Senator Stevens hails Korea free-trade pact as good for Alaska
The US Secretary of Commerce says a potential free trade deal with South Korea could eventually benefit Alaska. Secretary Carlos Gutierrez made his remarks...
Rescued sailor describes final hours of lost fishing vessel
High-ranking Coast Guard officials and investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have convened in Unalaska for a public hearing on the sinking of...
Longterm education funding bill becomes law.
Governor Sarah Palin signed the measure today.The bill was the result of a special task force set up at the end of last year’s...
Senate Committee looks at PBMs
A Senate Committee today opened hearings on a proposal to put controls on what supporters say is the largest unregulated industry involved in the...
Sweepstakes dog teams in fierce competition
One musher has withdrawn, and the lead has changed hands several times during the second day of the centennial running of the All Alaska...
Telapalooza set to kick off this weekend
Alyeska ski resort in Girdwood is hosting the fifth annual Telepalooza festival this weekend. The event began as a memorial to Jeff Nissman a...
Need help voting? Here's some help
The candidate campaigns have just about run their course for the upcoming Anchorage Municipal election. Now the attention is focusing on helping voters get...
Teenager arrested on four murder counts in Sitka
Jason Abbot, 18, was arraigned in Sitka superior court this morning on four counts of murder in the first degree and one count of...
Alaska settles psychotic medication suit against Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly will pay the state of Alaska $15 million to settle a lawsuit over the company's anti-psychotic medication Zyprexa. The agreement was announced...
Sinking of the Alaska Ranger leaves a lot of unanswered questions
Later this week the Coast Guard will begin its formal inquiry into what caused a fishing boat to sink in the Bering Sea on...
Retreating sea ice may push four seals onto Endangered Species list
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today it will conduct a review to see if Endangered Species Act protections should be given to ribbon...
Alaska House: Humans at top of game management priorities
The Alaska House passed a bill today that would change the approach to big game management by establishing human use as the top priority...
First herring sac roe fishery window opened in Sitka Sound
A heavy snow squall did not deter herring fishermen from setting their nets in the first opener of the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery...
1840's Kodiak 'Othello' appears in eastern Prince William Sound
Residents of Cordova and Valdez got something of a history lesson recently. They were treated to a traveling play about Aleutian-Russian relations -- from...
UAF students prepare for ride on NASA's 'vomit comet'
A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks students will go weightless next month. The UAF Microgravity team is one of 40 groups nationwide selected...
Quadruple homicide stuns Sitka
Police in Sitka say at least four people died in a stabbing incident this morning. Shortly before noon today police responded to a call...
House takes up predator control bill debate
The House today opened debate on a bill that establishes harvest by humans as the top priority for moose, caribou and deer populations. It...
Governor declares Tsunami Awareness Week
Governor Sarah Palin is asking coastal residents in Alaska to make sure they're prepared for a potential tsunami. She's declared this week "Tsunami Awareness...
Coast Guard abandons search for missing fisherman
The Coast Guard has ended its search for the missing crew member from a fishing boat that sank in the Bering Sea Sunday morning.
Charles...
Small Southeast towns consider forming a new borough
Small towns afraid of being swallowed up by their larger neighbors in northern Southeast Alaska consider banding together. Representatives of cities scattered along Icy...