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.
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.”
Juneau’s South Seward Street officially renamed Heritage Way
Sealaska Heritage Institute President Kaaháni Rosita Worl proposed the change in April.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Summer crowds can slow down Juneau’s cell service. More public Wi-Fi could help.
The more visitors use public Wi-Fi, the more space there is on cell networks for locals.
Wait for food stamps continues, but could prompt legislative changes
The state is working through a backlog of thousands of applications for SNAP benefits, after Alaskans waited months for help buying food.
Eklutna Hydro Project owners’ plan would return water to most, but not all of Eklutna River
The plan would bypass the dam and send water back down 11 of 12 miles of the Eklutna River. But some want to see the river fully restored.
Hundreds of Mat-Su students stage walkout to protest school board decisions
The protests follow recent controversial decisions by the board, including the removal of its student representative.
Día de los Muertos celebration offers comfort and community connection
Día de los Muertos is a Mexican and Mexican-diaspora celebration of people who have died and Anchorage is celebrating it for the 19th year.
Alaska turned to a private guardianship agency to care for some of its most vulnerable residents. The result: dysfunction and debt.
The Office of Public Advocacy, facing a staffing crisis, relied on a fledgling nonprofit to lighten its caseload. Some transferred clients lost critical benefits.
Alaska Permanent Fund board unlikely to pursue faster, riskier path to $100B
The Alaska Permanent Fund appears headed toward maintaining its current steady growth over the next few years.
Juneau chooses Colorado police chief to lead its force
Derek Bos, currently the police chief in Eagle, Colo., was one of two finalists for Juneau police chief along with JPD Lt. Krag Campbell.
These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers
The American Ornithological Society has vowed to change the English names of all bird species named after people, or deemed offensive or exclusionary.
Kenai borough Assembly asks governor to declare east side set-net economic disaster
A declaration from Gov. Mike Dunleavy would open up the fishery to grants from the state Legislature and accelerated capital projects.
Denali Borough voters to elect new mayor, Assembly, school board
"All of our districts, every seat, is up for election" in the borough's downsized Assembly and its school board, according to the borough clerk.