Alaska candidates promise painless budget cuts, but experts say not so fast
Veterans of state budget battles say that after years of spending cuts, it’s unlikely that further reductions can fill much of the deficit without major impacts to services like schools and the Medicaid health-care system.
"The easy choices are gone," said House Speaker Bryce Edgmon.
747 wins heavyweight title in Katmai’s annual Fat Bear Week
A park ranger who oversaw the contest said the bear is the biggest he's seen in the park.
With new letter, Alaska GOP Gov. Dunleavy stands alone in Pebble’s defense
Mike Dunleavy says he has a responsibility to pursue projects like Pebble -- if they can be safely built -- to help improve the plight of rural Alaska residents.
Alaska’s largest ski resort has a plan to operate during the pandemic. What will the slopes be like this year?
With a new operations plan in place, Alyeska Resort in Girdwood is set to get the lifts running again this winter.
AEDC to remote workers: ‘Leave your crowded city and come to Anchorage’
The AEDC has launched an initiative, appealing to remote workers to move to Anchorage.
Anchorage teens charged with murder, assault after shootout at party
“Multiple shots were fired by multiple people,” according to a police statement. Responding officers found a total of five people with gunshot wounds. That included a man police identified Thursday as 19-year-old Khirey Pruitt, who died.
‘From a cot to a palace’: What one man’s story says about the difficult road out of homelessness
39-year-old Moses Aguilar's journey was smooth, but he was aided by luck at every step of the way, from breaking addiction, to getting an identification.
National groups pour millions into Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, suggesting it’s tightening
President Donald Trump’s flagging poll numbers across the country are helping to bring a number of previously safe Republican U.S. Senate seats into play across the country -- including in Alaska, said James Arkin, who covers campaigns for Politico.
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.
After Dunleavy administration loses recall case in court, judge orders payment of $190,000 legal bill
The ruling can be appealed to the Alaska Supreme Court. It comes after Dunleavy's administration, at the advice of former Attorney General Kevin Clarkson, refused to certify the recall campaign's application, saying it did not meet legal requirements.
State elections watchdog orders ‘No on 2’ campaign to fix or take down ads
The group opposing a ballot reform initiative used outdated donor information in its advertisements.
Filings show group opposing oil tax initiative raised $18.5M
OneAlaska has raised more than 10 times as much as Vote Yes for Alaska’s Fair Share, the largest group supporting the oil tax measure.
249 new COVID-19 cases reported in Alaska on Sunday
The number continues a surging trend in cases in nearly all areas of the state.
LISTEN: Bear spray can blast bruins despite wind, cold and age, study says
The research is published in the Journal of Wildlife Management and shows that even in a strong headwind, bear spray still travels far enough to hit a bear, and that it also remains effective at temperatures well below zero.
Galvin campaign raises $1.8M for quarter
U.S. House candidate Alyse Galvin has raised $1.8 million since July - more than double what she raised during the prior quarter.
Anchorage mayor apologizes for years-old “inappropriate messaging relationship”
Anchorage Mayor Berkowitz's statement on Monday said that Anchorage police and the FBI jointly investigated Athens' allegations against him and found "no evidence of criminal conduct."
Rep. Don Young says feds should compensate state if Pebble mine gets blocked
The state’s sole U.S. House member said Monday that the federal government has no business telling the Pebble Limited Partnership whether it should be allowed to build the proposed copper and gold mine near the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
Alaska Supreme Court rules that absentee voters won’t need witnesses
Alaskans voting by mail will not be required to have witnesses sign their ballots, after the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a judge’s ruling on Monday.
JCPenney, Nordstrom property purchases promise to reshape downtown Anchorage
ACDA will pay $1.7 million for the parking garage and $1.5 million for a majority stake in the Nordstrom building.
LISTEN: Iñupiat Ada Blackjack’s story of survival 100 years ago captured in short film
An Alaska filmmaker celebrated Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday by releasing a short film that tells the story of Ada Blackjack, an Iñupiat woman who survived two years on an uninhabited island, alone in the Arctic, about a hundred years ago.