State Disaster Assistance Deadline Extended
Those seeking assistance from the state for damages caused by the November storms in Southwest Alaska and the floods in the Kenai Peninsula Borough now have until Friday, Jan. 24 to do so. That's one...
View ArticleEarly Morning Sterling Trailer Fire Injures Man, Cat
Firefighters say a Sterling trailer home that didn’t have smoke detectors is likely a total loss after a blaze ripped through it early Thursday morning, leaving a man and a pet cat injured. According...
View ArticleBill Proposes $20.1M for Fairbanks Health Center
The Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center in Fairbanks could be in line for an unexpected influx of money. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a federal appropriations bill includes $66 million for six...
View ArticleAPD Names Suspect Arrested After Bomb Threat, Standoff
Anchorage police have identified the man taken into custody Wednesday night after a standoff which involved callouts of APD's SWAT team and bomb squad. According to APD spokesperson Jenifer Castro,...
View ArticleStedman: Chances for Unchanged Otter Bounty Bill Slim
A Sitka senator who last year proposed a bounty on sea otters says he wants to find a different way to support Alaska Native hunters. Sen. Bert Stedman says the chances of the bill advancing, as...
View ArticleAnchorage Home Depot Employee Catches Falling Baby
Embed Anchorage Home Depot Employee Catches Falling Baby in Video ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A video of an employee at an Anchorage Home Depot catching a falling baby in midair last week is going viral...
View ArticleTuesday Storm Damages Gustavus Breakwater
A storm has caused significant damage to a state-owned breakwater in Gustavus. The Juneau Empire reports the breakwater was washed on shore after it broke away from pilings in Tuesday's storm, which...
View ArticleWorker Charged in Copper Wire Theft at UAF Site
A 33-year-old construction worker is accused of stealing one ton of copper wire at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says Eric Brandon Bailey of Fairbanks was...
View ArticleWeb Extra: Tips for Staying Cool About Ice Safety
Gary Klink, chief of the Mat-Su Borough's Water Rescue Team, offers some winter safety tips about how to stay safe while traveling on ice -- and what to do if you fall through.
View ArticleMinor Fire Safely Extinguished at South Anchorage Home
Anchorage firefighters report no injuries in a minor fire at a South Anchorage home Thursday afternoon. AFD dispatchers initially sent 11 units to the 11800 block of Toy Drive, in response to a fire...
View ArticleSenator Wants Further Review of Water Permitting Bill
A Soldotna senator says he has asked that a controversial permitting bill be sent to the Senate Resources Committee for further review. Sen. Peter Micciche said his constituency does not support HB77...
View ArticleWasilla Game Guide Faces Charges For Selling Tags After Hunt
A big game guide working out of Wasilla faces charges related to selling hunters game tags after they’d already bagged their prey. On Tuesday the state’s Office of Special Prosecution under the...
View ArticleHalfway House Runaway Arrested in Juneau
Juneau police say they have captured a man who ran away form a halfway house earlier this month. Police in a web posting say 39-year-old Derek McMillian was taken into custody early Thursday morning....
View Article2YH Christmas Island Miracle
A couple from Christmas Island got the best possible Christmas present that anybody could ask for.
View ArticleCrash on Parks Highway Leaves One Driver Seriously Injured and Truck in Flames
A semi-truck collided with a pickup truck Wednesday night on the Parks Highway, causing the pickup to roll and burst into flames while seriously injuring the driver. The collision happened near mile...
View ArticleConverted Tug Sinks at Sawmill near Wrangell
Federal and state agencies are responding to the site of a converted tugboat’s sinking at a sawmill near the Southeast Alaska community of Wrangell. According to Coast Guard spokesperson Chief Petty...
View ArticleSoutheast Residents Dealing With Unusual Winter Storms
The effects of the latest Southeast storm that left Sitka resident Matthew Lowe and his five year old son racing to escape. It's the wakeup call no one, including Lowe, ever wants to get. "I...
View Article911 Dispatcher Helps Couple Deliver Baby At Home
A Wasilla couple is thanking a Palmer 911 dispatcher for talking them through the successful home delivery of their baby boy. At about 4 a.m. Sunday, Jole Holt went into labor. Her baby was right on...
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