Alaska Senate votes for bigger dividend during budget debate
The Alaska Senate has voted for dividends of about $4,200 to residents this year, plus “energy relief” checks of $1,300, as its work on a state budget plan continued.
Dozens of cars are still stuck behind Seward landslide as road clearing begins
Two excavators worked through the day Monday to start removing a 300-foot landslide that cut off the community of Lowell Point on Saturday evening.
Uptick in tuberculosis cases across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta forces in-school testing
Alaska tuberculosis rates are nearly four times the national average.
Alaskans have until June 11 to mail in their US House ballot
Many rural post offices are not open on Saturdays and many send their mail to Anchorage for postmark, so voting officials recommend mailing ballots early.
At Bethel forum, US House candidates address Roe v. Wade, salmon and public safety
Three Alaska Native candidates running in the special primary election for Alaska’s U.S. House seat came to Bethel for a candidate forum last Friday.
Former Homer resident kidnapped, murdered woman missing since 2019, police say
The charges against Kirby Calderwood are the first public explanation of what happened to Anesha “Duffy” Murnane since she went missing in October 2019.
Alaska Democrats lash out at US House candidate Al Gross — the same candidate they endorsed in 2020
They're calling him a "proven loser" after Gross suggested he might caucus with GOP.
Nearly a thousand volunteers join the ongoing search for missing 7-year-old boy in Kodiak
Sawyer Cipolla went missing Saturday afternoon.
Proposed Anchorage Assembly ordinance would establish a process to remove the mayor
"It’s not intending, in fact, to remove the mayor," Assembly Vice-chair and ordinance author Chris Constant said. "It is intending to establish a set of bright line principles for the mayor to be able to understand where the lines are not to cross.”
Why some anti-abortion Alaskans say this is the year to vote yes on a constitutional convention
A convention would allow changes to the state Constitution. But people on both side of the abortion issue think it's a bad idea.
Ketchikan advocates call for local, state and federal action to address opioid crisis
Deborah Asper, with the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition, says one part of the issue is the rise of strong, synthetic opioids.
Alaska Senate votes for $1,300 energy payment on top of PFD
The energy payment passed 12-7 as an amendment to the state budget package that senators were debating.
Ted Heintz
Ted Heintz is a candidate for the 2022 U.S. House special election.
Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses
In April of 2021, FEMA offered to reimburse funeral expenses — up to $9,000, which is roughly the average cost of a funeral. And it was retroactive.
Alaska to get nearly $132M for fisheries disasters
The funding for Alaska is for a series of fisheries disasters, including for the Yukon River salmon fishery the last two years.
Asking the right questions can stop eating disorders from progressing, experts say
“One of the most important things is to identify an eating disorder early before you get the complications,” said Dr. Rachel Lescher.
Residents take stock of damage as floodwaters recede in Manley Hot Springs
As of Sunday, the community’s power, phone lines and cell service were still down.
Crew sets sail from Wrangell in search of century-old shipwreck
An eight-person crew of scientists, artists and divers are trying to find one of the deadliest shipwrecks in Alaska history.
From Hawaii to Alaska, candy leis make graduation sweeter
Working in their living rooms and at kitchen tables, Anchorage residents are meeting a growing demand for candy leis for graduations, Mother's Day and more.
Rangers locate climber’s body on Denali
Rimml likely fell on the steep traverse between Denali Pass at 18,200 feet and the 17,200-foot plateau, a notoriously treacherous stretch of the West Buttress route