USDA To Purchase $20M of Alaska Pink Salmon for Food Banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase $20 million in canned Alaska pink salmon for nationwide distribution to hungry Americans, with a suggestion from Sen. Lisa Murkowski playing a part in...
View ArticleAlakanuk Man Dies After Being Found on Frozen River
An Alakanuk man is dead after being found lying on the snow and ice near his home, only to suffer an apparent heart attack while warming up. Alaska State Troopers were notified Thursday morning of the...
View ArticleCharters See Reduced Halibut Catch Under New Regulations
The International Pacific Halibut Commission formally adopted catch limits for the 2014 fishing season, setting 760,000 pounds of the prized fish for Alaska charter fisherman. The commission also set...
View ArticleFederal Agency Presses Shell Oil for More Information On Chukchi Drill Plans
A federal agency is again asking Royal Dutch Shell PLC for more details about drilling plans in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. Â Â Â Shell submitted a 2014 drilling plan Nov. 26. The...
View ArticleAlaska's Minimum Wage Initiative
The minimum wage for employees across the state could increase starting next year if one group gets its way. It submitted more than 40,000 signatures to the state division of elections to get their...
View ArticleFairbanks Man Sentenced to More than 6 Years For Hiring Hitman to Kill Friend
A Fairbanks man was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for contracting a hit man to kill a life-long friend who lived in Indiana. Eric Donald Grabber, 57, was sentenced to 77 months in...
View ArticleFederal Agency Presses Shell for More Info on Chukchi Plans
A federal agency is again asking Royal Dutch Shell PLC for more details about drilling plans in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast. Â Â Â Shell submitted a 2014 drilling plan Nov. 26. The...
View ArticleMessy, Drippy, Sloppy January and Broken Windows in the FBI Building
Warm, wet weather in Southcentral Alaska melted ice sculptures, created puddles on roads and kept people scrambling to stay dry. In downtown Anchorage, where the temperatures topped 46 degrees, Rachel...
View ArticleSecurity Concerns on Federal Healthcare Website
This week Healthcare.gov, the website Alaskans and millions of other Americas will use to shop for health insurance, received harsh criticism for its lack of adequate security. "A house on bad...
View ArticleSand Lake Home 'Uninhabitable' After Fire
Firefighters say a house fire in a Sand Lake Friday night could have been much worse if the winds were any nastier. The Anchorage Fire Department responded to a fire on 7000 block of Whitehall Street...
View ArticleHigh Avalanche Danger in Turnagain Pass
Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center forecasters go out in the elements everyday. On Friday, Wendy Wagner and John Fitzgerald went out to get a sense of how much new snow was up in the Turnagain...
View ArticleRecycling company stops taking Fairbanks plastics
A recycling company will no longer collect plastics at its Fairbanks-area bins. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://is.gd/e3ubB5 ) the sudden decision by K&K Recycling caught some...
View ArticleMan Attempts Suicide After Early-Morning Police Chase
An Anchorage man attempted suicide shortly after he showed up at the residence of an ex-girlfriend with a gun and led police on a pursuit, according to police. Just before 4 a.m. Saturday, police...
View ArticleWoman Dies After Rabbit Creek Collision
A woman injured in a Jan. 3 collision on Rabbit Creek Road died Saturday from her injuries. Carol Krieter, 60, was traveling eastbound when she lost control of her Saab sedan and collided with a...
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