$100 Oil: A mixed bag for Alaskans
The price of oil briefly eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time today. The news is a mixed blessing for Alaskans, who...
Adrift Bering Sea freighter up and running again
A freighter from Thailand that broke down in the western Bering Sea on Monday with 25 crew members on board got up and running...
Put it out! Juneau bars now smoke free
Smoking in a Juneau bar is now illegal. Beginning today, both smokers and bar owners could be fined for violating the ordinance that extends...
Making older homes more energy efficient
The Fairbanks-based Cold Climate Housing Research Center is leading an effort to make older homes more energy efficient. Center Research Director John Davies...
Asian Tsunami: 3 years and counting
On December 26, 2004, Indonesia was in the midst of chaos from one of the world's deadliest disasters. More than 200,000 people died in...
New Anchorage artery drawing traffic
It's been two weeks since the new Elmore Road opened in Anchorage and offered southeast residents of the city an alternative route to midtown...
Salsa pioneers preparing to move outside
Salsa impresarios Heather Haugland and Antonio Diaz have been teaching Latin dance, organizing Latin concerts, and performing Latin music and dance in Juneau...
APD's "City Beat" offers new way to follow crime fight
Just in time for the holidays, the Anchorage Police Department has a gift for Anchorage crime watchers. It's a new way to track...
BP settles tax dispute with state
Oil giant BP agreed today to pay the State of Alaska $379 million in taxes that the two sides had been disputing for more...
Senator Cowdery asked to resign
Members of the State Senate Minority are asking Anchorage Senator John Cowdery to resign from office for his alleged involvement in the ongoing VECO...
Examining Mount Spurr as a source of energy
The state of Alaska has taken another step toward harnessing the untapped geothermal potential of Mount Spurr.
Mike Mason, KBBI - Homer
Capital funding for Marine Highway
Governor Sarah Palin's capital budget funds two new ferry terminals: one in southeast and one in southwest Alaska. But it includes no money for...
The Power of One: Anchorage doctor building hospital in Sudan
An Anchorage doctor is working to set up a new hospital in a remote and impoverished village in Southern Sudan. Dr. Jack Hickel recently...
Some rural Alaskans may have to wait for subsistence halibut eligibility
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has been trying to address a regulatory glitch that excludes some clearly "rural" residents from qualifying for rural...
Making traditional parkas in Bethel
Plenty of people still wear traditional Yup'ik fur parkas in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, but the art of hand crafting the labor intensive garment...
Looking back at 2007
The coming New Year offers a chance to look back on all the biggest news stories of 2007. In Alaska, the year was especially...
Fairbanks struggles to keep drunk drivers off the road
New Year’s means a lot of people out celebrating and driving after they drink and while many Alaska cities have made progress in reducing...
New crime lab may be up to voters
When voters go to the polls next November, they could decide the fate of a proposal to build a new crime lab in Alaska.
Mike...
Alaskan parathlete to compete in Beijing
A Juneau resident has been named to the 2008 U-S paralympic wheelchair rugby team. 24-year-old Seth McBride was selected earlier this month after...
Who done it? Anchorage crime watchers will know
One of the most popular sections of many small Alaska papers is the police blotter, an eye-catching account of the previous week's officer calls...