Anchorage student numbers fall below district expectations
Anchorage School District, Memorandum #74 (2007 - 2008)
At the end of September this year, the total student enrollment in the Anchorage School District...
Legislators want alternative to oil tax alternatives
Legislators see two competing oil tax methods open for debate during the special session next week -- the net profits-based system and the gross...
Katmai bear hunt gathering controversy
Bear viewing enthusiasts are upset by bear hunting in the Katmai preserve. Even supporters of hunting in general say they didn't object to the...
Domestic violence task force begins statewide research in Bethel
The Council on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault's newly formed Legislative Task Force is holding hearings throughout the state before they report to the...
Y-K Delta villages discuss potential threats of upriver gold mine
Talk of the proposed Donlin Creek Gold Mine consumed almost all the time at the Association of Village Council Presidents' (AVCP) annual convention held...
It's Hammer vs. Hammer in the Wall Street Journal
The Hammer Museum in Haines is in a naming rights dispute with an art museum of the same name in Los Angeles. The museum...
50-year-old recordings surface in new Dena'ina CD
A newly published book and audio CD that documents rare Yupik and Athabascan dialect and songs has been given to the people of Nondalton...
Katmai bear hunt video posted online
On Alaska News Nightly this evening, we've got a story on the controversy over bear hunting in the Katmai National Preserve. Below is a...
Anchorage Assembly to consider dropping I/M testing
Will the city's 25 year-old vehicle Inspection/Maintenance program become history? On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly will consider a proposal doing away with the...
McCandless bus parts sold on eBay
The instrument panel from the Stampede Trail bus where Christopher McCandless died recently sold for $177 on eBay. The sale has generated outrage from...
AKRR and MatSu to build Port MacKenzie rail spur
The Mat-Su Borough and the Alaska Railroad are partnering in a project to build a railroad spur connecting Port MacKenzie to the existing Interior...
SeaLife Center rescues ribbon seal from… Wasilla
Photo by Tim Lebling, Alaska SeaLife Center
The Alaska SeaLife Center is taking care of its first Ribbon Seal. The 220-pound female was rescued yesterday...
Rebuffed Shell tries to find future in Alaska
Shell Oil returned to Alaska a few years ago enthusiastic about the potential for finding and developing offshore oil and natural gas reserves. But...
Bering Strait bridged with culture and science
The National Park Service's Shared Beringian Heritage Program unites Russians and Americans for cooperative discussion and management of the Bering Strait. NPS held Beringia...
SeaLife Center rescues ribbon seal from… Wasilla
Photo by Tim Lebling, Alaska SeaLife Center
The Alaska SeaLife Center is taking care of its first Ribbon Seal. The 220-pound female was rescued yesterday...
Freight barge runs aground near Unalaska
A freight barge ran aground early this morning at Humpy Cove on Unalaska Island, northeast of the town of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. Tugboat crews were...
Greenpeace advises fisheries managers to protect Pribilof canyons
Greenpeace staff gave a presentation last evening to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council on the preliminary findings from research conducted this summer in...
AKRR and MatSu to build Port MacKenzie rail spur
The Mat-Su Borough and the Alaska Railroad are partnering in a project to build a railroad spur connecting Port MacKenzie to the existing Interior...
August 16 float plane crash claims final victim
A three-year-old Oregon girl who survived a float plane crash near Ketchikan two months ago died yesterday at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. Allison Smith...
'Bones' Alaskan art show opens in Fairbanks
An art show opening in Fairbanks tonight -- the Well Street Art Companies "Bones" Show -- is employing a seasonal theme to showcase the...