New Natural Gas Development Coming at a Critical Time
The Cook Inlet is rich with a resource that lies beneath its ocean floor: natural gas. Alaska Oil and Gas Association officials say in recent years, development in the area was low but the tides are...
View ArticleNew Natural Gas Development Offers Opportunities, Liabilities
The Cook Inlet is rich with a resource that lies beneath its ocean floor: natural gas.
View ArticleEagle River District Race Pits Assembly Veteran Against Politically Savvy...
The Eagle River assembly race pits an assembly veteran against a political newcomer. Bill Starr is seeking his third term as the Eagle River-Chugiak assembly representative. Starr is one of the...
View ArticleParents Wait Anxiously For School District Lottery Results
Parents hoping to get their children in special programs in the Anchorage School District are waiting for results of a school lottery.Â
View ArticleASD Parents Await School Lottery Results
It's not exactly how some would picture the Anchorage School District's school lottery system working out: no balls, no fanfare, just Glen Nielsen clicking his mouse. "It's taking all the existing...
View ArticleNorth Slope Cleanup Leads to Idaho Firm?s Indictment
An Anchorage grand jury has indicted an Idaho company accused of falsifying records related to the cleanup of a contaminated pad on Alaska's North Slope. The Alaska attorney general's office said...
View ArticleWeb Extra: Raw Interview with Don Smith on 'Running' Comments
Anchorage School Board candidate Don Smith spoke with Channel 2 Friday about his Wednesday comments on Alaska Public Media's show "Running," in which he said Anchorage was at risk of becoming a...
View ArticleGroup Questions School Board Candidate?s Comments on Refugees
An Anchorage School Board candidate is facing a backlash from a local aid group after linking the Anchorage School District’s budget woes to foreign refugees and students with special needs. Don...
View ArticleExperienced Candidates Vie for West Anchorage Assembly Seat
West Anchorage residents will choose an assemblyman for the second time in one year.
View ArticleIce Involved in Seward Highway SUV Rollover
Alaska State Troopers say ice on the road was a factor in a single-vehicle rollover crash with entrapment on the Seward Highway last week, which sent a man to an Anchorage hospital. According to a...
View ArticleAPD Again Seeks Public Assistance in March 10 Double Homicide
Anchorage Police are again reaching out to the public for assistance identifying those responsible for a double homicide which occurred on Monday, March 10.
View ArticleKarluk Double Homicide Follow
Anchorage police ask for the public's help in double homicide investigation.
View ArticleWalmart Shooter Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison
A man convicted of Assault in the first degree was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison with two suspended years. Security cameras at the Walmart on A Street last March recorded 46-year-old Daniel...
View ArticleCoast Guard Petty Officer Acquitted of Sexual Charges
A Coast Guardsman was acquitted Friday of two charges of aggravated sexual contact, following a nearly two-year-long debate over the definition of rape and sexual misconduct under military code. Petty...
View ArticleFairbanks Borough Offers New Relief for Struggling Homeowners
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly voted Friday to relieve local homeowners of some of the weight of property taxes, with certain valid excuses. Following a 5-3 vote, the panel passed a measure...
View ArticleBBB Warns Against Mudslide Charity Scams
The Better Business Bureau warns that some Good Samaritans may fall victim to charity scams stemming from the recent mudslide in Washington state. Since the Snohomish County mudslide that killed at...
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