Federal grant buying back seining permits in southeast
Southeast Alaska's seine fleet is about to get smaller. A federal grant is providing $3 million for a seine permit buyback program for the...
Wrangell Seafoods might be closed by city council
The Wrangell city council is considering foreclosing on Wrangell Seafoods, Inc. (WSI). The company wrote several bad checks to the city and is delinquent...
Fairbanks construction boom tapering off, still strong
Fairbanks is expecting a slight construction slowdown after a record building year in 2007. City building official Steve Shuttleworth says construction this year will...
Noorvik teen in custody for attempted murder
A Noorvik teenager has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer in the first degree. Alaska State Troopers say 17-year-old Jim Beasley...
Snowmachine death in Sitka confirmed by intensive search
A multi-agency search and rescue effort on Sitka's Harbor Mountain this weekend recovered the body of lost snowmobiler Benjamin Nelson. The 32 year-old Hoonah...
Homer's Pratt Museum opens climate change exhibit
The worlds of art and science are coming together at Homer's Pratt Museum. An exhibit titled "Concerning Climate Change" opened there recently. It's part...
Student job seekers meet with contractors
In recent years, the Anchorage School District has worked to develop a program for students who want to go into construction. Last Friday...
Stevens and Begich jockey over mud-slinging
Senator Ted Stevens, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich and the Alaska Democratic Party are ‘one-upping’ each other in a tussle over smear tactics in the...
Legislature sprints to meet session deadline
The legislature is pulling the final strings for issues that have been left hanging until the end of the session. With the adjournment only...
Legislators mull constitutional amendment for savings endowment
State lawmakers are moving ahead with a constitutional Amendment that would limit legislative spending when there’s plenty of money and would provide a cushion...
Guaging air traffic in Denali National Park
A new advisory group is looking into the air traffic over Denali National Park. The Denali Over Flights Advisory Council arose out of the...
Kings in short supply in Southeast
The lowest king salmon harvest quota in nearly a decade means fewer opportunities for southeast sport anglers this season. It could also pose a...
Bristol Bay processor agrees to pay fine
A Naknek seafood processor has agreed to pay nearly $55,000 dollars to settle federal Clean Water Act violations.
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Anchorage Native culture school still a possibility this year
For more than three years a determined group of volunteers have been working toward the creation of an Alaska Native Culture Charter School in...
Charting 'unknown waters' in the Arctic
U.S.S. Queenfish, surfaced during a secret mission in 1970. Click the image above for more photos.
In 1970, the U.S. Navy sent the nuclear submarine...
Alaska Native charter school faces important deadline
For over three years volunteers have been working toward the creation of an Alaska Native Culture Charter School in Anchorage, and the next two...
Legislators enter crunch time
The Legislature is facing a voter-mandated adjournment Sunday night – and members spent most of the day dealing with small issues that could lead...
Alaskans welcome announcement of short deployments for servicemen and women
President Bush announced today that American troops will serve shorter deployments in the war zone of Iraq. Bush says the change will affect units...
Settlement reached in Yellow-Billed Loon lawsuit
The Center for Biological Diversity settled a lawsuit this week with the US Fish and Wildlife service over a dispute regarding the yellow billed...
Charter operators may have to lease halibut quota shares
Charter operators who take clients out to fish for halibut may have to start leasing quota share from the commercial fleet - at least...