News

All news stories, regardless of topic (local, statewide + national news stories, as well as Talk of Alaska, Alaska News Nightly, Alaska Insight, Alaska Economic Report). Some news stories may also have other categories marked, which will also put them on a subpage. Not all news stories will fall into a subpage.

Water projects funding may be drained by Bush veto

A long-delayed authorization for federally-funded water projects around the country is on the verge of clearing Congress -- but the Bush Administration is threatening...

Unregulated international fishing activity frustrating Stevens

During a Commerce Department oversight hearing today, Senator Ted Stevens asked Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez about combating International Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fisheries. Stevens says...

NOAA documenting Bering Sea pollock population shifts toward Russia

There are more pollock in the Bering Sea now than there were this time last year. But Alaska's most lucrative fishery is still in...

Cold case finally closed in 1995 Warren murder investigation

A murder conviction in Fairbanks has solved the 1995 killing of a convenience store clerk. Marvin Wright was found guilty of shooting Trisha Warren...

Publication of plan to move mining equipment by hoverbarge up the Taku delayed

The company behind the Tulsequah Chief Mine project -- Redcorp Ventures Ltd. -- has delayed the release of more information on its proposal to...

Governor’s health care group concentrates on facts, not strategies

Monday afternoon governor Palin's specially-appointed Health Care Strategies Planning Council gathered in Anchorage for its second meeting. The council has until December to come...

Tug for petroleum tankers now a year-round presence at Nikiski

Tesoro Alaska announced this week they'll keep a tractor tug in Cook Inlet year-round to help their tankers maneuver safely to and from the...

Ancient bones found in 1980s still looking for appropriate burial site

U.S. Forest Service employees have been unable to unravel the circumstances of death with regard to a collection of human bones found in...

APRN’s Joel Southern on Talk of the Nation

Today, our Washington, D.C. reporter -- Joel Southern -- appeared on NPR's Talk of the Nation, specifically in the "Political Junkie" segment with NPR...

Watchdogs: Drop Stevens from committees now; Senators: Let investigation proceed

A day after federal law officers searched Senator Ted Stevens Girdwood home, Senate colleagues urged caution before jumping to conclusions that he's caught up...

Republican House leader Boehner declines to take action against Don Young

Meanwhile, as conjecture and suspicion swirls around the latest Stevens news, Don Young's legal troubles drew comments from Republican Minority Leader John Boehner. Boehner...

Coastal erosion in northern Alaska's NPR-A doubled in last 50 years

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed a new study of coastal erosion in the Northeast portion of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The...

Fort Richardson's 425th racking up positive results in Iraq

Alaska-based soldiers on duty in Iraq are well into a new strategy, and the commander of the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 25th...

Nader, Nation, Anderson and Vets for Peace protest war, call for Bush impeachment

Calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush, activist Ralph Nader, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and the editor of The Nation...

Beaver residents working to save perishables; state airlifting generator

Beaver residents are hustling to keep freezers full of salmon and other foods from thawing and spoiling. Electricity remains out in the village following...

Uranium mining proposal for Elim area drawing concerns

A Canadian company is exploring for uranium near the Seward Peninsula community of Elim and that has some residents worried about the potential impact...

Unalaska dig uncovers whalebone mask, circa 1,000 B.C.

Archaeologists working on a dig site in Unalaska have found a 3,000-year old Unangan (Aleut) whalebone mask, which they believe to be the oldest...

Governor's health care group concentrates on facts, not strategies

Monday afternoon the Governor's specially-appointed Health Care Strategies Planning Council gathered in Anchorage for its second meeting. The council has until December to come...

FBI and IRS search Ted Stevens' Girdwood home

Agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service are searching the Girdwood home of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. The search was confirmed this...

Democrat Jake Metcalfe announces his run for U.S. House

There's another challenger taking aim at Congressman Don Young in next year's elections. Jake Metcalfe has stepped aside as chairman of the Alaska Democratic...