Focus shifts to childcare needs in wake of earthquake
Childcare options in Anchorage are limited for families facing a week with no school.
Post-earthquake, air traffic controllers exiled from Anchorage tower used a pickup truck instead
After evacuating the 12-story air traffic control tower at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport following Friday's earthquake, controllers guided planes at the nation’s fifth-busiest cargo hub from the cab of a pickup truck at one end of the north-south runway.
Dunleavy swearing-in obstacles don’t stop Noorvik inauguration feast
Fog prevented Mike Dunleavy from being sworn in as governor in Noorvik. But that didn’t stop the community from celebrating.
Eagle River Elementary, damaged by quake, will remain closed through school year
The Anchorage School District announced that after taking severe damage from Friday's earthquake, Eagle River Elementary School will be offline for the remainder of the school year.
Don ‘Moose’ Young says farewell to Bush
When Alaska Congressman Don Young thinks of the 41st president, he remembers a nice guy who could be fierce with a racquet.
Dunleavy names new AG, corrections and public safety commissioners
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced Amanda Price, Nancy Dahlstrom and Kevin Clarkson as the newest additions to his cabinet.
Ben Stevens, former Alaska senator investigated by FBI, lands job with Dunleavy administration
Ben Stevens, the former Alaska Senate president once investigated for corruption by federal authorities, has landed a job with Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration. He’ll be a policy advisor, focusing on fishing, legislation and transportation.
Got quake damage? Officials outline next steps for claims
As residents in southcentral Alaska clean up damage from last week's earthquake, government officials have one major request: take notes.
Alaska Supreme Court to weigh in on final unresolved House race
Kathryn Dodge, just one vote behind Bart LeBon in the race for House District 1, met Wednesday’s deadline to file with the Alaska Supreme Court — thus extending a protracted battle for control of the state House of Representatives.
Gruening Middle School teachers pack up their classrooms for quake-induced move to Chugiak High
Teachers at Gruening Middle School in Eagle River began the process today of relocating to their new classrooms at Chugiak High School.
Alaska Native groups ask Dunleavy to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women
A dozen Alaska Native groups cosigned a letter asking Dunleavy to include money in his proposal for the next state budget, which his administration is scheduled to release on Dec. 15.
A week after the Anchorage earthquake, city continues to find damaged homes
Anchorage is still coming to grips with the extent of the damage on buildings and homes following the 7.0 earthquake that struck the region on Nov. 30.
Alaska Airlines workers rally again for higher wages, job security
Disappointed by the last round of union negotiations, airline workers again rallied at airports across the west coast, including Juneau International Airport.
Napakiak faces accelerating erosion
As the Kuskokwim Riverbank falls away, the community of Napakiak has picked up its homes and buildings and moved them farther from the water.
Anchorage schools resume classes post-earthquake, with some students relocated
Anchorage School District classes resumed today after being closed for more than a week following last month's magnitude 7.0 earthquake. While most of the students are in the schools they've attended all year, two schools had to relocate because of significant damage.
Rep. Knopp leaves Republican caucus, seeks new bipartisan coalition
State Rep. Gary Knopp said a bipartisan coalition would act as a counterweight to Gov. Mike Dunleavy, while an all-Republican caucus wouldn’t.
Judge dismisses challenges to oil lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Environmental groups had argued the federal Bureau of Land Management did not do an adequate environmental review before it held oil lease sales in 2016 and 2017.
Ethics enforcers let former Juneau lawmaker’s unpaid ethics fines slide
A former Juneau lawmaker didn’t pay $18,000 in fines for probable ethics violations. And the committee that sought the fines is OK with that.
ANWR drilling foes see chance to sow doubt
What can opponents of drilling in the Arctic Refuge expect to accomplish with control of just one chamber of Congress? Momentum.
What happens when an oil producer moves into the neighborhood?
Public information about oil and gas exploration on private land comes with a lot of what ifs. Oil and gas wells themselves are permitted internally at the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and the location of wells is only made public after they are approved.