Woman with 5 kids accused of 24 fraudulent Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend filings
Prosecutors say Otaota Mokoma, 35, received more than $25,000 in fraudulent dividends from the state from 2018 through 2020.
Juneau’s mayor runs for reelection after husband’s death
Beth Weldon says her husband Greg’s death in an April motorcycle crash gave her doubts, but she thinks he would want her to run.
‘An unfair fight’: The U.S. surgeon general declares war on social media
Vivek Murthy called this week for social media platforms to carry warning labels like those put on cigarettes and alcohol, due to their effects on teens.
Coast Guard icebreaker Healy headed to Alaska for 3 Arctic research missions
This year's cruises by the nation's biggest icebreaker will support long-term ocean research and help train young scientists.
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby won’t swim at Paris Olympics
Jacoby took third during Monday's 100-meter women's breaststroke final in Indianapolis, then withdrew from the 200-meter Tuesday.
Coalition of labor and Alaska Native leaders throws its weight behind Peltola
Alaska Jobs Coalition announced a $500,000 ad campaign. It's an independent expenditure group and doesn't have to disclose its donors.
Trump announces his pick in Alaska’s U.S. House race: Dahlstrom
The former president chose Alaska's lieutenant governor over fellow Republican Nick Begich. Trump claims Begich has "Democrat tendencies."
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly considers $38.5M Homer hospital bond
The bond would go towards acquiring land and much needed maintenance for South Peninsula Hospital.
Federally funded heat pumps are coming to Prince of Wales Island
Spruce Root partnered with Alaska Power & Telephone to secure the $2.5 million award, which will also support a technician training program.
Half of U.S. military bases in the country are in ‘health care deserts’
For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none.
Relatives of King Cove couple killed in suspicious Anchorage fire await answers
Niece Amy Carlough says James and Kathryn Gould, who were killed in the February fire, ran a general store in King Cove before their deaths.
Alaska has a new nonprofit newsroom in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Mat-Su Sentinel founder, editor and reporter Amy Bushatz has worked in news for more than two decades and said she aims to fill a local news void.
State sues Alaska Motor Home after customers say they were swindled and harassed
Prosecutors say the company abruptly closed Friday without providing refunds, likely affecting hundreds of customers.
An influx of chum salmon in the Canadian Arctic could be the same fish missing from Western Alaska
A recent study found that climate change is expanding salmon habitat into the Arctic, but the new fish aren’t exactly welcome in Canada.
An Alaska energy blogger breaks down the looming, much-nuanced Cook Inlet gas shortfall
Erin McKittrick looked at a few different possible timelines related to the gas shortfall that utilities and producers say is coming.
Anchorage Juneteenth festivities kick off this weekend
Juneteenth is recognized as the oldest African American holiday in the United States, and marks the anniversary of when the last American slaves were freed in Texas on June 19, 1865.
What medieval calligraphy taught this Eagle River lawyer | INDIE ALASKA
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In this Indie Alaska feature from @PBS and @pbsdigitalstudios hear how Greg Henrikson, a lawyer in Eagle River, became fascinated with Medieval History and delved into medieval calligraphy...
Anchorage sisters tap readers’ rapture for romance with new bookstore
Beauty and the Book Alaska specializes in the romance genre- a growing trend in Alaska and around the country.
Murkowski votes with Democrats on IVF bill. Sullivan joins most GOP senators to block it.
Alaska's senators say they support the reproductive technology, but they split on a Democratic "show us who you are" vote.
Juneau man dies in Seattle hospital after a city-owned truck struck him
The 38-year-old man was lying in the drive-through lane of a Mendenhall Valley business when he was struck.