News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

Kenai River land deal nets ethics complaint against Murkowski

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) filed a complaint against Senator Lisa Murkowski today with the Senate Ethics committee. The complaint says Murkowski's...

Congressman Young officially under federal criminal investigation

A source with the investigation confirmed to The Associated Press today that Congressman Don Young faces a criminal investigation. Young joins Senator Ted Stevens...

Investigations into flightseeing crash begin in Ketchikan

Federal and state agencies are investigating a crash that killed four cruise ship passengers and pilot Joseph Campbell yesterday near Ketchikan. The float plane...

Army Corps to unearth mystery near Tok — might be Agent Orange

The Army Corps of Engineers starts work next month unearthing what may be barrels of Agent Orange buried near Tok. The Corps' Alaska District...

Improvised explosive kills Copper Center soldier on duty in Afghanistan

The Department of Defense today says an Alaska soldier and three others died of wounds they sustained when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated...

Murkowski and Stevens sign on to tobacco control bill in U.S. Senate

Bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Alaska's senators to regulate tobacco products started moving through the U.S. Senate Health Committee today. The bill would give the...

Marketing Alaska's seafood starts with visits in Alaska, ends with visits in Ukraine

An international marketing representative and a photographer working with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) visited Petersburg, Juneau and Unalaska this month, meeting with...

Large fish die-off near Galena may be heat-related

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists in Galena have observed an unusually high number of dead whitefish and pike on lakes and rivers across...

DEC expands botulism warning in Alaska

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is warning Alaskans about food that may be contaminated with botulism. Processing malfunctions at a Castleberry's Food Company...

Archaeologists pushed by climate change to quickly preserve ancient Point Barrow burial sites

The effects of climate change impact the daily lives of all Alaskans, particularly those who live in rural, primarily subsistence, communities. It also impacts...

Five die in flightseeing plane crash outside Ketchikan

Cockpit of crashed Tarquan Air floatplane outside Ketchikan, Alaska. Photo courtesy the Alaska State Troopers. The Coast Guard reported there were no survivors in Tuesday's...

'Nordic Viking' spill cleanup progressing in Prince William Sound

Spill responders in Prince William Sound are removing the remaining fuel from a grounded fishing boat. The move is in anticipation of getting the...

Palin visits Alaskan troops in Kuwait

Governor Palin today visited with a National Guard unit from Alaska serving in Kuwait. In a press conference with Alaska reporters, the governor said...

Roadside bomb in Iraq takes another Fort Richardson soldier

Army officials say a 21-year-old Fort Richardson paratrooper from California has died in Iraq. Sergeant Shawn G. Adams of Dixon, California, died Sunday when...

HAARP project points military science experiment at the sky

It's taken over 15 years, but the Military's High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) station has finally been completed in Alaska's Copper River...

Wandering walrus a pleasant surprise in Noorvik

A successful walrus hunt in northwest Alaska does not normally attract a lot of attention outside the appreciative village. But that wasn't the case...

'Pegasus' drops explosives overboard north of Juneau

A 60-foot landing craft called Pegasus -- with 47,000 pounds of explosives on board -- capsized and ran aground today off Sunshine Cove, about...

Boutique fish processors starting up on Bristol Bay

Moving from catching to processing your own fish for market can be a daunting task. Today we meet two processors in Bristol Bay just...

Pre-statehood Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sitka restored by volunteer

Twenty years ago the Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Sitka was completely overgrown and nearly forgotten. Now, thanks to Bob Sam, it is a place...

Denali Kid Care funds attracting Presidential veto

President Bush has threatened to veto a bill that re-authorizes the Denali Kid Care program and similar programs in other states, saying they are a...