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Feds nab 82 illegal guns after months of investigating traffickers
Federal officials say an investigation into drug and weapons traffickers has led to charges against more than a dozen individuals in the Anchorage area.
Pebble is proposing to offset its impacts to wetlands through sewer repairs
Offsetting a project’s potential impacts to wetlands usually means restoring or protecting wetlands that serve the same purpose as those being altered or destroyed by development. But Pebble is proposing to do something different.
After years of poor conditions, welcome news for hunters: Bering Sea ice looks normal
Rick Thoman, a climatologist, called it "a big change from the last couple of years and good news for the region.”
How did the Nunam Iqua boys get lost on the snowy tundra? They were chasing a fox.
The boys had been riding their snowmachine around town for four or five hours. Just as they were about to head back inside, something appeared and lured them away from home.
Coronavirus evacuees to make virus screening, refuel stop at Anchorage airport
As the novel coronavirus spreads globally, hundreds of Americans are returning from China through Alaska's Ted Stevens Airport on the way home.
Trump administration eases protection of wetlands
The new rule redefines which waters are covered by the federal Clean Water Act.
Anchorage School District administrators go on the offensive against vaping
Administrators in Alaska's largest school district are trying to get a handle on youth vaping.
For Alaska Native shareholders, criticism on Facebook during board elections can trigger state fines
State regulators will fine some Alaska Native corporation shareholders over their criticism on social media. That’s because free speech is not protected when it comes to corporate elections.
Judge rejects state’s effort to block Alaska Gov. Dunleavy recall campaign
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth ruled from the bench that the campaign can move forward, but his decision is certain to be appealed by Dunleavy's administration to the Alaska Supreme Court.
Donlin Gold receives more state permits, moving closer to operating mine in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
The permits will allow Donlin to build an airstrip and a port, and install fiber optic cables and build access roads for its mine, which could be one of the biggest in the world, if completed.
Unrest At Shishaldin Volcano increases, sending an ash cloud 27,000 feet, triggering aviation warnings
The volcano - 58 miles southwest of Cold Bay – began erupting again Tuesday morning, sending an ash cloud 27,000 feet.
A week after fatal police shooting in Juneau, suspicions and questions about what happened
Some are questioning why the man who was killed provoked police, and others are asking whether it was necessary to use lethal force.
Longstanding tensions underlie Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s withdrawal from AFN
Long before Arctic Slope Regional Corp. announced its withdrawal from the Alaska Federation of Natives last week, there were signs of a schism.
Large turnout at Anchorage rally for Trump impeachment
Around 200 people gathered outside the federal building in Downtown Anchorage Tuesday to send a message to Alaska's congressional delegation ahead of an impending House impeachment vote.
Dunleavy lauded for fiscal discipline at conservative DC think tank
The Heritage Foundation billed Dunleavy as a fiscal hawk with lessons for Washington. The recall campaign sees it differently.
Senior employee, APD officer embezzled $7.3M from ConocoPhillips, according to civil filing
Oil company ConocoPhillips is suing its former senior drilling and wells planner and a small group of co-conspirators, including an Anchorage police officer, for a scheme in which they allegedly embezzled nearly $7.3 million.
After bruising first year, new Dunleavy budget trades cuts for big PFDs and deficit spending
Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy proposed a new budget Wednesday that would spend most of the cash left in the state's primary savings account to sustain government services at status quo levels, while paying out record-sized Permanent Fund dividends.
Sinkhole along busy Anchorage road stalls Midtown drivers
Drivers heading west along Northern Lights Boulevard are asked to find alternate travel routes while crews work to fix a large hole in the road.
“I just kept digging.” How an Anchorage man rescued a hiker buried in Flattop avalanche.
The hiker, who has not been publicly identified, is believed to have been buried for as long as an hour and able to breathe because the large pieces of avalanche debris left space for an air pocket.
A soldier tried to buy a motorcycle in Anchorage. His lawyer says he was targeted by a ‘yo-yo scam’
A civil case in state Superior Court highlights one of the ways experts say members of the military are highly susceptible to fraud.