In the past decade, Bethel has increasingly relied on a policing system where officers work for two weeks, then take two weeks off. This lets some officers commute from thousands of miles away.

The Juneau Police Department has requested an independent investigation by an external agency to review the officer's use of force.

Dave Snider, Warning Coordinator with the Tsunami Warning Center, says Alaska got lucky after the magnitude 8.8 earthquake Tuesday in Russia's Kamchatka region.

Alaska communities in the Aleutians were under a tsunami advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.

A 2018 law aimed at improving outcomes for kids in Alaska’s foster care system hasn’t led to meaningful progress, according to a recent audit, leaving experts dismayed.

The most recent mauling happened near the South Fork of Eagle River. Responders described the hiker’s injuries as not life threatening.

Anchorage police say they were notified around 6 p.m. Sunday that a 21-year-old man had gone missing while paddleboarding without a life jacket on Delong Lake.

Police Chief Sean Case said the department’s special operations team has been using drones for the past couple years, but now general patrol officers will use them, too.

No current or former federal judge has ever been disbarred in Alaska.

Bear maulings are rare in the Anchorage area, and details about what happened could help officials understand what provoked the bear.

Officials say there were no passengers on board the Piper Cub, which crashed on the runway.

Flights to and from Kodiak were canceled after an Alaska Airlines plane hit more than one deer on the runway while landing.