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Anchorage Assembly member Paul Honeman is trying to slow down the process to pass a controversial Anchorage ordinance that would limit unions. He introduced a resolution at a work session at city hall Friday. Download Audio

The April 30 text marks the first use of a two-year-old system police say is vital for areas people can't call 911 from.

It’s all about the reverberation.

Six former Ravn Alaska employees are charged with stealing hundreds of computers sent by mail to village schools. Federal authorities allege the men took the computers while employed as ramp agents for the air carrier in Anchorage. Listen now

Juneau Police have a new tool to sniff out a steady flow of heroin and other narcotics entering the city. It's been about 25 years since the department had a K-9 on staff. Download Audio

An independent investigation into a physical encounter between Kodiak police officers and an autistic man has determined that the three officers responded professionally.

Dimitri Shein was born in the Soviet Union and immigrated to Anchorage when he was 12. He says the experience helps him appreciate what makes America exceptional. "And now I see all these values under attack." Listen now

LENNONYC is the story of one of the most famous and influential artists of the 20th century and how he found redemption not in the public adoration he craved as a youth, but in the quiet and simple pleasures of fatherhood. It is also a New York immigrant’s tale. Lennon came to New York City in 1971 seeking what every other immigrant has sought: freedom — the freedom to be himself and not “Beatle John,” the freedom to live a normal life. TV: Tuesday, 12/4 at 7:00pm

There have been more court filings this week against 34-year-old Anchorage resident Justin Schneider, who received a plea agreement earlier this fall for what many people thought amounted to a sexual assault. But this time the filings aren't criminal charges. Instead, Schneider is the defendant in a civil lawsuit brought by the woman he attacked.

By a 7-to-2 vote, the court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act's preferences for Native tribes when Indian children are adopted.

This week on Alaska Edition, host Michael Carey is joined in the studio by Paul Jenkins, from the Anchorage Daily Planet, Steve MacDonald, of KTUU Channel 2 News, and Libby Casey, APRN’s Washington DC correspondent.

Incoming Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance announced the appointment of Sean Case to be the next chief of police for Alaska's largest city.

Anyone who believes they are at increased risk for infection is now eligible, the Alaska Department of Health announced Monday.

The 8.5 megawatt solar array is expected to power about 1,400 homes, and has already begun feeding energy into the Matanuska Energy Association grid.