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Anchorage School Board Discusses Local School Choice
The Anchorage School Board discussed school choice in local facilities Monday, exploring how to give parents and student more opportunities -- as well as how those choices should look in the...
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DPS Looking at Changes for VPSOs on Guns
The Department of Public Safety is investigating what changes would be necessary be if the state were to allow Village Public Safety Offers to regularly carry firearms.That's according to Public Safety...
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City Rejects Petition to Repeal Assembly Labor Ordinance
A petition asking voters to repeal Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan's controversial rewrite of the city's labor laws has been rejected by city officials, who say it won't appear on the municipal ballot...
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Bethel Nixes Drunken Walking Law
The Bethel City Council has defeated an ordinance that would have prohibited drunken walking.The amendment would have made drunken walking illegal on city streets or ice roads if it poses a hazard to...
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Alaska, DOE Agree to Study Unconventional Energy
The federal Department of Energy has signed an agreement with Alaska to study unconventional energy resources in the Arctic. DOE Acting Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Christopher Smith and...
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Assembly Certifies Muni Election; Ernie Hall Wins Seat D, Nick Moe Concedes
Two weeks after the Municipal election, the Anchorage Assembly certified the results, officially ending the campaign for six open assembly seats, including the much-contested Seat D in West...
View ArticleHundreds of Alaska Runners Honor Boston Marathon Victims
A weekly pub-run held on Tuesday evenings in downtown Anchorage was dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing a day after the attack. Close to three hundred people in the local running...
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Alaska Leads Nation for Neonatal and Infant Survival Rates
Alaska has the lowest neonatal death rate in the U.S. for a second time, according to a recent medical study.The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a report that says for the first four weeks of a...
View ArticleASD Prepares Students for Tougher Math Courses
Competing against the world's best, the Anchorage School District is trying to prepare students for a tougher nationwide curriculum in language arts and math. But the new math curriculum could mean a...
View ArticleMat-Su Author Was Pulitzer Prize Finalist
An Alaska author was a finalist this year for a Pulitzer Prize. Mat-Su author Eowyn Ivey lives in Chickaloon and is the author of "The Snow Child." The Anchorage Daily Newssays her publisher called her...
View ArticleNenana Ice Classic Manager Predicts A Late Breakup
The manager of one of Alaska's favorite guessing games is predicting a late breakup. Nenana Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that the ice measured 50.3 inches on...
View ArticleSoldotna Campus to Open New Dorm Space
Students are starting to sign up for new residence halls in Soldotna for the Kenai Peninsula College's Kenai River campus. The Peninsula Clarion reports three applications were completed Monday, the...
View ArticleTrapper Fined for Using Protected Birds As Bait
A 46-year-old Chitina trapper has been fined for using protected birds as bait. Alaska State Troopers say Sven Rofkar pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of using illegal trapping bait. Troopers say...
View ArticleFairbanks Clean-up Day Pushed Back
This year's Clean-up Day in Fairbanks has been delayed one week. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reportsthat the Clean-up Day committee decided to push the date of the annual event back in the hopes...
View ArticleAnchorage Man Gets 47 Months on Drug Charge
A 27-year-old Anchorage man will serve nearly four years in prison for possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason on Tuesday sentenced Tristan Jamal...
View ArticleLegalizing Marijuana, Group Seeks to Let Voters Decide
Efforts are underway to make Alaska the third state in the country to legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults. The Anchorage Daily News says steps have been taken to put a measure on the...
View ArticleAnchorage Chamber Citywide Clean-Up Delayed
The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that the Anchorage Chamber Citywide Cleanup Week has been moved to May 4 to 11. The popular spring cleanup program has been delayed due to colder...
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Man Burns Salcha Home in Standoff with Troopers
Alaska State Troopers have named an armed Salcha man arrested Wednesday morning, after he allegedly fired more than 100 rounds during a standoff with troopers that left a home in flames and the...
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Bethel Fuel Mix-Up Strands 24 Vehicles, 4 Snowmachines
Hector Reyes says he knew something was wrong with his employer's truck when it started badly pinging a few minutes after he refueled it at a Bethel gas station.Turns out the truck was among 24...
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Army Climbers Helped Recover 9-Year-Old Boy's Body on Glacier
The Army officer who oversaw the recovery of the body of a 9-year-old boy from deep within an Alaska glacier says it was one of the toughest missions he's been on.Maj. William Prayner of the Alaska...
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