Autopsy Says Dead North Pole Toddler Was Burned
An 18-month old North Pole boy had burns on his body when he died, not frostbite, according to a state medical examiner's report. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Amber Lynn Aubrey Swanson is...
View ArticleAnchorage Sitter Gets 10 Years in Baby?s 2010 Death
A 27-year-old Anchorage woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison with eight suspended Friday, more than three years after she shook a 6-month-old baby she was caring for who later died. Christina...
View ArticleGCI Impasse Could End Juneau, Sitka KTUU-TV Signals Friday Night
An impasse in negotiations between communications provider GCI and KTUU-TV has both sides saying Southeast Alaska will lose Channel 2 News coverage when a deadline passes at midnight Saturday. GCI and...
View ArticleRare Petroglyph ?Seal Stone? Returned to Alaska
Scientists at the Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks are studying a stone covered in petroglyphs found on a small Aleutian Island during World War II.
View ArticleMoua Sentenced in Infant Death
Reporters Corey Allen-Young & Joshua Staab/Photographer Rick Schleyer
View ArticleProposed Municipal Election Changes Present Problems
Proposal to move municipal election from April to November
View ArticleOutdated and Overloaded: State DOT Says It's Time to Upgrade Muldoon-Glenn...
The state of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says it wants to update a heavily-traveled section of roadway to increase safety. After nearly 40 years, the Muldoon-Glenn...
View ArticleEthic Panel to Issue Opinion on Municipal Election Change
Anchorage Assemblyman Chris Birch’s proposal is coming under intense scrutiny by a five member city ethics panel. The board met Thursday and Friday to weigh the merits of moving Anchorage’s municipal...
View ArticlePreparing For an Emergency
The State is working to collect food stockpiles in case of a massive emergency but people should be preparing on their own as well.
View ArticleState Taking Another Shot at Food Stockpile Plan
Alaska is taking another shot at securing stockpiles of emergency food, initially proposed by Gov. Sean Parnell's administration. The stockpiles are part of an effort aimed to improve preparation in...
View ArticleBreast Milk Donations May Be Taken at the Blood Bank of Alaska
Mothers in Alaska might be able to donate their breast milk at the Blood Bank of Alaska soon. The chief medical officer at the Blood Bank, Dr. Norman Means, came up with the idea. He says for it to be...
View ArticleIt's Time to Upgrade Muldoon-Glenn Highway Interchange: DOT
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities says it wants to update a heavily-traveled section of roadway to increase safety. After nearly 40 years, the Muldoon-Glenn Highway...
View ArticleEthics Panel to Issue Opinion on Municipal Election Change
Anchorage Assemblyman Chris Birch’s proposal is coming under intense scrutiny by a five member city ethics panel. The board met Thursday and Friday to weigh the merits of moving Anchorage’s municipal...
View ArticleWoman Fatally Shoots Boyfriend, Claims Accident: APD
Police believe a 27-year-old woman fatally shot her boyfriend Friday night at a 54th Avenue residence. Bonnie Degenstein told police she was drinking with her boyfriend – 24-year-old Ryan Tamborrino –...
View ArticleAirport Fire-Police Department Invites Recruits for Tour
The Anchorage Airport Fire and Police Department is recruiting officers with an interesting tactic. For the first time ever, the department invited interested recruits into the station on Saturday....
View ArticleSeward Highway Closed for Hours After Fatal Crash
A fatal collision Saturday morning closed Seward Highway near Belgua Point and McHugh Creek for about five hours. Police received multiple calls at 10:25 a.m. reporting a collision between a white...
View ArticleAnchorage Named One of Top 10 Places to Have a Baby
A pregnancy website names Anchorage the 8th best city in the U.S. to have a baby, thanks to hospital staff and services available.
View ArticleShortened Fishing Season, Bear Damage Behind Setnetters Lawsuit
A group of Bristol Bay setnet fishermen filed a lawsuit Monday related to the sinking of the Lone Star, a fishing vessel that capsized in a Western Alaska river this summer. On the morning of June 30,...
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