because of ongoing protests over Arctic drilling that have drawn hundreds of activists on land and sea.
State calls for appeals against Vallenar Bay timber sale
Appeals for Alaska Department of Natural Resources' Division of Forestry decision to sell timber from the Vallenar Bay unit of the Southeast State Forest on Gravina Island are due by May 27.
Walker Allows Legislature to Convene in Anchorage This Week
Gov. Bill Walker will allow the Legislature to leave Juneau and convene the special session in Anchorage this week.
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Man in Anchorage drug ring gets 3 life sentences
A man involved in a violent drug ring that operated in Anchorage has received three life sentences for his crimes.
First lady: Libraries, museums are ‘necessities,’ not extras
First lady Michelle Obama says some people think of America's libraries and museums as luxuries. She calls them "necessities."
Drilling foes block Seattle port entry; city issues notice
Foes of Royal Dutch Shell's use of a Seattle terminal to prepare for exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean have attacked on two fronts as a few hundred protesters blocked port entrances and the City of Seattle declared that Shell and its maritime host lacked a proper permit.
Girl Dies After Boat Falls on Her
Alaska State Troopers say a 3-year-old girl from lower Kalskag has died after a boat fell on top of her. The accident happened on Saturday on dry land, in the community of Lower Kalskag about 90 miles northeast of Bethel.
Police seek suspect in fatal shooting outside Fairbanks bar
Police are looking for a suspect they say shot and killed a Fairbanks man he'd been fighting with in a bar.
Contaminated soil removed from aviation fuel spill site
State authorities say all contaminated soil from a spill of 1,900 gallons of aviation fuel has been removed.
Upcoming Alaska Navy training exercises prompt protest plans
A Navy training exercise planned in the Gulf of Alaska has sparked heated opposition in a small Alaska fishing town whose residents say the drills are taking place in the critical habitat of breeding and migratory marine life.
Department seeks consultant on health care provider tax
The state health department is seeking consulting help to develop a proposal for a health care provider tax in Alaska.
Murkowski wants to change federal ‘rural’ label process
A U.S. senator for Alaska has introduced legislation that would reverse a 2007 federal decision designating Saxman a nonrural community, making residents ineligible for subsistence hunting and fishing on federal land.
This winter may be Anchorage’s least snowy on record
The National Winter Service says this past winter was unofficially the least snowy on record for Anchorage.
Hospital accreditation at risk over sterilization questions
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital could lose its accreditation after being flagged for inadequately documenting some of its sterilization procedures.
Alaska is first phase of Arctic Ocean fiber optic project
Marine surveying will start again this summer near Alaska's coastal communities in a wide-reaching effort to improve communications by laying a $700 million fiber-optic cable linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean.
Alaska regulators monitor backfill leak at mine
Alaska environmental regulators are monitoring a spill of material used to shore up underground workings at the Pogo Mine in the state's interior.
Report: Alaska population down after 26 years of growth
An aging baby boomer population and a stagnate birthrate have caused Alaska's population to fall for the first time since the 1980s recession.
Anchorage police release ID of moped driver killed in crash
Anchorage police have identified a moped driver who died after a collision with an SUV on the Glenn Highway as 66-year-old Leroy Blix Jr.
Transmission line planned for Clear Air Force Station
A small Air Force station in interior Alaska is scheduled to be hooked up this year to a rural cooperative's power lines.