Alaskans welcome announcement of short deployments for servicemen and women
President Bush announced today that American troops will serve shorter deployments in the war zone of Iraq. Bush says the change will affect units...
Settlement reached in Yellow-Billed Loon lawsuit
The Center for Biological Diversity settled a lawsuit this week with the US Fish and Wildlife service over a dispute regarding the yellow billed...
Tagged walrus teaching scientists about Bering Sea
Biologists are getting a rare glimpse into the winter habits of Pacific Walrus. A new tagging study is offering insight into how the animals...
House votes to allow state takeover of local schools when needed
The Alaska House today gave permission for the state's Department of Education to intervene in the operations of local school districts if a given...
BP, ConocoPhillips plan joint gas pipeline
Jim Bowles and Doug Suttles announcing the joint pipeline plan on April 8 in Anchorage. Photo by Brian Adams
Oil giants BP and ConocoPhillips announced...
BP/Conoco announcement takes state capitol by storm
As soon as word about the BP / ConocoPhilips plan was released, the project overwhelmed all other talk at the capitol today. Representatives of...
Alaska delegation welcomes gasline announcement
Ted Stevens, Lisa Murkowski and Don Young all came out in support of the BP / ConocoPhillips natural gas pipeline plan announced today. They...
MMS announces plans for EIS on Bristol Bay leases
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) today announced they're moving forward with an environmental impact statement (EIS) for leasing potential as a next step in...
Former Governor target of Anchorage ethics probe for possible Stevens campaign offense
A public watchdog agency is asking the city of Anchorage to investigate whether former Governor Bill Sheffield may have broken municipal ethics codes by...
Southeast salmon fishermen facing big quota cuts
Commercial king salmon fishermen in Southeast will see their lowest harvest quota in a decade this season. The Alaska Department of Fish & Game...
Abbott pleads not guilty to Sitka murders
Jason Abbott has pleaded not guilty to murder. The eighteen-year-old was arraigned in Sitka Superior court this morning by telephone from Juneau’s Lemon Creek...
Governor shifts playing field on capital projects
Governor Sarah Palin last night vetoed a hundred seventy one capital projects that had been in the supplemental budget she got two years ago....
Senator Stevens calls for moratorium on commercial fishing in arctic waters
Senator Ted Stevens hopes to get top Bush Administration officials and the United Nations actively involved in pushing for no commercial fishing in the...
Alaska Ranger crewman admits to drinking on the ship
The assistant engineer on the Alaska Ranger admitted Wednesday to drinking alcohol on the factory trawler. But Rodney Lundy said he never did it...
Two leading bond rating agencies issue alert about TransCanada
The company is the Palin administration’s preliminary choice to develop a natural gas line from the North Slope.The reviews by both Moody’s Investor’s Service...
Controversy over Polar Bears heats up
Today, three environmental groups took the next step in their legal fight to force a decision on ‘threatened’ status for polar bears while Interior...
Senate putting final touches on capital projects budget bill
The bill moved out of the Finance Committee this morning and was on the floor within an hour. The bill spends nearly $2.5 billion...
Soaring gold prices behind new Alaska gold rush
High mineral prices are spurring another gold rush in Alaska. Peter Frantz, a geologist with the Department of Natural Resources in Fairbanks, says the...
Alcohol may have been a factor in sinking of the Alaska Ranger
A surviving crew member from the Alaska Ranger told Coast Guard investigators on Sunday that he believed alcohol use may have been a problem...
Zorro expected to make full recovery
The veterinarian treating Lance Mackey's sled dog Zorro says he will make a full recovery from injuries suffered when he was hit by a...