Alaska's 'El Capitan' offers view into 420 million years of natural history
Hopping into a hole in the ground isn't everyone's idea of a good time. But for some, it's an out-of-this-world -- or under-this-world --...
Assembly bumps I/M tests and dog ordinance for budget hearing
"Many words, little action" summarizes last night's Anchorage Assembly session. The two major items drawing people to the meeting went undiscussed as the first...
Kohring trial begins
Today, federal prosecutors told a jury how they plan to prove that former state representative Vic Kohring took bribes from VECO Incorporated CEO Bill...
State House searches for oil tax solution
The Minority and Majorities in the State House of Representatives today opened talks on an alternative tax plan that might get enough support to...
State Democrats launch RetireTed.com
First, Alaska Democrats set up a website calling on voters to "Drop Don" Young in next year's congressional elections. And now they're going after...
Pollock quotas dropping
A seafood industry publication reports today that Bering Sea pollock quotas will be set lower than previously expected next year. That’s based on early...
Alaska natives talk oil in DC
Alaska Natives worried about oil development on and off the North Slope are in Washington, DC this week to voice their concerns to lawmakers...
AFN gears up in Fairbanks
The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Conference officially kicks off in downtown Fairbanks on Thursday. In preparation for the event, the Elders and Youth...
Tlingit bones to be returned
Ancient human remains dug out of a Southeast Alaska cave will be reburied where they were found more than a decade ago. Details have...
BP makes progress with spill clean up
State officials expect the latest pipeline spill at Prudhoe Bay to be completely cleaned up by the end of the week. The idled BP...
AIX ordered to shut down
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ordered Anchorage-based Alaska Industrial X-Ray (AIX) to cease its radiography operations. The company performs on-site structural x-rays with a...
Perseverance Theater takes on new challenge
Juneau’s Perseverance Theater is premiering a musical by Tony Award-winning writers. The new show is "Yeast Nation." It may be the highest-profile work ever...
Next year will see even fewer Anchorage students
The Anchorage School Board heard Monday night that the downward trend of student numbers is almost certain to continue into the 2007-2008 school term....
School Board receives a hefty report card on district performance
Last night the Anchorage School Board learned how the district was performing, not according to federal or state benchmarks, but their own. The...
Houston to resolve mayoral stalemate
Houston's city council meets in a special session this evening to determine once and for all who won the city's mayoral post.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN...
Linehan convicted; faces 20 to 99 years
A former stripper who remade her self as a doctor's wife was convicted of first-degree murder today in the decade-old death of her one-time...
Kohring jury selection underway
Day one of the federal corruption trial of former lawmaker Vic Kohring has come to an end.
David Shurtleff, APRN - Anchorage
Pebble Mine's CEO makes rounds in Alaska
The CEO of the new partner developing the Pebble Mine near Iliamna is learning her way around Alaska today. Cynthia Carroll heads Anglo-American PLC,...
Fighting rats with RATs
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has just published a comprehensive plan on keeping rats out of the state and limiting the damage...
Houston to resolve mayoral stalemate
Houston's city council meets in a special session this evening to determine once and for all who won the city's mayoral post.
Ellen Lockyer, APRN...