Anchorage will enter ‘modified hunker down’ for December
The order, which goes into effect on Dec. 1, closes down bars and restaurants to in-person service and puts capacity restrictions on other establishments.
Hear Anchorage mayoral candidates discuss youth issues in this virtual forum
On Tuesday, April 6, Anchorage voters will choose the city's mayor. The next person to hold the office faces the continued COVID-19 pandemic, a struggling economy, and other new and legacy city issues.
Slot machines are illegal in Alaska. So how is Klawock’s casino in business?
In Klawock, the local tribe is now running more than 20 machines that look an awful lot like the kind of slots you might find on the floor of a Las Vegas casino.
Donlin Mine nabs two major permits at Army Corps signing
The Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Land Management gave the proposed Donlin mine two permits along with their joint record of decision during a signing ceremony on Monday. Listen now
With money from Murkowski, GOP assails Miller
The Alaska Republican Party is attacking U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller in a series of hard-hitting mailers. This is the same Joe Miller who was the Republican Party’s own nominee six years ago, when he beat the incumbent, Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Now the party is accepting money from Murkowski’s campaign and using it against Miller, which he calls "money laundering." The party says it’s perfectly legal. Listen Now
Peltola’s D.C. hires include Young’s former chief of staff
Alex Ortiz, who was Congressman Don Young’s last chief of staff, will also work in that role for congresswoman-elect Mary Peltola.
Election officials feared the worst. Here’s why baseless claims haven’t fueled chaos.
So far, election deniers' chatter has not yet incited the chaos that many had feared would ensue, stoked by a mythos of election fraud that is now a core belief in much of the GOP.
Global supply shortages are driving up Alaska oil prices
Alaska North Slope crude has been trending up for most of 2021. On Tuesday it closed at more than $87 a barrel.
Allen Scheduled for Sentencing, Loses Plea for Delay
The man at the center of Alaska’s political corruption scheme will be sentenced next Wednesday. Today a federal judge denied...
Can ‘Indian country’ powers combat violence in rural Alaska? Sullivan says he’ll discuss it with AG Barr.
U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr is coming to Alaska this week. Sen. Dan Sullivan said he will focus on rural law enforcement, particularly for the more than 70 Alaska villages that have no police officers.
‘It’s a lot’: Homeless residents at Anchorage campground get ready to move out following days of uncertainty
Some say they'll go back to the Sullivan Arena shelter, which the city confirmed on Thursday would reopen.
Poll to legislators asks about questionable polls from VECO
More than half the current members of the state legislature have responded to a poll taken to determine just how much influence VECO has...
Conflicting claims, big money at heart of debate on Alaska’s oil taxes
Ballot Measure 1 — or the “Fair Share Act” — is an initiative that supporters say would fix Alaska’s oil tax law while opponents argue it would jeopardize Alaska’s economy.
Bronson fires director of Anchorage’s Office of Equal Opportunity
Heather MacAlpine served in the position for seven years. She says she was not given a reason for her firing.
Dunleavy again vetoes research project on salmon bycatch
The $513,000 would have looked into the origin of salmon caught by the Bering Sea pollock fleet.
A nurse says she was fired from Ketchikan medical center for reporting safety concerns
State and federal labor investigators are looking into complaints that the hospital retaliated against the nurse after she’d raised concerns that some COVID-19 patients weren’t being properly monitored.
Western Alaska tribes, outraged by bycatch, turn up the heat on fishery managers and trawlers
The debate is increasingly urgent, as subsistence harvesting bans continue and proposed fixes threaten to impose steep costs on industry.
Alaska lobbyist charged with failure to report his business activities
One of Alaska's most influential lobbyists, Ashley Reed, faces criminal charges on seven (7) counts of failure to report his business activities to the...
Ask a Climatologist: Remembering the record breaking July snow
Back in 1970 on July 19, it snowed 9.7 inches at the Summit weather station just south of Cantwell on the Parks Highway. Listen now
Legislature Enters Final Week of Session
Dave Donaldson, APRN - Juneau
The legislature is now in the final week of this year’s session – with a lot of critical issues...