Dog teams ready to hit the trail in the All Alaska Sweepstakes
16 mushers are ready to pull up their snowhooks for the commemorative centennial running of the All Alaska Sweepstakes - a 408 mile...
Cross country skiers descend on Fairbanks
America’s best cross country skiers are in Fairbanks this week to compete in U.S. National Championship Distance races, including Alaskan Kikkan Randall.
Dan Bross, KUAC...
Coast Guard still searching for lost Alaska Ranger crewman
A Coast Guard cutter and two helicopters are still searching for the final missing crew member from the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, which sunk...
Senate votes to block state spending on federal ID program
The Alaska Senate today passed a bill forbidding state agencies from spending any money to implement the federal Real ID program. Under the program,...
Kuskokwim 300 may not survive financial investigation
The future of the Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race is in jeopardy, after a series of questionable bookkeeping errors which are now under investigation...
Alaska's economy pushed, not shoved, by national trends
The stock market has made a small comeback in the last few days, but many economists are still worried the U.S. is entering a...
Board of Game rewrites predator control rules
The Alaska Board of Game has resurrected predator control programs halted by the state's superior court earlier this month. During an emergency meeting Friday,...
UAF facing two executive departures this year
The chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) announced today he's leaving his post. Steve Jones doesn't have a firm departure date set,...
Homer wraps up fourth-largest Winter Kings tournament
A couple of old friends went out fishing on Sunday in Kachemak Bay and one of them won over $16,000 for catching a large...
Alaska's sync swimming pair headed to nationals
Two swimmers in Juneau are headed to the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Nationals in Tucson, Arizona this May. Koko Urata and Sarah Felix have spent...
Bond Propositions 1 and 4 feature big ticket repair projects
Our series on the city-wide bond propositions in the April 1st Anchorage Municipal Election now turns to Propositions 1 and 4.
In the original version...
Four dead, one missing after ship sinks off Dutch Harbor
The Coast Guard continues to search this morning for a missing crewman, after a fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea yesterday killing four...
Budget wrangling between legislature and governor Palin heating up
The state Senate will open debate Monday on next year’s budget with a plan that spends $4.2 billion for operating governmental agencies. The difference...
US House candidates debate at FishCom 2008
Five of the six candidates for Alaska’s lone seat in the US House of Representatives squared off for the first time last night as...
Anchorage looking at curbside recycling
Anchorage could become the first city in Alaska to offer curbside recycling. The mayor's office presented a comprehensive waste management plan to the assembly...
Eielson AFB trying to turn municipal waste into energy
A new experimental power plant is in the works at Eielson Air Force Base. Civilian energy consultant Kate Morrison says the generator will be...
Examining the need for rural transportation infrastructure upgrades
Villages across Alaska are in need of upgrades to their roads and airstrips. But how to pay for repairs or even the basic installation...
Report outlines damage of Selendang Ayu oil spill
An early tallying of the damage from the 2004 Selendang Ayu oil spill suggests that sea birds were the hardest hit among the animals...
Atlantis in southeast Alaska
Scientists are finding strong evidence that Southeast Alaska’s outer coast used to have another layer of islands and peninsulas. They rose up as advancing...
District woos voters with needs and state reimbursement
We continue our Anchorage municipal election coverage by looking at the two bond propositions from the Anchorage School District slated to appear on the...