Police: Sitka Officer Allowed Son to Shoot from Boat
A veteran Sitka police officer is on paid administrative leave as he faces a misdemeanor wildlife charge. The Sitka Sentinel reports 48-year-old Sgt. Daryl Rice is charged with allowing his teenage...
View Article8 Emergency Responders Hospitalized After Butte Fire
Eight emergency responders were transported to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center after controlling a hangar fire near Butte that damaged three aircraft. They were evaluated for symptoms resulting from...
View ArticleAdapting Foster Care Efforts, Adoption Services for LGBT Kids
When a kid is kicked out of their home and ends up in foster care, the experience is often traumatic. A disproportionately high number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth end up in foster...
View ArticleEagle River Residents Fight Street Name Change
Residents of an Eagle River neighborhood are protesting a new street name proposed by Anchorage officials in an ongoing project to reduce duplicate addresses. Bryan Emmons, who has lived on Davis...
View ArticleOnly in Alaska: Real Life on the Last Frontier
Alaska is a big, sometimes weird state that's full of things you're unlikely to find anywhere else. Here are some of the stranger glimpses of life in the Last Frontier.
View ArticleAnchorage Kids Making 'Ugly' Christmas Sweaters
Calling the sweaters made by children at the Woodland Park Boys and Girls Club "ugly" isn't as mean as it sounds. That was their intention, to make the ugliest and tackiest sweaters possible.Â
View ArticleAssembly Allocates $4 Million for Recreation Center
The Anchorage Assembly voted Tuesday night to set aside $4.4 million of state dollars for a multi-use recreational center. The money comes from a $37 million state grant awarded to the municipality....
View ArticleDelta Plans Seasonal Flights Between Juneau, Seattle
Delta Air Lines is planning to provide daily, seasonal service from Seattle to Juneau starting next year. Company spokesman Anthony Black told the Juneau Empire (http://bit.ly/1bN1FLB ) one Boeing...
View ArticleSullivan: Residency Hasn't Been a Campaign Issue
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan says no one he's met while campaigning has asked about how long he's lived in Alaska. The residency issue has been raised by the state Democratic party...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines Begins Rollout of Slimmer Cabin Seats
Alaska Airlines has begun to roll out new seats on board its fleet of Boeing 737s, slimmer from front to back, as part of a $100 million renovation to add more passenger capacity and improve cabin...
View ArticleAIDEA Delays Plant Award 1 Month
A decision on who will build and operate a North Slope natural gas plant that will be used to fill trucks for shipment to the Fairbanks area has been delayed. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports...
View ArticleAPD: Snow on Cars Can Result in a Ticket
Channel 2 reporter Caslon Hatch has tips on how to avoid the price tag of a ticket this season when snow starts to pile up on your car.
View ArticleTeachers, Supporters Picket Juneau School Board
About 70 teachers and supporters picketed before the Juneau School Board meeting Tuesday night. Teachers say the district is not bargaining in good faith. The collective bargaining process has been...
View ArticleAPD Offers Advice on Avoiding Snow Citations
With snow frequently in Southcentral Alaska's forecast, Anchorage police say clearing cars of snow, ice and frost can help drivers avoid accidents -- as well as penalties attached to local laws...
View ArticleThe Morning Show (Dec. 18, 2013)
KTUU Channel 2 News presents The Morning Show with David George and Sheila Balistreri.
View ArticleTwo Sitka Men Injured in Boat's Southeast Alaska Grounding
Alaska State Troopers say two Sitka men were injured, one of them seriously, in the grounding of a 30-foot boat Tuesday that saw them subsequently rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. According...
View ArticleNew AST Unit to Counter Mat-Su Valley Property Crimes
Alaska State Troopers are forming a new unit next month in response to an increase in Mat-Su Valley property crimes reported by residents to law enforcement. According to a Wednesday statement from...
View ArticleAnchorage Receives New Charter School
With the natural world inspiring many here in Alaska, three educators have founded a new charter school in Anchorage. They call it STREAM -- which stands for science, technology research, engineering,...
View ArticleState Looking to Transition from AGIA
Gov. Sean Parnell's administration hopes to get out from under a 2007 law to further advance a major natural gas pipeline project. That law, known as the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, was aimed at...
View ArticleWasilla Man Hiding from Troopers Suffers Hypothermia, Frostbite
Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man faces vehicle theft and escape charges, after suffering hypothermia and frostbite in an attempt to evade troopers near Cantwell Tuesday afternoon. Troopers...
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