Senators reach final bipartisan agreement on a gun safety bill
The bill would incentivize states to pass red flag laws and expand background checks for 18- to 21-year-olds, among other measures. It's expected to have enough support to pass the Senate.
After nearly 3 years, Alaska Marine Highway resumes service to Prince Rupert, B.C.
Ferry officials put the route on hold in September 2019 over a dispute over whether U.S. Customs officials could carry guns.
High levels of toxins in clams follows rapid warmup in Gulf of Alaska waters
Warm conditions in the waters surrounding the Alaska Peninsula have produced algal blooms that threaten the safety of food important to coastal residents.
As last ballots arrive in Alaska’s special US House primary, Peltola inches upward
Peltola is up three percentage points since the first count June 11, suggesting her campaign may have picked up momentum as the postmark deadline neared, or that her supporters were, for whatever reason, late to the mailbox.
Anchorage mayor appoints staunch conservative after municipal attorney resigns
Patrick Bergt resigned as city attorney after less than a year on the job.
Peter Pan Seafoods will pay fishermen at least $1 per pound of Bristol Bay sockeye
This year's base price is less than 2021, leaving fisherman disappointed as they wrestle with high inflation and gas prices.
Alaska elections official says 5th place finisher can’t fill vacancy on US House ballot. Sweeney campaign disagrees.
The dispute is likely to go to court.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wildfires, part of a new pattern, push Alaska to early season milestone
This year’s fires are the product of a combination of long-term climate change and short-term ignition forces.
In this Anchorage summer school classroom, ‘academic confidence’ is the goal
District leaders say summer school is an opportunity to gain math and reading skills — and to boost students’ confidence — after two years of the pandemic.
Officers shoot and kill driver in Fairbanks after he pulled gun, troopers say
Amos Lane, 57, was from Anchorage.
Seattle crew wins 2022 Race to Alaska, reaching Ketchikan ‘days in front of anyone else’
The three-man crew aboard a 44-foot Riptide monohull sailed into Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin harbor Monday afternoon.
The Jan. 6 committee holds its fourth hearing today. Here’s what we know
The members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will focus on former President Donald Trump's attempts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election at their fourth hearing on Tuesday afternoon.
Gov. Dunleavy says he hasn’t decided if he’ll sign the tribal recognition bill
The bill passed the state House and Senate last month.
August trial set for former Alaska legislator Gabrielle LeDoux, accused of elections misdeeds
State prosecutors have accused LeDoux and two other people of encouraging illegal votes in the 2014 and 2018 state legislative elections.
Gross, a top four candidate for US House, calls it quits
Al Gross is out, possibly allowing Tara Sweeney to advance in the special election.
Management council declines action on Bering Sea bycatch to address Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon subsistence worries
The vast majority of callers at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting last week called for a reduction in bycatch limits, which they said would help reverse a dramatic trend of salmon declines on the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers.
After weeks of heated debate, a drag queen read a book to children at Ketchikan’s public library for the first time
two more readings to accommodate everyone who wanted to come.
Officials say they’ve finished work on massive tundra fire near Yukon River that threatened St. Mary’s
All of the more than 150 evacuees have returned to their home villages, according to the fire service.
Ketchikan’s assembly to consider asking voters to cut library funding in response to drag queen event
Former Assembly member John Harrington cites the library’s decision to host a drag queen for a children’s storytime in a letter requesting the cut.
Floor sealant given to students was delivered to food warehouse by mistake, Juneau School District says
The district did not say who delivered the pallet.