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.

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...