Alaska’s slow start to wildfire season is a relief after Connecticut-sized area burned last year
Thanks to a cool, wet summer, wildfires so far this year have burned just 1½ times the size of New York’s Central Park.
Alaska’s Army division is combatting high suicide rates with mandatory wellness counseling
The military in Alaska has long struggled with high rates of suicide. A year and a half ago, one Army division started a program to combat the crisis.
Fire closes Whittier fuel dock and injures 2 people
The dock is the one place in Whittier Harbor for boats to refuel, prompting concerns for charter and commercial fishing fleets during the busy summer season.
Idaho felon charged with murdering man in 2011 Alaska cold-case shooting
Keenon Leland Keyes, 36, faces first-degree and second-degree murder charges in the 2011 death of Loy Suthammavong.
Anton McParland: The backstory of the tall guy behind Mary Peltola
McParland is Rep. Mary Peltola's chief of staff and campaign manager. No aide is closer to her.
A white raven has appeared on the Kenai Peninsula
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge staff say the bird is leucistic, lacking pigment in some feathers due to an absence of cells that produce melanin.
Fire destroys Fritz Creek General Store near Homer
The blaze in the unoccupied building, which also housed a post office, liquor store and gas station, was reported around 4 a.m. Thursday.
Complaint alleges foes of Alaska’s ranked choice voting formed a church to funnel political donations
The filing accuses Alaskans for Honest Elections, a political group opposed to ranked choice, of more than two dozen violations of campaign finance law.
Billions of snow crabs are missing. A remote Alaska village depends on the harvest to survive.
If you layer climate-related disruptions — such as rising sea levels and shrinking populations of fish and game — on top of economic troubles, it just increases the pressure to migrate.
State of Art: Want a free Sydney Laurence print? Head to the Anchorage library.
Zachariah Joshua Loussac left his collection of paintings by the famous landscape artist to the city. Now, the library is giving the prints away for free.
Alaska’s wildfire season is off to a historically low start
Alaska wildfire managers have seen the least-ever acreage burned so far this summer, as damp and cool conditions have persisted across much of the state.
2 Anchorage Assembly members want to encourage more affordable housing with a dramatic zoning rewrite
“Affordable housing solves all our problems,” said Assembly member Kevin Cross.
Questions on minimum wage, paid sick leave and campaign funding could be heading to Alaska voters
Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom has until early September to certify whether three proposals will go to petition-gathering stage.
Thousands respond to Karluk’s viral ad for cost-free living
The community is looking to pay two families with four children each to move to the village in an effort to get state funding and re-establish a school.
Petersburg Catholic church burns in 10-hour fire
Petersburg’s Catholic church, St. Catherine of Siena, caught fire Thursday afternoon in a blaze that continued for nearly 10 hours.
Cyclists flood Anchorage streets for the second annual ‘Critical Mass’ ride
The large group bike ride aimed to raise awareness of the need for more cycling infrastructure.
This former Anchorage hotel is weeks away from reopening as permanent, low-income housing
It’s been the subject of local controversies and shifting plans since the city bought it in 2020.
1 dead, 5 injured in motor homes’ head-on Seward Highway collision
Monday afternoon's fatal collision south of Anchorage closed the highway for more than four hours.
Craig George, renowned Arctic wildlife biologist and whale expert, missing in rafting accident
A veteran Arctic scientist who was one of the world’s most distinguished whale experts was missing after a rafting accident in Interior Alaska last week.
Sitka Fine Arts Camp files rare immigration lawsuit in support of theater manager
The camp, which operates the 145-year-old campus of Sheldon Jackson College, was seeking a technical expert.