Hunting Guide?s License Permanently Revoked in Plea Deal
The license of an Alaska hunting guide has been permanently revoked as part of a plea agreement. Alaska State Troopers say 45-year-old Michael Vanning of Verdale, Wash., pleaded guilty last week to...
View ArticleNikiski Man Seriously Injured in Kenai Spur Highway Rollover
A Nikiski man has been flown to Anchorage for treatment of serious injuries he sustained in a high-speed single-vehicle rollover on the Kenai Spur Highway Wednesday night. According to an Alaska State...
View ArticleTroopers, Family Search for Missing Palmer Teen
Alaska State Troopers and family members are looking for a missing 15-year-old boy who recently moved to Palmer and was last seen Monday at a local high school. AST spokesperson Megan Peters says...
View ArticleFamily: Soldotna Man Died of H1N1 Flu
Family members say a Soldotna man who died earlier this month had the H1N1 strain of influenza. State officials say it's the state's third fatality this year linked to the strain, also known as swine...
View ArticleState LNG Project Costs Could be $4.6B to $11.4B
Alaska's contribution toward building a liquefied natural gas project could range from $4.6 billion to $11.4 billion, depending on the equity stake and whether the state has a partner. An agreement to...
View ArticleAssembly Takes Up AFD Overtime Pay
The city is being asked for an additional $1.8 million in overtime pay for firefighters and medics after the Anchorage Fire Department went over budget in 2013. Mayor Dan Sullivan made the request...
View ArticleShell Suspends 2014 Arctic Offshore Drilling in Alaska
Royal Dutch Shell has suspended its 2014 Arctic offshore drilling operations in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, as part of a move to scale back its investments amid a sharp decline in revenue and a federal...
View ArticleDemocrats Propose Medicaid Expansion
House and Senate Democrats are proposing legislation that would expand Medicaid coverage in Alaska after Gov. Sean Parnell last year refused calls to do so. The bill, being introduced in the House...
View ArticlePalmer Man Arrested After Trying to Pull Gun During DUI Stop
A Palmer man was arrested Thursday after trying to pull a gun on officers who had stopped him for drunkenly driving his ATV. Alaska State Troopers stopped 38-year-old Derrick Peterson on his four...
View ArticleAir Quality Advisory Issued for Anchorage, Eagle River
Concentrated dust from sand and gravel on dry, icy roads has created an air quality advisory for Anchorage. The municipality’s Department of Health and Human Services issued a health advisory due to...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Soaking Up the Sun
Even though we are gaining daylight again, Alaskans are still all about soaking up the sun any way they can. Whether it be getting out and about in Alaska or getting out of the state entirely, we want...
View ArticleJBER Drones Help To Save Lives, Reduce Soldier Workload
Making the Army's mission more efficient: that’s the goal of the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion. And they’re using one of the newest tools in the military’s arsenal to accomplish it, with four...
View ArticleSecond Death After Fairbanks Apartment Fire
[UPDATE Jan. 30 at 5:57 p.m.] Fairbanks Fire Chief Warren Cummings confirmed that a second body was found in the remains of the Geraghty Street apartment fire. Cummings said the body was found "in the...
View ArticleSurvey Shows Classroom Concerns of Teachers, Parents
A major education survey released Thursday sheds new light on some of the problems facing Alaska teachers in the classroom. The statewide survey, conducted by Northern Economics, questioned nearly...
View ArticleThe Fight For Sobriety: A Lifelong Struggling with Addiction
Josh McCollum's arms bear the scars of countless heroin injections. Though he says he has been clean for a few months, the scars will forever serve as a reminder of his battle against addiction....
View ArticleFight for Sobriety Part 1
By Reporter Abby Hancock and Photojournalist Shawn Wilson. (KTUU-TV)
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