State compiles first comprehensive account of Alaska children’s stress and trauma
A new bulletin presents baseline information about adverse childhood experiences in Alaska that are known to lead to poor health outcomes.
State labor department forecasts modest job growth in 2024 fueled by infrastructure and energy spending
A new report predicts the state will add 5,400 jobs in 2024, a 1.7% increase, with bright spots in construction, mining and oil and gas.
Anchorage woman wounded in domestic violence shooting, vehicle chase
Police say Isaiah N. Savok, 27, fired point-blank at an SUV near Point Woronzof early Sunday, then rammed it off a nearby road.
Anchorage Museum exhibit explores climate change through resilience and care
“How to Survive” uses works from Alaska and beyond to highlight how investing in community and caring can be forms of climate mitigation.
Unauthorized $10M steel purchase for Haines dock provokes borough political crisis
Borough officials were surprised and angered by the purchase, which comes as newly elected leaders had expressed interest in changing the dock's design.
Alaskans begin filing for 2024 Permanent Fund Dividends
Eligible Alaska residents have until March 31 to file PFD applications with the state Department of Revenue.
After Wrangell’s deadly landslide, dogs helped the search and rescue team
After Wrangell’s deadly landslide last month, search and rescue teams worked around the clock for days looking through debris for six missing people. Teams of dogs assisted.
A suit over federal emissions rules caps an active year for Alaska in federal court
Attorney General Treg Taylor has cast the growing volume of litigation as a response to threats from the federal government and outside groups.
Tribes organize ‘First Indigenous Sovereign Habitat Tribal Conservation District’ from Bering Sea to Interior Alaska
38 tribes would like to co-manage land near their villages, to have their say over federal acreage that's been in land-use limbo since 1971.
Man charged with manslaughter, DUI in woman’s death near Big Lake
Billy Sheldon, 33, was over twice the legal limit when he fatally struck Kotzebue resident Athena Chambers early Thursday, troopers said.
Ex-Alaska trooper gets 4 years for planned sexual abuse of teen he pulled over
Vance Peronto, 63, was sentenced on one count of attempted child sexual abuse in the 2018 case stemming from a Soldotna-area traffic stop.
Troopers suspend search for woman missing under Eagle River ice
Active efforts to find 45-year-old Amanda Richmond have been called off, after extensive air and water searches with drones and sonar.
Passenger in Anchor Point plane crash dies as NTSB report shows buckled wing during descent
Alaska State Troopers say Kristen Fenske died Wednesday morning, after the Dec. 8 crash that killed pilot Kurt Stjean.
Making Technicolor Glass Art From Upcycled Junk | INDIE ALASKA
Amy Vail grew up in a family of stained glass artists and continues that legacy with her Alaskan creations.
Want to learn endangered Alaska Indigenous languages? There’s an app for that.
The new Sealaska Heritage Institute language apps, available on Apple and Google phones, are called SHI: Learning Haida and SHI: Learning Shm’algyack.
Roof of vacant, condemned Anchorage warehouse partially collapses under snow load
The owner of the warehouse on Gambell Street said the building had been condemned and was slated for demolition.
Southeast Alaska chinook stocks expected to be low again in 2024
Of the 11 chinook salmon stocks in the region, only the Chilkat River is expected to have an adequate number of chinook returning to spawn.
Anchorage therapist suggests how to survive the holidays when feeling sad
For Alaskans who have recently experienced tragedy or loss, the holidays can be especially hard. An Anchorage therapist has advice about how to make them manageable.
Alaska Aerospace could get a new CEO soon
Earlier this month, Gov. Mike Dunleavy rejected CEO candidate Sean Thomas and later ousted the board’s chair, Robert McCoy.
Cold-weather pay exists for some Alaska-based military members, but most Air Force personnel aren’t eligible
The Army pays soldiers extra for Alaska duty. Only a few far-flung airmen get hardship pay for their service in the 49th state.