New mortgage oversight law in Alaska's future
A new mortgage loan oversight law goes into effect in Alaska in July of 2008. Alaska is the last state to pass such legislation.
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After 42 hours, barricade suspect found dead inside home
A standoff between a SWAT team and 69 year old veteran Robert Musser ended with Musser's death early Friday morning after 42 hours.
Harbor repair program may have new legs
The state’s two-year-old harbor repair program could finally go into full operation this year. Governor Sarah Palin’s spending plan proposes full funding for the...
Tanana Chiefs Says DOJ Tracking Fairbanks Four Case
A member of the Tanana Chiefs Conference Native Justice Task Force says the federal Department of Justice is tracking the case of the Fairbanks Four. That’s the four Alaska Native men who the task force and others say were wrongfully convicted of killing a teenager in Fairbanks in 1997.
Travel group discusses luring visitors during troubled economy
This week over 600 representatives of Alaska's tourism industry have gathered in Anchorage to learn new ways to attract visitors in a shaky...
ADF&G Issues Warning About Unsafe Hunting in Juneau
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is warning local waterfowl hunters to be safe after a report of someone firing shots toward the runway at the Juneau Airport.
Indie Alaska: I Am The Gingerbread Village Builder
850 pounds of icing, 40 houses of gingerbread and chocolate - Joe Hickel has been creating Marina's Village in the lobby of The Hotel Captain Cook for 35 years. Last year's creation took six days to build and features a new country scene.
Fort Wainwright rejecting IDs from 5 states, American Samoa
Some visitors to Fort Wainwright are no longer able to enter using just their driver's license to identify themselves.
Lawmakers Approach Session Deadline
The legislature is still on track to adjourn by Sunday night. And as the House and Senate go into the final weekend of work,...
PSP May Not Have Been Cause of One Death
Tara Bicknell, KHNS – Haines
Alaska health officials still classify two recent deaths in Southeast Alaska as suspected paralytic shellfish poisoning cases. Recent autopsy results...
Alaska Delegation Reacts to President’s Jobs Speech
Alaska’s Congressional delegation is giving the President’s speech Thursday night on creating jobs and boosting the economy mixed reviews along party lines. Before a rarely-convened joint session of Congress, President Obama laid out a plan he’s calling the American Jobs Act.
Alaska skier Kikkan Randall reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Alaskan skier and Olympic gold medalist Kikkan Randall has breast cancer. Randall made the announcement on Instagram Wednesday morning. Listen now
Man Crashes Car Through Front Door of Alaska Brewing Company, Steals Beer
Casey Kelly, KTOO - Juneau
The retail store at the Alaskan Brewing Company campus in Juneau suffered $15,000 damage early Friday, when a Juneau man...
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016
Will Obama look north for his legacy?; YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially sterilized dental tools; Alaska settles complaint over Medicaid payment system; Russian Jack shooting victim dies in hospital, fourth suspect turns himself in; Downtown assembly member kneels for pledge; with assembly approval, Central Council expands plans for 3-acre Immersion Park; Ketchikan volleyball players and coaches raise Title IX concerns to school board;
ASD budget surplus indicator of unfilled positions
The Anchorage School District spent less money than they planned during the first quarter of this year. If that trend continues, they'll have an extra $22 million left over by the end of June 2015. Much of the savings come from the district's difficulty in hiring and retaining highly-experienced teachers and staff. ASD is spending less than planned on salaries and benefits.
Biden announces Russian oil import ban and warns gas prices could increase even more
President Biden described the move as a critical step to punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, but said as a result, Americans should prepare for price hikes at the pump.
Wrangell to survey site of former boarding school for Native children
There are plans to redevelop the site of the former Bureau of Indian Affairs facility that was open for 43 years. But sensitivity toward the legacy of abuse and trauma and recent discoveries of graves at Canadian boarding schools have caused local officials to tread carefully before breaking ground.
Pelican, Tenakee mayors ‘stunned and outraged’ at prospect of summer without ferries
Pelican and Tenakee Springs residents saw their fears come true last week in the form of the state’s proposed summer ferry schedule — a schedule that calls for zero summer sailings to the two remote island communities in Southeast Alaska.
Two Washington climbers first to conquer Denali this year
The young climbing season on Denali has already yielded its first successful summit trip. Listen now
Wanted: Unalaska birders and beachcombers to help track seabird mortalities
Thousands of dead seabirds washed up on Alaska's shores this summer, marking the state's fifth straight year of mass die-offs. Now the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey team is training volunteers to monitor the trend.