APRN News Staff

Alaska health officials reported 58 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday: 53 in Alaskans and five in non-residents. Thirty four of the resident cases were in Anchorage, and six were in Fairbanks.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is again making national news, this time for her opinions on impeachment. Plus: A look at the ongoing effort to build a new generation of rural Alaskan National Guardsmen.

Alaska's senior senator weighs in on impeachment, without taking a side. Plus: A new Dunleavy administration budget proposal that threatens Alaska's growing oyster-farming industry.

Two years after a young man's death in Fairbanks, his family is still seeking closure. Plus: How a sewage lawsuit in Hawaii could influence the future of a mine in southeast Alaska.

Gladys Jung Elementary School Principal Chris Carmichael was arrested and released into federal custody on Dec. 11. Photo credit Petra Harpak / KYUK) Federal prosecutors have charged Christopher Carmichael, the principal of a Bethel elementary school,...

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State lawmakers seek common ground for a solution to the PFD debate. Also: After increased incarceration rates, prisoners will again be sent to detention facilities out of state.

US House approves anti-Pebble amendment; Young votes no, defends permit process; Questions surrounding Supreme Court decision mean no federal officers patrolling Lower Kuskokwim; Defendant in Anchorage teen's homicide case now faces federal child porn charges; Soldier found dead in barracks at Fort Wainwright; Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly gets first satanic invocation; Lower Yukon schools contend with legacy of contamination; Dead gray whale near Wrangell located and secured; Scientists examine songs of North Pacific right whales looking for meaning; Rain a respite for Southeast water conservation measures