Regulators approve the sale of Alaska’s largest natural gas utility
Canadian company TriSummit can move forward with the purchase of ENSTAR Natural Gas and its share in Cook Inlet’s gas storage facility — an $800 million deal.
Alaska’s top-earning state employees include investment managers, troopers and psychiatrists
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s salary, set by a state board, is the 862nd highest below the manager of the Bethel airport.
Homeless man dies in Fairbanks during 50-below wind chill
Troopers say 55-year-old Charles Akiviana was found dead Friday morning, frozen in a snowdrift near a tent he had been living in.
Alaskans insured through certain providers may soon be unable to send their prescriptions to Fred Meyer
Kroger, which owns Fred Meyer, announced that it was terminating its pharmacy agreement with Express Scripts beginning in January. The split will impact thousands of Alaskans.
Murkowski: ‘Never, ever, ever’ should we see another Jan. 6
Congress passed a reform of the Electoral Count Act, which U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski helped negotiate.
‘Arctic pay’ among the perks Congress is sending to improve military assignments in Alaska
Extra pay and travel reimbursements are aimed at boosting morale of Alaska-based troops.
From Mary Peltola to Typhoon Merbok: Our top 10 stories of 2022
Here are 10 stories our readers spent the most time with this year.
Climate change seen as suspected factor in Western Arctic Caribou Herd decline
Alaska’s Western Arctic Caribou Herd population is lower than at any time in over four decades.
Ketchikan police chief left man bloodied after off-duty fishing resort brawl, indictment says
Jeff Walls was indicted in the alleged felony assault on Thursday. He was ordered not to discuss the case with witnesses other than his wife.
University of Alaska will gain a plot of land that’s half the size of Rhode Island under new federal budget law
A clause in the new law, written by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, would give the university 360,000 acres in the next four years.
Hilcorp is sole bidder in controversial Cook Inlet lease sale
Hilcorp Alaska offered $63,983 on one 2,304-acre tract in Lower Cook Inlet, a small sliver of the nearly 1 million acres posted in the federal sale.
State workers say chronic understaffing caused food stamp backlog
Many of the thousands of Alaskans who rely on assistance say they’re desperate for relief.
Alaska is getting a new tallest building — an upgraded air traffic control tower
The new control tower at the Anchorage airport will stand at 306 feet, 10 feet higher than the ConocoPhillips building.
Anchorage is still struggling to remove snow, weeks after a trio of winter storms
City officials say crews have made progress. But there are challenges.
Peltola sees House speaker impasse as a symptom of bigger divisions
Mary Peltola was supposed to be sworn in for a full term in Congress. That didn't happen.
Warming waters are driving Bering Sea crashes, but Alaska’s fishing industry is quiet on climate
Advocates say seafood businesses, trade groups and fishermen need to take more action to advocate for lower carbon emissions or risk continued catastrophic declines.
In northernmost Alaska, a battle is on to limit the damages of permafrost thaw
Warming soils beneath Utqiagvik are triggering erosion that threatens homes, infrastructure and cultural resources.
The rising cost of food is outpacing inflation. Here’s how some Alaskans are coping.
Bobby Superb is retired and on a fixed income. He says he’s eating less, and even his dog no longer gets hamburger meat mixed into his food.
Meet One of Alaska’s longest Aurora Borealis Researchers | INDIE ALASKA
Syun-Ichi Akasofu always had a curiosity for the aurora borealis. Yet, no one in his hometown in Japan knew exactly where these multi-colored shimmering lights in the evening sky came from. He's now one of the top aurora researchers in Alaska.
2 Anchorage New Year’s house fires leave 1 dead, 1 injured
Anchorage firefighters say two house fires over the New Year’s holiday weekend left one person dead and a second critically injured.