Alaska Airlines to buy Hawaiian Airlines for $1.9B
The combined airlines will be based in Seattle, after a deal nearly a year in the making. Hawaiian Airlines will retain its corporate branding.
For Wrangell’s new city manager, deadly landslide highlights other potential threats to public safety
It was Mason Villarma's first day on the job when the disaster struck. Now he's also concerned about the city's dam giving way.
Why Anchorage Mayor Bronson vetoed funding for crisis teams he supports
An Anchorage Assembly leader says it demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding in the administration.
Alaska’s top veterinarian warns of respiratory illness that’s killed several Lower 48 dogs
More than a dozen states, including several in the Pacific Northwest, are reporting outbreaks of a new respiratory illness.
Peltola hosts online town hall on Albertsons-Kroger merger
In the tele-town hall Tuesday night, Rep. Mary Peltola said she was nervous about what the merger could mean for grocery options in Alaska communities.
Mat-Su high school students sue school district alleging free speech violations
Mat-Su students have sued their own school district over alleged First Amendment violations for the second time in as many weeks.
Husband of sole Wrangell landslide survivor found dead in search
The Thursday recovery of 65-year-old Otto Florschutz's body brings the Nov. 20 disaster's official death toll to five. Derek Heller, 12, is still missing.
An Alaska Native tribal council greenlit a gold mine. Some tribal members aren’t happy.
Some in the Native Village of Tetlin claim their leaders broke tribal laws when agreeing to the Manh Choh mine.
Peltola flips script on long-running congressional drama over Arctic drilling
Room 1324 has seen this Alaska controversy play out for decades. This time, new characters changed the vibe.
Talk to the Tundra: How a Yup’ik Village Heals Together | INDIE ALASKA
The Yup'ik village of Toksook Bay has been grappling with grief and a lack of mental health resources for young people after they finish school.
There’s lots of gas in Cook Inlet — here’s why some companies aren’t drilling
Leaders of Alaska’s biggest utilities say they don’t want to risk investing in drilling, when imported LNG appears reliable and competitive.
Anchorage teen’s accused killer on trial 45 years after her murder
Prosecutors say DNA links an Oregon man to the killing of 16-year-old Shelley Connolly. The defense says it also points to other suspects.
Alaska experts try to untangle invasive Japanese knotweed
Japanese knotweed can survive being hacked into pieces and thrown into the ocean — and scientists say it has a growing hold in Southeast Alaska.
Deadly Wrangell landslide is part of a pattern in vulnerable Alaska mountainous terrain
Scientists say climate change increases precipitation and extreme rainfall, adding to risks, and that more knowledge is needed for public safety.
Conservation group supports formation of new Alaska Native corporations
A leader within The Wilderness Society called the change "a significant step toward correcting injustices against Alaska Native communities."
Girdwood doula helps people plan, prepare for and celebrate death
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian guides people through both spiritual and pragmatic arrangements surrounding end-of-life care and death.
Little Diomede school struck by collapsing building closed indefinitely
Students are switching to remote learning after the city building partially collapsed onto the Diomede School Sunday morning.
With law enforcement sparse, Alaska villages build network of safety for survivors
Advocates for domestic violence victims are seeking solutions as federal money goes to small Tribes with limited access to law enforcement.
Alaska mother of slain ROTC cadet says lack of accountability ‘unconscionable’
A judge in Idaho dismissed a manslaughter case, and the military hasn't said if it disciplined its personnel involved in the death.
Alaska health care providers sue to keep state rule mandating minimum payments for care
The state plans to end regulation on Jan. 1, citing upward pressure on prices, but some doctors say it will affect access to care.