Despite complaints, Anchorage mayor’s administration says new Sullivan shelter is on track
City officials say they are pleased with the private company that took over the Sullivan Arena shelter a month and a half ago.
State elections commission suggests campaign caps to replace those struck down
A draft opinion prepared by Alaska Public Offices Commission staff proposes imposing campaign contribution limits in the place of some of the caps that were struck down by a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this year.
Alaska is among more than 2 dozen states suing over Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses
More than two dozen Republican-led states, including Alaska, filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Joe Biden’s vaccine requirement for private companies, setting up a high-stakes legal showdown pitting federal authority against states’ rights.
Family raise alarm for missing Juneau man: ‘He’s gone for a few days, but he always calls back’
Juneau police say they’ve been looking for Clifford White since they got a missing person’s report for him on Oct. 31.
Alaska’s vaccine sweepstakes aimed to get more people vaccinated. It’s unclear whether it worked.
The Alaska Chamber gave out nearly $1 million in a vaccine sweepstakes program, but it's unclear how effective the program has been at increasing Alaska's vaccination rate.
Family raise alarm for missing Juneau man: ‘He’s gone for a few days, but he always calls back’
Another Juneau man has gone missing, and his family say they haven’t heard from him for weeks.
After more than 30 years at sea, a message in a bottle washes up near Skagway
A Skagway resident has found a message in a bottle washed up on a beach with no indication of who sent it — or...
7 hunters rescued after being stranded at a fish camp near Emmonak for a week
Rescue teams have been able to drop food to the stranded hunters by plane, but they haven't been able to land. They're worried about the group's ability to keep warm. They're running out of wood.
A digital revolution arrives in rural Alaska, thanks to the pandemic
Rural Alaska communities have largely been left behind in the digital revolution -- until now. Akiak will be the first community in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta to bring high-speed broadband internet to all its residents later this month on November 15.
Native veterans get land allotments, 50 years after initial deadline passed
Two veterans got up to 160 acres apiece. Their land is near Goodnews Bay in Southwest Alaska.
Alaska’s case rate remains high, but data shows declining COVID numbers
Test positivity, hospitalizations and daily new cases have all been declining from their highs in September and October.
Alaska state-owned agency sues over Arctic refuge leases
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority alleges federal officials overstepped in suspending lease-related activities, among other actions.
Anchorage Mayor Bronson’s director of boards and commissions resigns
Stephanie Williams is leaving the job after about two months.
For once, clearing skies in Juneau pull back curtain on brilliant aurora
The lights appeared amid a skein of clouds that, for once, had opened just enough. Many who passed up sleep to see the aurora posted images to social media showing intense green waves, purple spikes and ribbons of deep red dancing over the mountains and Gastineau Channel.
Anchorage kids ages 5-11 get first shots of COVID vaccine at school district clinic
The Anchorage School District received 500 pediatric doses of the vaccine from the state on Wednesday and held a clinic at the district office for families.
Southeast Alaska commercial salmon harvest 4 times higher than last year
In total, commercial salmon fishermen in the region caught and sold 44 million more salmon than last year.
US mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4
Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.
There’s a shortage of troopers in Western Alaska and it comes with serious consequences, study says
“At least one of the sergeants told us that some types of crime were just not being investigated due to lack of staffing. So, for example, alcohol- and drug-related crimes, and some property crimes," said one of the study's authors. "They also talked about delayed response times, or sometimes no response at all to requests for service."
Alaska US Senate candidate announces Trump fundraiser plans
Kelly Tshibaka, who is running for the Alaska U.S. Senate seat held by fellow Republican Lisa Murkowski, announced plans Wednesday for a fundraiser hosted by former President Donald Trump.
The biggest whales can eat the equivalent of 80,000 Big Macs in one day
Scientists have gotten the best estimates yet of exactly how much baleen whales, the largest animals on the planet, can consume in one day. Their caloric intake is mind-boggling.