Juneau police officer cleared in deadly force incident
The attorney general's office and Juneau Police both say Sergeant Paul Hatch was justified in using deadly force against a samurai-sword-wielding man in Juneau...
U.S. Fish & Wildlife investigating possible illegal walrus hunting near Nome
Nearly 80 headless walrus carcasses have washed up on beaches east of Nome this summer. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials are investigating the incident.
Annie...
Bethel cab drivers raising fares for the first time since early 2001
Taxi fares in Bethel are rising for the first time in six years. Cab fares are regulated by the City and for about a...
Political candidates scrambling to meet new financial disclosure requirements
The state's new financial disclosure rules are getting their first test as candidates sign up to run for municipal offices across Alaska. The 11-page...
Homer's hospital expansion complete, but opening may be delayed
The latest expansion project at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer is complete, but plans to open the new part of the hospital to the...
Sitka seiner loses $170,000 of herring in 28 seconds
A Sitka herring seiner who was 28 seconds late closing his net during a 2004 opener has lost his appeal -- and his $170,000...
Court blocks Shell Arctic drilling plan
An injunction blocking Shell Oil from exploring for gas and oil in the Beaufort Sea has been upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of...
AK wins 2007 Clarion Award
APRN's weekly statewide radio program -- AK -- has won yet another national award for the quality of its reporting and storytelling.
This time the...
Shell's plan to drill in Arctic coastal waters under legal review
A plan that would allow Shell Oil to explore for gas and oil in the Beaufort Sea was before the Ninth Circuit Court of...
Don Young's picnic draws protestors, supporters and the hungry
Close to 75 protestors showed up at Congressman Don Young's public "salmon bake" in Anchorage last night, turning portions of the otherwise peaceful picnic...
New mapping project focused on polar sea floor north of Alaska
A team of researchers departs Barrow later this week on a scientific mission to map an area of the Arctic sea floor called the...
Alaska paying nearly $2 million to teachers and staff for improved test scores
The state of Alaska will pay out more than $1.8 million to Alaska teachers and staff in the first year of a statewide incentive...
Alaska deploying vocational tests to assess student workforce readiness
Alaska's departments of Labor and Education are collaborating on a new vocational program that would track students' career readiness beginning as early as the...
Polar bear pops up 200 miles inland from Arctic Ocean
It wasn't your usual grizzly bear sighting for residents of Fort McPherson, on the Dempster Highway, late last week. This white-coated visitor had traveled...
Northern fur seal turns up in Cook Inlet — at least 800 miles off-course
The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward is caring for its first northern fur seal. The one-year old male was found by a fisherman outside...
Lawson guilty of second degree murder
A jury this afternoon found Michael Lawson guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of Bethany Correira back in 2003. They also...
Researchers unable to find endangered North Pacific right whales
They've been two weeks looking, but today scientists aboard the NOAA research vessel headed back to Dutch Harbor with no right whales to show...
Elim residents considering risks of uranium mining project
Residents of Elim on the southern Seward Peninsula last week heard from a Native American activist about the legacy of uranium mining in the...
Bering Sea under submarine examination for first time
Some of the deepest, darkest reaches of the Bering sea are now being viewed by the human eyes for the very first time. Marine...
Trans-Alaska pipeline upgrades continue — slowly and with difficulty
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is in the process of overhauling another pump station as part of its Strategic Reconfiguration project. Pump Station 3, in...