Fairbanks shelter gets national recognition
Loving Companions Incorporated, a volunteer run shelter for unwanted animals received the “Shelter of the Week Award” from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty...
Anchorage school propositions total $43 million
If the assembly agrees, the request for capital bonds will go before voters in next April's municipal election.
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
Car thefts on the rise in the interior
It’s that time of year again, as the mercury drops, vehicle thefts are on rise.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
BP Alaska grant assures major library projects
Anchorage's library renovation and expansion campaign received a big boost when BP-Alaska announced today the company is giving 840-thousand dollars toward the city's libraries.
Len...
School board backs bond propositions for April ballot
Chester Valley Elementary School: Structural crack in roof above gym/cafeteria
Last night the Anchorage School District Board unanimously approved two bond propositions totaling a little...
ConocoPhillips pipe rupture leads to spill
Emergency clean-up crews are on the North Slope this evening after more than 4,200 gallons of fuel and water leaked out of a pipeline...
Randall first U.S. woman to win World Cup
Anchorage skier Kikkan Randall made history this weekend as the first American woman to win a World Cup event.
Annie Feidt, APRN - Anchorage
Ocean acidity study spells trouble for sea life
Corrosive waters will effect ocean creatures that make shells such as crabs, clams and shrimp. High acidity also affects the food critical to first...
Three die in Ketchikan kitchen fire
3 children are dead and another flown to Seattle after a fire in Ketchikan over the weekend.
Deanna Garrison, KRBD - Ketchikan
Anchorage in legal dispute over recycling land lease
The city wants the composting outfit off its property, but the green-friendly lessor isn't willing to go without a fight.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN - Anchorage
Online theft forces University system to rethink security
An analysis by USA Today shows electronic record theft nearly tripled last year. The University of Alaska, Fairbanks wasn’t immune.
Ben Markus, KUAC - Fairbanks
New Anchorage road should ease traffic concerns
Elmore Road in Anchorage is providing a different way for commuters to connect the south and north parts of the city.
Len Anderson, KSKA -...
City's Hillside commuters have new route north
As of noon today, traveling between southeast and east Anchorage became considerably quicker and easier.
Photos on Flickr
Len Anderson, KSKA - Anchorage
UPDATE: The word "commuters"...
New law helps Exxon Valdez spill plaintiffs
The U.S. Senate today passed tax legislation that is designed to help fishermen who are plaintiffs in the Exxon Valdez punitive damage case currently...
Pilot retirement age increased by government
Pilots can stay on the job 5 more years under a new federal law. Yesterday, President George Bush signed a bill raising the mandatory...
A look at the life of Thomas Stewart
Alaska Constitutional Convention secretary Thomas Stewart was nearly finished with a history on the making of the convention when he died Wednesday.
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO...
Sitka herring fishery set at highest level ever
The Sitka Tribe of Alaska calls the commercial quota “shocking”, and predicts it will jeopardize the subsistence herring egg harvest.
Melissa Marconi-Wentzel, KCAW - Sitka
Foxes test positive for rabies on North Slope
The North Slope Borough Health Department has issued a quarantine for two communities after foxes there tested positive for rabies.
Janelle Everett, KBRW - Barrow
Seattle couple quests toward Aleutian island
Last June, Bretwood Higman and Erin McKittrick started out on a walk. A half a year later they still haven't reached their destination: the...
Study shows sea lice killing wild salmon
Fish farms are wiping out wild salmon runs in British Columbia. The culprit is a parasite known as sea lice.
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage