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Anchorage Seeks Community Input to Revitalize Ship Creek
Anchorage's master project plan for Ship Creek comes with a price tag of about $4 million, and Mayor Dan Sullivan wants community input before the city proceeds with work on it. The Boston-based firm...
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Man Arrested for Sexually Abusing, Photographing Girl
Anchorage police say a man arrested this week for allegedly sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and taking explicit images of her had access to other children, and may have had additional...
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ConocoPhillips to Increase Alaska Production after Oil Tax Reform
ConocoPhillips says it's ready to increase its investments on Alaska's North Slope.The oil giant on Wednesday announced it's taking the move after the state Legislature last weekend passed a new oil...
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Alaskan's Gift at Boston Marathon Goes Viral on Facebook
In the wake of the twin Monday blasts that rocked the Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding more than 100, a small act of kindness by an Alaskan is getting a big response on the Internet....
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UAA Senses Time is Right to Launch Startup Companies
The University of Alaska Anchorage is getting into the business of creating businesses -- and it's announced its first startup company, a venture created to sell new sensor platforms.In the past,...
View ArticleSchool Security Funds to Address Lockdown Needs
A handful of Alaska's schools have asked for assistance in order to better prepare for a lockdown, according to education Commissioner Mike Hanley. In light of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.,...
View ArticleHeart Run Registration Ends Saturday, April 20
The Heart Run is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, and participants should register by Saturday, April 20, to avoid the $10 late fee. Registration for the Heart Run and to pick up bibs will be April 20...
View ArticleDenali Road Lottery to Open Early
Sign-ups for the Denali road lottery are opening up a month earlier this year. Denali National Park and Preserve officials say people can enter the lottery between May 1 and June 30. Beginning next...
View ArticleState Creates Alaska Lake Database
The state Division of Sport Fish says it has a new tool for anglers. The division has developed a Google Earth mapping application that gives anglers access to information about 1,300 Alaska water...
View ArticleState to Offer Free Vaccines for Infants Next Week
Infants will be eligible for free vaccines throughout Alaska from April 20 to April 27 at state public health centers. State officials say in a release that public health centers will waive the cost of...
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Oil Tax Repeal Group Kicks Off Campaign
A group of Alaskans want to repeal Gov. Sean Parnell's new oil tax legislation, calling it a massive giveaway of Alaska's resources. The move continues a debate on what should be done to improve the...
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State Issues 2013 Sport Fishing Restrictions in Southcentral Alaska
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game issued a stream of emergency orders Thursday restricting sport fishing in many areas of Southcentral Alaska, following low statewide salmon runs in 2012 and...
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Three People Injured in Knik-Goose Bay Road School Bus Crash
Knik-Goose Bay Road has reopened after three people, including two children, were injured in a Mat-Su Valley crash Thursday afternoon involving a school bus, according to Alaska State Troopers.AST...
View ArticleBombing suspects' father, Chechen officials cry 'set up,' 'science fiction'
MOSCOW -- Reports that two young Chechens were suspects in the deadly explosions this week in Boston were met Friday with anger, denial and surprise by their father and officials from Chechnya and the...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Residents tweet empty streets of Boston
[View the story "PHOTOS: Deserted streets of Boston" on Storify]PHOTOS: Deserted streets of BostonPeople are sharing photos of the quiet streets of Boston on Twitter today.Storified by Sandy MartinĀ·...
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Quinhagak Snowmachiner Found Dead on Trail
A Quinhagak snowmachiner was found dead of apparent hypothermia Wednesday after his snowmachine drove into a lead of open water, according to Alaska State Troopers.A Friday AST dispatch says a Bethel...
View ArticleEvacuation of UMass Dartmouth campus ordered; suspect is registered student...
BOSTON (AP) - The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has closed campus and ordered an evacuation after confirming that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is registered there. The school did...
View ArticleChief: Slain MIT officer was dedicated, well liked
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Sean Collier had only worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for about a year. But he was already popular with his colleagues in the campus police department, as...
View ArticleBombing suspects' father, Chechen officials cry 'set up'
MOSCOW -- Reports that two young Chechens were suspects in the deadly explosions this week in Boston were met Friday with anger, denial and surprise by their father and officials from Chechnya and the...
View ArticleBoston bombing [Update]: Door-to-door manhunt locks down city
BOSTON - As family members called on him to surrender, a 19-year-old college student remained on the run Friday as thousands of police armed with rifles and driving armored vehicles combed the nearly...
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