California pilot dies in crash
Shaun Lunt in Alaska, 2007. More photos at shaunlunt.typepad.com
Friday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. (ADT), Alaska State Troopers in Bethel were notified a Piper...
TransCanada-Alaska puts gas line case before the legislature
The Palin administration took its turn today before legislators considering whether to approve a license that will allow TransCanada to begin work developing a...
Fisheries managers want to balance pollock catch against salmon returns
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council, meeting in Kodiak today, narrowed down its options for reducing King salmon bycatch by the Bering Sea pollock...
Two-person crew rescued by Coast Guard as 'Andromeda' sinks
Two crew members were rescued by the Coast Guard after a fishing boat sank off the Alaska Peninsula last night.
Charles Homans, KIAL - Unalaska
Climate change bill hits procedure snag, but lives on
The Lieberman-Warner climate change bill fell 12 votes short of the 60 needed to overcome a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate today. Even...
Interview: Danish Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen
Pictured: Niels Junker Jacobsen, Economic Minister-Counselor for the Embassy of Denmark; Shelly James, trade specialist with the Alaska Office of International Trade; Friis Arne...
Y-K Health Corp to close abused youth receiving center in wake of state cuts
The State is looking at where to put abused and neglected youth in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta once Bethel's emergency receiving home shuts its doors....
Audio Postcard: Celebration 2008
Celebration 2008 began yesterday morning in Juneau with a grand entrance procession of 50 Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian dance groups down the city's Willoughby...
US House votes against continued payments to logging communities
A program that provides payments to rural counties and boroughs affected by reduced logging in national forests expires at the end of this month....
You dirty rats!
The state is taking its campaign to cut down on Alaska's rat population to coastal communities.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Legislators hear from an AGIA skeptic
The legislature heard today from their third and final consultant scheduled to make a presentation on the gas line legislation during the special session.
Dave...
Halibut charter operators take the one-fish bag limit to court
The Charter Halibut Task Force this week filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. seeking a both temporary restraining order and a preliminary block of...
High gas price a barb for Alaskan fishermen
Rising gas prices are having a dramatic effect on Alaska's fishermen.
Mary Donaldson, KMXT - Kodiak
New Arctic Ocean traffic raises safety concerns
A predicted increase in ship activity in the Arctic Ocean is well underway. Cruise ships are doing more tours this year, and the U.S....
Samuels says he will not run again
House Majority Leader Ralph Samuels says he will not run for re-election this year. He says he will become Vice President of external affairs...
Forest Service touts restoration logging
The Forest Service recently wrapped up a log cabin construction project in Sitka that could represent a shift in how the agency manages the...
Summer road construction produces jobs and delays
F Street Improvements, looking south from Town Square Park at F Street and 6th Avenue. Image from Destination Downtown photo gallery
Anchorage drivers better remember...
Rural Alaska utility co-op declares emergency over fuel prices
The Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) is asking the state to consider an alternative to Governor Sarah Palin's energy relief plan. AVEC President Meera...
Special legislative session opens, focused on North Slope gas
Legislators opened a week of hearings at the capitol on a project to take natural gas from the North Slope to North American markets.
Dave...
'Alaska Ranger' investigation to end this week, propellers a major focus
Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators may wrap up their investigation into the sinking of the fishing trawler "Alaska Ranger" as...