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.

salmon in the water

Pink salmon are thriving in warmer waters, affecting other species, scientists say

A new scientific paper shows that the pink salmon population is booming in the North Pacific Ocean — and global warming is helping it happen.
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Alaska breaks cruise ship passenger record as tourism rebounds from the COVID pandemic

Juneau, the state’s leading cruise ship port, tallied 1.65 million passengers, a 23% bump from 2019.

Anchor Point man gets 59 years in prison for attempted murder of Alaska State Trooper

Bret Herrick, 62, will serve time for six separate crimes linked to the 2021 shooting of Trooper Bruce Brueggeman.
a Petersburg van crash memorial

A Petersburg family is trying to change Alaska’s workers’ comp laws in honor of their daughter

The family wants to hold employers more accountable for negligence, which could affect thousands of Alaskans working dangerous jobs.

Sullivan puts on the pressure but Alabama senator hasn’t loosened his grip on hundreds of blocked military promotions

The move carries some political risk for U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, who opposes the same Pentagon abortion policy Tuberville is protesting.

Anchorage photo exhibit highlights Taiwanese diaspora in Alaska

Photographer Jeff Chen said he wanted to highlight the diverse experiences of those people who made Alaska their home.
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A Chilkoot totem pole is coming home after 50 years as airline property

Staff at Delta Air Lines' museum offered last summer to repatriate the totem pole, which was carved for Delta predecessor Western Airlines in 1969.
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Six things to know about the political debate around daylight saving time

In recent years, lawmakers have talked as if the timeworn twice-annual tradition might be on its last legs.
Jimmy and Roselynn Carter

Environmental group grants lifetime award to former President Carter for his Alaska work

The Alaska Wilderness League award recognizes Carter’s role in creating and passing the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
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3 passengers sue Alaska Airlines over Horizon Air flight scare

According to the complaint, the plaintiffs have suffered from anxiety, insomnia, fear of flying and other emotional effects due to the incident.
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Domestic Violence in Alaska: Advocates link Alaska’s high rate of traumatic brain injury with domestic violence

Alaska has the highest rate of deaths from traumatic brain injury in the nation and among the highest rates of domestic violence.
a man in a suit with black glasses on at his trial in court.

Anchorage man’s fate again before a jury in Spenard triple homicide

Anthony Pisano is charged with killing three men at a Spenard gold shop in 2017. An earlier jury failed to reach a verdict.

Motivation, parenting, and learning from mistakes | Line One: Your Health Connection

Host Prentiss Pemberton and his guest how to accept and address our own flaws, while teaching kids to do the same.
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Alaska’s outsourcing of guardianship led to dysfunction and debt

Anchorage Daily News reporter Iris Samuels says the man behind a nonprofit that took the cases “bit off more than he could chew.”
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Juneau’s South Seward Street officially renamed Heritage Way

Sealaska Heritage Institute President Kaaháni Rosita Worl proposed the change in April.
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Troopers fatally shoot driver in Parks Highway chase near Healy

It's the second time this week that a trooper has fatally shot someone in the Interior.
a sign says "All-American City Kenai"

Kenai man arrested for sending threatening email to U.S. senator

Arther Graham, 46, is accused of writing that he would remove the senator's skin and wear it.
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As some medical debt disappears from Americans’ credit reports, scores are rising

"This is a very significant change," said Breno Braga, an economist at the Urban Institute and a co-author of the study. "It affects a lot of people."
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Sullivan attempts to break fellow senator’s blockade on military promotions

Sen. Sullivan says Sen. Tuberville is hurting the military with a misguided objection to an abortion-related policy.
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With little movement on salmon bycatch, Alaska advocates look to Biden administration for executive action

The move comes amid catastrophic shortfalls in salmon harvests in some of Alaska’s rural, Indigenous communities.