Army medical helicopter crash under investigation
Army Alaska officials are looking into why a medevac helicopter caught fire Saturday at Fort Wainwright. The crew managed to escape before the aircraft...
Anchorage unveils daily crime map
Anchorage residents who want to track crime in their neighborhoods now have a new way to do it. The city recently unveiled a new...
Tlingit and Haida assembly elects new president in landslide vote
Delegates to southeast Alaska's largest tribal organization have elected Bill Martin of Juneau as their president. Martin won 75% of the vote.
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Tlingit and Haida audio postcard
Photo by Chris Miller, Juneau
KTOO's John Ryan and Juneau-based photographer Chris Miller teamed up last week to cover the convening of the Tlingit-Haida Central...
Governor Palin gives birth to 5th child
Governor Sarah Palin welcomed her fifth child into the world today. Her spokesperson, Sharon Leighow says Palin interrupted a meeting of the Governors’ Energy...
Juneau Avalanches expected to drive electricity prices through the roof
Juneau officials have declared a local disaster in the aftermath of snow slides that have knocked out power from a local hydroelectric project. The...
Alaska's Orthodox Bishop Soraich steps aside
Leaders of the Orthodox Church of America say Bishop Nikolai Soraich, head of the Alaska diocese, is taking a voluntary leave of absence, effective...
DEC cleans up oil spill along Tanana River
The State Department of Environmental Conservation is cleaning up an oil spill along the Tanana River in south Fairbanks. The D.E.C. reports that as...
Alaska Ranger investigation focuses on ship itself
Two Coast Guard ship inspectors who surveyed the Alaska Ranger several months before it sank testified in a Marine Board of Investigation hearing Thursday...
Coal-bed methane tries for a revival in the bush
A new generation of coal bed methane projects could be coming to the Bush. More ambitious proposals to extract the subsurface gas in the...
USPS re-examines bypass mail
The U.S. Postal Service is looking into restructuring its bypass mail network in Alaska. Bypass mail goes directly from the shipper to the carrier,...
Anchorage unveils daily crime map
Anchorage residents who want to track crime in their neighborhoods now have a new way to do so. Yesterday the city unveiled a new...
Joshua Wade faces a federal murder charge
A federal grand jury has indicted Joshua Wade on two counts relating to the murder of Anchorage nurse, Mindy Schloss. If convicted, Wade...
Senate wants Justice Department to investigate "Coconut Road" earmark
The US Senate today voted to ask the US Justice Department to investigate how a Florida road project supported by Congressman Don Young made...
Joshua Wade indicted for murder
Today a federal grand jury indicted Joshua Wade on two counts relating to the murder of Anchorage nurse, Mindy Schloss. If convicted, Wade could...
Open waters meetings wrap up in Anchorage
Meetings highlighting the proposed plans for off shore oil and gas exploration in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas this summer wrapped up this week...
BP and Conoco take their gasline plans to DC
The presidents of BP Alaska and Conoco Alaska are in Washington, DC to talk about their gas line project and what they’re doing in...
Allegations swirl in Alaska Ranger investigation
In Seattle, 3 former crew members of the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger have leveled some of the most serious allegations yet in testimony before...
Kodiak fishing fleet hit hard by high fuel prices
The effects of high fuel prices are starting to be felt by more than just consumers at the pump. In Kodiak, the fishing fleet...
Healy gets its first bank
First National Bank of Alaska held a grand opening event for its new branch in Healy yesterday. The day featured an open house, seminars,...