An Alaskan paratrooper in Iraq, Part 1
Alaska's paratrooper soldiers in Iraq are nearing the one-year mark in their deployment. 3,500 soldiers from the 425th paratrooper brigade based at Fort Richardson...
NTSB intensively investigating last week's Ketchikan plane crash
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has begun what it describes as a "major investigation" of a fatal float plane crash in Traitors Cove...
Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum issuing CD of traditional Kodiak music
The Alutiiq Museum is set to release "Generations: An Alutiiq Music Collection." The CD features 27 tracks of both traditional and contemporary songs and...
First families arrive at Salvation Army's new McKinnell House
The Salvation Army is celebrating its new $12 million SAFE campus in Anchorage. But the real celebration surrounds the arrival of the families who...
Alaska Zoo's 'Maggie' may be headed to California
An elephant rescue facility in California has been revealed as one of the top contenders to acquire Maggie the Elephant when she moves from...
Mat-Su Borough holds terror response drill in Palmer
A terror response drill was held in Palmer over the weekend, organized by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It was a staged scenario of a busload...
Mat-Su Borough holds terror response drill in Palmer
A terror response drill was held in Palmer over the weekend, organized by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It was a staged scenario of a busload...
Air National Guard recovering bodies from Brooks Range plane crash
The Alaska Air National Guard has been enlisted to remove the bodies of two Gustavus men who died in a plane crash last week...
Alaska Zoo's 'Maggie' may be headed to California
An elephant rescue facility in California has been revealed as one of the top contenders to acquire Maggie the Elephant when she moves from...
Interior officials examine warming effects in McCarthy, Wrangell-St. Elias
The Interior Department’s Deputy Secretary, Lynn Scarlett, held a climate change task force meeting in Seattle today. The session follows a visit to Wrangell-St....
Anchorage Mayor releases State of the City report
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich issued his "2007 State of the City" report today -- a 12-page insert tucked inside the Anchorage Daily News. At...
Chena Hot Springs hosts Murkowski and Stevens at hydrogen plant launch
Alaska’s Senators were in Fairbanks over the weekend to cut the ribbon at the state’s first hydrogen production facility. Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens...
Cold climate alternative energy development gets boost in Fairbanks
A Fairbanks-based nonprofit is developing an alternative energy system for rural Alaska applications. The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) is working on a...
Yukon king salmon numbers too low for U.S./Canadian treaty
The number of Yukon River king salmon that crossed into Canada this year is only about half of the number called for in a...
Five dead, four injured in second Ketchikan-based small plane crash
Five people are dead and four were injured after a float plane crashed yesterday evening in Traitors Cove, about 27 miles north of Ketchikan....
Forest Service and employee sparring over whistle blowing and possible retaliations
U.S. Forest Service officials have been considering whether to fire a whistle-blower employee who successfully challenged some of the agency's road building and timber...
'Columbia' suffers piston damage, heads to port for repairs
The state ferry Columbia will be out of commission for the rest of the summer season. The vessel lost its starboard engine Monday because...
Chena Hot Springs generating its own hydrogen supply — an Alaskan first
Chena Hot Springs, the resort northeast of Fairbanks, has achieved another energy breakthrough. A year after opening the planet's first low-temperature geothermal power plant,...
Does Anchorage still need its vehicle I/M program?
Both Anchorage and Fairbanks have an I/M testing program to help the two cities meet federal clean air standards. Anchorage's program has proven very...
Alaska Railroad introducing whistle-stop service into Kenai backcountry
Starting next Thursday, a new whistle-stop train will give passengers backcountry access to the eastern half of the Kenai Peninsula. Chugach National Forest officials...