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.

Alaskan fire-fighting equipment heads to California

Alaskan fire engines are heading south to help with California's record-breaking fire season.The State Logistics Center in Fairbanks is coordinating the transfer of four...

Publishing the history of the Alaska Native Sisterhood

The Alaska Native Sisterhood is nearly a century old. And in many ways, its history parallels that of Native women in and from Southeast....

I scream, you scream, Kodiak screams for ice cream

Kodiak residents don't have to go far to satisfy their ice cream cravings, thanks to a new business in town. Mary Donaldson, KMXT - Kodiak

Aging Alaska requires health care planning

Alaska is graying and Anchorage is no exception. Seniors are the state's fastest growing population. The increase has caused concern about the future...

Senator Cowdery indicted on Federal corruption charges

State Senator John Cowdery has been indicted for bribery and conspiracy.  The federal charges were made public today.  The Senator is in Juneau for...

Legislators react to Cowdery indictment

News of the indictment jolted legislators meeting in Juneau this morning – with Blackberries becoming more popular than the ongoing gas pipeline testimony. Dave Donaldson,...

Former Governor Hickel asks legislature to reject AGIA

Former Governor Walter Hickel today urged Alaskans to contact their legislators and tell them to vote against Governor Palin's proposed AGIA gas line project...

30,000 Atlantic salmon escape from British Columbia fish farm

Fishermen in Alaska could be seeing more farmed Atlantic salmon turning up their nets and on their hooks this year. Nearly 30-thousand adult salmon...

Escaped Canadian farmed salmon a concern for Alaska

The escaped salmon are causing concern in Southeast Alaska. And despite the distance from the fish farm in British Columbia, Alaska department of fish...

Stryker brigade at Fort Wainwright prepares for fall deployment to Iraq

Most of the roughly 4,000 men and women that make up the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Stryker Brigade Combat Team are now in Southern...

Energy Authority reneges on grant to the Juneau Airport

The Juneau Airport thought they had received as much as half a million dollars from the Alaska Energy Authority’s alternative energy fund. Authority officials...

Kodiak warned to watch out foraging bears

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak has put out another warning for residents of the city’s north end neighborhoods to keep...

Second special session begins as legislator complete statewide road show

The legislature began its second special session today to consider whether to approve a license to TransCanada to build a gas pipeline from the...

Barak Obama campaign establishes a beachhead in Alaska

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is opening campaign offices across the state. At an Anchorage event last night, organizers were pleased and a bit...

Strong early run of reds surprises upper Cook Inlet

Sockeye salmon have shown up early in upper Cook Inlet this year. Last Thursday’s opener brought in catches that were closer in number to...

King run rebounds on the Yukon, but is it too little, too late

The king salmon run on the Yukon River has bounced back, after a very weak start. But it still won’t be enough, fishery managers...

BAHT timber sale will require new road

The Tongass National Forest is moving forward with the second phase of the BAHT timber sale on Zarembo Island, about 20 miles west of...

Kodiak drivers would like a little road in their pot hole

Driving down Mission Road in Kodiak is almost like playing a game of dodge ball, except you aren’t dodging a ball, you’re dodging potholes....

Alaska to host US Nordic Ski Championships for the next 2 years

Anchorage's Kincaid Park will host the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships for the next two years, the highest level of nordic skiing for US...

2nd climber collapses and dies on Denali

The Denali climbing season is winding down with another mysterious death on the mountain. Last night, an Indonesian climber died after collapsing...