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.

Another Gas Pipeline Project Expected to Miss Deadline

Associated Press Another major natural gas pipeline project in Alaska is expected to miss a self-imposed deadline for securing agreements with shippers. Scott Jepsen, vice...

Government Conducting Oil Spill Analysis in Chukchi

Photo and Story Alexandra Gutierrez, KUCB – Unalaska The federal government will be conducting a new oil spill analysis before it completes a lease...

Exxon Reopener Clause Decision Rests With Judge

Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage The issue of whether Exxon should be ordered to pay the $92 million requested under the reopener clause ...

Mushers Not Expecting Yukon Quest Conditions on Iditarod Trail

Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage Running the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod back to back has been popular with mushers in recent years....

Iditarod Leaders Pass Through Rainy Pass

Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage Iditarod leaders are into Rainy Pass checkpoint, and a hand full of them have moved beyond it.   Robert...

Tribes Score Victory in Child Protection Case

Joaqlin Estus, KNBA – Anchorage Tribes have scored a victory in a case against the state of Alaska over the right of tribal...

Bundtzen Outside Rohn; Gebhardt Right Behind

Robert Bundtzen, one of the older mushers in the 2012, Iditarod was nearing Rohn late Monday afternoon and leading field. The 61-year-old is a...

Group Hits Rainy Pass; Zirkle Leads Women

The leaders in the 2011 Iditarod have checked in at Rainy Pass. The group included: * Hugh Neff of Tok * Sebastian Schnuelle of Canada * Veteran, Paul...

Mackey Started Prepping for 2011 Race Years Ago

Iditarod champion Lance Mackey began preparing for the 2011 race years ago, saying he bred two of his dogs with this year's contest in...

Mackey Leading Iditarod; Redington, Jr, Neff Close Behind

Current standings in Iditarod. 1 Lance Mackey IN TO Rainy Pass 03/07 08:08 2 Ray Redington Jr IN TO Rainy Pass 03/07 08:32 3 Hugh Neff IN...

Federal Regulation Lowers Permissible Amount of Benzene in Gasoline

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage For some time now, gasoline sold in Anchorage and Alaska has contained a higher benzene level than most...

Fur Rondy 2011: CANstruction

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage It’s a Rondy event that draws engineers, architects, sculptors and others with an “uncanny” sense of art and...

Musher Finds Success Creating ‘Team Williams’ Legacy

Angela Denning-Barnes, KYUK – Bethel Only a handful of mushers from Western Alaska run the Iditarod. One of them—Mike Williams Jr. – is...

US Forest Service Chief Defends Timber Sales Plan

Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC The Chief of the U.S. Forest Service defended its plan Thursday to reduce the number of 10-year...

UAF Making Facilities Available to Small Businesses Bringing Local Food to Market

Lorien Nettleton, KUAC – Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service is making facilities available to small businesses interested in bringing ...

Unique Prom Held in Anchorage

Joshua Tucker, APRN – Anchorage Most prom queens are in their teens. But at a unique prom held last week in Anchorage, the...

Fairbanks Teen Arrested in Connection with Killing

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage A Fairbanks teenager suspected in connection with the killing of his father in Two Rivers this week has been arrested...

Elmendorf Airman Among Those Killed in Germany

Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage One of those killed when a gunman in Germany opened fire on a busload of American soldiers Wednesday was an...

Coast Guard Admiral Pushing for US Ratification of Law of the Sea Treaty

Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau As his tour in Alaska winds down, Rear Admiral Christopher Colvin, commander of the Coast Guard’s 17th District,...

Woman Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Murder

Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka A woman who admitted to killing her husband in Sitka 22 years ago is going to jail until she’s...