Biden is canceling up to $10K in student loans, $20K for Pell Grant recipients
President Biden announced a sweeping effort to forgive up to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for Pell Grant recipients, and up to $10,000 for other borrowers making under $125,000 a year.
Alaska faces unique housing challenges, as feds send millions of dollars to help, top HUD official says
Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman was in Alaska recently. Her trip was filled with meetings and tours in Anchorage, Wasilla and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta -- including the villages of Napakiak and Oscarville -- to learn about Alaska's housing challenges and to see the work the department has been funding already.
Electric buses are in the works for Ketchikan and Metlakatla
In Metlakatla, the bus will run to the ferry terminal, which is 14 miles outside of town — a first for the community.
Yukon River chum and coho runs remain too low to open subsistence harvest
Biologists do not expect either to reach their goals for fish reaching their spawning grounds.
Alaska’s COVID ‘superstorm’ experience of 2021 offers lessons for future pandemics, study says
Alaska's 2021 COVID pattern showed positive impacts from vaccination but negative impacts from early easing of protections, study says.
As students go back to school, many face a lunch bill for the first time in 2 years
Parents and schools prepare to lose free meals provided as federal assistance during the pandemic at a time when families are feeling the strain of high food, gas, housing and utility costs.
Palmer man convicted of murder in drug robberies won’t face death penalty after all
Prosecutors say John Pearl Smith II, 36, shot and killed Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi in a garage during another attempted robbery in 2016 in Wasilla, after which he burned the bodies and garage.
Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson’s veto of the creation of a homelessness task force
The Assembly also overrode the mayor's veto of federal COVID-19 relief money.
At this Nikiski farm, a cherry-tree experiment blossoms
Michael O’Brien's latest challenge has been a high tunnel containing 90 cherry trees.
Mat-Su students go one day a week without bus service as hiring struggle continues
The school district covers an area larger than the state of West Virginia, adding additional challenges to the bus driver shortage.
Peltola’s lead widens in U.S. House race with another batch of first-place votes counted
Peltola's lead increased from 7.5% to a little over 8%, according to updated results posted late Thursday.
Anchorage police shoot man after they say he used a child as a ‘human shield’
Police say the man fled with the child after firing a weapon during a domestic dispute early Friday morning. Officers say the man was not fatally injured in the shooting.
Charlie Pierce resigns as Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor
Pierce said he’s resigning as mayor next month to focus full-time on his gubernatorial campaign. He did not respond to calls seeking comment.
Former top-level employee at Juneau hospital charged with making fraudulent travel claims and online purchases
Court documents detail two felonies: the first involving more than $25,000 in travel-related reimbursements, the second for more than $25,000 in Amazon purchases.
Alaska plays host to High Times Cannabis Cup with unique, more ‘mom-and-pop’ industry
High Times Director of Events and Competitions Mark Kazinec says Alaska, as the second state to legalize recreational use of marijuana in 2015, is a great place for a competition.
Witnesses say responders came unprepared to fight Bethel apartment fire that killed 3
On Aug. 12, a fire tore through a Bethel apartment complex, killing three people and injuring six others.
Active duty airmen will soon drive school buses on JBER to help with driver shortage
The Anchorage School District has launched a third-party audit of its transportation operations to avoid similar shortages in the future.
Alaska primary count is done, as near-record voting sets fields for ranked choice election
The outcome of the special election to fill the remainder of Don Young’s term will be announced on Wednesday.
The government will no longer be sending free COVID-19 tests to Americans
The Biden administration is pausing its distribution of free COVID-19 tests this week, but you can still order new ones before the end date.
Ketchikan City Council candidate violated restraining order after relationship with 18-year-old, records show
Dave Timmerman pleaded guilty and served time in jail for violating one of the protective orders, court records show. He filed on Wednesday to run for a one-year city council seat.