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After last week's fatal roof collapse in Anchorage, residents are wondering if they should shovel. The implications of a shipping boom in the Arctic. Plus, during a recent drug bust in Southeast, the drugs themselves were found in an usual package.

There is a lot of concern that heavy snow loads may have contributed to the collapse, said Anchorage Fire Department Assistant Chief Alex Boyd.

Alaska is set to get $285 million to modernize its ferry fleet. But to spend the windfall, the state needs to put up money, too.

It’s all about the reverberation.

Alaska has long ranked at or near the top in the nation for rates of violence and sexual assault. Over the summer of 2022, lawmakers updated Alaska’s sexual assault laws, including a new definition of what defines consent. The law went into effect on January 1st, 2023. Why did it take decades to update the statutes and how might the changes affect prosecutions? Better legal tools to prevent assaults and help survivors is our discussion on this Talk of Alaska.

The Biden administration could decide the project’s future as soon as March 6.

It's one of the largest drug busts in Southeast Alaska in recent years.

While the Anchorage School Board follows its timeline for approving its budget — big uncertainty still looms. 

Local school districts are making difficult and uncertain choices with next year's funding levels in limbo. New research shows particular species of kelp absorb pollutants in the environment around them. Plus a ceremony at Elizabeth Peratrovich's alma mater celebrates her legacy.

The roof collapsed at a South Anchorage gym during a fitness competition.

Twice as many pregnant or recently pregnant women died in 2021 compared to recent years, according to the study.

Some lawmakers remain wary as the Governor's budget amendments seek to address the state's food stamp backlog. Mary Peltola praises the state's reputation for bipartisan work in her first address to Alaska's legislature. Plus, difficult decisions as Tuluksak passes a week without running water.

State emergency officials had issued an AMBER alert for Ahmiri Chaney on Friday afternoon.

A new documentary from the Alaska Eating Disorder Alliance, AKEDA, shines a light on the prevalence and types of eating disorders, especially among young athletes.

Untrained cadets were given unsupervised access to old humvees intended only for use as bombing targets that were improperly put into service.

Bipartisanship is U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola's motto, and her first address to the Alaska Legislature was on-brand.

They say they're on the verge of closing the school.

The violations include murky, brown water in the ship’s drinking tanks and serving expired food to crew.

A few hundred people met at a south Anchorage church Thursday night to kick off a signature drive aiming to get rid of ranked choice voting and go back to the way Alaska used to elect candidates.

Carol Beecher doesn’t have elections experience, but Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom cites her administrative background, impartiality as reasons for the pick.